Re: Amazon to the rescue!
Tue, 13 May 2008 00:50 +0100 (BST)
In article <48285ecc$0$11119$834e42db@reader.greatnowhere.com>,
Phil.Aypee@uk.invalid (Phil Aypee) wrote:
> Tati sold the copyright for some of his work to finance making
> "Playtime", a colossally expensive project.
Well, yes. Few people design and build a small town to make a film! But I
assume you mean th ...
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Re: Amazon to the rescue!
Tue, 13 May 2008 00:50 +0100 (BST)
In article <cKqdnW1H4rv20rXVRVnyiAA@giganews.com>, EpsomMafia@Sicilia.net
(Dave \(Sgt. Pepper\)) wrote:
> >> Jacques Tati's "Trafic"
> There's one currently on ebay Jon, if you trust the source ...
Hmm, interesting. Thanks for the link. I've been doing Web searches every
now and then for several years and h ...
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THESE ARE A FEW
Mon, 12 May 2008 17:19:55 +0100
Julie Andrews Turns 69
To commemorate her birthday , actress/vocalist, Julie Andrews made a special
appearance at Manhattan 's Radio City Music Hall for the benefit of the
AARP. One of the musical numbers she performed was "My Favorite Things" from
the legendary movie "Sound Of Music". Here are the lyrics she u ...
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Amazon to the rescue!
Mon, 12 May 2008 12:47:18 +0100
Hi,
I'm slowly expanding my DVD collection - but there was a problem.
There are a lot of films that cannot be sold outside the US and Canada
(according to US copyright law) - and most of those are Region 1 encoded.
Region 1 DVDs cannot be played on UK players.
Amazon to the rescue!
Amazon, a *US* company ...
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Re: WAS HIGNFY
Mon, 12 May 2008 01:44:22 +0100
In message <4826a663$0$6434$834e42db@reader.greatnowhere.com>, Phil
Aypee <Phil.Aypee@uk.invalid> writes
>You're absolutely wrong about the Bentine character! "Inspector Batz" was
>the fictitious detective Harry Secombe's character wanted to be. Bentine was
>the professor.
I feared I might be wrong. I hardly ...
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Census Alert 2011 - UK govt to outsource your Census identity to
US Government defense company if it wins the contract.
Sun, 11 May 2008 13:03:52 +0100
The next UK Census will be in 2011. Help stop it being run by an arms
company with close links to the United States government.
The process of running the 2011 Census will be contracted out by the
Office of National Statistics to a private company.
One of the two contractors in the final round of selecti ...
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White Hart Frimley
Sun, 11 May 2008 10:46:58 +0100
what's happening to the white hart in Frimley, its ,been closed for a
while "For repairs", how ever i recently noticed all the windows have
been boarded up ?
Are they going to knock this building down.?? Is there any protection
order on this building ? ...
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Re: WAS HIGNFY
Sat, 10 May 2008 23:00:45 +0100
In message <4825d064$0$6430$834e42db@reader.greatnowhere.com>, Phil
Aypee <Phil.Aypee@uk.invalid> writes
> The worst I have seen is the Goons film,
>"Down Amongst The Z-men". It is important in that it's the full Goons
>(including Michael Bentine) but it's still extraordinarily poor.
I remember that movie. I ...
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Re: WAS HIGNFY
Sat, 10 May 2008 08:19:47 +0100
In message <482334ad$0$6433$834e42db@reader.greatnowhere.com>, Phil
Aypee <Phil.Aypee@uk.invalid> writes
>Did you realise that "Lover Come Back" (Doris Day and Rock Hudson was
>actually a scathing satire on the advertising industry? Imagine selling a
>product that didn't exist - that's brilliant satire!
I've ...
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Re: WAS HIGNFY
Fri, 9 May 2008 23:51:40 +0100
In message <4824cd37$0$6435$834e42db@reader.greatnowhere.com>, Phil
Aypee <Phil.Aypee@uk.invalid> writes
> My father was a film-maker (of sorts)
Eh? No 'of sorts' about it! All his movies were excellent but the one in
which he copped a share in an Oscar was brilliant.
--
James Follett. Novelist. (G1LXP) ...
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