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Favorite films based upon plays -

- and please explain a bit why you like them.

I have too many to name, so I'll pick just three very special ones for now:

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) - in my opinion one of the greatest American plays by one of our greatest American playwrights, Tennessee Williams, and directed by one of our greatest directors, Elia Kazan, who also directed the play on Broadway. It's a heartbreaking story with performances that are among the greatest ever put on the screen.



Picnic (1956) - I love the small town Kansas locations, the wonderful cinematography, the bittersweet story, and the music, which is used so beautifully in this iconic dance scene with William Holden and Kim Novak:



Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) - A masterful production of Edward Albee's play, beautifully directed by Mike Nichols with stunning performances by its ensemble cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal and Sandy Dennis. It's a fierce, intense, hate-filled story of a marriage in which love sadly can only be expressed through rage.

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I realize I've posted this at least 3 times, but it bears repeating, and often, for being outstanding!



"Life is tough. Get a helmet." – Candace Owens
"Not today, Satan!" – Blaire White

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

That's okay. I repeated myself with PICNIC from another thread. I think maybe I'll swap that one out, not sure. Still haven't seen R & G. Don't know when I ever will. I've read it and loved it though. And I love that Tom Stoppard, who wrote it, was the co-author (though I suspect the main author) of one of my favorite films about the theatre: SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE. What a writer he is!

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But don't you have any other titles you really like, too?

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Absolutely and fully agree re: Tom Stoppard! There's a great interview with him in the DVD of R&G. He might be a tad stuffy, but wowza, what a writer!

I'm not too into plays so beats me. I just happen to be a fan of Shakespeare's Hamlet so I enjoyed this a lot,… as well as this TV series:



I highly recommend this series. Wonderful cast (real husband and wife leads which lends itself beautifully to the chemistry), and such a funny story. Once again, it's a play (Hamlet) within a show.

They also get to "the Scottish play" in season 2. It's got a great blend of humour and drama as well as the proper story-telling.

"Life is tough. Get a helmet." – Candace Owens
"Not today, Satan!" – Blaire White

Slings and Arrows

This looks very interesting, though I don't believe I have access to it. I see it's Canadian. I sometimes have a hard time getting those shows here. But sometimes they show up, hit or miss, so I'll keep an eye out for it.

Slings and Arrows

It's on youtube! All the series (3 of them) and all the episodes.

It's absolutely wonderful!

"Life is tough. Get a helmet." – Candace Owens
"Not today, Satan!" – Blaire White

Slings and Arrows

I'm a dinosaur. I don't know how to do the youtube thing. And I won't pay on line. Hmm. . .Gotta figure this modern world out.

Slings and Arrows

I'm a luddite too, and tend to shun technology. I even *gasp* read real paper books (oh my!) and send hand-written notes on parchment with wax seals! Yes, I know. I don't do kindle or any of that.

On youtube.com just type in Slings & Arrows and all the seasons pop up.

I don't do any social media (other than forums, like here) but I'm not familiar with a lot of the techie stuff either.

"Life is tough. Get a helmet." – Candace Owens
"Not today, Satan!" – Blaire White

Slings and Arrows

OMG, I'm not alone!!! Can't believe it. I do no social media, save this and one other film site, and, honestly, if I didn't have to have a computer for work, I wouldn't have one.

EDIT: Well, I just did as you suggested and there they are - all episodes. Now I just have to figure out how to find the time to watch them! I'll do my best. Thanks for the help!

Slings and Arrows

Yes, we're few and far between. Get this. I even go out at times (you may need to sit down for this) without my phone! Yes, it's true! I go to the dog park (and while everyone's got their head buried in their phone, as strange as this sounds, I'm watching what my dog is doing and keeping an eye on him. Bizarre, I know!). I don't get online on my phone (I will text and use it for emergency calls only).

But I do enjoy my movies, especially the older classics, and not so much the new stuff. It's why I enjoy being able to discuss the older movies, as there's always talk about whatever just got released. That's why I enjoyed IMDb…talking with others about movies from the 40's and the silver screen or even silent era.

"Life is tough. Get a helmet." – Candace Owens
"Not today, Satan!" – Blaire White

Slings and Arrows

Okay, you'll really need to sit down for this: I don't even have a phone!! I'm hard-wired into the wall, and I like it that way.

My friends think I'm crazy, but life is easier for me this way.

But I enjoy my movies, too, especially since it's been my career all of the adult life (and was a dream that began when I was 13), so I certainly appreciate talking with others who share that love, especially of older films. I rarely go to new films anymore. I know films, and I know how they are made, and most of what I see these days almost always disappoints or disgusts me.

Put it on a tripod, as one of the old posters here used to say. And I say, let the scene run without a thousand cuts or without moving the camera around in circles for no reason endlessly. I could go on and on, but I'm sure you get my point.

Welcome, fellow luddite. I celebrate you. 😊

Slings and Arrows

Okay, we can sit together on a hand-carved bench. lol

Landlines are wonderful when one lives in rural areas where things like cell reception is shoddy, and/or cell calls get dropped, and then of course, worrying about your battery dying.

I loooooathe shaky cam in films. The only exception to this has been the Bourne movies, which I like. Otherwise, for the love of what's holy, just keep the dang camera still so I can watch the actual movie, and not get so dizzy I feel like I'm going to toss my cookies. Noooo, it doesn't "take me into the film" by moving the camera around. Noooo, it doesn't give me a sense of action and adventure by moving the camera around. It just hurts my eyeballs and irritates me. Oh, for the record, also not a fan of movie theatres now as unlike as I recall as a kid, it seems there's some type of trend to see which theatre can make it the LOUDEST possible. I end up bringing cotton or tissue to stuff into my ears just to protect them. Hard to enjoy when the picture's too big (yes, that's another one, I prefer the "square" ratio as opposed to wide-screen), and no, I don't like giant screens, nor sitting 3 feet away to, once again, "feel like I'm 'in' the movie!"

Ughhh…

I'd rather sit in a rocker, my dog nearby, reading a good book or watching an old flick.

"Life is tough. Get a helmet." – Candace Owens
"Not today, Satan!" – Blaire White

Slings and Arrows

Oh, you are an angel!!! And I understand all of it, every word you said.

I don't even go to theatres anymore, i.e. cineplexes, unless I absolutely have to. I hate them. Thankfully, I have access to an art film house where I live that was built in the 20s and restored in the old fashioned way, so I can go there and feel like I'm seeing a film in my small hometown like I did in the old days.

The only unavoidable problem even there, however - because it's unavoidable virtually everywhere now - is that they're showing digital, not film, which is a whole other conversation that I shouldn't get into, because if I do, I, who do not like profanities, am likely to start spewing them. (I made my first film on 8mm back in the day!) Even Spielberg's going to digital soon, and there's no one on the planet who loves film more than he does.

Slings and Arrows

Much like I'm a fan of vinyl when it comes to music. I regret that I ever got rid of all my vinyl albums. Isn't that the way, though? We make "progress" and technology comes along, and we get tapes, and discs and DVDs and then,…vinyl is coming back but it's only for the rare few who have managed to save and collect it.

I don't like the sterile sound. I actually enjoy a little bit of crackling in the vinyl, plus I prefer the quality. Not to mention, don't get me started on autotuned "music."

In my home town, we had this old theatre, with a balcony, red carpet, red velvet drapes, red velvet chairs with gold trim, and red and black carpeting. There was even an old fashioned aroma to the place (and not in a negative way).

How about drive-ins?

"Life is tough. Get a helmet." – Candace Owens
"Not today, Satan!" – Blaire White

Slings and Arrows

Oh, I love vinyl! Still have quite a few albums and my great thorens turntable. The sound of vinyl is so much better than CDs because the sound isn't compressed like it is in a digital format - and because the "ambient" sound from the turntable actually enhances the music. Same with film vs. digital - well, the details are slightly different, but that's the essence of it.

And I remember drive-ins well. Saw so many great films at them. I do think, however, that I wouldn't appreciate them as much today as I did when I was younger.

And your old hometown theatre sounds a lot like mine. Will always love the memory of that one, now long gone.

Slings and Arrows

I wouldn't enjoy drive-ins as much either. My favourite is still staying home on a comfy chair (that aren't being kicked) where I can pause to use the powder room and nibble on my own snacks. And I also get to control the volume.

YES! YES! That's what it is, and I didn't know the word for it, the ambient sound on vinyl. I describe it as the sterility of digital or on disk. Another example for me is how I love reading books about Patton. He had, let us say, a blue streak and colourful language, as well as deep respect for other cultures and languages, so far as having his papers (ie: when meeting the French, he expected accents to be accurate) if they so much as missed an accent. (This has a point, trust me).*

If you read War As I Knew It "by Patton", it was technically put forth by his family (as was another book) where they REWROTE everything Patton wanted in his book, to make it "family friendly." It sooooo detracted from who he was and presented him, but not in an authentic, real way.

This is like vinyl vs digital. Taking out everything that makes it special and real does NOT make it better. It's actually a detraction and the experience is artificial.



*That whole thing about Patton, look it up some time, it's a rather fascinating (and not singular) example of his incredible attention to detail, of which there are many.

"Life is tough. Get a helmet." – Candace Owens
"Not today, Satan!" – Blaire White

Slings and Arrows

Lilith said... I wouldn't enjoy drive-ins as much either. My favourite is still staying home on a comfy chair (that aren't being kicked) where I can pause to use the powder room and nibble on my own snacks. And I also get to control the volume.

YES! YES! That's what it is, and I didn't know the word for it, the ambient sound on vinyl. I describe it as the sterility of digital or on disk. Another example for me is how I love reading books about Patton. He had, let us say, a blue streak and colourful language, as well as deep respect for other cultures and languages, so far as having his papers (ie: when meeting the French, he expected accents to be accurate) if they so much as missed an accent. (This has a point, trust me).*

If you read War As I Knew It "by Patton", it was technically put forth by his family (as was another book) where they REWROTE everything Patton wanted in his book, to make it "family friendly." It sooooo detracted from who he was and presented him, but not in an authentic, real way.

This is like vinyl vs digital. Taking out everything that makes it special and real does NOT make it better. It's actually a detraction and the experience is artificial.



*That whole thing about Patton, look it up some time, it's a rather fascinating (and not singular) example of his incredible attention to detail, of which there are many.
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👍👍 Couldn't agree more! Thanks for the great talk.

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Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. You can almost feel and taste the heat and humidity. The acting was superb - probably the best that Elizabeth and Paul ever achieved.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Yes, indeed, another terrific Tennessee Williams play, with excellent performances all the way 'round, Elizabeth and Paul for sure, though I have to confess my favorite was Burl Ives as Big Daddy. I think I just really love that character.

Interestingly, Elia Kazan also directed this on Broadway (along with many other plays), but A Streetcar Named Desire was the only one he chose to film.

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Chicago Cab, also known as Hellcab, is a 1997 American film directed by Mary Cybulski and John Tintori. It is based on a play by Will Kern.

The film follows an unnamed taxi driver (played by Paul Dillon) over one day in Chicago, shortly before Christmas. More than 30 passengers enter his taxi throughout the course of the film, providing brief looks into their personal lives.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Cab

Chicago CAB

Great cast and very interesting story! I don't know how I missed seeing it. 🙄 I'll keep an eye out for it. Thanks.

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Clash by night (1952).
Excellent cast, and dramatic tension.

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Clash by Night

Oh, yes, the Clifford Odets work that everyone loves. I never met a Barbara Stanwyck film that didn't captivate me. Interestingly, on Broadway it was directed by Lee Strasberg before he took over the Actors Studio (after Elia Kazan founded it), with Tallulah Bankhead playing the Stanwyck part. That would have been interesting to see, though personally I'll take Stanwyck any day over Bankhead (and many others for that matter)!

EDIT: Just remembered that another of my favorites is another Clifford Odets play, GOLDEN BOY (1939), starring a young William Holden and, yes, Ms. Barbara Stanwyck!



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Clash by Night

The way I see it, Miss Stanwyck was a decent looker, although she was really known for being a sweetheart.
Sort of like Gene Tierney.

Elvis didn't do no drugs!

Clash by Night

Well, yes, I agree she was a decent looker, as you put it, but in my opinion, she was also one of the finest American film actresses of all time. I have a thread here somewhere that discusses her at length. She was a four time Oscar nominee and an Honorary winner (and she was robbed of a competitive win at least once!). She was also nominated for five Emmys and won three. A truly amazing actress, in my view.

Clash by Night

Classy in more ways than one.



Elvis didn't do no drugs!

Clash by Night

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Clash by Night

I have read more than once that Barbara Stanwyck was the only person in Hollywood whom not one single person had a bad thing to say about. She was the ideal combination friendly, professional and genuine. She would have had to be an exceptional person. I just love hearing that.

Her last theatrical film is also one of my all-time favorites, "Night Walker", directed by William Castle (1964)

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So many wonderful titles, gw, though I confess I haven't see all of them (though I have seen quite a few). Of those I have seen, my favorites are Marty, Pandora's Box, Baby Doll, Heaven Can Wait, The Elephant Man, Agnes of God and Dutchman. And I tolerate Bus Stop, because William Inge is my favorite playwright for personal and professional reasons, but they "Un-Inged" the play so much that I have a lot of trouble with it as filmed. I'll never forgive director Josh Logan for that.

And just a note about Dutchman: I attended the William Inge Festival a few years ago and Shirley Knight was there, in honor of them showing another of my favorites, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, which was her debut film.

Anyway, in the conversation afterwards when I asked which of her films was her favorite, she said that Dutchman was. She was proudest of that. She also helped produce it, so it obviously really meant something to her. I like it very much, though it's not my favorite of her films - but who am I to argue with the woman herself?

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The Little Foxes

Long Days Journey Into Night

The Glass Menagerie

Inherit the Wind

These Three -which was remade by Wyler as The Children's Hour

Watch on the Rhine

Any Shakespeare play

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😊 Some excellent titles. I think my favorite of them is LONG DAYS JOURNEY INTO NIGHT. Lumet's final two cuts of that during Hepburn's long monologue are simply stunning.

It seems you're a big Lillian Hellman fan. Can you expand upon that?

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I've always considered Hellman a bit of a rebel. She had everybody bit the talent that Hemingway and Fitzgerald had. She was also a lot like them in her personal life. She was extremely outspoken and a lot of her work talks about injustice and challenges the system.
She like many got screwed by McCarthy and his witch hunt.

A lot of people don't realize that during the early days of Hollywood and the silent film era that women had a lot of power. They were writing, producing and directing. During the 30's when the "talkies" started and the studios started to become these powerful entities women took a diminished role. Women like Hellman did things on her own terms and I believe a strong voice for feminism. She eventually walked away from it because of the power of the studios and directors had over her work. Don't get me wrong, she was no saint but she stood by her convictions and didn't take any crap from anybody.

While I liked both versions of "The Children's Hour" I'm still not convinced that either version did credit to Hellman's play. Wyler was handcuffed by the Hays code while doing "These Three" and didn't push the envelope enough in the 60's version. IMO- Still a powerful film. I also don't think it's necessarily about the two of them being lesbians but instead a strong statement about the power of a lie.

There was an 80's version of "Long Days Journey", a tv movie I believe. It doesn't compare to Lumet's version but I thought Jack Lemmon's performance was one of his best.

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Lillian Hellman

Thanks for the great post, muttley. And I agree that Hellman was a rebel, and not just a bit of one, I think. On a par with the male writers of the time, as you note.

And I agree with you about this, too, and thank you for bringing it up: Very few people are aware of the involvement that so many women had in the early days of filmmaking. There were so many prominent female writers and directors - first and foremost Alice Guy-Blaché, the first female director in the history of film, who also made the first narrative film in history, in 1896 — at the young age of 23 and ended up directing over 400 films in her lifetime; then Lois Weber, who wrote and directed over 100 films. Even silent film star Mabel Normand directed about a dozen. But once men realized that there was money to made in "pictures" they pushed women to behind the scene roles like editing, etc. Frances Marion, however, was a prominent female writer who lasted into the sound era, winning two Oscars along the way.

Anyway, back to Hellman. She was indeed a titan in her own way - talented and strong-willed, and an early feminist at a time when that was not a common word. I don't know if you've read her memoirs or not, but they are very interesting. I admire her tremendously. She definitely had a strong vision and a commitment to telling stories that had social significance. And although she was Blacklisted, she kept writing under her own name, and she really gave them an earful when she was called to testify. Good for her!

As far as THESE THREE and THE CHILDREN'S HOUR are concerned - I liked the former better, only because in the "translation" I felt it had more unity. I wanted the latter to have so much more power than it did, but I fear it still had to soften the potential lesbian story for the time it was made in the early sixties, and for me that weakened it. But I also think you're right: I think it's really about the power of a lie, rather than a potential lesbian relationship. I always felt one of its weakness (seen again recently, btw) was that the Shirley MacLaine character seemed to talk herself into a reality that may not have been true for her. But I've never read the play, so I can't say for sure.

My favorite film version of a Hellman play is THE LITTLE FOXES. And, OT, but I'll go there anyway: I also loved the adaptation of part of her memoir into the film, JULIA (1977).

Oh, and I've only seen the Lumet version of LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT. I would be very interested in seeing the other version.

Thanks again for the great post!!

Lillian Hellman

I enjoyed reading your insight and I'm glad you named some of those women. I'll add Ida May Park and Dorothy Arzner. I believe Arzner was the first woman to direct a movie with sound. She also eventually left Hollywood. It's also insane to think that it took until 1991 for a black woman to direct a film with a wide release.

The one thing I've always wondered about The Children's Hour and "the big lie" is who's lie led to the ending? Was it the lie of the girl or was it the lie of the teacher and her realization?

I know Hellman's memoirs exist but I sadly haven't read them. I know a little about them but I would really like to read them to form my own opinions. Someday, right?
I've seen Julia once and that was a long time ago. It would be nice to read the memoirs and then see the movie again. I did enjoy the film but I enjoy a lot of Zinnemann's work.

I'm with you on The Little Foxes. Easily my favorite. Every time I see it I try to find some redeeming quality of this family but I haven't been to do it yet. In fact, each time I see it I despise them more and more!

Look forward to hearing your insights and chatting some more with you on films.

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Lillian Hellman

I'm completely unfamiliar with Ida May Park! Thank you so much for filling in that part of my film history. I'd love to see any of her films and will look for a few on-line.

As for Arzner, yes, she lasted into the sound era in Hollywood. Lois Weber made one sound film, White Heat (1934), but Arzner was the only woman directing in Hollywood from 1934 until she left directing and went to teach at UCLA in 1943. The next woman director was Ida Lupino, who began directing in 1949 and was the only woman directing in Hollywood in the 1950s and 1960s until she retired in 1968. Two women directors from 1934 to 1968! What a disgrace!! Then Elaine May took over in 1971 with A NEW LEAF, and a few more followed, but there were very few, only a handful, and some of those were in television. There are more today, it's true, but still women directors don't come close to parity with men. In the 1980s about 2% of the director membership of the Directors Guild of America was female. This year it has risen to 16% (a lot of that in television), but that's still a monumental mountain for women to climb to achieve full parity.

But back to THE CHILDREN'S HOUR - a very interesting question about which lie caused the ultimate tragedy. It's probably a case of the chicken or the egg. I have a feeling you can't have one without the other. Then again, I think that lack of clarity is one of the film's flaws. Maybe that element just wasn't developed well enough, not sure. I really need to read the play, which I have here somewhere. Maybe it confronts that issue more strongly.

Lillian Hellman

Yes, Ida Lupino! I was trying to think of her but I couldn't remember. I first thought of Mary Pickford but I knew that wasn't correct. The Hitchhiker was an excellent film.
She is also the only female to have directed a Twilight Zone episode, I believe.

You mentioning Elaine May reminded me of Barbara Loden.

I remembered another one that I really enjoyed.
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
I've only seen this film once but I've been thinking about ever since. An extremely haunting film.
It also may be the longest film title in history.

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Barbara Loden

Oh, yes, Barbara Loden, my idol Elia Kazan's wife, who wrote and directed Wanda (1970). Sadly, she left us a few years after that, way too young, and wasn't able to make another film. I've always regretted that, just as I've regretted her early death.

Also, as to (yes, the longest title in history, which I always just call) Marat/Sade: I've read the play and found it haunting, but I've never seen the 1967 film. I've never been sure I wanted to see it after reading it, though I believe it's highly praised. And as Peter Brook directed it, I'm sure that it's compelling.

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the power of a lie.

Irony, yes?

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Oh I miss the good ole days of Hollywood. Actors actually knew how to act because they studied acting at an actor's school and then practiced on stage plays.

And the directors knew colors. Like vibrant colors rather than whatever the hell is in film for feature and TV.


Also, Jack Lemon is a damn fine actor. I'd never heard of that movie u shared. Now I really wanna see it.

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Philadelphia, Here I come!
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
The Merchant of Venice
The Field

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😊 Which of the Shakespeare versions are your favorites? It's helpful to know that when reading a list.

And I'm not familiar with PHILADELPHIA, HERE I COME, but it sounds intriguing.

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The Roman Polanski version of Macbeth, the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet and the Merchant of Venice film with Al Pacino as Shylock.

Philadelphia, Here I come! is abut a young Irish man on his last evening at home before he heads off to the States. He has conversations with his inner self played by another actor, reminiscences about his past, and says goodbye to his friends and former girlfriend.

Shakespeare and Philadelphia

The only one of those Shakespeare versions I know is the Zefferelli 1968 Romeo and Juliet masterpiece, and I love it with a passion. I need to see other other two. I'm aware of Pacino as Shylock, but I didn't know that Polanski had done a version of Macbeth. Those would be very interesting to see. Will keep an eye out for them.

And Philadelphia, Here I Come sounds really interesting. Thanks so much for the introduction to it. It was completely off my radar.

Shakespeare and Philadelphia

You're welcome :-)

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American Buffalo (1996) - I'm a huge David Mamet fan. This particular adaptation of a Mamet play is exceptionally well acted by Dennis Franz. Dustin Hoffman is rock-solid as usual in his role as a sleazy small-time scrounger, but Franz definitely shines in his more sympathetic role. Nice supporting work by Sean Nelson, too.



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American Buffalo

Haven't seen this, Woody, but the trailer - especially Dennis Franz in it - is pretty great. Franz looks like he more than holds his own with Hoffman, and the story is intriguing. Hope to see it - if it doesn't have a lot of profanity. I don't tolerate that very well anymore, but it is a few years old, so maybe it will be okay. Hope so. 🌞

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Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) - Another David Mamet adaptation, this time focusing on the fiercely cutthroat and competitive world of white collar real estate salesmen. Super intense and in-your-face powerful stuff that's brilliantly acted by Jack Lemmon (simply heartbreaking as a down on his luck aging salesman), Al Pacino, Ed Harris, and Alan Arkin. Bravura cameo by Alec Baldwin as a ferocious corporate bigwig who delivers a searingly brutal "pep talk."



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Glengarry Glen Ross

Oh, what a great cast this one has! I've meant to see it for years; don't know how I missed it. I will see it one of these days, profanity or not.
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