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John Roberts to Sen. Schumer: 'Dr. Zhivago!'
NewsMax ^
| 9/14/05
| AP
Posted on 09/14/2005 2:04:06 PM PDT by wagglebee
After two days of intense legal questioning, Supreme Court nominee John Roberts finally addressed a subject most Americans could relate to: His favorite movies are "Doctor Zhivago" and "North by Northwest."
Frustrated by Roberts' answers, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., suggested on Wednesday that if he dared to ask the nominee his favorite films, he would get a discussion of cinematography and why "Casablanca" is considered one of the greatest. Instead, Roberts answered flat out, bringing laughter from the audience and senators alike.
"North by Northwest," Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 classic, starred Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason and Martin Landau, and included a death-defying scramble on the face of Mount Rushmore.
"Doctor Zhivago," the 1965 film directed by David Lean, was described as "a love caught in the fire of revolution" and starred Omar Sharif, Julie Christie and Rod Steiger.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: charlesschumer; drzhivago; johnroberts; movies; northbynorthwest; rats; robertsconfirmation; scotus
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If I was Roberts, I would have asked Schumer if he had been to a psychiatrist lately!
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posted on
09/14/2005 2:04:08 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
To: wagglebee
At least Roberts has good taste in films. Those are two of my favorites as well.
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posted on
09/14/2005 2:06:26 PM PDT
by
Vor Lady
(I'm too young to feel this d*&m old.)
To: wagglebee
The thing most Americans don't understand about Dr. Zhivago is that by Russian standards, the story ends happily. I mean, those people all basically die of old age. You really don't want to see what the Russian version of a sad ending looks like...
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posted on
09/14/2005 2:07:13 PM PDT
by
tamalejoe
To: wagglebee
Joe Biden is flying the cropduster.
To: wagglebee
He should have blurted "The Stepford Wives!" just to get them riled up.
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posted on
09/14/2005 2:08:49 PM PDT
by
To Hell With Poverty
(From the rainbow center of the bluest part of a good Red State)
To: tamalejoe
as far as Russian standards are concerned, At the end of The Brothers Karamotzov, I wanted them all dead.
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posted on
09/14/2005 2:09:37 PM PDT
by
Mercat
(God loves us where He finds us.)
To: wagglebee
He's dancing circles around those ignorant fools. Watching the show is like listening to a symphony!
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posted on
09/14/2005 2:10:23 PM PDT
by
Humidston
(It's Bush's fault)
To: wagglebee
The film of Doctor Zhivago would have been better if not for the two leads being aggressively bad actors (Omar Shariff and Julie Christie) 'Lara's Theme', that most pernicious of ear worms, now floating through skull unimpeded...
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posted on
09/14/2005 2:10:41 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: Grannyx4
I own every Alfred Hitchcock movie that is in release and have seen them all at least a dozen times, I love "North by Northwest" (it and "Vertigo" are my favorites). I've only seen "Dr. Zhivago" once and that was a long time ago. I wonder what Schumer would have said if Roberts said his favorite movie was "Reefer Madness" or "A Clockwork Orange" or some other such movie.
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posted on
09/14/2005 2:11:02 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: wagglebee
North By Northwest rules. Good choice, Mr. Soon-To-Be Chief Justice.
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posted on
09/14/2005 2:11:07 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
(Non-Y2K-Compliant)
To: Mercat
We'll never know if that would have happened since Dostoevsky never finished it.
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posted on
09/14/2005 2:11:32 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: wagglebee
1.The Godfather
2 Open Range
3.Rear Window
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posted on
09/14/2005 2:11:32 PM PDT
by
em2vn
To: To Hell With Poverty
I was thinking more along the lines of "THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE".
To: wagglebee
Whatever happened to Omar Sharif?
To: To Hell With Poverty
Star Chamber
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posted on
09/14/2005 2:11:47 PM PDT
by
I see my hands
(Until this civil war heats up.. Have a nice day.)
To: wagglebee
Schumer is an idiot. And the Republicans should have grilled Ginsburg, and voted against her.
To: Verginius Rufus
No, Biden would be the guy on the face of Mount Rushmore.
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posted on
09/14/2005 2:12:10 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: wagglebee
Zhivago is great. Classic.
Watch it on a hot summer's day.
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posted on
09/14/2005 2:12:44 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Cyborg is the greatest blessing I have ever known.)
To: wagglebee
I wish he would have said:
AND
SCHUMER WOULD HAVE HAD A MELTDOWN ON LIVE TV!!!
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posted on
09/14/2005 2:13:48 PM PDT
by
Recovering_Democrat
(I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!)
To: popdonnelly
I agree. Why was Ruthie ever allowed on the Supreme Court?
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posted on
09/14/2005 2:14:55 PM PDT
by
Dante3
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