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well, what shall we hang? the holly, or each other?

posted by [personal profile] the_dala at 10:44am on 19/02/2007
While I was at the gym, I was thoroughly delighted to find "The Lion in Winter" on AMC (so delighted that I had to cut my workout short because I kept grinning like a maniac). God, I love this movie. I was sitting there trying to think up a quote for a subject line when I came back and squeed over it, and I might as well cut and paste the entire screenplay because there's a great line roughly every thirty seconds. It's so awesome. And until the end, nothing happens -- they just sit around and snark and fight and scheme and be awesome. I love it. Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn just fucking tear up the screen like nobody else.

Seriously -- IMDB quotes page. That's all I got.

I really, really need to start reading English history again. This is what I've always loved about history: for much of it, for the most important and most dramatic and most interesting bits? You couldn't make that shit up.

BTW, AMC is running a 24/7 Oscar nominees marathon, so there's nothing but great movies for a week. I'm excited. I think I might tape ol' "Cleopatra" today.
Music:: i wonder...do you ever wonder...if i slept with your father?
Mood:: awed
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posted by [personal profile] lj_stowaway at 04:47pm on 19/02/2007
one of the Best Movies Ever. It works even for folks who know little or nothing of history but for those who do - pure gold. I'm surprised I haven't worn out my DVD yet. Guess what I'm watching this evening? :)
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 05:28pm on 19/02/2007
::applauds:: I need to get this one on DVD myself.
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posted by [personal profile] lj_stowaway at 05:57pm on 19/02/2007
Yes, you do. It's one that'll never get old.

And the cast omg! Hepburn and O'Toole, of course - but a young and already formidable Anthony Hopkins, ditto Timothy Dalton, and then there's John Castle (Geoffrey) who shows up in Hornblower as one of the judges at HH's court martial, plus Jane Merrow (Princess Alys) who is the Duchess of Richmond in Sharpe's Waterloo - and others. (yes, I am a minor player geek - I love spotting familiar faces from film to film and decade to decade) So much to love.
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posted by [identity profile] pir8fancier.livejournal.com at 04:57pm on 19/02/2007
Yep, one of the finest screenplays ever written. But also, man, THE ACTING. I can't imagine anything more perfect than Kate Hepburn and Peter O'Toole in those roles.

Do you think we're clones of each other?

Just asking.
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 06:19pm on 19/02/2007
It's starting to look a bit suspicious, isn't it? :)
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posted by [identity profile] geekmama.livejournal.com at 05:40pm on 19/02/2007
My parents and I went to see that in one of the big theaters in Hollywood when it came out. I was a geeky history-buff 15 year old. You can imagine the effect it had on me. Still one of my favorite movies of all time. What a cast. Amazing. Favorite line: (Eleanor w/ mirror and gaudy necklace) "I'd hang you from the nipples, but it would shock the children."
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 06:20pm on 19/02/2007
Oh, I love that one too!
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posted by [identity profile] artaxastra.livejournal.com at 06:09pm on 19/02/2007
Cleopatra! My formative experience at the age of 5!
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 06:21pm on 19/02/2007
Hee! Why does that not surprise me?

It isn't really five hours long, is it? That's just with the commercials...
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posted by [identity profile] artaxastra.livejournal.com at 12:54am on 20/02/2007
No, it's really five hours.... *g*
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posted by [identity profile] strangemuses.livejournal.com at 12:20am on 20/02/2007
"The Lion in Winter" is one of my favorite movies because it's so witty and snarky and smart,and it's populated end to end with fascinating characters.
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 01:26am on 20/02/2007
It truly is. The script is just flawless, and the actors are so in tune with their characters and with each other (with the partial exception of the actress playing Alais, who I think was rather bland...and kind of generic '60s, if that makes any sense).
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