LUCY 2003 TV MOVIE DVD

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MURDER BY NATURAL CAUSES DVD

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ERIC TV MOVIE 1975 John Savage DVD

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ELVIS THE MOVIE RARE EXTENDED VERSION DVD

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Who Will Love My Children DVD

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ON DVD LIFE AND DEATH ON THE A LIST

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COME BACK TO THE FIVE & DIME JIMMY DEAN JIMMY DEAN DVD

If you want a DVD of the Robert Altman film "Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean" let me know!!! My e-mail is stan39520@yahoo.com

Its $7. That includes everything! The picture is great on the DVD. Now if you live outside the USA then the cost is $11.

In case you don't know the story:
It revolves around the 20th reunion of "The disciples of James Dean" Beginning in 1975 each character arrives for the reunion. The story unfolds through flashbacks to 1955 we see what James Dean meant to each person. We also see how his death was also the end of this groups innocence. Cher became of huge star again because of this movie.

This is a hard to find movie!

YENTL WE NEED A DVD RELEASE IN 2008

In 2008 it will be the 25th anniversary of the motion picture "Yentl". This was Barbra Streisand baby. She wrote, directed sang & Starred in this movie. She was also criticized for it but why? Men had been doing this for years. Maybe they didn't sing but Barbra was racked over the coals in the press. The movie didn't get the best reviews at the time however it did get "2 Thumbs Up" from those 2 famous critics.

Now its time to revisit the movie. Now it is a little long however most of today's movies run over 2 hours and face it most of today's big movies could be shorter in length. (Are listening Peter Jackson)? But back to Barbra.

Now I have to admit I am a huge fan of Barbra and I have no shame to admit it. She is "The Greatest Star" alive today. Now I have just re-watched "Yentl" and I was not surprised that the movie has held up. Yes it still drags near the end but it still a movie that is well worth watching.

Now what amazes me is that this Major Movie has not been released on DVD. I don't know why. Its a movie that Barbra is proud of and has recorded a commentary for a future DVD release. (She stated this on Oprah 2 or 3 years ago).

Now the movie can be enjoyed even if your not a fan of hers. The movie was well made. The movie is shot beautifully and its breath taking. What is so amazing is that this was a directorial debut. Barbra made a great movie.

What so sad is when "The Motion Picture Academy" ignored everything that Barbra did. It was shut out of most major category's. The only exception was Amy Irving who was nominated for Best Supporting Actress. Now a few years before the Academy showered Robert Redford with Best Director and Best Movie for "Ordinary People". Keven Costner got the same 2 Awards in 1990 for the overrated (& over long ) "Dances With Wolves".

Now "Terms of Endearment" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1983. And yes I think the Academy Award was deserved but "Yentl" deserved to be nominated but was spit on by the Academy!

Barbra has gone on to direct 2 more movies. They were "The Prince of Tides", and "The Mirror has 2 Faces". Barbra was not nominated for best director yet again for "POT" but the movie was nominated for Best Picture. What has been ignored is the fact in the 3 movies that Barbra has directed she has gotten nominations for actors who starred in them. That is something that has never been addressed! Can Keven Costner claim this? How about Robert Redford? Of course they can't. Barbra can! She has proven she can direct.

Now Barbra if your reading this please use your power and get "Sunset Blvd" made. You can do it! That is a movie that you need to do. You would be the perfect writter/director/star for the project. Barbra you can sing & act. You can also direct.

Now When "Sunset Blvd" goes into pre-production call me. I have a great NEW ending that would work!

Also when "Yentl" gets a DVD release please include the 20/20 episode that followed the production.

Until if you would like a DVD I have one for only $9.00 stan39520@yahoo.com

ON DVD Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'

Email me at stan39520@yahoo.com if you want a DVD of Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'. This is not recorded off the tv.

FOR SALE DVD OF MARY MARTIN PETER PAN DVD 2013

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AS of 6/18/2013 I stiill have some left

UNDER THE RAINBOW DVD

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SUMMER OF MY GERMAN SOLDIER DVD

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ALMOST SUMMER ON DVD

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SUNSET BLVD MUSICAL WITH GLENN CLOSE IN THE WORKS

NORMA BACK AT LAST

Okay I want to thank everyone who has sent me in footage in order to make this project possible. The footage that came in was mind blowing. The DVD will be made up of the best footage available. This will be a great DVD.

The DVD will be a Frankenstein project. Glenn Close and ALan Campbell will be in most of the footage. However Patti Lupone, Betty Buckey, Elaine Page & , Petula Clark will also be featured. Also Parts of the original movie will be edited in to plug in a few wholes. As well as edited in music from the CD of the World Premeire recording.

This project will take some time but the end result will be worth it. I think this will be closest will get to a movie.

SUPERMAN II THE SUPERFANS ARE EDITING ANOTHER VERSION OR 2

Hey if your like me and love the "Superman" movies then hold on to your red cape. Please I beg you to go to YOU TUBE and look at some amazing thing fans are doing to "SUPERMAN II".

In 2006 Warner Brothers Released the long wanted "Richard Donner Cut". However Donner had to use footage that was already shot (and re-written) by another director. Now I love the Donner Cut. However to me I wish Richard Donner would of left some things in.

By listening to the audio commentary you here Richard Donner explain that when villains take over the world it was going to be a huge. Things were going to happen all over the world. Before Richard Donner could film these scenes he was fired & he didn't get film this stuff.

Well you would think that Warner Brothers would of let Donner somehow do this all these years later. Well they didn't. However help in on the waynot by Warner Brothers but by "Superman Fans".

Now what Richard Donner wasn't able to do fans are now doing it. Look at the YOU TUBE. People are doing some great things and that don't have the millions of dollars that the studios do.

I just hope one day we will see yet another edit of the movie the REAL way it was written.

Until then I will enjoy the stuff I am seeing on You Tube. TAKE A LOOK

ABBA I WANT A REUNION

So with the massive success of rock groups reuniting (Eagles,Van Halen) it only makes me wish that ABBA would reunite.

The super group is more popular today then it was in the 1970's when there first hit was herd on the radio.

Just check out the net now. There is lots of ABBA tribute bands and they all are very popular. As for the original band itself the group was not a critical darling. It was also written off my people as some sort of disco group. Now the test of time has proved to all ABBA fans (from the 1970's) that the group was great and lots of their songs were instant classics.

Such songs that were released then will still be hits today. "Dancing Queen", & "Fernando" are such gems that day does not go by where I do not here one of those songs somewhere.

Now next Summer the movie MAMA MIA will hit the movie screens. Its a simple little story that uses all songs from ABBA. I saw the play and it was a blast. SO the time has come to see these 4 people re-unite. Rumors have floated around that they were going too however they were just rumors. In fact the rumor was they did turn down huge $$$$ it was upwards of $800,000,000. (split between the group)

Well look the Spice Girls are re-uniting and there concerts are sell outs. Can you imagine an ABBA reunion?

It would be an event of the decade. It would break concert records. It would be great. I just hope I live long enough to see this group in person.

HALLOWEEN SEQUEL NEWS

Bloody-disgusting.com has posted a little news bit on the "Halloween II" the remake of the sequel. It only says 2009 however is it going to follow the same storyline from the original "Halloween II" or will this " Halloween II" be different?

I think Rob Zombie missed the boat on his version of "Halloween". He did something that screwed all the "Halloween" sequels. What he did was he made Michael go after his sister. To me it is more frighting that you have a crazy man coming after you for some unknown reason.

Now the rest of the "Halloween" sequels are now forced to go with a bloodline motive. If I was the studio I would start over again and let someone who is more talented write and direct the next one.

TO me Rob Zombie can not write dialog that is different from one character or another. All of his people talked like White trash. Of course looking at Rob Zombie that is what he is.

Sunset Blvd Boulevard The Musical DVD wanted

I want "Sunset Blvd". on DVD. I am putting together a DVD that would be this best version ever available. I need some help! I have some things but I need better footage. It doesn't matter who is in your version. I just want to make a great edition! If someone sends me what they have on dvd I will gladly pay you for your time. I will also send you a dvd when the cut is complete. stan39520@yahoo.com

JOHN RITTER IN LEAVE YESTERDAY BEHIND DVD

Back in the 1970's TV movies were good. By today's TV-Movie standards there great. TV movies today are a joke. Today the TV movies seem to be based on true story's. It doesn't matter if the movie is on HBO or Lifetime. Most of them are very forgettable. However in the 1970's we were shown great movies! Today one of them is still worth watching its form 1978 and its called "Leave Yesterday Behind"

Yes it has the TV movie formula "Love Conquers All" however the movie is well worth watching.

John Ritter and Carrie Fisher shine in this. The co-stars are just as good. Ed Nelson and Robert Urich give standout performances.

The story is very sweet. A college polo players becomes hurt at an event. He is now in wheelchair. His girlfriend dumps him and now he is living on the farm with grandpa when he meets Carrie Fisher. Well worth watching. $9 FOR UNITED STATES

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SUNSET BLVD PATTI LUPONE VS GLENN CLOSE RARE FOOTAGE HERE

There is a great Entertainment Tonight Segment about the musical Sunset Blvd. This is when news got out that Patti Lupone was not going to star in the New York Production and was being replaced by Glenn Close. Here is a link here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62YH3nqD5LU


Now I am a huge Patti Lupone fan. What Andrew did to her was beyond cruel. Then he went on to fire Faye Dunaway. Andrew if your reading this shame on you!!

Actress in your shows WORK THERE ASSES OFF. They all carry your shows and rise above some of your lesser known songs! This happens in all of your shows & productions.

Also Actors need to be assured that they are doing great. You never give actress your complete trust. This is maybe why well known A-LIST Talent no longer want to be in your new shows.

Word is out that your not so nice...

AN OPEN LETTER TO Randal Kleiser

Hello I know you have read my blog once so maybe I will get lucky and you will see this.

Dear Mr Randal Kleiser:

I am a huge fan of your work. I love the movie "Grease" & "Its My Party". If you read previous post in here you will see that I am a huge fan of musicals. In fact I would love to see the shows "Miss Saigon" and "Sunset Blvd" made into major movies.

So this got me to think which movie would I like to see first? Well that would have to be "Sunset Blvd". Its a lower risk for the studios. Its well known. Its also a remake and the studios love remakes.

The reason I think you Mr Randal Kleiser would make the perfect director for that project is because you have been a part of Hollywood for years! You know the ups & downs. You know how to direct a musical on film. You also are great with Drama. I think your "Boy in the Plastic Bubble" is one of the best TV movies ever.

SO come on Mr Kleiser. Paramount owes you big time. You made one of their biggest hits that continues to make them millions each year! "Sunset Blvd" is the perfect movie for your "Return". Since Paramount owns "Grease" and "Sunset" its meant to be that you should be the director! So call your agent and set up a meeting with David Geffen. He is a musical fan. I bet he would love to be involved.

WANTED ON DVD THE MUSICAL SUNSET BLVD ON DVD

Well I saw the Glenn Close perform in Sunset Blvd 2 times. SHe was great however her singing voice was only good. However I still want to see that production on DVD. DO you have it? Let me know. Stan39520@yahoo.com I want to see the Patti Lupone full scale version from London if you have that as well let me know.

SUNSET BLVD THE MUSICAL REMAKE WHEN WILL WE SEE IT?

Sunset Blvd was a great movie. In fact its one of the best movies ever made. The Broadway Musical adaption was also great. Now I think Patti Lupone got fucked over. She was fired from the London Production after it got mixed reviews. The play was re-worked by the time it hit Los Angeles a few months after it opened on Londons West End. By the time The Los Angeles Production opened the show was re-worked & that production got rave reviews. Glenn Close was the star and lets face she did do a great job however PAtti Lupone was never given a chance to do the re-worked play. Andrew Lloyd Webber fired her. Also ALW fired Faye Dunaway before she even hit the stage. Anyway back to the movie.

Now we waited for 25 years for "Dreamgirls" to be made so I hope it doesn't take that long to see Sunset Blvd. Now I think the studio doesn't want to make it because 14 yera old biys would never watch. Well not the straight ones.

The movie should be made. However will it? Who will star? Glenn Close (she was great and she won the Tony) Barbra Streisand (She would sell CDS) Meryl Streep? ( She would be nominated that's for sure) .

However I think Patti Lupone should play the role. She is a great star. The role demands a great voice and Patti has a great voice. Don't get me wrong I love Barbra but she is too old. Patti Lupone was perfect before she is perfect now.

So if a movie gets made how will they do it? Will it be faithful to the Movie or to the stage production?

If there stuck on how to adapt the play back into a movie they should call me! I know how I would approach the material but unless they "pay me" my mouth is shut.

SUMMER BOX OFFICE OF 2007 AND WHAT IT MEANS

Here is a list of the 20 top grossing movies of 2007 so far


#1 Spider-Man 3 $336,530,303
#2 Shrek the Third $321,012.359
#3 Transformers $ 313,554,000

#4 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End $ 309,182,318
#5 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix $289,842,000
#6 The Bourne Ultimatum $220,160,000
#7 The 300 $210,614,939

#8 Ratatouille $202,680,025
#9 The Simpsons Movie $181,375,422
#10 Wild Hogs $$168,273,550

#11 Knocked Up $148,734,000


#12 Rush Hour 3 $136,094,000
#13 Live Free or Die Hard $ $134,168,034
#14 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer $ $131,779,552
#15 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry $ $119,027,000
#16 Blades of Glory $118,245,842
#17 Hairspray $117,417,000
#18 Ocean's Thirteen $ $117,154,724
#19 Superbad $116,171,000
#20 Ghost Rider $$115,802,596




Now out of the top 5 movies 4 were sequels. The only movie that wasn't was "Tramnsformers" and that was based on cartoons or a comic book! Loook for a sequel in 2 or 3 years.



The other 4 movies in the top 5 were sequels! It was the third time around out for "Shrek" "Pirates" & "Spiderman". "Harry Potter" is #5.

The rest of of the top 10 the 2 of those were sequels or based ona TV show. So what does this mean to us the paying public? Lots of more sequels and remakes. The sequels make money. Sad. Of all the sequels I saw this Summer only "Bourne" & "Oceans" were worth watching.

Stardust Review by Stan Heck

Stardust I know one day will have a huge following however I won't be one of its fans!

This is a movie you ethier love it or hate it. I hate it.

The movie HAS great moments but the movie tords the end drags!

Most guys undere 30 will hate it TRUST ME

Why I hate Merv Griffin

Okay I grew up in Oxnard California. Not far from Los Angeles but it may as well been 2000 miles away.

I am a child of the 1970's & 1980's. Where it was the norm to here gay jokes. However in 1983

when AIDS first became known it scared the hell out of straight people. In fact when I should came out in high school I became a basket case because I felt shame for being gay.

The Merv Griffin Show I grew up watching with my parents who loved his show! However Merv had a life that he could of shared with the public but didn't. When his talk show ended in 1986 he could of admitted he was gay and that more funding was needed to help find a cure for AIDS.

However the asshole never told the truth to the press! He had an image.

Merv Griffin could of been a role model if he came out. He could of saved lives. He didn't.

The road to gay acceptance by the public was paved not by him but by women celebrities!

This women were "kd Lang" "Melissa Etheridge" "Bill Jean King" and my favorite "Ellen Degeneres". This women came out to the world at different times! They had more to lose then Merv did. The became gay icons because they did help people that they will never meet. They're careers didn't suffer and all of them still have huge amounts of straight fans. They also saved lives!

Merv to me was selfish asshole that could of came out. He didn't. If he did then the fans of his TV show who had a gay friend or son/daughter brother/sister would see that gay people are like everybody else. Well he didn't!

Merv Griffin is now dead. To me it was a no loss!

THE BRAVE ONE A REVIEW

Don't get me wrong I love Jodie Foster. I think she is a great actress. However she has ruined 2 movies that I know of. The first was "Contact" where she had a love story added for her character. Now here is the 2nd movie she fucked up. That movie is "The Brave One".

Last week I caught the AMC show "Shootout". On the show movie producer Joel Silver said Jodie Foster wanted a few "changes done" to the movie. To me they should of ignored her.

This movie is so stupid. Its unrealistic. Its also just too fucking long!

Now what so stupid about this movie is that we know Jodie becomes a vigilante. But it takes too long to get there and we have too much time between any kind of story movement!

To me this is an artsy farsty version of "Death Wish". This movie didn't need to be that way.

Its an action movie. I know Quentin Tarantino will die laughing if he ever See's it.

HALLOWEEN REMAKE WHAT THE FUCK

Its been almost a month & I have been good about not bad mouthing ROB ZOMBIE for remaking the classic "Halloween".

Now the 1978 original inspired & started the splatter movie genre. However the original "Halloween" was not a splatter movie however the remake is.

Now the original "Halloween" was a huge success back in the day. In fact if you adjusted the gross of the 1978 version it would adjust to almost $200,000,000 million. Not bad for a movie that cost $300,000.

Now here it is 2007. AS of today the new version has done almost $55,000,000. For a movie that cost less than $20,000,000 that is a huge success. In fact I am sure a sequel will come out however that doesn't mean that this version of "Halloween" is worth watching. The fact is is that is wasn't worth making.

Now in the original Michael Myers had a very little back story. Here its all back story. In the original it Michael lives in middle class neighbor hood with decent looking parents.

In the remake its the opposite. Michael lives a classic white trash life. You expect a killer to emerge from that back ground.

Now I know Rob Zombie wanted to explore things left UN said from the original however,less is always more!

SO we are stuck with the movie that Rob Zombie made. I must say it has some very good parts here and there but in general the movie just sucks. LIKE MOST REMAKES

MUST SEE SUPERBAD

This is a funny movie. If your offended (like uptight Christians & Republicans) then stay away. This has to be the funniest movie of the year. The movie is going to make stars out of the cast. The movie does feel real. It is what it is and that is a good thing. It doesn't set out to offend it just out to make you laugh. What is so nice is that Nobody here fucks a pie. Now PLEASE IF YOU HAVE FUCKING CHILDREN DO NOT LET THEM SEE THIS. It is rated R. I do not want to here one bitch/cunt say "I took my kids to see this movie and I was so disgusted ...."

This movie is suitable for high school on up.

Todd Sherline Tarzana Ca

If anybody knows how to locate him let him know that Stan & Steve would like to talk to him

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Nick Lindheim

Just wanted to say "Hi" if your reading this.

DAVID NACHAZEL

Hey I am looking for an old friend of mine David Nachazel.

Stan Heck

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AFI GOT IT WRONG HERE IS MY CHOICE FOR 11-20 By Stanton Heck

FOR #11 - 20.

TOP IS THE REVISED AFI LISTING THE 2ND NUMBER IS THE ORIGINAL RANKING

The Best Movies of all time are

11.It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

City Lights (1931)+65

Stan-Mary Poppins

12.Sunset Boulevard (1950)

The Searchers (1956)+84

Stan-Jaws

13.The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Star Wars (1977)+2

Stan- Chinatown

14.Some Like It Hot (1959)

Psycho (1960)+4

Stan-One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

15.Star Wars (1977)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)+7

Stan- Sunset Boulevaard

16..All About Eve (1950)

Sunset Boulevard (1950)-4

Stan- The African Queen

17.The African Queen (1951)

The Graduate (1967)-10

Stan-PSYCHO

18.Psycho (1960)

The General (1927)NEW

Stan-All About Eve

19.Chinatown (1974)

On the Waterfront (1954)-11

Stan-Vertigo

20.One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Stan- Tootsie

SO TO RECAP MY CHOICES TO THE BEST 100 MOVIES OF ALL TIME

1) Gone With The Wind

2) Citizen Caine

3) Casablanca

4) The Godfather

5) The Wizard of Oz

6) Walt Disney's Snow White

7) Lawerence of Arabia

8) The Sound of Music

9) Singin' in the Rain

10) Some Like it Hot

11) Mary Poppins

12) JAWS

13) CHINATOWN

14) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

15) Sunset Boulevard

16) The African Queen

17) PSYCHO

18) All About Eve

19) Vertigo

20) Tootsie

THE WORSE REMAKE EVER IS

I can go on and on about all the remakes that Hollywood has cranked out in the last 10 years but I won't. So this got me to think what is the worse remake that you saw?

Now there may be worse but on the top of my head it has to be "The Poseidon". Here was an overblown remake that took the charm out of the 1972 classic. Now I understand having new characters this way you don't know who will die but you should of had characters that were more than one dimensional. The special effects were not even that special.

In 2007 The original "Poseidon Adventure" most likely outsells the remake and always will.
So what is your vote for the worse remake and why?

KATHY GRIFFIN PLEASE COME TO NEW ORLEANS

This is an open letter to Kathy. I was working at Hollywood Casino in Bay St Louis, MS. (This is about 1 hour east Of New Orleans). Now I told the person that booked acts there I told him to book you. I guess he never did. Well at Hollywood they are not the smartest people in the world. In fact I don't think the people that run the place are human.

Well please come to New Orleans or Biloxi. You will do great here. I promise.

Take care,

Stan

STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP COMING TO DVD

I am so glad that this show is coming to DVD October 16th. Now the reason why I am glad because everyone can see a great show turn into a mess. You can also see AARON SORKIN at his best and worse. This show preaches and preaches. You also see Aaron trying to exercises his demons. In the show STUDIO 60 the head writer (Matt Perry) gets addicted to pills and writes everything as well. (Just Like Aaron). Also the Producer (Bradley Whitford) on the show Studio 60 is a recovering coke head just like Aaron Sorkin.

The show was was preachy but it wasn't entertaining. It was a train wreck. However the show suffered the most with the casting of Sarah Paulson. She wasn't funny. The show within the show she was suppose to be this funny comedian. Well Sarah in real life terrible comedian. Even if she was given better material she still wouldn't be funny.

"Studio 60" will go down as one of NBC biggest bombs. In fact it joins "Amazing Stories" & "Joey" as being some of the worse reviewed shows of all time.

3 MOVIES WORTH RENTING THIS WEEKEND

This is a day early. However I start a new job in the morning so I wanted to post this now. Now the weekend is coming. Your about to rent the New Release however take a step back and rent one of these movies that can be found in most video stores. They are older so they are most likely cheaper to rent or buy. Here we go

One of my all time favorite romantic comedies is a classic from 1979. The movie is

"Starting Over". This movie is a classic. Even Burt Reynolds shines in this. It also provided that Candace Bergen could also do a comedy. (She would later star in TV'S MURPHY BROWN). The movie is simple. A man finds himself in a divorce that he doesn't see coming. No he isn't a jerk. His wife is a nutcase but he still in love with her. Things get complicated when his brother sets him up. Trust me you will love this. James L Brooks wrote the screenplay.

"Seems Like Old Times". This movie reunited Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn. They were in the hit movie "Foul Play" and they were reunited in this comedy written by Neil Simon. Charles Grodin co-stars. In this movie a man is forced to rob a bank. Not wanting to go to jail he ends up being a fugitive under his ex-wife's bed.

"When Harry Met Sally" Is the best known movie out of the 3. However if you haven't seen this movie in awhile then see it again. remember this was nominated for Best Screenplay for a reason. Yes the one scene made this an instant classic however the movie is more then that one scene. If you have never seen it then BUY IT. It is a movie you can always out on that will cheer you up. Its a very smart movie that now seems to be a forgotten movie. Too bad. I am surprised that it hasn't become a stage musical.

LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD BY STAN HECK

This movie is well worth the price of admission

Here is the truth about me and the "Die Hard" movies. I went and saw "Die Hard" at the movies 3 times. I feel asleep 2 times at around the same spot. I loved what I saw and the finally on the third time I saw the whole thing and enjoyed the movie. It was also one of the first LASERDISC that I ever bought. So in 1990 I was happy that there was going to be a "Die Hard 2: Die Harder".





Die Hard 2 was lots of fun. The movie was so good I went and saw it again. It was violent and funny but it was after all an ACTION MOVIE where you expected lots of violence.





Die Hard with A Vengeance I was not crazy about seeing. As a matter of fact I only saw it because it was playing with 9 1/2 months. I thought this movie was bad. I don't remember too much about it however what I do remember was I hated the fact they put children in jeopardy. To me that's a no-no. I never saw it again and to this day I still never want to see it again. I thought the plot was stupid and the movie was too slow.

MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD

Live Free or Die Hard I had no intention of ever seeing. However it was a hot day in the south and I was off work so we went to the movies. I went in thinking it was going to be bad so I am happy to report that I was wrong. Now the plot is stupid if you stop to think about it. There is action scenes that are stolen from other movies (Jurassic Parks SUV and True Lies Airplane Attack in the city). Now the movie runs over 2 hours but its never slow. This is something.


I am happy to report that I did have a good time. I"ll buy the DVD if FOX releases an R RATED VERSION. I did miss my F-words & over the top violence.

BROADWAY HEAVEN PATTI LUPONE IN GYPSY AS MAMA ROSE

BROADWAY HEAVEN PATTI LUPONE IN GYPSY


I am jelous of New Yorkers. LAst year I was jelous of people from the Chicago area. What they both have in common is the voice of Broadway Patti Lupone in Gypsy. Last Summer she was in Chicago playing MAMA ROSE and this year she is in New York playing Mama Rose. This is something I dreamed of seeing for as long as I can remember. When Gypsy was on Broadway a couple of years ago a friend of mine says Bernadette Peters was doing Patti Lupone as Mama Rose. To me that sounds funny but I wasn't there. However if hurricane KAtrina didn't hit me 2 years ago I would be in New york this year to see this limited run of Gypsy. Below is the press release for the production of GYPSY.







BOYD GAINES AND LAURA BENANTI JOIN PATTI LUPONE IN GYPSY JULY 9-29, 2007 Directed by Arthur Laurents New York , NY, June 1, 2007 –Laura Benanti will play Louise and three-time Tony-winner Boyd Gaines will play Herbie in GYPSY starring Patti LuPone, in the New York City Center’s Encores!

Summer Stars debut presentation directed by Arthur Laurents, running July 9 - 29 at New York City Center, W. 55 th Street between 6 th & 7 th Avenues. A July 14 press opening is planned.



Boyd Gaines has been nominated for a Tony Award for his current role in Broadway’s Journey’s End. He has won three previous Tony Awards for Contact, The Heidi Chronicles, and She Loves Me. His other Broadway credits include the recent Twelve Angry Men, The Show Off, Cabaret, Company, and he has made many off-Broadway, film and television appearances.





Laura Benanti made her Broadway debut in the cast of Swing!, and at the age of 19, played the lead opposite Richard Chamberlain in the Broadway revival of The Sound of Music. Last season, the New Jersey-born performer was again cast in the lead role in The Wedding Singer on Broadway.



Patti LuPone will play Rose, the quintessential stage mother, in this musical suggested by the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee. One of the greatest musicals of all time, Gypsy is a musical fable with book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The 1959 blockbuster, originally directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, features some of the biggest songs in Broadway history: “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” “Rose’s Turn” and “Some People.” The cast (as of June 1) also includes Leigh Ann Larkin, Tony Yazbeck, Marilyn Caskey, Alison Fraser, Nancy Opel, Bill Bateman, Jim Bracchitta, Sami Gayle, Bill Raymond, Brian Reddy and Emma Rowley. Patti LuPone's memorable New York performances include Mrs. Lovett in last season’s acclaimed production of Sweeney Todd, for which she received Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Best Actress in a Musical; Noises Off ; Terrence McNally's Tony Award-winning play Master Class; Anything Goes (Drama Desk Award, Tony nomination, Best Actress in a Musical); The Cradle Will Rock; Nancy in Oliver!;Evita (Tony and Drama Desk Awards, Best Actress in a Musical); Working; and The Robber Bridegroom (Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations, Best Featured Actress in a Musical). Ms. LuPone has appeared in the Encores! productions of Pal Joey and Cole Porter’s Can-Can, both directed by Lonny Price. She originally played Rose last summer in the Ravinia Festival 's concert production of Gypsy, also directed by Mr. Price.



Arthur Laurents’ first play, Home of the Brave, opened on Broadway in 1945 followed by The Time of the Cuckoo and A Clearing in the Woods. He also has written the books for several musicals, including West Side Story, Gypsy, Anyone Can Whistle and Do I Hear a Waltz ?, which was based on his play The Time of the Cuckoo. Laurents has directed several Broadway productions as well, including the musicals I Can Get It for You Wholesale and La Cage Aux Folles, for which he won a Tony Award. Laurents has also written two novels, “The Way We Were,” and “The Turning Point,” both of which became successful films for which Laurents wrote the screenplays. He also wrote the screenplays for The Snake Pit, Anastasia and the
Alfred Hitchcock film Rope.

David Letterman has turned into Kathie Lee Gifford

I am so sick of hearing about his child. He is not the only person who is a dad. He talks about his kid so much I think I am watching a repeat of Regis & Kathy Lee. Any second now I am afraid that he will end up hosting a morning talk show with Katie Couric.

NO SUMMER REPEATS ENJOY THE STARTER WIFE ANF HELL'S KITCHEN

In case your case missing the USA Networks Tv show "The Starter Wife" your missing what is most likely the best produced show outside HBO. Now this show come Emmy time (in 2008) will most likely not win anything or get nominated not because the show isn't any good no, its because "The Television Academy" doesn't seem to nominate any show that's not on the big 4 TV networks. HBO is an exception. Please don't let that stop you from watching.

Now the Show is perfect Summer TV. Its has mystery, romance, love triangles and of course a sunny beach. The show is at its brightest when Judy Davis arrives. What could of been a stock character Judy makes her character a human worth caring about despite her flaws. The last episode airs Thursday but USA is going to repeat all 6hrs over this coming weekend. Set those DVR'S

Now FOX has season 3 of its Summertime hit "Hell's Kitchen". This airs on Monday Nights. This is another reality show where contestants pick each other off. The winner gets his or hers own restaurant in Sin City. This is lots of fun. What bothers me however that since this is the 3rd season when the contestants cry on camera saying "They didn't Know it would be this hard"

it doesn't ring true. After all didn't they watch the previous two years. However no matter how hard it gets for the chiefs you'll have a ball watching Master Chef Gordon Ramsey yell at these people.

WANTED DVD JOHN RITTER CARRIE FISHER LEAVE YESTERDAY BEHIND

"Leave Yesterday Behind" is a sweet TV movie that would make even HBO proud. This is a simple story of a man who ends up in a wheelchair losing his ability to walk but not his ability to feel. Carrie Fisher co-stars and has never been better. Robert Urich plays a heavy and is very good. IF you have it let me know.

WANTED THE DAY THE WOMEN GOT EVEN

The Day the Women Got Even
1980-USA
PLOT DESCRIPTION In this made-for-TV movie four suburban wives become vigilantes to protect innocent actresses from an amoral, blackmailing talent agent. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Julie Hagerty who just came off of "Airplane" stars in this little known TV movie.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE HELP WANTED MALE 1982 TV MOVIE

I want the movie. Do you or someone you know have this let me know

AFI JERKS PUTS RAGING BULL AHEAD OF GONE WITH THE WIND

Original 1998 List on top
10th Anniversary 2007 List on the bottom

Stan-Wher I think it belongs.

Please note Schindler's List I took out of the top 10.

Change
1.

Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Stan Heck says- I disagree. "Gone With the Wind" should be here.


2.
Casablanca (1942)
The Godfather (1972)
Stan Says- Citizen Caine

3.
The Godfather (1972)
Casablanca (1942)
Stan- Casablanca
4.
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Raging Bull (1980)
Stan- The Godfather. Raging Bull Should not be in the top 10
5.
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Stan The Wizard of Oz

6.
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Stan - "Snow White"
7.
The Graduate (1967)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Stan- Lawerence of Arabia
8.
On the Waterfront (1954)
Schindler's List (1993)
Stan- The Sound of Music
9.
Schindler's List (1993)
Vertigo (1958)
Stan- Singin' in the Rain
10.
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Stan- "Some Like it Hot"

I will do 11-20 Later
11.
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
City Lights (1931)
+65
12.
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Searchers (1956)
+84
13.
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Star Wars (1977)
+2
14.
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Psycho (1960)
+4
15.
Star Wars (1977)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
+7
16.
All About Eve (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
-4
17.
The African Queen (1951)
The Graduate (1967)
-10
18.
Psycho (1960)
The General (1927)
NEW
19.
Chinatown (1974)
On the Waterfront (1954)
-11
20.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
-9
21.
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Chinatown (1974)
-2
22.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
-8
23.
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
-2
24.
Raging Bull (1980)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
+1
25.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
+9
26.
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
+3
27.
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
High Noon (1952)
+6
28.
Apocalypse Now (1979)
All About Eve (1950)
-12
29.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Double Indemnity (1944)
+9
30.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
-2
31.
Annie Hall (1977)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
-8
32.
The Godfather Part II (1974)
The Godfather Part II (1974)

33.
High Noon (1952)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
-13
34.
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
+15
35.
It Happened One Night (1934)
Annie Hall (1977)
-4
36.
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
-13
37.
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

38.
Double Indemnity (1944)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
-8
39.
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
-13
40.
North by Northwest (1959)
The Sound of Music (1965)
+15
41.
West Side Story (1961)
King Kong (1933)
+2
42.
Rear Window (1954)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
-15
43.
King Kong (1933)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
-7
44.
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
+7
45.
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Shane (1953)
+24
46.
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
It Happened One Night (1934)
-11
47.
Taxi Driver (1976)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
-2
48.
Jaws (1975)
Rear Window (1954)
-6
49.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Intolerance (1916)
NEW
50.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
NEW
51.
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
West Side Story (1961)
-10
52.
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Taxi Driver (1976)
-5
53.
Amadeus (1984)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
+36
54.
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
M*A*S*H (1970)
+2
55.
The Sound of Music (1965)
North by Northwest (1959)
-15
56.
M*A*S*H (1970)
Jaws (1975)
-8
57.
The Third Man (1949)
Rocky (1976)
+21
58.
Fantasia (1940)
The Gold Rush (1925)
+16
59.
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Nashville (1975)
NEW
60.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Duck Soup (1933)
+25
61.
Vertigo (1958)
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
NEW
62.
Tootsie (1982)
American Graffiti (1973)
+15
63.
Stagecoach (1939)
Cabaret (1972)
NEW
64.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Network (1976)
+2
65.
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The African Queen (1951)
-48
66.
Network (1976)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
-6
67.
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
NEW
68.
An American in Paris (1951)
Unforgiven (1992)
+30
69.
Shane (1953)
Tootsie (1982)
-7
70.
The French Connection (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
-24
71.
Forrest Gump (1994)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
NEW
72.
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
NEW
73.
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
-23
74.
The Gold Rush (1925)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
-9
75.
Dances with Wolves (1990)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
NEW
76.
City Lights (1931)
Forrest Gump (1994)
-9
77.
American Graffiti (1973)
All The President's Men (1976)
NEW
78.
Rocky (1976)
Modern Times (1936)
+3
79.
The Deer Hunter (1978)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
+1
80.
The Wild Bunch (1969)
The Apartment (1960)
+13
81.
Modern Times (1936)
Spartacus (1960)
NEW
82.
Giant (1956)
Sunrise (1927)
NEW
83.
Platoon (1986)
Titanic (1997)
NEW
84.
Fargo (1996)
Easy Rider (1969)
+4
85.
Duck Soup (1933)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
NEW
86.
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Platoon (1986)
-3
87.
Frankenstein (1931)
12 Angry Men (1957)
NEW
88.
Easy Rider (1969)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
+9
89.
Patton (1970)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
NEW
90.
The Jazz Singer (1927)
Swing Time (1936)
NEW
91.
My Fair Lady (1964)
Sophie's Choice (1982)
NEW
92.
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Goodfellas (1990)
+2
93.
The Apartment (1960)
The French Connection (1971)
-23
94.
Goodfellas (1990)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
+1
95.
Pulp Fiction (1994)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
NEW
96.
The Searchers (1956)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
NEW
97.
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Blade Runner (1982)
NEW
98.
Unforgiven (1992)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
+2
99.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Toy Story (1995)
NEW
100.
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Ben-Hur (1959)