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I liked the movie better than the book, frankly.
Howdy! It's me! I just got back from seeing a screening of "Jaws" at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, in Brookline, MA. It played to pretty much a packed house, too.
I was under the impression that Betty broke up with Stan simply because Stan wasn't a nice guy.
Russ Tamblyn was also in "Tom Thumb", which came out in 1958, three years before West Side Story was released on the great big, wide movie theatre screens, as well. Russ was wonderful as the main character, Tom Thumb himself, in that musical, as well.
I'm not sure that either Paul Newman or Charleston Heston were Jewish.
No, Radio Raheem didn't deserve to die, but that doesn't mean that he shouldn't used some common sense and turned his radio off before things escalated to that point. The cops, without killing him, should've forced Radio Raheem to turn his radio off before things escalated to that point.
The various filming locations were in Charlestown, the Back Bay, and afew other places.
That's correct, Strings101. Moreover, both the Extended Cut of The Town and The Town--Alternate Ending made it clear that, in addition to all the "job" vehicles they used that were in her name, it was also clear that Krista was even more involved in the family bank-and-truck robbing business than the Theatrical cut of The Town made her out to be: She booked the room at the hotel near Fenway Park, where the Fenway Park robbery was to take place, made the New Hampshire run (in which "Mac" Sr. (i. e. Doug MacRay's permanently incarcerated father) hijacked a bread truck up in NH, and after a struggle with the guards, "Mac" Sr. and his companion executed the guards with their own weapons.), obtained the costumes that Doug and his accomplices wore during their heists.
Doug was out in the street when he was spying on Claire. The fact that he was doing that to her is another indication of what kind of a guy Doug was...and not a nice guy, either. It doesn't matter whether he was testing her or not.
FBI Agt. Adam Frawley should've warned Claire to keep her big, fat trap shut, and not to answer any of Doug's phone calls, keep contact with him, or to accept any gifts and money from him. The fact that FBI Agt. Frawley didn't issue that kind of warning to Claire was a big, stupid mistake on his part, also.
Hi,Daisy!
Thank you very much for your friendly replies to me. Seeing the 40th-year Anniversary screening of the film West Side Story down in the Big Apple, at the renowned Radio City Music Hall was amazing! Moreover, it did add to my love of the film. Seeing the film West Side Story on a great big, wide movie theatre screen really does add to my love of the film, regardless of where it's playing. I always buy my ticket(s), and await screenings of West Side Story with excitement and anticipation.
Btw, I really enjoy corresponding with you here on movie chat.org.
I, too, disagree with the notion that the play was better than the movie. I personally think that West Side Story, as both a stage play and a movie, worked equally well. West Side Story, as a musical, was/is equally successful on both stage and screen.
West Side Story is a musical, after all. But the very story behind West Side Story, although fiction, is based on certain realities.
I saw the film "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" on TV some years ago and enjoyed it, but I liked the book much, much better.
I have more favorite films, but these are the ones that I liked the most.
Frankly, I think that leaving some money for Krista so that she could take care of herself and her kid was the least thing that Doug could've/should've done.
Also, I'm sure that Doug didn't leave nearly as much money for Krista as he did for Claire.
Dunkirk was a very well-made film, and very gripping, due to the story and the cinematography, as well as the way in which it was made, but, since 2010 was such an awful year for movies, I think that Dunkirk surpassed that year.
Russ Tamblyn was also in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers", and at least one or two other movies (one of which was a Western.), the names of which escape at the moment.
Russ Tamblyn should've also gotten an Academy Award. He was excellent as Riff. He had the looks and the personality for the role of Riff, as well.
Okay. Thanks, croft_alice.
That'll be great. I think that here in the United States, we might be able to see the Lunar eclipse of 2018, as well. It's scheduled to take place sometime next January, I think.
Thanks again, Daisy. Glad you like the quote.
When I go to a screening of West Side Story, either at the opposite end of the state where I reside, or to a neighboring state, that requires some more advanced planning, since I usually stay overnight at a nearby inn of some sort, and then drive back the next morning.
When I drove down to the Big Apple to see a special 40th year Anniversary screening of West Side Story at NYC's renowned Radio City Music Hall with some friends of mine who lived down there, in early October, it was a great thing. The film had been restored to its former glory, and there were at least five or six thousand people present at the screening. What was equally amazing is the fact that, less than a month after a rather freaky event (9/11), that so many people could be together in one place for such a spectacular evening. I stayed at my cousin's condominium, and drove home the next afternoon.
Five years later, I took another road trip to the Big Apple, and this time, saw West Side Story again, with my cousin. We had a wonderful time, and it was well worth the drive down there.
I have to admit that whether I see the film West Side Story solo, or with other people, it's always fun.
Pardon my rambling.