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- SonjaMarie
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Yes, there was a cable remake with Glenn Close & Patrick Stewart.
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- LoveHistory
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[quote=""Ken""]
Katherine Hepburn/Peter O'Toole/Anthony Hopkins! Is there another?!!!!!!!!!! [/quote]
Yes. As Sonja said.
Don't remember who played Richard or John but John Light played Geoffrey and what's-his-name Henry VIII on The Tudors was Phillip. It's not the original of course, but it's good.
Katherine Hepburn/Peter O'Toole/Anthony Hopkins! Is there another?!!!!!!!!!! [/quote]
Yes. As Sonja said.
Don't remember who played Richard or John but John Light played Geoffrey and what's-his-name Henry VIII on The Tudors was Phillip. It's not the original of course, but it's good.
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[quote=""Leo62""]You mean Jonathan Rhys Meyers. In a very dodgy wig. [/quote]
Oh, that's right. Too funny. I thought this version was iffy, too. Glenn Close wasn't really my vision of my Eleanor, though I loved her in the re-make of Hamlet with Mel Gibson.
Watched a movie with Tilda Swinton called Julia, about an alcoholic mess of a woman who kidnaps a child. Meryl Streep gets the kudos, rightfully, but I think Swinton is right up there with the best of the best.
Also saw a stunning Argentinian film called The Secret In Their Eyes, about a journalist investigating the brutal murder of a young woman.
Oh, that's right. Too funny. I thought this version was iffy, too. Glenn Close wasn't really my vision of my Eleanor, though I loved her in the re-make of Hamlet with Mel Gibson.
Watched a movie with Tilda Swinton called Julia, about an alcoholic mess of a woman who kidnaps a child. Meryl Streep gets the kudos, rightfully, but I think Swinton is right up there with the best of the best.
Also saw a stunning Argentinian film called The Secret In Their Eyes, about a journalist investigating the brutal murder of a young woman.
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THE TUDOR SECRET, Book I in the Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles
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[quote=""cw gortner""]Also saw a stunning Argentinian film called The Secret In Their Eyes, about a journalist investigating the brutal murder of a young woman.[/quote]
Thanks for that, CW. I love world cinema, and there have been some excellent Argentinian films in the recent past. Have you seen Nueve Reinas from a few years ago? It's fab.
On my Latin American to-watch list at the moment are Sin Nombre, about the gangs who control the illegal migrants travelling north through Central America, and The Maid, a reputedly excellent Chilean drama about a family and their very scary maid. Have you seen them?
Thanks for that, CW. I love world cinema, and there have been some excellent Argentinian films in the recent past. Have you seen Nueve Reinas from a few years ago? It's fab.
On my Latin American to-watch list at the moment are Sin Nombre, about the gangs who control the illegal migrants travelling north through Central America, and The Maid, a reputedly excellent Chilean drama about a family and their very scary maid. Have you seen them?
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Ben Kane
Bestselling author of Roman military fiction.
Spartacus - UK release 19 Jan. 2012. US release June 2012.
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Bestselling author of Roman military fiction.
Spartacus - UK release 19 Jan. 2012. US release June 2012.
http://www.benkane.net
Twitter: @benkaneauthor
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[quote=""Ash""]Huh, I didn't realize that. Ok, maybe I will watch the new one. (but I will always hold the first one near and dear to my heart)[/quote]
It's hard (or impossible) to top Hepburn and O'Toole.
I will warn you that at first the new one is jarring. You can't help but compare the two. But after a while you stop thinking about the original film and it becomes more enjoyable. It has a certain charm of its own.
re JRM's wig: yes it was indeed horrible and distracting.
It's hard (or impossible) to top Hepburn and O'Toole.
I will warn you that at first the new one is jarring. You can't help but compare the two. But after a while you stop thinking about the original film and it becomes more enjoyable. It has a certain charm of its own.
re JRM's wig: yes it was indeed horrible and distracting.
Watched Agora. OMG the Christians look like a bunch of ignorant haters in that movie.
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