tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post7158999616167798701..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Maybe the greatest movie trailer EVERBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-28938815356877004602022-04-09T02:19:09.575-07:002022-04-09T02:19:09.575-07:00omg why?omg why?Digital Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741080465106204315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-26112523716945168982020-03-25T13:30:12.019-07:002020-03-25T13:30:12.019-07:00Wasn't this plot already done as a storyline o...Wasn't this plot already done as a storyline on "St Elsewhere?"Kosmo13noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-4784115833015241332020-03-25T11:36:57.252-07:002020-03-25T11:36:57.252-07:00For more TIPTOES info...
https://www.yahoo.com/en...For more TIPTOES info...<br /><br />https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/the-incredible-story-behind-tiptoes-the-movie-in-121940150.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKyH9DhzOKbzbddyfdlmec0WPdf6U8ifktLPgPM5vfQfV1Re8GzdvsUUBcgcJImtXy-QuxrD4B-6Gn8DCpSBtepRGr8QRqx2AD3KZ6DOtzH44YXrsARRP-JH_kChnhFHaLmWwhdqH-5E1b2WCrnkgfIdlUGZ_IhjdEW2wZSYRbl8Dixon Steelenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-80024100289804321092020-03-25T10:42:22.477-07:002020-03-25T10:42:22.477-07:00I was a development exec in the late 90s and was p...I was a development exec in the late 90s and was pitched this project with all the attachments.<br /><br />Loved the cast of course, but yeah, we passed...Dixon Steelenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-21505001729788844572020-03-24T21:27:51.467-07:002020-03-24T21:27:51.467-07:00I have to see this movie! Better yet, I would have...I have to see this movie! Better yet, I would have loved to seen when this movie was green lighted. It was like green lighting the EdselChas Mullerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01181456726377818708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-19597362867972652072020-03-24T21:26:13.531-07:002020-03-24T21:26:13.531-07:00I’ve got to see this movie. I would have loved to ...I’ve got to see this movie. I would have loved to be in the room when it was pitched and when people were so excited to green light. It must have been similar to the meeting when they green lighted the EdselChas Mullerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01181456726377818708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-65359038309631431872020-03-24T21:25:24.147-07:002020-03-24T21:25:24.147-07:00My god... the horror! THE HORROR!My god... the horror! THE HORROR!Marc Wielagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12744270267337480861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-26353245541984827022020-03-24T19:38:50.425-07:002020-03-24T19:38:50.425-07:00Looks awful. But it caused me to remember one of m...Looks awful. But it caused me to remember one of my favourite scenes from The Odd Couple show. Felix’ meltdown at the end still makes me laugh all these years later.<br />https://youtu.be/mGI9vFheRCERob Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720950376172960539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-46584514523457771872020-03-24T18:57:53.634-07:002020-03-24T18:57:53.634-07:00Dinklage speaks
I told him I was impressed that h...<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/magazine/peter-dinklage-was-smart-to-say-no.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow">Dinklage speaks</a><br /><br /><i>I told him I was impressed that he would defend “Tiptoes,” a movie that seems, on its face, ridiculous. “It was a lovely mess of a movie while we were making it,” he sighed. “I saw the director’s cut, and it was gorgeous.” That two-and-a-half-hour director’s cut was shown at a film festival in Austin, Tex.; the director, Matthew Bright, was reportedly fired shortly afterward, and the movie was recut. “The people who fired him ruined the movie,” Dinklage insisted. “They made it into a weird little quirky rom-com, but with dwarves.” He looked gloomy as he recalled this. “It was sort of an amazing idea for a movie, but the result was what we were fighting against — the cutesiness of little people.” I asked if he ever hoped to be a spokesman for the rights of little people. He made an exasperated sound and held his hands out, palms up. “I don’t know what I would say. It would be arrogant to assume that I. . . .” He put his hands down on the table. “Everyone’s different. Every person my size has a different life, a different history. Different ways of dealing with it. Just because I’m seemingly O.K. with it, I can’t preach how to be O.K. with it. I don’t think I still am O.K. with it. There’s days when I’m not.”</i>Todd Everettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-44570039423285870652020-03-24T18:38:43.588-07:002020-03-24T18:38:43.588-07:00By the way, I understand why you disabled comments...By the way, I understand why you disabled comments on your previous post. But I just wanted to tell you, I sincerely hope you and your family are well. Stay safe.<br /><br />Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466932184113943306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-54009943702343308412020-03-24T18:34:52.160-07:002020-03-24T18:34:52.160-07:00O
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Kind of reminds me of "Guess Who's...O<br />M<br />G<br /><br />Kind of reminds me of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466932184113943306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36495350488294651802020-03-24T17:39:34.737-07:002020-03-24T17:39:34.737-07:00You cannot be serious! 4.4 rating on IMDB. https:...You cannot be serious! 4.4 rating on IMDB. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316768/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0Roy DeRoussehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11733800042482163999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-85196055838386107382020-03-24T15:07:02.191-07:002020-03-24T15:07:02.191-07:00Wow, just wow. My jaw dropped. Thanks, Ken for t...Wow, just wow. My jaw dropped. Thanks, Ken for the much needed humor on a shitty day. Thanks to the readers for some of the hilarious comments also. Nate L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02157363885905100817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-48956879528248200102020-03-24T14:57:40.307-07:002020-03-24T14:57:40.307-07:00I...what...?I...what...?Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402693676500329364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-82364066599836639542020-03-24T14:28:44.990-07:002020-03-24T14:28:44.990-07:00I'm shocked at the disdain heaped upon this se...I'm shocked at the disdain heaped upon this serious, socially-conscious film. I'm just sorry that one of the normal-sized actors didn't win an Oscar. Imagine the acceptance speech, "...but most of all, I want to thank the little people." Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64941484615436932432020-03-24T14:22:43.279-07:002020-03-24T14:22:43.279-07:00Apparently, Peter Dinklage said the TWO AND A HALF...Apparently, Peter Dinklage said the TWO AND A HALF HOUR LONG ORIGINAL DIRECTOR'S CUT was a good movie, but the studio took it away from the director and cut it down into a 90-minute "rom-com with dwarves," at which point the director disowned it.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-39034416441062211832020-03-24T13:51:00.050-07:002020-03-24T13:51:00.050-07:00Actually Woody Allen is angry with the writers'...Actually Woody Allen is angry with the writers' community for not standing up for him and being vocal in their support.<br /><br />Is he right Ken? Or does he expect the impossible?<br /><br />Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-42290804359025558682020-03-24T13:47:09.959-07:002020-03-24T13:47:09.959-07:00Read the Wikipedia notes. It explains some things....Read the Wikipedia notes. It explains some things. Janice B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-16843366024879542552020-03-24T13:03:00.342-07:002020-03-24T13:03:00.342-07:00Wow. Catchy. Isn’t it amazing how an experienced t...Wow. Catchy. Isn’t it amazing how an experienced trailer editor can make a lousy purse into a sows ear? With apologies to the sow.<br /><br />That move came directly from the Money Laundry.Jeff Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708037522976667642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-16303425253197533422020-03-24T12:57:35.324-07:002020-03-24T12:57:35.324-07:00Are you sure this is a movie and not a YouTube stu...Are you sure this is a movie and not a YouTube stunt of some sort? Have you seen it all? Has anyone?Buttermilk Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07430011403223875192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-57020539766323414202020-03-24T12:46:41.806-07:002020-03-24T12:46:41.806-07:00Nobody went to the movies last weekend. Nobody mis...Nobody went to the movies last weekend. Nobody misses the celebrities.<br /><br />For the love of God, pay some people less. Stop worshipping them and caring what they say, especially since most of them have taken to the woods and left us behind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12297832376452495852020-03-24T12:13:19.975-07:002020-03-24T12:13:19.975-07:00I've watched it twice and I'm confused. Am...I've watched it twice and I'm confused. Am I supposed to be appalled or shocked? Because I'm not. This isn't FREAKS redux; it's not even TWINS with Schwartenegger and DeVito. It raises an intriguing question paralleling a real-life example on the old reality show LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG WORLD. Dwarves Matt and Amy had twin sons, one of normal height, the other a dwarf. The tall one carried a heightened genetic possibility that his children would be like his parents and brother. Any girl seriously involved with tall Jeremy had to consider the increased risk of her child being a dwarf. What if Jeremy's son turned out to be like brother Zach? Was she prepared to handle that? (I watched the series for several years, but I stopped before the question was answered.) Maybe people are just put-off by the way the film tackles the question. I can't really tell much about from the trailer, but the question at the center of the picture is an interesting one. <br />-30-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-82416583709562413232020-03-24T12:10:32.691-07:002020-03-24T12:10:32.691-07:00Funniest thing to me was the phrase "command ...Funniest thing to me was the phrase "command performances". What, the Queen of England requested they make this film?Astroboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-19123356389901879972020-03-24T12:03:40.272-07:002020-03-24T12:03:40.272-07:00There's an excellent play by Michael Frayn tit...There's an excellent play by Michael Frayn titled "Benefactors". One of the characters is an architect commissioned to design a public housing project. He starts out with an idealistic vision, the exact opposite of the cold impersonal towers then being built. Over the course of the play, various compromises lead him to exactly that, and somewhere he misses the transition: He's fighting to build the very thing he hates. <br /><br />"Making Of" books for animated Disney features always include "concept art" that show a completely different and often a more fascinating vision. "Emperor's New Groove" was going to be a hugely ambitious, mostly serious musical. The final film, a fun light comedy, was made to salvage at least some of the development. <br /><br />Anyway, a sort of Friday question: What was the greatest distance between a project you started and the final product?DBensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01144515471557731622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81628144271713278492020-03-24T11:11:41.677-07:002020-03-24T11:11:41.677-07:00I am reminded of the episode of MASH where Klinger...I am reminded of the episode of MASH where Klinger announces that he's found a copy of "The Terror Of Tiny Town"--a Western with an all-little-people cast.<br /><br />Which also exists.Mark-->https://www.blogger.com/profile/14712654328748960653noreply@blogger.com