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Excellent visual effects dominate poor writing in '2012'
Filmmaker Roland Emmerich proves himself a master of visual effects planning, utilizing the skills of Hollywood's computer graphics experts to destroy cities and landmarks across the globe in modern day disaster movie "2012." On the other hand, smiles emerge when Emmerich asks actor John Cusack to imitate the Shelley-Winters-underwater-rescue scene ...
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Burt Lancaster movie village in landslide fear as deluge splits cliff
A village made famous by hit movie Local Hero was closed yesterday amid fears of a landslip after a crack appeared in a cliff.
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Censored gay sex scenes in From Here to Eternity revealed
Daughter of author James Jones discloses details of cuts insisted upon by the novel's original publisher Daughter of author James Jones discloses details of the cuts its original publisher insisted on Hidden story ... From Here To Eternity in its 1953 Hollywood incarnation starring Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr.
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Top Ten Romance Movies for the Over Fifty Crowd
Romance is a lifetime adventure that is identified in different ways through this illustrious group of romance movies.
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Kirk Douglas Films At West Hartford Public Library
On Monday, let us begin a study of a screen icon: Kirk Douglas . The West Hartford Public Library, at 20 S. Main St., is beginning a Monday night series of free screenings of movies starring the strong-jawed leading man.
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FILM: Vengeance Valley Solid western about sibling rivalry that eventually turns into gun-slinging. Starring Burt Lancaster and Robert Walker 01:40 FILM: Angel and the Badman: Romance R 03:30 The Boys from Brooklyn Goofy sci-fiR Loading... Be the first to comment
From Here to Eternity Screening Features Borgnine
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a screening of a new digital restoration of the 1953 Best Picture winner From Here to Eternity on Wednesday, November 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
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Today is Monday, Nov. 2, the 306th day of 2009 with 59 to follow. The moon is full.
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Joseph Wiseman: A tribute to the late Dr. No
Joseph Wiseman, the Canadian-born actor best known for his deliciously evil portrayal of the James Bond villain, Dr.
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THE Pennan Inn will forever be linked with the Burt Lancaster film Local Hero, which propelled the tiny shorefront hostelry to worldwide fame.
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Iconic hotel from Scots film classic opens its doors again
To read this article in full you must have registered and have a Premium Content Subscription with the The Scotsman site.
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Helen Martin: Appeal of macho men holds strong
"Long before the pill, when John Wayne was keeping the frontier safe, when Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas fought or led the Romans, men were men and women were weak-kneed" IN A scientific journal piece that will put the wind up tall, broad, stocky, hairy, chisel-faced macho men everywhere, a female scientist at Sheffield Uni has proposed the ...
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PATRIOTIC HOLLYWOOD: WORLD WAR II IN FILM SERIES: The Maryland Historical Society, 201 W. Monument St., starts this free film series with "From Here to Eternity," starring Burt Lancaster , Montgomery Clift , Frank Sinatra , Donna Reed , Deborah Kerr and Ernest Borgnine .
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TV Land spends most of the day with the family, two families actually. Marathon showings of "The Brady Bunch," above, a sitcom about a functional family, begin at 9 a.m., and of "Married ... With Children," left, a sitcom about a very dysfunctional family, at 5 p.m. Rune stone As the story goes, a western Minnesota farmer unearthed a large stone ...
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Tonight's Movie: Seven Days in May
Our latest Netflix movie was SEVEN DAYS IN MAY, an excellent political suspense film.
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The Hottest Sex Scene in Screen History
The horizontal mambo between Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie in the 1973 thriller Don't Look Now was so vivid that whispers got out claiming the two had really done the deed onscreen! On hearing this rumor, Julie's main squeeze, Warren Beatty , ran to the set to demand they cut the footage, but they kept it in, seeing as it was one of the few ...
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Book Marks - 'Field of Dreams' inspires author
Published: Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 9:14 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 9:14 p.m. 'I love the movie 'Field of Dreams,'' said Brett Friedlander, the StarNews sports correspondent and columnist.
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Hollywood Theatre "Elmer Gantry"
Sarah McLachlan performs her greatest hits, British rising star Duffy takes the stage.
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Continue reading "Today in Oscars history: 'Elmer Gantry' opened in theaters"
Ministers of America railed against "Elmer Gantry" when it debuted on Sept. 1, 1960.
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Duration: 2:26:44 CC TVG Burt Lancaster won his only Oscar for his role as the fast talking traveling salesman who turns his talents to preaching, and joins forces with Sister Sharon Falconer , a lay preacher whose hellfire and damnation revivalism has attracted quite a following.
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