smiffy

Great Minds ?

I May be getting older ,but I refuse to grow up

TimR

Agreed!

davidb

theres a bit of a carry on festival on bbc2 this evening .shame ive already got everything on dvd ! for anyone who hasnt seen it " cor blimey " is a dramatisation of what went on behind the scenes at the carry on films and its very good ! it was originally on itv around 10 years ago and it didnt have that title though ?

Gazza

There was a stage version of the same story at the National called Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick. Is that the original title you're thinking of?

CaptainWaggett

The stage play was excellent but so was the tv version. I especially liked Samantha's Spiro's seamless morphing into the real Babs.

Windthrop

The stage version was somewhat panned by the crits at the time. The title was changed to give the TV version a chance.

Thats the joke that killed the Music Hall !

davidb

thats the one ,im sure when this film was first shown on itv ,thats what it was billed as

rbrooks2008

I think I'll watch Alive and Kicking again because it's mad! I'd archived it off of home recorded VHS tapes onto DVD some time ago and it's been staring at me from the top of a small pile, for ages now.

"C'mon Ted! Those three old ladies should go on Dragon's Den with their cardie making."

Chevyman

Think I'll watch "George Gently", postponed from last Sunday, and record "Midsomer Murders"

"One appears to have dropped one's monocle in the soufflee"

Why not visit the Festive Fayre section?

stevie boy

perfection,perfection,perfection, even though you know the dialogue of Bunny Warren

stevie boy

George Gently is excellent but you have to have your wits about you, the young copper is very good.

Chevyman

Even when reading the books you have to do that

Lee Ingleby was excellent. I liked Robert Glenister and Pooky Quesnel too ...... and Tony Rohr always gives quailty performances

"One appears to have dropped one's monocle in the soufflee"

Why not visit the Festive Fayre section?

Steve Crook

Stanley Kubrick's Boxes

More4; Tues 15 July 2008 10pm
A biography of a remarkably talented man as seen though the rich collection of material he left behind.

Stanley Kubrick's films were landmark events – majestic, memorable and richly researched. But, as the years went by, the time between films grew longer and longer, and less and less was seen of the director. What on earth was he doing?

Two years after Kubrick's death, Jon Ronson was invited to the director's estate to explore the hundreds of boxes the legendary film director had collected during his decades at Childwick Manor in Hertfordshire. He's been returning ever since, and the story of Kubrick and the archive, now housed at University of the Arts London, is revealed in this fascinating documentary.

Ronson asks: is it possible to get to understand such a man – and his extraordinary working methods – by looking through the hundreds of boxes he left behind?

dpgmel

Just finished watching "The Snorkel ", what an excellent sense of atmosphere and an excellent ending, Peter Van Eyck gives a chilling performance.

Should be released so a wider audience can appreciate this overlooked Hammer gem.

scholes

Kubrick's Paths of Glory1957.More 4. 11.50pm
I've never seen this one before, but it comes highly recommended.