Cirque du So-What
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Sat Feb-14-09 01:31 PM
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Robert Redford's 'Sneakers' |
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For the first time since it appeared on movie screens in 1992, I watched the movie Sneakers a few minutes ago on Encore. This time, however, the movie percolated through my consciousness filtered by the experiences of these past eight years. Dan Aykroyd's character was the resident 'conspiracy theorist' who mentioned scenarios that are still being mulled over today. It's other things in the movie that have come to pass (and that we now take for granted) that make Sneakers such a great film that has endured the test of time.
Although fictional, this film can serve to remind the public that there are post-9/11 laws to overturn and rights to restore. After all there's a Constitution to uphold!
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Sat Feb-14-09 01:35 PM
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1. It also has one of the funniest lines |
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ever spoken in a movie, and I'll bet it slipped right past you.
Hint: it's delivered by Robert Redford as he's directing the blind guy.
Breaks me up just to think of it.
Yes, it's a great movie, and quite prescient, hmmmm?
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Sat Feb-14-09 01:37 PM
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3. My favorite funny line from the movie: |
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Whistler: I want peace on earth and goodwill toward men.
Bernard Abbott: We are the United States Government. We don't do that sort of thing.
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Sat Feb-14-09 01:41 PM
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where he tells the blind driver that he's going to encounter a 'very gentle slope?'
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Sat Feb-14-09 02:13 PM
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you're getting close........
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Sat Feb-14-09 02:20 PM
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12. I believe it is along the lines of.. |
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Keep your eyes on the road.
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Sat Feb-14-09 02:22 PM
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Another hint - it's really filthy and goes by really fast.
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Sat Feb-14-09 05:41 PM
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Sat Feb-14-09 06:03 PM
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Edited on Sat Feb-14-09 06:04 PM by Tangerine LaBamba
I'm going to get some details wrong, I am certain - but I got the basics down.
It happens so fast, you have to stop the DVD and play it over and over to make sure you heard what you thought you heard.
You did.
There's a scene where Redford is taking to (I think) the blind guy. (He might be talking, via remote, to another of the guys, so I'm not positive it's the blind guy.)
He's giving the guy directions on how to get something done. I don't think it's when he's got the blind guy driving the van - it's another scene, and it involves the guy telling a woman something.
So, Redford is quietly and quickly reciting what the guy needs to tell the woman, and then he very quickly utters the line, "And tell her you get head whenever you want it."
Then he continues.
Watch the movie for it. I bought the DVD just to make sure I saw what I thought I saw in the theater.
It's just wonderful.
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Sat Feb-14-09 10:29 PM
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37. OK, I remember that scene |
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Edited on Sat Feb-14-09 10:29 PM by Geoff R. Casavant
Yeah, it was the blind guy. It was earlier in the movie than trying to teach the blind guy how to drive.
I like that exchange too, especially the snarky follow-up:
"Give him head?" "Be a beacon?"
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Sat Feb-14-09 02:32 PM
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Edited on Sat Feb-14-09 02:33 PM by Cirque du So-What
For the life of me, I can't recall a line in that scene that could be even be construed as a double entendre.
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Mon Feb-16-09 12:43 PM
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43. I thought it was pretty much a single entendre, myself! |
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Sat Feb-14-09 10:44 PM
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39. Just let me say what a fan I am. |
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I have loved Redford for decades! I went as a guest to a fancy fund-raising party in the 1980's in Minnesota and he was the speaker at this private party. Ooh, la, la, what a place!
Not only did I get an autograph - but every attendee got an individualized photograph with him! What a great Christmas card I sent that year, lol!
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Sat Feb-14-09 01:36 PM
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2. The score is fantastic as well. |
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Sat Feb-14-09 06:06 PM
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34. I'm Been Trying To Find It |
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Sat Feb-14-09 01:47 PM
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5. Oh yeah, the movie. I thought this post was about his shoes. |
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Sat Feb-14-09 01:52 PM
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6. One thing's for sure... |
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his sneakers weren't PUMAs!
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Sat Feb-14-09 03:53 PM
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27. "I want peace on earth and goodwill toward men." |
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Edited on Sat Feb-14-09 03:53 PM by Ellipsis
Whistler: I want peace on earth and goodwill toward men.
Bernard Abbott: We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
Martin Bishop: You're just gonna have to try.
Bernard Abbott: All right, I'll see what I can do.
Whistler: Thank you very much. That's all I ask.
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Sat Feb-14-09 01:58 PM
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8. I need to watch it again with national security in mind. |
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I've always thought of it as a hacker film.
Dan Ackroyd = Mother :rofl:
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Sat Feb-14-09 02:02 PM
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9. Do you know that the Movie "China Syndrome" |
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Edited on Sat Feb-14-09 02:04 PM by .... callchet ....
was made before the Three Mile Island accident, and it described it almost perfectly. "The film THE CHINA SYNDROME's release two weeks before the nuclear accident is dismissed as an interesting coincidence"
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Sat Feb-14-09 02:14 PM
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the movie had been filmed almost two years before the Three Mile Island episode.
Two years.
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Sat Feb-14-09 02:25 PM
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15. Is that a line from 'Sneakers' |
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or are you pointing this out?
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Sat Feb-14-09 03:24 PM
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22. Just the relationship bewteen movies and real life |
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whether coincidental or not, but interesting.
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Sat Feb-14-09 03:27 PM
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24. Good Writers Are Talented At Plausible Scenarios, Logical Chains of Events |
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Sat Feb-14-09 10:40 PM
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The willing suspension of disbelief.
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Sat Feb-14-09 11:33 PM
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Some of us are tougher than others :)
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Sun Feb-15-09 12:32 AM
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42. Another coincidence - The National Geographic issue for that month was about nulcear power plants |
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And what could go wrong. I've always wondered about those three things happening at the same time.
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Sat Feb-14-09 02:22 PM
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14. Michael Clayton reminds me of |
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Monsanto,when they intrude with their evil & loathsome hold they have on farming communities around the world, .
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Sat Feb-14-09 02:28 PM
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16. That's a very cool film |
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Edited on Sat Feb-14-09 02:31 PM by Zomby Woof
Robert Redford, David Strathairn, Ben Kingsley, and Sidney Poitier, all in fine form, and having great fun. :thumbsup:
"There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information! "
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Sat Feb-14-09 02:33 PM
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19. The exchange that gets me is: |
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Cosmo- Posit: People think a bank might be financially shaky.
Bishop- Consequence: People start to withdraw their money.
Cosmo- Result: Pretty soon it is financially shaky.
Bishop- Conclusion: You can make banks fail.
Cosmo- Bzzt. I've already done that. Maybe you've heard about a few? Think bigger.
Bishop- Stock market?
Cosmo- Yes.
Bishop- Currency market?
Cosmo- Yes.
Bishop- Commodities market?
Cosmo- Yes.
Bishop- Small countries?
Cosmo- ...
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How much of that is true? Who's benefiting from the current economic mess?
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Sat Feb-14-09 02:37 PM
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20. Yes, that one was certainly prescient |
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Cui bono? (Who benefits?)
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Sat Feb-14-09 03:26 PM
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The haves and the have mores.
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Sat Feb-14-09 02:47 PM
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21. well, you've convinced me. I'll have to see that movie. eom |
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Sat Feb-14-09 03:52 PM
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Its such a great movie.
Incredible cast, fun/frightening story, great writing, good score. I could go on, but do I really have to? :)
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Sat Feb-14-09 03:39 PM
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I went ahead and recorded it a couple of weeks ago. Every time it comes on I watch it though. I happened to catch it at 4 A.M. one morning before I went to work. It was interesting because I also thought so many of the lines really had relevance for today.
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Sat Feb-14-09 03:59 PM
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I haven't seen it in a couple of years, but it's definitely a good one--entertaining and with some insight :)
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Sat Feb-14-09 04:07 PM
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30. great cast in that movie |
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Ben Kingsley, Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Sidney Portier, River Phoenix, Mary McDonnell, James Earl Jones, Timothy Busfield, Stephen Toblowsky and others.
"I want a Winnebago. This isn't a car dealership!"
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Sat Feb-14-09 05:48 PM
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32. The script crackles. I like the way the characters are drawn |
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to interact with each other.
Great film.
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Sat Feb-14-09 06:13 PM
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35. Sneaker Tip of the Day |
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If you ever have to get by a motion sensor it really helps if you wear military bdu's.
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Sat Feb-14-09 10:46 PM
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40. Plus it has River Phoenix. |
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