Open Thread Tuesday

Another day closer to our troops being used as a shield for the aggressor nation of Israel to make an unprovoked attack on Iran! Everything must be sacrificed for Israel's benefit! Let's send them some more money so they can more effectively spy on us.

I notice that Charlize Theron is looking to make Atlas Shrugged into a mini-series. As someone who was engaged in trying to make Aileen Wuornos into a sympathetic victim in the film "Monster," and is an active member of PETA, I sincerely hope she is not awarded the role as I fear it would be a changed message. No, I would much rather see Angelina Jolie, hopefully with a great screenplay that somehow makes the cumbersome "Shrugged" into a dynamic vehicle of it's message that works for today.

I hear you about not being beautiful in the obvious sense. How about Carrie Prejean?

Peter Boyle was from Norristown, Pa. and his father used to star on local television in Philadelphia. Anybody remember "Uncle Pete's Funhouse?" It was a kid's show in the early 50's, so you would pretty much have to be from Philly and born prior to 1950. Pete Junior was also the title character in the movie "Joe" the film that brought us the ever-lovable Susan Sarandon. He also was great in that movie with Michael Keaton about the mental patients who get loose in New York on their way to a Yankees game. Boyle's character thought he was the messiah and delivered the great line {sic} "You dare take the minivan of the living Christ?"

no too "hot"
I'm thinking maybe Maggie Gyllenhall or Kaylee from firefly someone like that.
really I'd like to see an unknown cast. they don't bring any baggage

i don't know what else she's been in but I liked her in that series.

This movie (Eddie Coyle) was released a couple months ago by Criterion. I've never seen but I guess I'll have to now.

In honor of the anniversary of the moon landing, I Netflixed For All Mankind, Al Reinert's documentary about the Apollo program (on Blu-Ray, from Criterion). All the footage used is real and, in some cases, quite beautiful. In the special features, they interviewed Apollo 12 astronaut Al Bean who has since retired and has gone on to be a painter of space imagery. He seems like the coolest, most humble guy in the world! (He was played by Dave Foley in HBO's From the Earth to the Moon.)

I haven't seen her in anything else either, but…………..it would be an interesting take.

See, in my mind, I have always thought of Dagny Taggert as being tall. Severely beautiful. No need for makeup.

The role needs someone who can show what is happening internally. The actress who protrayed Kaylee has that in droves. She isn't tall and she is pretty, but………..

Yes, but I don't think she can get past her voice. No offense meant.

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The actress who played Kaylee (Jewel Staite [?]) also appeared in a few episodes of the canceled Fox series Wonderfalls, which I highly recommend (Firefly writer/producer Tim Minear worked on it). She played the jilted bride from Hell, quite the opposite of sweet, innocent Kaylee.

good point………

The book shouldn't be hard to condense.

Never have seen this one… another BH movie I have no clue about…

OPEN THREAD MADNESS!!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090720/sc_afp/scien...

Before I came to this site, I thought I knew a little bit about classic movies. Now I realize I need to get on the stick and see some of the old masterpieces.

Nice work Big Hollywood.

again no offense meant, but isn't Dagny supposed to be mid 20's?
I know actresses have a range they can play but eventually it begins to look like Madonna playing 15 yr old Evita.
It has to be believable.

Stafford
You reaslly need to stop getting your news and information from CNN and MSNBC
The reality is100% opposite from your opinion.
A good approach to a happy life is
"Trust but Verify"
Do some Due dilligence and all will be ok.

jes' speculatin'…..

I have a face in mind but I haven't been able to put an actress with it. I was trying NOT to dredge up somebody so absolutely left-wing that their bias would make their acting even more unbelievable.

Angie Harmon would be perfect. That voice!

I always thought she did a good job on Law and Order, haven't seen her in anything else. But there's just something about her…..

I've never seen the movie, but the book on which it's based is quite good. In particular, the dialogue is fantastic; there are very few cases where an author does a better job of getting his characters' voices down pat.

Have you seen him in "The Yakuza"? Very good.

T.R. – Stafford should never set the agenda here; ignoring her is the way to go

Yes!! I thought it would be a bad movie with a great actor. It turned out to be way better than I though.

And who can forget his turn as a bad guy in the original Cape Fear…..

Yes!! I thought it would be a bad movie with a great actor. It turned out to be way better than I thought.
And who can forget his turn as a bad guy in the original Cape Fear…..

Color her ignored.

'The Friends of Eddie Coyle' is an excellent movie, with Robert Mitchum at his best. Based on a novel by George V. Higgins, it takes place in Boston and is filled with a great ensemble of wonderful character actors, including the late Peter Boyle, Steven Keats and Richard Jordan, who nearly steals the film as 'Foley'.

If you're looking for a gritty little crime drama, this is a good one. I highly recommend it. A few links for a taste.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys44wYHKuvQ&fe...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WtR-mi6VtU&NR...

Jed, I remember seeing Peter Boyle for the first time in 'Joe' He was so good, I thought they cast a real guy right off the street. Also good in 'Taxi Driver' with DeNiro. Check out 'The Friends of Eddie Coyle' if you can.

One of my favorites. Mitchum is pitch perfect in a role tailored for him. Solid work all around.

In my view, the movie should not be aimed at you (e.g. preaching to the choir) but could be skillfully done to attract new younger viewers to the themes. If you've watched the Fountainhead, it was good, but you couldn't have Coop doing oratory for 20 minutes and get anybody to watch it. Still, an unknown or lesser known actress could work. One who definitely has the acting chops is Connie Britton. I don't know her politics, she seems to have the good sense not to use her position to flout them at the world.

Now that is very cool! Just ordered your first book btw, and am looking forward to reading it.

Very, very good, FeFe.

Hey, I know, Israel can just wait until it's been wiped off the map — and then react. Oh, woops, won't exist!

Let us hope Israel is doing a good job spying on us! It dramatically increases our chances of finding out what is in all these bills the Democrats are passing and where all our money is going, because the Dems are sure in no hurry to tell us.

Self-fulfilling prophesy time, expect madness and it shall come.

Thanks guys, I did get a good laugh out of it…..

On another note, I thought it was hilarious when Andrew lost his balls on Red Eye last night. I'm glad to see it was only a temporary ball loss, but I worry that in his quest for conservatism, he maybe turning a bit kinky? I should hope we see the same on Beck and Hannity – as this new message will totally confuse the libs. Way to go!

New from Drudge:
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/obama-to-lobb...

Occupant in Chief does not trust the Senate Dems to back his health care power grab, so he is bringing them to the White House for some "up close and personal" encouragement, Chicago style.

Guess now that his backers in the election have already been paid off and it looks unlikely he will be able to cough up even more anytime soon, he has been reduced to hard ball tactics. "You back this or ACORN won't be out there getting you votes!" Reply: "Oh great, then the Republican guy will win either way. And you want support on cap and trade as well? Do I get dinner first?"

So here's a little test for our Republican friends to help them decide the status of the nation's economy. I dare them to answer these questions truthfully, as Americans first, and not as transparent partisan stooges:

1. Is the stock market stronger today than when Bush left office?
2. Is the banking industry stronger than when Bush left office?
3. Are Wall Street companies (JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, etc) doing better today than when Bush left office?
4. Are the credit markets doing better than when Bush left office?
5. Is the auto industry doing better than when Bush left office?
6. Are the housing markets doing better than when Bush left office?
7. Are retailers doing better than when Bush left office?
8. Is the technology industry doing better than when Bush left office?
0. Are monthly jobless claims lower than when Bush left office?
10. Is consumer confidence higher than when Bush left office?

Of course, the answer to every single one of these black and white questions is yes.

I don't like her as Dagny. She is the wrong look entirely.
Dagny's stregnth came from her personality not her appearance. Jolie's appearance is a huge distraction.
The script will be interesting, the book can really drag in parts.

yes, that becomes distracting from the movie when they use an activist

Check it out. It's good to mix it up. C'mon, live a little. Also, not to get too picky but there have been some movie posters from the last 20 years recently listed including:

Ace Ventura/The Abyss/A.I./The Pledge/Jackie Brown/About A Boy/Austin Powers 'Goldmember' to name a few

If you ask me, some of the artwork from the older films 50's/60's/70's in particular are much more interesting as are most of the films.

A year or two ago she was on the short lived "Woman' Murder Club" which wasn't actually a bad show, but it got killed over the course of the writers' strike. I did enjoy her on L & O (which was what? 15 years ago??), but she's kind of a b-lister now. I doubt she has the marquee value to get a project like this green-lit on her name alone.

Well, guess what? Sarah Palin has a new ethics complaint.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090721/ap_on_re_us/u...

This complaint is about her setting up a fund to help pay her lawyers fees for the earlier complaints.

Basically it is a circular argument.

From what I can tell, all these ethics complaints are designed to keep her from doing her job and to deplete her bank account.

DId anyone watch the premiere of the new "Torchwood?" Running all this week. This was my first time watching, and even with good fill-in hour beforehand, I just…wasn't engaged. The show has tons of things I love it just didn't click for me. However, on the plus side, Hell's Kitchen is back tonight! There's a British import I can root for!

Not only do you get to see the B's playing at the Old Garden but a chance to see the legend, numba 4, Bobby Orr, do his thing. Love that scene where Mitchum watches Orr. Also, if I remember correctly you get to see The Chief, Johnny Bucyk along with Freddie Stanfield goin' at it with Keith Magnusson from the Blackhawks during the game.

Old School.

Love it.

I worked at a local theater when this movie was in distribution, and I watched it many times while I had access. Damned fine little movie, and Mitchum gives a great performance. The book is very good – the author was a Boston District Attorney. His plotlines and dialogue are workday observations, not some whizkids idea of how tough guys talk.

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