Strelnikov!
Yes...that's Strelnikoff.
The first time I saw Zhivago was at the Sanno Hotel in Tokyo, basement conference hall, in '67. I was 13, and my parents drove us to Tokyo--Dad never took the train, unlike Mother and me, who always did--in order to enjoy the movie, and also something that was completely unavailable anywhere else in Japan, and nowhere else stateside: Mongolian barbecue. Even at 13 I was fascinated by the movie, and by the movie score; Mom bought an LP of the score by Jarre, and often played it at home in Hayama. I have loved the movie ever since, including this past afternoon on TCM.
However, my love of the score was not shared by the late star of the film, Omar Sharif:
On the day of Jarre's death in 2009, an Irish college student, Shane Fitzgerald, posted a supposed quote by Jarre on the composer's Wikipedia page--a quote that Fitzgerald made up. Shane wanted to see first whether the quote would spread, and second how long it would take for anyone to notice that it was bogus.
The result? Wikipedia removed the quote from the page the same day, but not before a collection of newspapers worldwide put the quote in their obituary articles about Jarre, and only removed the quote, sometimes months later, when Fitzgerald got in touch with them. CF here
Thanks , I used to have a tradition of watching it every other year around the coldest month. But now that TV gives you more commercials and less of anything else I’ve had trouble finding it.