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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 16, 2017 19:29:53 GMT
The post below this reminded me of a definite favorite, The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, with Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, and Arthur O’Connell. I think it’s very well-filmed, well-acted, and fantastical (also, I think it has Barbara Eden at her most beautiful), though part of it may well be nostalgia, as I first saw it when about 10.
Does anyone else know this one?
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Sept 16, 2017 19:40:10 GMT
I liked this movie.
Tony Randall hated it.
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Post by mszanadu on Sept 16, 2017 21:06:35 GMT
The post below this reminded me of a definite favorite, The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, with Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, and Arthur O'Connell. To be honest, I think it's very well-filmed, well-acted, and fantastical (also, I think it has Barbara Eden at her most beautiful), though part of it may well be nostalgia, as I saw it when about 10. Does anyone else know this one? I have also seen this one Salzmank and agree it is a fun and unique film as well ( Tony Randall and Barbara Eden were my favorites too ) . Of course the last time I saw this film was on the channel TCM ( Turner Classic Movies ) and it was last year ( I may look out for this one again soon ) . Thanks so much Salzmank for your subject post .
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Post by mszanadu on Sept 16, 2017 21:09:54 GMT
I liked this movie. Tony Randall hated it. Just curious here them1ghtyhumph - Did Tony Randall mention why he hated this film ?
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Sept 16, 2017 21:26:01 GMT
I liked this movie. Tony Randall hated it. Just curious here them1ghtyhumph - Did Tony Randall mention why he hated this film ? I phrased it too harshly. In 'The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film' it says Tony didn't like it. Part of that might have been because he had to have his head shaved.
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Post by mszanadu on Sept 16, 2017 22:50:24 GMT
Just curious here them1ghtyhumph - Did Tony Randall mention why he hated this film ? I phrased it too harshly. In 'The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film' it says Tony didn't like it. Part of that might have been because he had to have his head shaved. That definitely makes sense indeed here . I can't say I wouldn't have blamed him for not being too eager to do that for a movie either . Thankfully the hair grows back but still . Thanks them1ghtyhumph for your reply .
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Sept 17, 2017 2:01:35 GMT
Did he have his head shaved? Because there is a scene where he is shown in the audience without makeup and I could have sworn his hair was normal (could have been shot before or after I suppose).
Charles Beaumont wrote the screenplay.
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Post by rateater on Sept 17, 2017 3:24:37 GMT
i only saw 6 of them
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Post by wmcclain on Sept 17, 2017 23:03:36 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Sept 18, 2017 3:10:19 GMT
Not in its entirety and it's always the last act of the movie when that dragon shows up.
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Post by geode on Oct 3, 2017 15:23:08 GMT
The post below this reminded me of a definite favorite, The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, with Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, and Arthur O'Connell. To be honest, I think it's very well-filmed, well-acted, and fantastical (also, I think it has Barbara Eden at her most beautiful), though part of it may well be nostalgia, as I first saw it when about 10. Does anyone else know this one? Yes, I saw it in first release. Good film, incredible work by Tony Randall.
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Post by telegonus on Oct 5, 2017 19:27:09 GMT
I like 7 Faces Of Dr. Lao. It didn't quite click when it came out, with the critics or the public, was maybe one of those too late or too early movies, as in ill-timed as to the year of its release. Mary Poppins came out the same year and captured the "magic movie for children" vibe better, and I think that hurt the George Pal pic. Also, the peplum-wizards-horror wave of the late Fifties-early Sixties had more or less ended a year earlier. Had Dr. Lao come out two or three years earlier it might have wowed them at the Saturday matinees; a few years later it might have made a splash as a "head film" for stoners and college students. Just my two cents...
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Post by geode on Oct 6, 2017 13:30:32 GMT
I like 7 Faces Of Dr. Lao. It didn't quite click when it came out, with the critics or the public, was maybe one of those too late or too early movies, as in ill-timed as to the year of its release. Mary Poppins came out the same year and captured the "magic movie for children" vibe better, and I think that hurt the George Pal pic. Also, the peplum-wizards-horror wave of the late Fifties-early Sixties had more or less ended a year earlier. Had Dr. Lao come out two or three years earlier it might have wowed them at the Saturday matinees; a few years later it might have made a splash as a "head film" for stoners and college students. Just my two cents... I guess I and my circle of friends were out of step with others at the time it came out because we all really liked it. I assumed it had the same reception elsewhere, I guess I was wrong.
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Post by telegonus on Oct 7, 2017 4:29:36 GMT
Not necessarily, Geode. Movies do different business in different places. There were plenty of movies I remember seeing and liking, along with my friends, that were neither critical nor box-offices successes. For the life of me, as an adult, I could never sit through a Rocky picture after the first one, nor Star Wars or any Indiana Jones picture.
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Post by geode on Oct 18, 2017 6:08:08 GMT
Not necessarily, Geode. Movies do different business in different places. There were plenty of movies I remember seeing and liking, along with my friends, that were neither critical nor box-offices successes. For the life of me, as an adult, I could never sit through a Rocky picture after the first one, nor Star Wars or any Indiana Jones picture. And here I thought Phoenix, Arizona in the mid-60s was relatively mainstream. I was an adult when all the series you mention were released. I never liked any of the Indiana Jones films, but there are some agreeable films in the other two. I had to comment, if only to have some action here other than that ridiculous off topic "So" thread.
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Post by telegonus on Oct 18, 2017 14:32:28 GMT
I'm glad you did comment, Geode. We need action here, on the board generally.
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Post by geode on Oct 27, 2017 15:00:26 GMT
I'm glad you did comment, Geode. We need action here, on the board generally. Yes, except for one thread that doesn't belong here this board is very slow.
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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 7, 2018 18:51:28 GMT
Bumping this because I recently recommended it to @forceghostackbar, who I hope gets a chance to watch it and record his thoughts here. It’s a great movie.
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Post by geode on Sept 8, 2018 15:27:08 GMT
[last lines]
"Mike, the whole world is a circus if you look at it the right way. Every time you pick up a handful of dust, and see not the dust, but a mystery, a marvel, there in your hand, every time you stop and think, 'I'm alive, and being alive is fantastic!' Every time such a thing happens, Mike, you are part of the Circus of Dr. Lao."
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Sept 8, 2018 16:53:57 GMT
Notice that Randall's voice changed when he is delivering the final line. The accent was gone. During the movie he dropped it at strategic times.
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