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Mark Nguyen
Member # 469
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He directed "The Motion Picture". Love it or hate it, he directed the first.
Oh, and "The Sound of Music", too.
Mark
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OnToMars
Member # 621
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And "Day the Earth Stood Still." Can't forget one of the pillars of the genre.
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Austin Powers
Member # 250
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Which reminds me that I just finished my review of this very DVD for a German DVD review site.
The Special edition features an audiocommentary by Robert Wise and Nicholas Meyer (!) as well as various interviews with the late great director.
Oh and don't forget he also did West Side Story!
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The Mighty Monkey of Mim
Member # 646
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And The Sand Pebbles with Steve McQueen and Richard Attenborough. Awesome film.
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Lee
Member # 393
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And The Andromeda Strain. . . and The Haunting. . . And - I never knew this - his first film as director was one I absolutely love, Curse of the Cat People (the most out-of-leftfield sequel ever, until we found out Connor MacLeod came from planet Zeist). He also edited Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons - Since he did the former, I presume he did Welles' original cut of the latter, and had nothing to do with the execrable studio cut.
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Jason Abbadon
Member # 882
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Day the Earth Stood Still remains the sci-fi movie. Everything else pales by comparison.
Even Iliea's giggling boobs from TMP.
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Mark Nguyen
Member # 469
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Giggling? I didn't know Deltans had THAT ability...
Mark
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TSN
Member # 31
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I was a bit disappointed when I watched The Day the Earth Stood Still and discovered that, in fact, the Earth didn't stand still any longer than lunchtime.
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Jason Abbadon
Member # 882
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Well,as opposed to all those other days when it stood still.
I've lived my own version of that movie: The Day that Work Dragged Ass.
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Sol System
Member # 30
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In case anyone is interested, Turner Classic Movies is showing Robert Wise films all day Friday, the 23rd. And Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons, for that matter.
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Jason Abbadon
Member # 882
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Sweet. I wish I could see them all (gotta work a double).
Still, they're worth buying...
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Jay the Obscure
Member # 19
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Listen here to an interesting NPR story about Rober Wise.
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