How about a nice movie this weekend?

[bleever]

Popcorn's on me.

:patriot:

[underpants]

1. That's great

:patriot:

[Patsy Stone]

2. Lovely photo!

K&R!

[bleever]

10. A lovely sentiment.

It might not happen that way, but that doesn't mean it's not the right thing.

[Patsy Stone]

23. Sometimes the right thing

takes guts. http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2007/12/07/whitehouse-rips-the-white-house/

Happy to see this on the Greatest Page! :thumbsup:

[bleever]

26. I was going to say

"I love me some Sheldon Whitehouse", and darn if that isn't the way Marcy started her piece. :)

[Patsy Stone]

27. I actually did

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2427184&mesg_id=2427305

before I read Marcy's piece. I had one of those laughs too when I saw it. :)

[LWolf]

3. I'd love to attend.

Where is that Grand Lake?

If it's the Grand Lake I spent some time in as a child, I'd love a return visit!

[bleever]

4. It's in

Oakland, California.

It's beautiful on the inside, too.

[LWolf]

8. Not the Grand Lake I'm thinking of,

but I like Oakland, too. :)

[EVDebs]

5. 7 Days In May and Dr Strangelove don't hold a candle to the reality of this crew in DC now nt

[bleever]

11. It's as though the took those films

and the book "1984" as manuals instead of cautionary tales.

Or perhaps as cautionary tales for would-be fascists about how they might be stopped.

[Buzz Clik]

6. I saw that movie.

It goes on way too long, the plot is boring and repetitive, and the ending is very sad.

:cry:

[Berry Cool]

7. I feel like I'm living in this movie.

Oh no...The Truman Show is real...and we're all the stars...

[Vickers]

9. That's fantastic.

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Radio_Lady]

12. I'm giving it an "A" on Ellen's Entertainment Report Card!

Also sending it to every other film reviewer in our Portland group. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.

www.farfromhollywood.com



What is the the Far From Hollywood Film Society?

The Far From Hollywood Film Society is a group of Portland, Oregon based film professionals, enthusiasts, teachers, and critics. Our goal is to champion the cause of film literacy, foster public discussion of the place of movies in society, and promote the serious, sometimes delirious cause of film as art. To that end, we sponsor public events featuring filmmakers and critics, publish provocative writing about film, and present the annual Far From Hollywood Film Society Awards, voted on each December.

Radio Lady Ellen Kimball in Oregon

(Review films for Oregon Public Broadcasting's audio channel Accessible Information Network)

[BootinUp]

13. Im waiting for "I am Legend" (Omega Man remake)

Looks very cool. I'm a sci-fi movie nut.

[bleever]

14. I was wondering

if that was a remake of Omega Man. I loved that movie.

Sometimes being a patriot means feeling like the last unzombified person in the world.

[BootinUp]

15. I saw the commercial last night

and realized that it was the same. I might go throw the original in the VHS player. Its a terrific story and Charlton Heston is pretty good in these kind of flicks.

I can't discuss politics in this thread, too depressing, lol.

[frogmarch]

16. Beautiful!

from a Wiki article on the Grand Lake theatre:

Michaan (owner of the Grand Lake) is known to use his liberal politics as a guide in managing the Grand Lake. In 2004, he publicly announced that the theater would not enforce the R rating of the political documentary Fahrenheit 9/11. The Grand Lake has also received widespread recognition for Michaan's use of the marquee as a political message board. In outrage at the 2000 presidential election, he posted this message on the high-traffic side of the marquee: "This Is America — Every Vote Should Be Counted" Since then, and with much support from the local community, Michaan has regularly used one side of the theater's marquee to display a timely political message. In addition to films, the theater also occasionally hosts talks and events on progressive political issues.

Between the midterm elections of November 2006 and January 2007, no political messages were displayed on the marquee, instead devoting the space to the names of upcoming films. Messages began to appear again in early January, beginning with "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing," a statement derived from Edmund Burke's 1770 speech to Parliament, "Thoughts on the Cause of Present Discontents."

[bleever]

19. I saw Fahrenheit 9/11 at the Grand Lake

and had the bizarre experience of noticing that one scene, an interview, was filmed along Lake Merritt right outside the theater. It might even be visible in the film.

[Radio_Lady]

21. "The Omega Man" (1971) was based on the novel by Richard Matheson...

...called "I Am Legend." There are two other writers in the attribution, John and Joyce Corrington. Movie was directed by Boris Sagal.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067525/fullcredits#writers

For the movie "I Am Legend" (2007), there are two others added to the writing mix:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/fullcredits#writers

Mark Protosevich (screenplay)
Akiva Goldsman (screenplay)

So I'd say this could be a remake, depending on how the story is similar, changed, evolved etc. from the original novelist plus the four other writers.

I don't recall seeing "The Omega Man" the year it came out -- My excuse? I was the single mother of two babies under the age of three and my husband at the time decided he had fallen in love with another woman...

[Melissa G]

17. Excellent!! n/t

[Canuckistanian]

18. Who directed that?

Sounds like the sleeper hit of the decade!

[bleever]

20. The project is

still seeking backers. Everyone who helps is eligible for credit as a "producer".

[Radio_Lady]

22. Gladly kicked and recommended!

[bonito]

24. K&R

Imagine that!

[Sparkly]

25. Yeah!

K&R :kick:

[EVDebs]

28. I hear Francis Ford Coppolla is remaking 'The Conversation'

to be out in 2009 but you can rent Three Days Of The Condor and get a good idea of what happened to Redford in 1973 (hint see this real news article http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/01/02/MNG8G427D61.DTL ).

The NYTimes didn't print and Judith Miller prints something entirely different.

[bleever]

29. That link

goes to my question as to whether or not the Nixon cadets didn't learn the "lesson" that the right thing to do is to be MORE Nixon than last time.

Believe it or not, maybe Nixon was circumscribed by principles that his acolytes later learned to transcend altogether, as a tribute to his legacy.

[EVDebs]

36. May God help us all if that is indeed the case. nt

[Tejanocrat]

30. I have to take the kids to "The Golden Compass" because some fundie told them they ought not see it.

[bleever]

31. A Saturday kick for cinema buffs

and people who care about the Constitution.

[suston96]

32. Somebody keeps calling me and......

...asks: Why don't you play a game of cards?

I don't understand what that means.

[bleever]

34. It might help

to pass the time.

[suston96]

35. Finally...great photoclip.

One of the best movies ever. Whenever I do play cards and the Queen of Diamonds comes up.....

Like when I close the curtain in the shower.........

[Adelante]

33. Gorgeous marquee in more ways than one

Thanks for posting the photo. :)