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“I feel fear.”
The Sun Makers - season 15 - 1977
#doctor who#classic doctor who#fourth doctor#the sun makers#leela#louise jameson#cordo#roy macready#k9
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The Alligator People (1959)
#the alligator people#beverly garland#bruce bennett#lon chaney jr#george macready#frieda inescort#1959#1950s movies#roy del ruth#horror#british quad#trash classic#horror movie poster
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Been needing to post this for my friend, @amityparkhalfa and his oc, Corin Belmonte, who we been rping with for many years. We kind of made too many aus with our ocs that it be hard to pinpoint it in just Danny Phantom stuff so I’m just posting all of it here. Hope you don’t mind it, T.
#my art#my hero academia#mha fanart#my stuff#my ocs#friend’s ocs#Corin Belmonte#mha oc art#artists on tumblr#mha#mha ocs#pokémon oc#pokémon#pokémon art#jonathan james hausermann#james Walker hausermann#roy g b hausermann#Julie whitney hausermann#Jesse Wayne Hausermann#Owen Macready#Hunter Hausermann#Rosalie O Hausermann#Domino Bernardi#domino#Dominic B. Bernardi#Valentino#oc lore#original art#pokémon au#mha au
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Play for Today: The Mayor's Charity (BBC, 1977)
"Who were you talking to just?"
"I had some conversation with Mr. Major traversing the corridors."
"But no, I meant just now. I was fascinated, I don't know quite why."
"Ah. That is my technique for dealing with ceremonials where I have no particular function."
"Is it?"
"I call it my 'spare part drill'. In order not to be burdened and weighed down with the mind-destroying small chat of pinheads and numbskulls, I invent an interlocutor with whom I am partaking in intelligent conversation and the pinheads and numbskulls pass me by."
"My word, that's clever."
"Also I station myself on the route of waitresses, particularly those engaged in the transport of free liquor. Whiskey is a favourite, sherry accepted."
#play for today#the mayor's charity#henry livings#single play#classic tv#mike newell#1977#thora hird#frank windsor#roy kinnear#terence rigby#ray smith#phil davis#john f. landry#carol macready#harry landis#lynne miller#robin meredith#stan richards#teddy turner#peter russell#a typically dense and quickfire Livings script‚ following a similar farce shape to his successful stage plays but with a sting in the tail#(so again much like his plays..). it's kind of what PfT did best‚ small regional comedy drama told with all the sincerity and depth of#historical epic; but this particular play was ill received by viewers (and during one of PfT's most celebrated runs too) who dismissed it#as unfunny and overly complicated. i don't agree for the most part; it's a subtle piece‚ almost overly so‚ but there are moments of comic#beauty to be found within the grotesque lineup of small town Machiavellis each vying for power in a local council. a last minute swerve in#tone was unexpected and mildly uncomfortable but i appreciate what Livings was going for; a flirtation with queerness can be taken as#either sincere evidence of latent homosexuality amongst older repressed men with military backgrounds‚ or as another example of political#sabotage through calculated performance. that's on the viewer to decide and i think both readings have merit#Windsor and Rigby were old colleagues from the Softly Softly Task Force days‚ it's nice to see them together again
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Septembre MMXXIV
Films
L'Homme au pistolet d'or (The Man with the Golden Gun) (1974) de Guy Hamilton avec Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Hervé Villechaize, Clifton James, Richard Loo et Soon-Tek Oh
La Panthère rose (The Pink Panther) (1963) de Blake Edwards avec Claudia Cardinale, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine, Brenda De Banzie et Fran Jeffries
Le Masque de Zorro (The Mask of Zorro) (1998) de Martin Campbell avec Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stuart Wilson, Matt Letscher, Victor Rivers et Tony Amendola
La Classe américaine : Le Grand Détournement (1993) de Michel Hazanavicius et Dominique Mézerette avec Christine Delaroche, Evelyne Grandjean, Marc Cassot, Patrick Guillemin, Raymond Loyer, Joël Martineau, Jean-Claude Montalban et Roger Rudel
Les Sept Mercenaires (The Magnificent Seven) (1960) de John Sturges avec Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, Horst Buchholz, Eli Wallach, Jorge Martínez Hoyos, Vladimir Sokoloff et Rosenda Monteros
Un homme est mort (1972) de Jacques Deray avec Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, Roy Scheider, Angie Dickinson, Umberto Orsini, Ted de Corsia, Alex Rocco, Felice Orlandi et Michel Constantin
Le Grand Pardon (1982) d'Alexandre Arcady avec Roger Hanin, Richard Berry, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Gérard Darmon, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Clio Goldsmith, Richard Bohringer, Lucien Layani et Anny Duperey
Luke la main froide (Cool Hand Luke) (1967) de Stuart Rosenberg avec Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin, J. D. Cannon, Lou Antonio, Jo Van Fleet, Clifton James et Morgan Woodward
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) de Daniel Kwan et Daniel Scheinert avec Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tallie Medel, Jenny Slate et Harry Shum Jr
Le Tonnerre de Dieu (1965) de Denys de La Patellière avec Jean Gabin, Michèle Mercier, Lilli Palmer, Robert Hossein, Georges Géret, Paul Frankeur, Ellen Schwiers, Nino Vingelli, Louis Arbessier et Daniel Ceccaldi
La Pomme de son oeil (1970) de François Villiers avec Jean Pierre Aumont, Elisabeth Wiener, Sophie Desmarets, Carol Lixon, Jean Marc Thibault, Gabrielle Doulcet, Pierre Bertin, Gérard Depardieu et Edith Ker
Baiser mortel (A Kiss Before Dying) (1956) de Gerd Oswald avec Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith, Joanne Woodward, Mary Astor, George Macready et Robert Quarry
Arabesque (1966) de Stanley Donen avec Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel, Kieron Moore, Carl Duering, John Merivale, Duncan Lamont et George Coulouris
Séries
Nestor Burma Saison 5, 6
Drôle d'épreuve pour Nestor Burma - La Plus noble conquête de Nestor - Poupée russe - Les Affaires reprennent - En garde, Burma ! - Mise à prix pour Nestor Burma - Burma et la Belle de Paris - N’appelez pas la police
Castle Saison 7, 8
Planète hostile - Le Flic de Hong Kong - Dans la ligne de mire - L'Attaque du pitbull - En sommeil - Y a-t-il un enquêteur dans l'avion - La mort n'est pas une blague - Dans les bois - Disparition - Conspiration - Cinquante Nuances de vengeance - De pieux mensonges - Le Nez - Une vieille connaissance - Un homme à femmes
Affaires sensibles
Le tortueux destin des Inconnus - Le Parrain, les recettes d'un chef-d'œuvre - Lolo Ferrari, la chute de l'icône de silicone - Rocky : l'Amérique les poings levés - La chute de la IVème République en mai 1958 - Landru et le chemin des dames - Les révoltés du France - The Golden State killer, le plus froid des cold case - Rue des Rosiers : le lent chemin vers la vérité ?
Maguy Saison 8
Les délinquants sont éternels - Ennuis et héros - Tx-trol de drame - Crocodile Maguy - Tous les kalaniens, toutes les kalaniennes - Funérailles aïe aïe - Nomade's land - Sauce grand vanneur - L'entremêleur - Maguy, Georges, Pierre, Rose et les autres - Traitement de chic - Allô Maguy ici bébé - Roman à l'eau de rose - Le fiscopathe - Ol�� beaux jours - Cet obscur objet de Désiré - Hoquet sur place - Fenêtre sans cour - La guerre des canulars - Désastres et des astres - Legs à deux têtes - Une souris et des homme - Coût de peau - La bourse ou Maguy - N'oubliez pas le service - C'est pas sorcier - Drôle de squatt - L'espion qui venait d'en face - Bébé éprouvant - Crises de mères
Le Coffre à Catch
#183 : Bataille Royale + Hommage à Sid - #184 : Santino Show + Dusty supporte Uva - #185 : Le futur s'appelle Ezekiel Jackson - #186 : La ECW : c'est annulé !! - #187 : Yoshi Tatsu et Goldust champions pour la dernière?
Les Nouvelles Brigades du Tigre Saison 5
S.O.S. tour Eiffel - Le Temps des garçonnes - Le Vampire des Carpates - Made in U.S.A. - Le Réseau Brutus - Le Complot
Nautilus Saison 1
Évasion - Tic Tac Boum - La force du peuple - Sur une pente glissante - Hallucinations - L'Atlantide - Guerre froide - Le Point de bascule - La Chevauchée des Walkyries - Bouquet final
The Grand Tour Saison 6
Un dernier pour la route
MacGyver Saison 1
Pris au piège - Le Casse du casino - Cauchemars - La Taupe - Mission Afghanistan
Brokenwood Saison 9
Brokenwood: Le Musical - On ne choisit pas sa famille - Les Petites Soeurs de Sainte-Monica
Commissaire Dupin
Les secrets de Brocéliande
Brocéliande
Episode 1 - Episode 2 - Episode 3 - Episode 4 - Episode 5 - Episode 6
Friends Saison 1
Celui qui déménage - Celui qui est perdu - Celui qui a un rôle - Celui avec George - Celui qui lave plus blanc - Celui qui est verni - Celui qui a du jus - Celui qui hallucine - Celui qui parle au ventre de sa femme - Celui qui singeait - Celui qui était comme les autres - Celui qui aimait les lasagnes - Celui qui fait des descentes dans les douches - Celui qui avait un cœur d'artichaut - Celui qui pète les plombs - Celui qui devient papa : première partie - Celui qui devient papa : deuxième partie - Celui qui gagnait au poker - Celui qui a perdu son singe - Celui qui a un dentiste carié
Spectacles
Gary Moore : Live at Montreux (2010)
Laurent Gerra flingue la télé (2006)
La Sainte famille (1976) de Georges Vitaly avec Dominique Paturel, Nelly Vignon, Frank Baugin, Erik Colin, Rodolphe Marin, Jose Luccioni, Jacques Balutin, Michèle Grellier, Max Desrau, Monique Delaroche, Madeleine Cheminat, Odile Mallet, Robert Party Frédérique Cernay, André Lambert, Xavier Renoult et Bertrand Gohaud
The Police : Certifiable: Live In Buenos Aires (2008)
The Doors : Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1968)
Livres
Zazie dans le métro de Raymond Queneau
Le boucher d'Alina Reyes
Effroyables jardins de Michel Quint
Kaamelott, tome 8 : L'antre du Basilic d'Alexandre Astier et Steven Dupré
Kaamelott, tome 9 : Les renforts maléfiques d'Alexandre Astier et Steven Dupré
Les secrets de Brocéliande de Jean-Luc Bannalec
Friends l'intégrale : Le livre officiel des dix ans ! de David Wild
Astérix, tome 16 : Astérix chez les Helvètes de René Goscinny et Albert Uderzo
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The Moonstone - BBC One - January 16, 1972 - February 13, 1972
Mystery (5 episodes)
Running Time: 70 minutes
Stars:
Vivien Heilbron as Rachel Verinder
Robin Ellis as Franklin Blake
Kathleen Byron as Lady Verinder
Basil Dignam as Gabriel Betteredge
Martin Jarvis as Godfrey Ablewhite
Anna Cropper as Rosanna Spearman
John Welsh as Sergeant Cuff
Peter Sallis as Mr. Bruff
Christopher Hancock as Ezra Jennings
Brian Murphy as Septimus Luker
Maureen Morris as Penelope Betteredge
Madhav Sharma as Indian
Bell McCallum as Nancy
Michael Gover as Superintendent Seegrave
Philip Ray as Dr. Candy
Roy Macready as Tomlinson
Tony Maiden as Conjuror's Boy
Ali Baba as Indian Conjuror
Azad Ali as Indian Conjuror
Cynthia Etherington as Miss Clack
Brian Badcoe as Mr. Murthwaite
Douglas Mann as Gooseberry
Dona Martin as Lucy Yolland
Sheila Keith as Mrs. Yolland
Norman Claridge as Dr. Richardson
Timothy Craven as Chemist
Colin Baker as John Herncastle
Reginald Jessup as Purser
Norman Mitchell as Mr. Ablewhite
Mary Barclay as Mrs. Ablewhite
Billy Cornelius as Landlord
Stephen Rea as Major Frayne
Derek Chafer as Sergeant
Julie May as Cuff's Housekeeper
David Simeon as Mechanic
Pat Gorman as Baker, Plain Clothes Man
Albert Moses as Treasury Guard
Marguerite Young as Mrs. Threadgall
Sherrie Hewson as Charity Ablewhite
Georgina Simpson as Grace Ablewhite
#The Moonstone#TV#Mystery#BBC One#1970's#Vivien Heilbron#Robin Ellis#Kathleen Byron#Basil Dignam#Martin Jarvis#Anna Cropper
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If you had a traumatic past that was repressed in your memory, would you want to be told? From director Roy Del Ruth comes THE ALLIGATOR PEOPLE (1959), starring Beverly Garland, Richard Crane and Lon Chaney Jr!
Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 14:57; Discussion 27:41; Ranking 47:31
#podcast#the alligator people#roy del ruth#beverly garland#bruce bennett#lon chaney jr#george macready#frieda inescort#richard crane#douglas kennedy#orville hampton#charles o'neal#robert fresco#jack leewood#karl struss#harry gerstad#irving gertz#20th century fox#horror#Classic Horror#return of the fly
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one form of humour for the thing (1982) is just finding increasingly interesting ideas as to what r j macready’s initials stand for
#like it's either something like roy james macready#or some shit like#raspberry jam macready#racready jacready macready#the thing (1982)#KSJFHSEFHEDRGER#r j macready#macready#no one agrees on the initials#and i love it so much
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"Hey, this actor gave a really good performance as this forgotten guest character in this old tv show. I wonder if their career went anywhere" vs "there's a not insignificant chance that they're dead by now and finding out that that's the case would make me very sad"
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#804 The Alligator People - Roy Del Ruth 1959
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Credit to prompt list belongs to @aquagirl1978 .
{Though I did change a few to something I’m more comfortable writing.}
⇀the reason this is being posted so early is so that i have plenty of time to write and you have plenty of time to request since last time I put the list out I completely forgot.
my kinktober event is request based, meaning you can send in a theme/plot for the event and i will write a drabble (…something that is less than 2k words…) that will be posted. this takes place during the entire month of october. I be doing a non kinktober event too.. ↼
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REQUEST RULES
⇀since there are only thirty -one days in october i am only taking the first thirty -one requests that i get - if you send in a request and it doesn’t get put into the event i will always communicate that with you and some sort of compromise and be worked out (…like it can be included into my regular request schedule…) so don’t be afraid to ask about the event or to send anything in ↼
⇀I will be posting the fandoms below that I will write for this event↼
⇀i will only write for a character twice in this event. this is because i know that certain characters i write for are more popular, and i don’t want to write thirty - one days of the same character like last time. ↼
⇀ when you send a request in please specify that it is for this event or else it won’t be part of the event and will instead be seen as a regular request and therefore won’t be posted in october ↼
⇀Orange means it is taken. ↼
Fandoms for Kinktober 2022
Bridgerton
Saiyuki
Naruto
Stranger Things { Season 3-4 }
The Quarry { or any of Supermassive game *1 character per game }
The Wolf Among Us
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Resident Evil
Assassins Creed
Ghost of Tsushima / Ghost of Tsushima Iki island
Far Cry 5/6/new Dawn
Vox.
Fruits Baskets
Bleach
Fma brotherhood
See a fandom you don’t like~ send me a character and I may write for them
Day 1 - Breeding- Steve Harrington.
Day 2 - Exhibitionism- Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Day 3 -Injury sex. { you’re injured and I must comfort you with sex ) Kougaiji
Day 4 -Daddy Kink-Roy Mustang
Day 5 - Edging-Sobieski
Day 6 - Temperature play-Anthony Bridgerton
Day 7 - Morning Sex-Bruno Madrigal
Day 8 - Domination/Submission.-Decker
Day 9 -Strip tease/Lap dance.-Roy Mustang
Day 10 - Roleplay- Hatake Kakashi
Day 11 - Bondage- Nara Shikamaru
Day 12 - Blindfolds-Greed { Fma}
Day 13 - Sex while High - Nathan Drake
Day 14 - Shibari-Tadashi Hamada
Day 15 - Biting-Felix Fraldarius
Day 16 - Praise kink-Cho Hakkai
Day 17 -Thigh Ridding- Chris Redfield.
Day 18 - Car sex-Simon Basset
Day 19 - Mirror sex-Shigure Sohma
Day 20 -Formal Wear-Jean Havoc
Day 21 - Wax play- Sharky Boshaw
Day 22 -Fingering{With Rings}- Eddie Munson
Bonus: Birthday Sex-Andy Barclay.
Day 23 -Heels /Stockings-Percy de rolo
Day 24 -Knotting-Bigby Wolf
Day 25 -Size Difference {big dick}-Jason Kolchek
Day 26 - Pregnancy-Sha Gojyo.
Day 27 - worshipped and serviced -Jin Sakai
Day 28 - Cockwarming-Macready{the Thing}
Day 29 - Outdoor sex-Sylvain Jose Gautier
Day 30 - Military / Authoritative Kink-Jason Kolchek
Day 31 - Bath/Shower sex-Eli Palmer
#kinktober#kinktober 2022#Bridgerton#Saiyuk#Naruto#supermassive#The wolf among us#fire emblem#assassin creed#ghost of tsushima#ghost of tsushima iki island#far cry 5#far cry 6#far cry new Dawn#Disney#Shifters#love death and robots
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“…he ran first.”
The Sun Makers - season 15 - 1977
#doctor who#classic doctor who#fourth doctor#tom baker#the sun makers#leela#louise jameson#cordo#roy macready
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Nicolas Cage's career is a bit like his acting style; eccentric, sometimes too laughably over the top, and for the most part, too damn Cage-y to be taken seriously. But, the actor who has just overcome a very shaky last couple of years, amassing a shit-ton of debt and accumulating enough shitty straight-to-dvd releases to fill a film store, is still one of the best actors working today, and his last couple of hits -- since, lets say 'Bad Lieutenant' in 2007 -- 'Mandy' and 'Color Out Of Space' shows in abundance why cinema needs nonconformists like him in order to progress and push the boundaries of acting to new levels. Wether or not you like him, and even though he's been in some truly shocking films, and the fact he will pretty much do any film, this man is as electric as his iconic "Nicolas Cage Freakout" in 'Adaptation' back in 2002, and his substantial film catalogue speaks for itself.
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Here's every film I've ever watched by Cage, best to worst:
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• Mandy - Miller Bloom (2018)
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• Con Air - Cameron Poe (1997)
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• Joe - Joe (2013)
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• Face/Off - Castor Troy (1997)
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• Adaptation - Charlie Kaufman (2002)
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• Bad Lieutenant - Terence McDonagh (2009)
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• Color Out Of Space - Nathan Gardner (2019)
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• Matchstick Men - Roy (2003)
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• Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse - Spider-Man Noir (2018)
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• Leaving Las Vegas - Ben Sanderson (1995)
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• Raising Arizona - H. I. McDunnough (1987)
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• Wild At Heart - Sailor Ripley (1990)
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• The Rock - Stanley Goodspeed (1996)
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• Lord Of War - Yuri Orlov (2005)
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• The Croods - Grug (2013)
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• National Treasure - Ben Gates (2004)
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• Gone In 60 Seconds - Randall Raines (2000)
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• Mom And Dad - Brent Ryan (2017)
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• Kick Ass - Damon Macready (2010)
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• Drive Angry - John Milton (2011)
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• The Family Man - Jack Campbell (2000)
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• National Treasure: Book Of Secrets - Ben Gates (2007)
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• The sorcerer's Apprentice - Balthazar Blake (2010)
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• Windtalkers - Joe Enders (2002)
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• Ghost Rider - Johnny Blaze (2007)
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• Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance - Johnny Blaze (2011)
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• Season Of The Witch - Behman (2011)
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• Bangkok Dangerous - Joe (2008)
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• The Wicker Man - Edward Malus (2006)
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Upcoming Project - Untitled Joe Exotic Project 😂
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"THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA" (1981) Review
"THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA" (1981) Review Some might find this hard to believe, but I used to be an avid viewer of PBS's "MASTERPIECE THEATER" years ago. Even when I was a child. That is right. Even as a child, I was hooked on period dramas set in Great Britain's past. One of the productions that I never forgot happened to be one that is rarely, if ever, discussed by period drama fans today - namely the 1981 miniseries, "THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA".
"THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA" is really a biopic - an adaptation of author Elspeth Huxley's 1959 memoirs of her childhood in Kenya during the last year of the Edwardian Age . . . that last year before the outbreak of World War I. The story begins in 1913 when young Elspeth Grant and her mother Tilly arrive in British East Africa (now known as Kenya) to meet her father, Robin. The latter, who is a British Army veteran, has plans to establish a coffee plantation. The Grants encounter many problems in setting up their new home. With the help of a Boer big game hunter named Piet Roos, they hire a Kikuyu local named Njombo to serve as translator for any new workers. Two of those workers are another local of Masai/Kikuyu descent named Sammy, who serves as the Grants' headman; and a Swahili cook named Juma. As life begins to improve for the Grants, they acquire new neighbors, who include a recently arrived couple named Hereward and Lettice Palmer, a Scottish-born former nurse named Mrs. Nimmo, a young and inexperienced farmer named Alec Wilson and a very dashing big game hunter named Ian Crawford. However, just as the Grants were learning to adjust to life in British East Africa, World War I begins and they are forced to adjust to a new future all over again. Overall, "THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA" struck me as a pretty decent production. It is a beautiful series to look at, thanks to Ian Wilson's cinematography. He did a marvelous job in recapturing the space and scope of Kenya. Yes, the miniseries was filmed on location. My only qualm is that Wilson may have used slightly inferior film stock. The production's color seemed to have somewhat faded over the past twenty to thirty years. Roy Stannard's art direction greatly contributed to the miniseries' look. I can also say the same about Maggie Quigley's costume designs. They looked attractive when the scene or moment called for borderline glamour. But Quigley remained mindful of her characters' social standing, age and personalities. I feel that Stannard and Quigley, along with production managers Clifton Brandon and Johnny Goodman did a very good job in recapturing the look and feel of colonial pre-World War I East Africa. Let me clarify . . . colonial East Africa for middle-class Britons. I might as well be frank. Many years had passed between the first and last times I saw "THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA". It took this recent viewing for me to realize that the production's narrative was not as consistent as I had originally assumed it was. Let me put it another way . . . I found the narrative for "THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA" a bit episodic. I tried to think of a continuous story arc featured in the miniseries, but I could only think of one - namely the love affair between Lettice Palmer, the wife of the Grants' boorish neighbor; and big game hunter Ian Crawford. And this story arc only lasted between Episodes Three and Seven. Otherwise, the viewers experienced vignettes of the Grants' one year in East Africa. And each vignette only seemed to last one episode. I must admit that I found this slightly disappointing. There were some vignettes that enjoyed. I certainly enjoyed Episode One, which featured the Grants' arrival in East Africa and their efforts to recruit help from the locals to establish their farm. I also enjoyed those episodes that featured the Grants and the Palmers' efforts to kill a leopard; a major safari in which Tilly Grant, the Palmers and Ian Crawford participated in Episode Six; and the impact of World War I upon their lives in the miniseries' final episode. However, I had some problems with other episodes. I found Episode Two, which featured young Elspeth's rather strange New Year's experiences nearly boring. Nearly. I must admit that some of the characters featured in that particular episode struck me as rather interesting. The episode that featured a personal quarrel between the Grants' translator Njombo and their headman Sammy ended up pissing me off. It pissed me off because its resolution, namely an "Act of God" in the form Tilly, struck me as a typical example of European condescension . . . even in the early 1980s. The performances for "THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA" struck me as pretty first-rate. I rather enjoyed Hayley Mills and David Robb's performances as young Elspeth's parents, Tilly and Robin Grant. Although both actors came off as likable, they also did an excellent job in portraying Tilly and Robin's less than admirable qualities . . . including an insidious form of bigotry. What I am trying to say is . . . neither Tilly or Robin came off as overt bigots. But there were moments when their prejudices managed to creep out of the woodwork, thanks to Mills and Robb's subtle performances. Sharon Maughan and Nicholas Jones were also excellent as the Grants' neighbors, Lettice and Hereward Palmer. It was easier for me to like the delicate and ladylike Lettice, even though there were times when she came of as self-absorbed. Jones' Hereward struck me as somewhat friendly at first. But as the series progressed, the actor did a great job in exposing Hereward's more unpleasant nature, which culminated in the safari featured in Episode Six. Ben Cross gave a charming and slightly virile performance as big game hunter Ian Crawford. But if I must be honest, the character was not exactly one of his more complex and interesting roles. But the one performance that shined above the others came from the then twelve year-old Holly Aird, who portrayed Elspeth Grant, the miniseries' main character. Not only did Aird give a delightful performance, she also held her own with her much older cast mates. Quite an achievement for someone who was either eleven or twelve at the time. There were other performances in "THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA" that I found impressive. Carol MacReady was entertaining as the somewhat narrow-minded Mrs. Nimmo. Mick Chege gave a charming performance as the always cheerful and popular . David Bradley's portrayal of young neighbor Alec struck me as equally charming. Paul Onsongo gave a solid performance as the Grants' major domo/cook Juma. However, Onsongo's last scene proved to be very complex and interesting when Juma discovered that he could not accompany the Grants back to Britain. One of the series' most interesting performances came from William Morgan Sheppard, who portrayed Boer big game hunter, Piet Roos. The interesting aspect of Sheppard's performance is that although he conveyed Roos' more unpleasant and racist side in Episode One, he did an excellent in winning the audience's sympathy as his character dealt with the even more unpleasant Hereward Palmer during the leopard hunt in Episode Five. Another interesting performance came from Steve Mwenesi as the Grants' headsman, Sammy. Mwenesi did an excellent job in portraying the very complex Sammy. The latter seemed so cool and subtle. Yet, Mwenesi also made audiences aware of Sammy's emotions by utilizing facial expressions and his eyes. Overall, "THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA" was an entertaining production that gave audiences a peek into the lives of colonial Britons during the last year of peace before the outbreak of World War I. Realizing that the story deal with members of the British middle-class and the Kikuyu and Swahili locals, the production team ensured that the miniseries was rich in atmospheric details without over-glamorizing the setting and costumes. And although the miniseries' narrative came off as somewhat episodic, I also managed to enjoy the performances of a first-rate cast led by Hayley Mills, David Robb and an enchanting Holly Aird.
#the flame trees of thika#british empire#colonialsim#world war 1#elspeth huxley#hayley mills#david robb#steve mwenesi#w. morgan shepphard#paul onsongo#ben cross#edwardian age#carol mcready#british colonialism#sharon maughan#nicholas jones#mick chege#roy ward baker#period drama#period dramas#costume drama#the flame trees of thika 1981
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The Alligator People (1959)
"What secret was Mrs. Hawthorne hiding in this strange, unfriendly house? Why had she told me not to leave my room?"
#The Alligator People#american cinema#creature feature#1959#horror film#Roy Del Ruth#beverly garland#bruce bennett#lon chaney jr#george macready#Frieda Inescort#Richard Crane#douglas kennedy#Dudley Dickerson#Hal K. Dawson#Ruby Goodwin#Vince Townsend#Orville H. Hampton#relatively disposable sci fi horror b movie about medical science gone awry. i think the thing i enjoyed the most here was the batshit#bookend elements to the plot in which a psychiatrist (hypnotist?!) discovers his assistant has suppressed some traumatic#memories and so invites a colleague over to hear her relive it under hyonosis (get a load of this crazy shit!). The appeal of this kind of#monster movie is seeing some crazy fx and a monster mash throwdown; alas here the scenes of full blown Alligator Mania are all too brief#but we do get Lon Chaney (and his unconvincing hook hand) to enjoy as an inexplicably furious handyman who is both constantly surrounded#by alligators and (get this) absolutely HATES alligators. cue much drinking and yelling and threatening to kill the gators... Lon's always#a good sport. it does raise one of the main concerns i had about the film tho; it's difficult to tell but i did worry those poor alligators#might be getting manhandled a little roughly.. a concern that can reasonably be extended to lead Beverly Garland#who is repeatedly pushed into close contact with some equally unhappy alligators... they don't make em like this anymore.. perhaps for the#best.
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(1959 - Roy Del Ruth) **
#film#1959#The Alligator People#Roy Del Ruth#Beverly Garland#Bruce Bennett#Lon Chaney Jr.#George Macready#Frieda Inescort#Richard Crane#Douglas Kennedy#two stars
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