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JoelCairo
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 Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 10:33 am Post subject: Re: Hard boiled ? Got it |
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| Ken Barnes wrote: | | I've just remembered. It came from Billy Wilder's "Ace in the Hole" - another Paramount film that should be on DVD |
Well spotted, sir!
I've a nasty idea I may have mis-quoted very slightly. I've got this movie on VHS - I recorded it off the BBC many, many years ago - so I will watch it over Christmas to make sure I've got it right.
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Ken Barnes
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| Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:06 pm Post subject: Quotes |
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| I think you're as near as makes-no-matter and probably nearer than "Play it again.Sam" or "Come up and see me sometime." |
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JoelCairo
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| Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:41 pm Post subject: Re: Hard boiled ? Got it |
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| Quote: | | I've a nasty idea I may have mis-quoted very slightly. I've got this movie on VHS - I recorded it off the BBC many, many years ago - so I will watch it over Christmas to make sure I've got it right. |
I have now watched "Ace In The Hole" again, for the first time in many years. You are quite right: this movie should be on DVD. The actual line is "I've met plenty of hard boiled eggs in my life, but you, you're twenty minutes." On my VHS tape it sounds more like "I met" rather than "I've met" but I assume that is due to a muffled soundtrack rather than Billy Wilder's original dialogue. I have now amended the line in my profile.
Strangely, it comes quite differently from how I remembered it. I thought - wrongly - that it came as an exclamation in response to a piece of brazen cynicism from Tatum (Kirk Douglas). In fact Jan Sterling delivers it quietly as the opening line of a crucial scene. This is a brilliant scene and Jan Sterling is superb. In fact she is so good throughout the movie, and far better than I had ever recognised, that I also watched "The Man With The Gun" (aka "The Troubleshooter") with Robert Mitchum. Jan Sterling is excellent in this film too, showing a totally different personality. Maybe we have all under-estimated her.
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JoelCairo
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| Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:42 pm Post subject: Re: Hard boiled ? Got it |
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| JoelCairo wrote: | | I have now watched "Ace In The Hole" again, for the first time in many years. You are quite right: this movie should be on DVD. |
It is now rumoured that Criterion will be releasing Ace In The Hole on DVD later this year.
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Ken Barnes
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:30 pm Post subject: Ace In The Hole |
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| I have just returned from Los Angeles and I have heard that "Ace In The Hole" is being sceduled for release later this year. But whether or not it will be Criterion, I am not sure. Knowing their generally high standard, I hope it is. |
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