RBH
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''I won't be wronged.
I won't be insulted.
I won't be laid a-hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.''
*John Bernard Books- 1901*
I'm dying to see this film. I'm in the middle of a major FDR interest right now. I've read a small pile of books and have several more to go. I visited Hyde Park last spring and loved seeing the place where so much of his life took place. One very annoying thing was that we had a great docent, very knowledgible. But all anyone wanted to ask him about, and I mean downright obsessively, was FDR's sex life. Yes, there was Lucy Mercer, and there was Missy Lehand and maybe . . . maybe. . . Margaret Suckley (which IMDB mistakenly spells as Stuckley). But you know, he did a lot of other stuff, ya know? Like, IMPORTANT stuff?
"Hello. I'm Mr. Hardy, and this is my friend, Mr. Laurel."
Ed Asner did an almost 3-hour FDR monologue at the Pasadena playhouse. It was amazing. Bill Murray looks the part and I too look forward to this!
I visit the Little White House and Warm Springs now and then for my civic meditations. I'm due for another trip.
Bill Murray as FDR ? I'm looking forward to it.
Originally Posted by dhermann1
If I hadn't known who that was a picture of I never would have recognized it as Bill Murray! It sounds like a really promising movie.
Who says the golden era has to be tasteful and dignified?
Here's another screen shot:
Who says the golden era has to be tasteful and dignified?
Stripped of the cunning artifices of the tailor, and standing forth in the garb of Eden - what a sorry set of round-shouldered, spindle-shanked, crane-necked varlets would civilized men appear. ~ Herman Melville
Although it's frightening to see him that old (It seems like only yesterday that I used to see him in person all the time, but it was at least 10 years ago when I saw him play in the Pro-Am ), I'm thrilled that he's finally in a role that will show off his ability as an actor. I believe he will do an excellent job.
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"Kissing a man without a moustache is like drinking champagne without bubbles”
In those days the best painkiller was ice; it wasn't addictive and it was particularly effective if you poured some whiskey over it.~ Gracie Allen
The trailer.
I am rather looking forward to Bill Murray's performance as FDR. I think he can really pull this one off. The feel of it is somewhere between The King's Speech and Get Low as far as the visuals are concerned. At the very least it should be some good period eye candy.
Cheers!
Dan
"If you believe everything you read, better not read." - Japanese Proverb
Fantastic!!!
RBH
__________________________________________________ _____________________________
''I won't be wronged.
I won't be insulted.
I won't be laid a-hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.''
*John Bernard Books- 1901*
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