Posted on 01/07/2005 9:11:29 AM PST by pabianice
Story and character driven -- and all done with computers and only voice work by actors.
In another five to ten years, Hollywood will have clearly turned that way again. A new "red state audience" has emerged and movies will increasingly be produced for us. Technological changes will also have a role, making small audience films easier to produce and market.
There are a (very) few newer movies that I like, and I am aware of the infiltration of Hollywood by the commies over the years. That process is simply much further along than it used to be.
Tyrese is not a rapper. He is a singer.
I agree with the point of this article. As for James Stewart, he is truly indispensible. Voted #3 on the list of top 100 actors of the first 100 years of Hollywood films, I believe he should have been #1. (#1 was Bogart; #2, Cary Grant). No actor in the history of film ever played roles of such amazing scope and depth across such a wide range of genres. Not Bogart, nor Grant, nor Gable, nor Cooper, nor Olivier -- no one.
In addition, Jimmy Stewart enlisted in the Army Air Corps during WWII, flew combat missions, and eventually retired from the Air Force Reserves as a Brig. General -- the higest rank ever achieved by an actor in our Armed Forces. Here's just a few of his memorable films from a career that spanned 57 years. From his third film playing Jeanette MacDonald's kid brother in "Rose Marie" (1936), to his last as the voice of Wylie Burp in the 1991 animated feature "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West," Jimmy Stewart did it all, screwball comedy, sophisticated comedy, drama, bad guy, good guy, musicals, westerns, fantasy, mystery...here's just a few of his best films -- all of which are still being shown frequently on TV:
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) .... Capt. Frank Towns
Shenandoah (1965) .... Charlie Anderson
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) .... Roger Hobbs
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) .... Ransom Stoddard
Anatomy of a Murder (1959) .... Paul Biegler
Vertigo (1958) .... Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) .... Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) .... Dr. Ben McKenna
The Man from Laramie (1955) .... Will Lockhart
Rear Window (1954).... L. B. 'Jeff' Jefferies The Far Country (1954) .... Jeff Webster
Rear Window (1954) .... L. B. 'Jeff' Jefferies
The Glenn Miller Story (1953) .... Glenn Miller
Bend of the River (1952) .... Glyn McLyntock
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) .... Buttons, the clown
Harvey (1950) .... Elwood P. Dowd
Broken Arrow (1950) .... Tom Jeffords
Winchester '73 (1950) .... Lin McAdam
The Stratton Story (1949) .... Monty Stratton
Rope (1948) .... Rupert Cadell
Call Northside 777 (1948) .... P.J. McNeal
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) .... George Bailey
Ziegfeld Girl (1941) .... Gilbert 'Gil' Young
The Philadelphia Story (1940) .... Mike Connor
The Shop Around the Corner (1940) .... Alfred Kralik
Destry Rides Again (1939) .... Thomas Jefferson 'Tom' Destry Jr.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) .... Jefferson Smith
Wife vs. Secretary (1936) .... Dave
Rose-Marie (1936) .... John Flower
IIRC that was astronauts that thought they had landed on Mars.
Killed each other off, then the last man walks over a sand dune and spots power lines and a highway.
Loved those shows.
Yeah, I think you're right. They thought they were shipwrecked, they go nuts, then he walks over a hill and sees a semi driving by or something. Awesome O Henry style ending.
Wow. Strange. Nowadays it would be special effects, computer animation.
Production cost (updated): $ 45 million
Marketing Cost (updated): $ 25 million (estimate)
Total revenue: $ 20 million
Average revenue/screen/day as of 12 January: $ 74
Film is even a bigger bust than originally thought.
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