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Charlie Hopper retweeted
What's the greatest 4th wall break you've ever seen in a movie?
I'll begin:
Annie Hall (1977)
Director: Woody Allen
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President Lyndon B. Johnson was finicky about room temperature, and when he was Vice President, he developed a habit of haranguing the flight crew about lowering or raising the cabin temperature. After a while, the crew got tired of his shenanigans, so they installed a "fake" temperature control in the Conference Room. This appeasement was successful, and Johnson was so pleased with manipulating the controls himself that he didn't even notice when the temperature remained the same.
Charlie Hopper retweeted
Stanley Kubrick asked George C. Scott to do takes that were exaggerated and "over the top" and told him they were exercises to loosen up. He also did "normal" takes. Kubrick used all of the over the tops and it's considered one of Scott's all time great performances.
"It's a sight, a big plane, like a '52, vroom! There's jet exhaust, fryin' chickens in the barnyard! "
George C. Scott ~ Dr. Strangelove (1964) #botd
Charlie Hopper retweeted
"A corrupt, deranged narcissist who has given voice and energy to right-wing terrorism? Or a genial lifetime public servant with a steady hand on the tiller of government? You see, it's not an easy choice, because the public servant is a little bit older."
mcsweeneys.net/articles/sure…
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Workers on the Millennium Bridge, by reducing the headroom of the bridge while they work, have triggered an ancient by-law of London requiring that a bale of straw be hung underneath to warn river traffic:
Charlie Hopper retweeted
Wild how many different songs Bob Dylan has covered on tour in 2023, most for the first time ever. I think this is the list so far (and I'd bet on more to come!)
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Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert getting pissed at each other about Boogie Nights is what cinema needs.
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Filmmakers talking out the details of their favorite films, exploring what makes them tick, it's really everything.
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It's the 29th anniversary of "Sideshow Bob Roberts" Here's a different version of Grampa's interminable alphabet anecdote, from the Table Draft of 3/31/94
(And yes, this is from Dan Castellaneta's script that he used during the read!)
Aw, look what my sister made when she visited me while I was signing the kid’s book I wrote and Penelope Dullaghan illustrated for @cameronbooks …instagram.com/reel/CyGwn1Frm…
Charlie Hopper retweeted
“Vvt! Vvt! Hadabida!” - this is my rough of the first “Vvt!” - The Shinning, THoH V, dir. Jim Reardon, wr. Bob Kushell. (We don’t wanna get sued.)
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Wow. Gen. Mark Milley just said what the media never will; “Biden is alert, sound, does his homework, reads the papers, reads all the read-ahead material, & is very engaging in issues of very serious matters of war & peace & life & death.” STOP focusing on President Biden’s age.
