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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

Marcus

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1,2,3...1961 with James Cagney. WOW...that movie has the most rapid fire script I've ever seen. It has some really great comedy in it. It helps if you know some WW2 and Cold War history. Not sure if I heard this right, but Robert Osbourne on TCM said that this movie was so taxing on Cagney that he didn't do another movie for 20 years. Great movie...highly suggest it! SITZEN MACHEN!!!!!
 

Marc Chevalier

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Just finished it myself. Such a sad story.....


That series, along with the movie "Chariots of Fire", sparked a strong vintage/repro clothing revival. In fact, in the early '80s, some clothing catalogs sold outfits that were repros of "Brideshead" costumes. You could even buy repro Aloysius teddy bears.



Thanks to "Brideshead Revisited", I tried, at the age of 15, to dress (but not speak!) like these chaps:



[video=youtube_share;8P6W7txlEtA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P6W7txlEtA&feature=related[/video]
 
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rue

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I guess the fact that you were trying to dress like them answers my other question :)

They were good ... and they were very expensive. There was an excellent repro of Sebastian's ludicrously luxurious silk dressing gown. As I recall, the repro cost about $1,000 -- in 1982!

It would be neat to find them on ebay now, but I'd be willing to bet that they would still be pretty pricey. That robe was gorgeous.
 

Marc Chevalier

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I guess the fact that you were trying to dress like them answers my other question :)


The costuming was pretty damn accurate. Then again, it was a British production. The Brits almost always get costuming right.


It would be neat to find them on ebay now, but I'd be willing to bet that they would still be pretty pricey. That robe was gorgeous.


I've not run into any.
 
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Wally_Hood

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1,2,3...1961 with James Cagney. WOW...that movie has the most rapid fire script I've ever seen. It has some really great comedy in it. It helps if you know some WW2 and Cold War history. Not sure if I heard this right, but Robert Osbourne on TCM said that this movie was so taxing on Cagney that he didn't do another movie for 20 years. Great movie...highly suggest it! SITZEN MACHEN!!!!!

It's a screwball comedy with the dark heart of the Cold War as its frame. Instead of 30s rich folks acting wacky, or Depression Era poor folks showing up the wealthy, its rampant capitalism vs. heel-clicking nazis blended with goofy commies. All at the speed of light~
 

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