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"Doctor Zhivago" on TCM Tonight, 8PM E.S.T.
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Posted on 11/19/2012 4:49:17 PM PST by ReformationFan

For those interested, Turner Classic Movies will air "Doctor Zhivago" tonight starting at 8PM E.S.T.. While I don't approve of the adultery of the film's hero, it is one of the few times when Hollywood produced a huge epic showing how awful life under Soviet totalitarian communism truly was. For that reason alone it's worth seeing at least once. Tom Courtnenay's youthfully idealistic Pasha provides a great example of a liberal who gets power then proceeds to torment everyone else for the "common good." The scene where Zhivago returns to his wife and family after World War I only to find his home confiscated in the name of "fairness" is also quite effective. Special kudos to Rod Steiger for his great performance as the opportunistic Komorovsky, my favorite performance in the film.


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To: ReformationFan

IMHO the greatest movie ever made.


41 posted on 11/19/2012 7:07:07 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: ReformationFan

“There was living space for thirteen families! In this one house!”

“Yes, this is a better arrangement, comrades. More just.”


42 posted on 11/19/2012 7:12:22 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

As Maobama would say to the Gromeko family “You didn’t build that!”


43 posted on 11/19/2012 7:18:05 PM PST by ReformationFan
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To: ReformationFan

An absolutely fantastic experience!

In 1966, I was in a troubled three year old marriage, and the care and affection that Zhivago showed to the sparkling blue eyed Lara, brought tears to my eyes - (Why not me??).

The entire experience was riveting, fabulous photography, and the scene where Zhivago sees her on the street so many years later, only to call after her and die of a heart attack on the spot, was so traumatic.

The finest experience ever!


44 posted on 11/19/2012 7:39:32 PM PST by Noob1999 (Loose Lips, Sink Ships)
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To: what's up
The remake with Keira Knightley is also good IMO.

Yes it was. IMO it was closer to the original book.

45 posted on 11/19/2012 7:42:50 PM PST by YankeeReb
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To: Noob1999

Agree Noob. one of the best movies of all time. Omar Sharif’s eyes are imprinted in my soul forever! I hope you went on to recover from the marriage and find happiness in your life.

I didn’t see this til just now so missed it. darn.


46 posted on 11/19/2012 7:44:41 PM PST by Mountain Mary (Pray for our Republic...)
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To: Mountain Mary

...................I hope you went on to recover from the marriage and find happiness in your life............

Thank you very much. I’m on my third marriage now, of 30 years,and I’m estatically happy!


47 posted on 11/19/2012 7:49:19 PM PST by Noob1999 (Loose Lips, Sink Ships)
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To: YankeeReb

................The remake with Keira Knightley is also good IMO....................

Please, please tell me more! I never knew that there was a remake of Zhivago. When??, what was the title??

Can’t wait to see it!


48 posted on 11/19/2012 7:53:24 PM PST by Noob1999 (Loose Lips, Sink Ships)
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To: ReformationFan
Strel-bamni-kov!!


49 posted on 11/19/2012 7:58:28 PM PST by twister881
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To: ReformationFan
For as long as we have been enduring Obama and the harm and threat that he is to a free America, I have often had flashes of the movie in my mind - and most often it has been the scenes in which the beautiful and gracious private home was being taken over by the people. I have this exact feeling of loss as this administration dismantles the meaning and freedom of America.

A difference, though, is that the young communists in Russia were idealistic in thinking they were helping the country, and did not realize that they were destroying the country. The Obama administration knows exactly what it is doing, though.....and it WANTS to destroy the country.

50 posted on 11/19/2012 8:00:57 PM PST by Swede Girl
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To: twister881

Excellent photoshop work!


51 posted on 11/19/2012 8:31:29 PM PST by ReformationFan
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To: twister881
I can hear Obama telling us, the private life is dead .
52 posted on 11/19/2012 8:44:08 PM PST by pterional
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To: Migraine

I think it’s the beautiful score that just makes it for me. So haunting.


53 posted on 11/19/2012 9:04:10 PM PST by dandiegirl
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To: ReformationFan
I've watched parts of the movie over the years but never saw it from beginning to finish. Again I was watching it tonight but did not see the beginning to the finish, but I did realize for the first time watching it, that this could be easily our country's future. I never thought of being in the same shoes as the characters before until tonight when I watched it once again!

I always felt the film was of another scenario or circumstance in life that would never be allowed in the U.S. because of supposedly lessons learned about communism, socialism, etc. But now I see how easily freedom can slip away and be replaced by a godless, unfeeling people. God Help Us!

54 posted on 11/19/2012 9:04:53 PM PST by classified
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To: Fiji Hill
I first saw “Dr Zhivago” at the Paramount Theater—now the El Capitan—in Hollywood on August 31, 1966.

Aware of its length and wanting to be comfortable while watching it, I waited 'til it hit the Whitestone Drive-In in the Bronx in '67.

55 posted on 11/19/2012 9:16:57 PM PST by Roccus
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To: dandiegirl

The score is pure genius. Maurice Jarre is up there with Ennio Morricone and Basil Pouledoris in my book.


56 posted on 11/19/2012 10:11:18 PM PST by Migraine (Diversity is great; until it happens to YOU.)
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To: pterional
I can hear Obama telling us, the private life is dead .

"...for a man with any manhood."

Do you think he would leave that part out of the sentence? I do, too.

57 posted on 11/19/2012 10:15:02 PM PST by Migraine (Diversity is great; until it happens to YOU.)
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To: ReformationFan

“Witness” was a very influential book for me. I didn’t read it until about eight years ago, but it made me see things in a much clearer (for me) light.


58 posted on 11/20/2012 3:32:16 AM PST by rlmorel (1793 French Jacobins and 2012 American Liberals have a lot in common.)
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To: Migraine

Indeed. Manhood is now a crime against the state according to the “gender neutral” crowd of which the entire modern day Democratic party is a part.


59 posted on 11/20/2012 5:47:19 AM PST by ReformationFan
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To: Noob1999

It was also called Dr Zhivago. I’m not sure if it was done as a TV miniseries or a movie, but I found the DVD in my library and I was pleasantly surprised. It was a little different from the original so it inspired me to read the book. I found this version closer to the book than the original, although I do love the original. Definitely worth checking out.


60 posted on 11/20/2012 12:49:48 PM PST by YankeeReb
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