Movies, Mom & Me

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  Commentary:  Under construction.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Nicolas Cage	Lt. Terence McDonagh	Eva Mendes	Frankie Donnenfeld	Jennifer Coolidge	Genevieve McDonagh	Val Kilmer	Det. Stevie Pruit
  Brad Dourif	Ned Schoenholtz	Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner	Donald Godshaw	Fairuza Balk	Officer Heidi	Irma P. Hall	Binnie Rogers

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2009
    Directed by Werner Herzog.

Labels: black-comedy, brad-dourif, dramaG, nicolas-cage, werner-herzog

# posted by gail @ 12:28    0 comments    email......this post

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  Commentary:  Under construction.
    Deadwood The Movie:  HBO site for the movie. Several extras, both written and video, all available to HBO non-subscribers as of 5/5/21.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Timothy Olyphant	Seth Bullock	Ian McShane	Al Swearengen	Molly Parker	Alma Ellsworth	Paula Malcomson	Trixie
  W. Earl Brown	Dan Dority	Dayton Callie	Charlie Utter	Kim Dickens	Joanie Stubbs	Brad Dourif	Doc Cochran
  Anna Gunn	Martha Bullock	John Hawkes	Sol Star	Gerald McRaney	Sen. George Hearst	Leon Rippy	Tom Nuttall
  William Sanderson	E. B. Farnum	Robin Weigert	Calamity Jane	Brent Sexton	Harry Manning	Sean Bridgers	Johnny Burns

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up on this film.
    Release Date: 2019
    Directed by Daniel Minahan.

Labels: §, brad-dourif, drama1, historical1, john-hawkes, me-favorite1, violence1, western

# posted by gail @ 14:59    0 comments    email......this post

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  Commentary:  I don't know why (although, maybe it's because, on my mother's side, two of my ancestors were preachers, one of whom was a fire-and-brimstone circuit rider; another ancestor was a deaconess; a third was a PhD trained church organist as well as a music professor; I never met any of them, they were long dead when I was close enough in the world to meet them, but, you know, DNA and all ...) but I love "preacher" movies, especially the weird ones (weird preachers, that is) and this one sounds like a delightful doozy.
    This is definitely the first and likely the last movie write-up in which a car is one of the characters. Hazel's car, though, plays an important part in this story and in Hazel's life. Remember, although this story takes place after an unspecified war, car culture was clearly in its prime throughout most of the 20th century, so it should be no surprise that Hazel's car is an extension of himself, his "home", as he casually christens it, and he treats it as such. In a way, Hazel's car narrows the time frame of the story, at least in the movie. Its model speaks to the Vietnam War era, although Motes could have been returning from service in any part of the world within the time frame suggested by the car. It was an old car, remember.
    More later. Under construction.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Brad Dourif	Hazel Motes	John Huston	Grandfather	Dan Shor	Enoch Emory	Mary Nell Santacroce	Landlady
  Harry Dean Stanton	Asa Hawks	Amy Wright	Sabbath Lily Hawks	Ned Beatty	Hoover Shoates	William Hickey	Preacher
  J.L. Parker	Karl	Marvin Sapp	Raymond	Betty Lou Groover	Leora Watts	Hazel Motes' Car	1958 Fairlane 500 Town Sedan

  
    The Wikipedia write-up for this film is here.
    Release Date: 1979
    Directed by John Huston.

Labels: brad-dourif, Criterion1, harry-dean-stanton, ned-beatty, religion2, southern-gothic

# posted by gail @ 12:43    0 comments    email......this post

• Who's watched:  M & G, avidly
• Mentions:  *1* *2* *3* *4*
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  Commentary:  I've talked quite a bit about this series and my mother's and my interest (separate, mostly) in it.
    Aside from that, if you're eschewing this series because of the language, sexuality and violence, you're missing a great production on many levels, not the least of which is its take on American History and the American Character.
    My mother goes back and forth in her feelings about this series. Sometimes it fascinates her. Sometimes it repulses her. At this point I feel we will continue to collect the seasons.
  Update 2/7/18:  We did not collect the other two seasons. She, in fact, made the decision that we didn't need to own the other two seasons of Deadwood. I was (and continue to be) satisfied with that decision.
  Update 5/5/21:  I did, finally, on my own, obtain the entire Deadwood series. A few months ago I decided to watch the first season again, and found myself hungering, yes, for the other two seasons. Unfortunately, our library system does not have any of the seasons, although, curiously, it does have the movie, which was made a full thirteen years after the series was cancelled.
    I've watched all three seasons, now, and the movie. Although I'm not one to ever claim that any movie or series is "the best ... of all time", as more than a few critics did, I mean, how foolish, considering that time continues and humans have no quotidian, reliable or accepted way of peering into the future. That being said, I remain riveted to the series and astonished by the quality of acting, writing and production that characterizes this series right up to its cancellation.
    If she wants it, I'll probably pass my original set of the first season onto MCN. If she doesn't, clearly, my local library system could use it.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Timothy Olyphant	Seth Bullock	Ian McShane	Al Swearengen	Molly Parker	Alma Garret	Jim Beaver	Whitney Ellsworth
  Brad Dourif	Doc Cochran	John Hawkes	Sol Star	Paula Malcomson	Trixie	Leon Rippy	Tom Nuttall
  William Sanderson	E. B. Farnum	Robin Weigert	Calamity Jane	W. Earl Brown	Dan Dority	Dayton Callie	Charlie Utter
  Keith Carradine	Wild Bill Hickock	Powers Boothe	Cy Tolliver	Kim Dickens	Joanie Stubbs	Anna Gunn	Martha Bullock

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the series.
    Release Date: 2004-2006
    Directed by various people, none women.

Labels: brad-dourif, dramaB, historical3, john-hawkes, me-favorite3, TV2, violence3, western

# posted by gail @ 07:27    0 comments    email......this post

• Who's watched:  M & G (both in theater and on video)
• Mentions:  None
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  Commentary:  The first time my mother and I saw this movie it was new, just in the theaters. She, MFS and I went with my mother's sister, niece and nephew. We saw it at the Los Arcos Cinema (housed inside the Los Arcos Mall, neither of which have existed for decades) in Scottsdale, Arizona. The audience, during the credits, gave the movie a standing ovation. This was the first time any of us in our related group had ever been to a film that elicited so much from the audience.
    I don't know if Mom remembers. I do know that the day I purchased this movie, some months ago, brought it home, wrestled it out of its wrapping and dropped it into the dvd player, Mom and I relaxed, knowing that being overwhelmed by a movie is possible more than once.
    Yes, yes. Roger Ebert christened it one of his Great Movies 28 years after his initial review.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Jack Nicholson	Randle Patrick McMurphy	Louise Fletcher	Nurse Mildred Ratched	Will Sampson	"Chief" Bromden	William Redfield	Dale Harding
  Brad Dourif	Billy Bibbit	Sydney Lassick	Charlie Cheswick	Christopher Lloyd	Max Taber	Danny DeVito	Martini

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1975
    Directed by Miloš Forman.

Labels: brad-dourif, dramaC, jack-nicholson, satire2, shared-favorite

# posted by gail @ 19:07    0 comments    email......this post