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The Philadelphia Story (1940)
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"This blog entry is part of my "movie year countdown round #2". Read more about that here. The Philadelphia Story Oh man what a disappointment. I've seen this film on too many lists of classics to ignore it. But I can't share the sentiments of these list makers in this case. This is my first Katherine Hepburn movie, and her uptight character was unfortunately what I had stereotyped her as from what little I'd seen of her in other contexts. Cary Grant seemed strange and snooty too. And Jimmy Stewart just failed to stand out the way I have come to expect from him. No one else is worth mentioning either. I will admit that a main issue here may be my aversion towards these kinds of upper class marriage and divorce comedies. At least ones that assumes the audience has a real interest in the selfish lives of these people rather than poking fun of them. I just have no empathy for their situation when the film assumes I do. I guess that's the problem. That, and the fact that I ha ... "
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"What's the AFI Project, you ask? For more information, or if you just enjoy my bemused ramblings, read here: http://www.spout.com/blogs/pip pin06/archive/2008/3/1/25756.a spx The Philadelphia Story is on the following AFI lists: The Original Top 100 (#51)100 Funniest Films (#15)100 Years...100 Passions (#44)The Revised Top 100 (#44)10 Top 10's (#5 Romantic Comedy) I saw The Philadelphia Story initially as one of the films I consented to watch the first time I tried to make it through the Original AFI list. Ever since then, I've counted it among my top ten favorite films of all time (so long as you count trilogies as one movie :-D). Sure, it's a romantic comedy, and sure, it follows the formula established a few years earlier by It Happened One Night, but what the Philadelphia Story has that most romantic comedies typically don't is a high threshold of wit, a wonderfully written adapted screenplay with more layers than its surface belies, and three legendarily wonderful actors ro ... "
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"It’s been more than 100 years since the Philadelphia Quakers changed their name to the Philadelphia Philadelphians, which was thankfully shortened to “Phillies” very quickly, probably by printers who were afraid of using up all of their ‘P’s in the printing press. Since being founded in 1883, they’ve been one of the most tenacious teams in baseball, winning six pennants, and the World Series in 1980. In fact, in all of American sports (not just baseball), the Phillies are the team that’s been in one city with one name for the longest time. They’re one game away from another World Series win tonight, despite being the Major League team with the most losses in history. We celebrate their scrappiness with a list of quintessential Philadelphia movies. Check them out after the break.
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"“Leatherheads” has had a long a storied journey to the big screen, and has mutated into several incarnations in the process.It was once envisioned to be a historically accurate account of football’s earliest innovators, a blood-and-mud saga of gridiron gladiators, and a comedic take on colorful pigskin pioneers.It arrives in theaters as a screwball comedy throwback – cobbled together with romantic subplots, early growing pains of the game, and fictional glimpses into the lives of the sport’s bruising brotherhood.The result is a curious mix that is overstuffed with half-planned protractions of what might have been if director/star George Clooney had remained focused not on merely gaining yardage with small hand-offs of laughter, but on just where the goal line of his film was.Not screwy enough for screwball, not hard-hitting enough for a sports picture, and far-too-slight as a commentary on the so "
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"This is a list for Round 2 of my movie year countdown viewing project as first described here. If by any strange chance whoever is reading this is actually following along you may notice that I'm still less than two thirds of the way through my original one. Well I'm starting this new one because as much as I love old movies it can get a little tedious watching just older movies. So I'm going to be blending my watching of the two lists together. Still focusing on the original one, but every once in a while sliding in the next entry from this new list.Again these new movies are limited to full length movies that are available on Netflix. And for this new round instead of picking a movie from every year, I will be picking a movie from every two years. For example the first movie must have come out during 2006 or 2007. The second movie must have come out in 2004 or 2005. The next in 2002 or 2003. You see.The list is not finished yet, but here is what I have decide ... "
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"Where to begin? A cast that includes Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart and Cary Grant should be enough for anyone, but they are shored up by a superb supporting cast and a script that krrps getting deeper with every viewing. Sent down to Phildelphia to cover Hepburn's closely guarded society wedding, Stewart's a reluctant paparazzi and a struggling writer who feels out of place amongst the old money set. Cary Grant plays Hepburn's honest ex husband who has been blackmailed into getting Stewart in to the gathering. The tensions are high, the dialogue cracks along and sexual hang-ups are eluded to. A masterpiece in timing, writing and direction, this is no black and white film to be sniffed at. Enjoy. "
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