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Turner Classic Movies has Night of the Iguana on tonight at 10 p.m. Eastern.
I've never had a chance to see it, so hopefully it will work out this time.
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If you're not going to be home, then definitely set your VCR to record it. It's the sort of film that improves with multiple viewings. Naturally, Grayson is excellent as Miss Judith Fellowes, but the rest of the cast is first-rate too, especially Ava Gardner, who brings an earth mother quality to the role of Maxine.
Regards,
John
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Yes, I agree. It gets better and better with each viewing. I first saw it as a kid as a Movie of the Week. My father wanted to watch it (cause of Ava - he loved beautiful women). I remember him boasting about it as he recollected that at the time of it's release, it was such a major event that the theaters charged viewers more money to see it.
I'm not sure that if it was at this first viewing that I realized that it was 'Julia Hoffman' that was in it, but I think so. Don't think I would have watched it through if not. Too adult in theme for a kid like me to be interested otherwise (at that time). Of course, after that viewing, I immitated Grayson's scene on the beach, (hysterical that the Sue Lyon character was 'out to sea' with the Burton character), for years. Funny, there is a scene in DS that always reminds me of this scene in the movie whenever I see it. It takes place in the present, I think it is the pre-1840 period with Sebastian Shaw, where Julia keeps seeing the signs of the impending destruction of Collinwood. Carolyn is supposed to sing a song, as one of the signs, and Julia walks into the drawing room as Carolyn is singing, and screams, "No, Carolyn, no!" I know the quote is wrong but that's how I always 'perform it' when I catch my hubby or the cats doing something "wrong". LOL. (Yes, all four of them (three cats and one hubby) think I'm nuts - heh heh. The kitties run. The hubby rolls his eyes...) It's the way Grayson 'screams' that reminds me of it. It's always fun and interesting watching DS alumni in earlier roles and catching glimpses of the actor's DS characters in said actor's previous roles in film and television.
It is now in the top five of my 'favorite films of all-time' list. Wasn't this supposed to be released earlier this year, like February? I remember there being some kind of voting thang we were all talking about and as DS fans we tried to vote to have it make a top 100 list or be considered for DVD release this year or something like that. It was on my birthday wish list. I figured the hubs would pre-order it. But I'm pretty sure it wasn't available in January for pre-order. Well, hopefully, one day it will be.
Ever since I saw it, I always yearned to visit that place. I didn't know it existed for real (if you know what I mean). Then one day I mentioned it to the hubs and I found out that it was a real place and that it was down the road from where we would be vacationing that year. I nearly fainted. Have been visiting it every year since (save one very cash-poor year). I never tire of it. and yes, I'll admit it, I mentally act out scenes from the film everytime I'm there, lol, especially when I'm on the beach, ;) .
I hope you get to see it, Josette. I'm eager to hear what you think of it. If I got TCM I'd definitely catch it for the umpteenth time.
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I'm taping it now - hope to get started on it later tonight!
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Well i'm waaay behind in the posts. . .but I do like this film as it does get better with each viewing. . All the performances are quite nuanced (except Sue and Father) and you see something more each time. I'm sure at first viewing, everyone thinks Grayson's Judith is just horrid but watching it over again you start to see how tortured she is herself, innocent of what her problem is and while she is the nemesis that gets the action going. .sheis not the enemy. I love how she turns on a dime into an almost hapless victim of Maxine's desire to protect Shannon. . .Judith turns her head and asks, "what is she talking about?" as Maxine spits vile about the Dykes of Texas--Grayson's big eyes helped portray the inner innocence of the woman--and Ava,. . she was THE BOMB! That gal could A.C.T.
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Damn....wish I'd known this was on. Been wanting to tape it for awhile.
"SE-DU-CERRRRR!!!!!"
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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(This has been brought to you by "Dumb Post Of The Night")
:P
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"SE-DU-CERRRRR!!!!!"
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Loved that moment. Along with "Don't make me take steps Dr. Shannon."
Great Avatar, BTW. Julia and the Q-man, together again. :D
Bette
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Loved that moment. Along with "Don't make me take steps Dr. Shannon."
YES!! "Don't make me take STEPS, Dr. Shannon."
It's sooooo great. It's so.....JULIA!
Great Avatar, BTW. Julia and the Q-man, together again. :D
Well ya know, IMHO Julia and the Q-Man should always be together. It's all I need anyway.
;) ;) ;D ;) ;)
PS I miss those wavey smileys :'(
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PS I miss those wavey smileys :'(
All the missing smileys should be back before too long. :)
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I love that film, too. I saw that for the first time a few years ago, before I started watching DS or knew of Grayson or anything...Judith's one of best parts of the story, IMO. And yeah, it does get better with each viewing. I just adore her facial expressions and snappy remarks... ;) :)
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And it is galling when you go to a movie summary book (Leonard, Roger, any of 'em) that everyone is mentioned in the summary but the actress who initiates the action and was nominated for the Oscar. . .
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And it is galling when you go to a movie summary book (Leonard, Roger, any of 'em) that everyone is mentioned in the summary but the actress who initiates the action and was nominated for the Oscar. . .
Yeah! What the f is that?? Plus, she's the only one worth watching in the film anyway. Burton? Eh!
Speaking of David Selby :-* lol, ;D , he played Rev. Shannon in Night of the Iguana at the LA Theatre Center in '91. There's a photo of him in In and Out of the Shadows from the play. He's all tied up in a hammock and looking rather annoyed. ;D ;) ;D
8)
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OH MY CAN I JOIN DAVID SELBY IN THE HAMMOCK???
YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love Anne :-* :-* :-* ;D ;D :P :P
Edited by Midnite
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OH MY CAN I JOIN DAVID SELBY IN THE HAMMOCK???
Don't ask me.....ask him.
(What do you suppose you'd do with him all tied up like that anyway??) (Just curious) ;D
PS Yer incorrigible
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And it is galling when you go to a movie summary book (Leonard, Roger, any of 'em) that everyone is mentioned in the summary but the actress who initiates the action and was nominated for the Oscar. . .
Yeah...they hardly acknowledged her on TCM either (during the little intro and outro to the film). :(
Well, they DID mention her name at the very end... saying that Burton wasn't nominated for an Academy award, but the tough cookie played by Grayson Hall was (lol). ;)
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All the missing smileys should be back before too long. :)
Well, that's good to hear. I really don't know what to do with myself when I'm not waving like an idiot. ;D
By the way, things are looking nice on here -- the AVATARS in particular. They're much clearer and seem better proportioned somehow.
And speaking of Oscar nominations, I'd like to nominate a couple of new avatars on here (at least I've never seen them before) as Avatars of the Week. They crack me up.
Heather's: The great picture of Julia and the words: "Barnabas, is that a stake in your pocket or...."
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Midnite's: "No One Mourns The Wicked" with the picture of Cassandra with that SMILE! What a look!
ROTFL ;D
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Gee, Connie i'd set him free and then well.......
We won't go there !!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-X ;D
Love Anne 8) ;D ;)
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I think Dom's avatars are always hysterical the current Sleeveless in Detroit. . my god! And yours Connie.. get a little saying under it. . I know your humor and I've got HIGH expectations--is Quentin whispering something naughty to distraught Julia?"
J99 who just posted a new avatar (a stunning headshot of GH in early early to mid 50s i'd say --but not coming across so well here. . .maybe have to retry.)
(http://home.nyc.rr.com/rjjhome/images/GraysonAvatar.jpg)
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And speaking of Oscar nominations, I'd like to nominate a couple of new avatars on here (at least I've never seen them before) as Avatars of the Week. They crack me up.
Heather's: The great picture of Julia and the words: "Barnabas, is that a stake in your pocket or...."
Thanks Connie ;) As they say on the JList, I am a wench... ;D
I love the avatars. You guys are so creative -- I let out a little snort when I saw yours, Midnite. Too funny...
And J99 is right, Connie -- you need a nice little caption under your avatar. Something like, "So many men, so little time," or have him whisper to her "Let's slip outta these clothes and into a warm brandy..." Or something to that effect. LOL
Hey RJ -- NIIIIIICCCCEE picture!! It might've gotten squished a wee bit vertically on your avatar (just a tiny, tiny bit; not much), but it looks great! Appropriate caption...I like it a lot. :) ;)
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Thanks, Connie. It's an honor just to be nominated. :P
just posted a new avatar (a stunning headshot of GH in early early to mid 50s i'd say --but not coming across so well here. . .maybe have to retry.)
The size limit for avatars is 82X86. Because the Grayson photo is proportioned differently, the width gets stretched to accomodate the vertical length. There are 2 ways to get it to view correctly-- either resize the image to 82X86 (by trimming the top and/or bottom to match the above dimensions), or increase its width so that the image size is 82X86 but make the additional side areas transparent (so they vanish against the background). If you prefer the latter but don't know how, message me and I'll see what I can do with it.
My Fans Are Legion, hee hee.
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Thanks, Connie. It's an honor just to be nominated. :P
Well, I can imagine! ;)
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Thanks for the fix MB and Midnite!!! She loooooks fabulous!
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That's one of my favorite photos of Herself back in her salad days.
Beautiful work!
G.
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Kind of late in the day to be posting this, but I just noticed that Night of the Iguana is today's IMDB "Film of the Day."
On the front page of the site,you'll find a short write-up about the movie. Gratifyingly for those of us who are fans, Grayson DOES get mentioned, and so does her statuette nomination!
cheers, Steve
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Right from the Site:
IMDb Movie of the Day
The settings of Tennessee Williams tales were usually sultry, but The Night of the Iguana was downright steamy and tropical as it set its tortured characters in a comfortably rundown resort on the humid Mexican coast, where desires ran across the surface like a light coat of sweat on the skin of a sunbather. The earthy Maxine (Ava Gardner) runs the resort -- when she's not carousing with the young local boys -- and caters to her usually quiet guests, who suddenly find their idyll interrupted by a busful of old Texas schoolteachers. The prim tour group is being led by the defrocked Reverend Lawrence Shannon (Richard Burton), who in turn is being led by the youngest member of the set, nubile teen Charlotte (Sue Lyon), a poster girl for hell and damnation wrapped in a highly neurotic and enticing package. Coming to old friend Maxine for support, Shannon fends off both the wanton Charlotte and her ferociously overprotective guardian (Oscar nominee Grayson Hall, in full repressed-lesbian mode) while striking up a touching friendship with artist Hannah Jelkes (Deborah Kerr), whose virtue runs in direct opposition to Charlotte's carnality. One of John Huston's best literary adaptations, The Night of the Iguana tempers Williams' overwrought sensuality with a grounded emotional resonance (embodied perfectly by Gardner) that belies the strife that attended the making of the film, as the five lead actors clashed in a style worthy of Williams himself. On a sunnier note, Iguana was the movie that put Puerto Vallarta on the map as a hot tourist destination, a status it still holds to this day. - Mark Englehart (
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Right from the Site:
Coming to old friend Maxine for support, Shannon fends off both the wanton Charlotte and her ferociously overprotective guardian (Oscar nominee Grayson Hall, in full repressed-lesbian mode) while striking up a touching friendship with artist Hannah Jelkes (Deborah Kerr), whose virtue runs in direct opposition to Charlotte's carnality.
Thanks for the info about the site Steve, and J99! :) Poor Judith just needed a hug and someone to confide in. :-* I always feel for the underdogs... ;)
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Thanks for the info about the site Steve, and J99! :) Poor Judith just needed a hug and someone to confide in. :-* I always feel for the underdogs... ;)
Judith needed to take a dip in that ocean and unbutton her blouse a bit .. . she was bound to be cranky with her buttons all done in that humid mexican heat! :P
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Judith needed to take a dip in that ocean and unbutton her blouse a bit .. . she was bound to be cranky with her buttons all done in that humid mexican heat! :P
Well, that too... ::) :P ;)