Posted on 12/14/2014 12:18:46 PM PST by C19fan
Come back, John Huston, all is forgiven. When the grizzled Hollywood veteran was attached to direct the 1982 film version of Broadway's mammoth hit Annie, which had fetched a record sum for screen rights, much collective head-scratching ensued. Nothing in Huston's output indicated an affinity for family-friendly movie musicals. Pundits were no less mystified once they saw the film, which suggested an agonized disconnect between director and material. Yet audiences who were kids back then regard it as a classic, playing fast and loose with that term. Maybe today's tweens will feel similar affection for this misconceived contemporary update, but they needn't be encouraged.
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Three months ago I spoke with a Rave theater manager who had just come back where they did a ore-screening of Annie in Columbus. The Studio flew our two high priced technicians to ensure the quality was good. The Studio had done a lot of pre-event advertising, and only had 20 people in the theater.
thanks for the ping ES. The trailers have been on for it seems a LONG time and are pleasing. I plan to see it. I try to not compare movies to movies or books etc. Just try to enjoy what is offered.
Exodus tomorrow night
There is an all-black cast horror-comedy-spoof called “Haunted House” which is really pretty good (HH2 is not too bad either)
There is also one I ONLY saw online called “end of the world” that i thought was a laff, and another one about some country guys out camping in the woods and a bunch of teenagers think they are psycho redneck killers and get THEMSELVES killed through an incredibly number of idiotic accidents, that only reinforce their misconceptions.
It seems like all my favorite movies I never even saw come out on big screen. Idiocracy, Dogma, to name a couple of others.
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