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timdraft #4: Movie Category Draft (2 Viewers)

BobbyLayne said:
AcerFC said:
11. timschochet- mr Hollands opos

12. Tish155- Alice in wonderland

13. BobbyLayne- skip

14. Nick Vermeil- the pianist

15. Tiannamen Tank- kindergarten cop

16. Joffer- Nighmare on Elm Street

17. krista4- Trip to the Moon

18. Mrs. Rannous- Five Fingers

19. jwb- Slapshot

20. Dr. Octopus- OTC til 11:00est

21. John Madden's Lunchbox autoskip

22. Kumerica said auto for yeserday so I will PM him

23. Tremendous Upside- autoskip

24. AcerFC- In The Hole

25. Usual21
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We're on Round 22 now? TIA

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We are currently on 21 and when it comes back to you for your skip, we will be on 22

 
The difference with Gettysburg is that, though it was made for TV, it was first shown in the movie theaters (which is where I saw it). And unlike Thriller it wasn't a stunt. . Duel is a TV movie which was first shown on TV and then only several years later brought to movie theaters much later on after Spielberg became famous.

 
21.20 Will Smith as Chris Gardner (Pursuit of Happyness) - Best Movie Parent

In 1981 San Francisco, Chris Gardner (Will Smith) invests his entire life savings in portable bone-density scanners which he demonstrates to doctors and pitches as a handy quantum leap over standard X-rays. While he is able to sell most of them, the time lag between the sales and his growing financial demands enrage his already bitter and alienated wife Linda, (Thandie Newton), who eventually leaves him and moves to New York. After Chris bluntly says she is incapable of being a single mother, she agrees that their son Christopher (Jaden Smith) will remain with his father. While downtown trying to sell one of the scanners, Chris meets Jay Twistle (Brian Howe), a manager for Dean Witter and impresses him by solving a Rubik's Cube during a short cab ride. Chris does not have enough money for the cab fare and flees into a subway station where he barely escapes the angry cab driver but loses one of his bone scanners in the process. This new relationship with Twistle earns him the chance to become an intern stockbroker, where he is one of a large group from which a single person will be hired as a full-time employee.

Despite arriving at his new office unkempt and shabbily dressed due to being arrested the previous day for unpaid parking tickets (and having had to paint his apartment, as his landlord grudgingly says he will give Chris and his son a little more time living there if they get the place ready for an incoming tenant before they depart), Chris is offered the internship. Chris is further set back when his bank account is garnished by the IRS for unpaid income taxes, and he and his young son are evicted. Chris becomes broke and has less than thirty dollars in his bank account. As a result they are homeless, and are forced at one point to stay in a bathroom at a subway station. Motivation drives him to find the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church, which has a homeless shelter for single mothers and their children. The church's owner will not allow him to stay there and Chris will not agree to leave Christopher there alone, although she tells him about a local church that also provides shelter, but has very limited space. Due to demand for the limited rooms, Chris must frantically race from his internship work early each afternoon in order to land a place in line.
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Homeless

 
Dr. Octopus said:
21.20 Will Smith as Chris Gardner (Pursuit of Happyness) - Best Movie Parent

In 1981 San Francisco, Chris Gardner (Will Smith) invests his entire life savings in portable bone-density scanners which he demonstrates to doctors and pitches as a handy quantum leap over standard X-rays. While he is able to sell most of them, the time lag between the sales and his growing financial demands enrage his already bitter and alienated wife Linda, (Thandie Newton), who eventually leaves him and moves to New York. After Chris bluntly says she is incapable of being a single mother, she agrees that their son Christopher (Jaden Smith) will remain with his father. While downtown trying to sell one of the scanners, Chris meets Jay Twistle (Brian Howe), a manager for Dean Witter and impresses him by solving a Rubik's Cube during a short cab ride. Chris does not have enough money for the cab fare and flees into a subway station where he barely escapes the angry cab driver but loses one of his bone scanners in the process. This new relationship with Twistle earns him the chance to become an intern stockbroker, where he is one of a large group from which a single person will be hired as a full-time employee.

Despite arriving at his new office unkempt and shabbily dressed due to being arrested the previous day for unpaid parking tickets (and having had to paint his apartment, as his landlord grudgingly says he will give Chris and his son a little more time living there if they get the place ready for an incoming tenant before they depart), Chris is offered the internship. Chris is further set back when his bank account is garnished by the IRS for unpaid income taxes, and he and his young son are evicted. Chris becomes broke and has less than thirty dollars in his bank account. As a result they are homeless, and are forced at one point to stay in a bathroom at a subway station. Motivation drives him to find the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church, which has a homeless shelter for single mothers and their children. The church's owner will not allow him to stay there and Chris will not agree to leave Christopher there alone, although she tells him about a local church that also provides shelter, but has very limited space. Due to demand for the limited rooms, Chris must frantically race from his internship work early each afternoon in order to land a place in line.
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Well that'll do well with the new Good Guy criteria

 
timschochet said:
The difference with Gettysburg is that, though it was made for TV, it was first shown in the movie theaters (which is where I saw it). And unlike Thriller it wasn't a stunt. . Duel is a TV movie which was first shown on TV and then only several years later brought to movie theaters much later on after Spielberg became famous.
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You're correct - I had my facts mixed up on Gettysburg.

Production
The film began life as a miniseries. The producers originally pitched the project to ABC in 1991. ABC initially agreed to back the project, but when the TV movie Son of the Morning Star about George Armstrong Custer received low ratings, ABC withdrew. Subsequently, media mogul and Civil War buff Ted Turnertook up the project and filming began, helped considerably when the National Park Service permitted unprecedented access to Gettysburg Battlefield, including Devil's Den and Little Round Top. However, much of the movie was shot at a nearby Adams County farm. Thousands of Civil War reenactors from across the country volunteered to come to Gettysburg to participate in the massive battle scenes.[1]

When filming was completed, the miniseries was set to air on TNT. But during post-production, Turner, who made a cameo as a Confederate officer during Pickett's Charge, was so impressed by what he saw that he decided to release "Gettysburg" theatrically. The film was distributed by New Line Cinema, which Turner had just acquired. The film was only shown in 248 theaters at its widest release, and was limited to one or two showings a day because of its inordinate length. "Gettysburg" grossed nearly $11 million, but was still considered a box-office flop. However, the film became an all-time top grosser in the home-entertainment market, and has become a staple of classroom history lessons. Its TV premiere on TNT in June 1994 garnered over 23 million viewers, a record for cable TV at the time.

One of the longest films ever released by a Hollywood studio, Gettysburg runs 254 minutes (4 hours, 14 minutes) on VHS and DVD. A director's cut edition, with several extended or deleted scenes, sold as part of a special "Collector's Edition" on VHS and LaserDisc, which also included a book of Gettysburg paintings by Civil War artist Mort Künstler, an original Civil War lead Minié ball, stock photographs of key officers from the battle, and other items. Ron Maxwell's 271-minute (4 hours, 31 minutes) Director's Cut has been shown on Turner's TNT Station regularly and is now available on DVD.

 
BobbyLayne said:
Dr. Octopus said:
21.20 Will Smith as Chris Gardner (Pursuit of Happyness) - Best Movie Parent

In 1981 San Francisco, Chris Gardner (Will Smith) invests his entire life savings in portable bone-density scanners which he demonstrates to doctors and pitches as a handy quantum leap over standard X-rays. While he is able to sell most of them, the time lag between the sales and his growing financial demands enrage his already bitter and alienated wife Linda, (Thandie Newton), who eventually leaves him and moves to New York. After Chris bluntly says she is incapable of being a single mother, she agrees that their son Christopher (Jaden Smith) will remain with his father. While downtown trying to sell one of the scanners, Chris meets Jay Twistle (Brian Howe), a manager for Dean Witter and impresses him by solving a Rubik's Cube during a short cab ride. Chris does not have enough money for the cab fare and flees into a subway station where he barely escapes the angry cab driver but loses one of his bone scanners in the process. This new relationship with Twistle earns him the chance to become an intern stockbroker, where he is one of a large group from which a single person will be hired as a full-time employee.

Despite arriving at his new office unkempt and shabbily dressed due to being arrested the previous day for unpaid parking tickets (and having had to paint his apartment, as his landlord grudgingly says he will give Chris and his son a little more time living there if they get the place ready for an incoming tenant before they depart), Chris is offered the internship. Chris is further set back when his bank account is garnished by the IRS for unpaid income taxes, and he and his young son are evicted. Chris becomes broke and has less than thirty dollars in his bank account. As a result they are homeless, and are forced at one point to stay in a bathroom at a subway station. Motivation drives him to find the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church, which has a homeless shelter for single mothers and their children. The church's owner will not allow him to stay there and Chris will not agree to leave Christopher there alone, although she tells him about a local church that also provides shelter, but has very limited space. Due to demand for the limited rooms, Chris must frantically race from his internship work early each afternoon in order to land a place in line.
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It would work even if it was just based on the performance as well. The Fresh Prince can act.

 
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Man, I've got too many movies and too few categories.

Can we add a few cats?

Just kidding about adding new categories. But I do have lots of movies in case someone needs one.
 
BobbyLayne said:
Dr. Octopus said:
21.20 Will Smith as Chris Gardner (Pursuit of Happyness) - Best Movie Parent

In 1981 San Francisco, Chris Gardner (Will Smith) invests his entire life savings in portable bone-density scanners which he demonstrates to doctors and pitches as a handy quantum leap over standard X-rays. While he is able to sell most of them, the time lag between the sales and his growing financial demands enrage his already bitter and alienated wife Linda, (Thandie Newton), who eventually leaves him and moves to New York. After Chris bluntly says she is incapable of being a single mother, she agrees that their son Christopher (Jaden Smith) will remain with his father. While downtown trying to sell one of the scanners, Chris meets Jay Twistle (Brian Howe), a manager for Dean Witter and impresses him by solving a Rubik's Cube during a short cab ride. Chris does not have enough money for the cab fare and flees into a subway station where he barely escapes the angry cab driver but loses one of his bone scanners in the process. This new relationship with Twistle earns him the chance to become an intern stockbroker, where he is one of a large group from which a single person will be hired as a full-time employee.

Despite arriving at his new office unkempt and shabbily dressed due to being arrested the previous day for unpaid parking tickets (and having had to paint his apartment, as his landlord grudgingly says he will give Chris and his son a little more time living there if they get the place ready for an incoming tenant before they depart), Chris is offered the internship. Chris is further set back when his bank account is garnished by the IRS for unpaid income taxes, and he and his young son are evicted. Chris becomes broke and has less than thirty dollars in his bank account. As a result they are homeless, and are forced at one point to stay in a bathroom at a subway station. Motivation drives him to find the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church, which has a homeless shelter for single mothers and their children. The church's owner will not allow him to stay there and Chris will not agree to leave Christopher there alone, although she tells him about a local church that also provides shelter, but has very limited space. Due to demand for the limited rooms, Chris must frantically race from his internship work early each afternoon in order to land a place in line.
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Wasn't "good" parent always the intent of the category?
 
I'll be in a meeeting from 10:00-11:00 am EST. Feel free to skip me during that hour if it gets back to me and i'll pick afterwards.

 
My PC is acting up. Sorry.

21.25 -


, Multiple Roles.He was Santa, the Hobo, the Kid, and the Conductor. This pick is either going to be panned or praised. I'll take my chances.

Skip me for pick 26.01. Still researching.

 
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krista4 said:
Andy Dufresne said:
Man, I've got too many movies and too few categories. Can we add a few cats?

Just kidding about adding new categories. But I do have lots of movies in case someone needs one.
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I could really use a fight scene if you have one to spare.I can find a good one for you (even though I've not picked that category myself).

Didn't we have judging criteria posted for that somewhere? Did it have to be fisticuffs? Or is any sort of fighting considered?

 
KarmaPolice said:
BobbyLayne said:
21.20 Will Smith as Chris Gardner (Pursuit of Happyness) - Best Movie Parent

In 1981 San Francisco, Chris Gardner (Will Smith) invests his entire life savings in portable bone-density scanners which he demonstrates to doctors and pitches as a handy quantum leap over standard X-rays. While he is able to sell most of them, the time lag between the sales and his growing financial demands enrage his already bitter and alienated wife Linda, (Thandie Newton), who eventually leaves him and moves to New York. After Chris bluntly says she is incapable of being a single mother, she agrees that their son Christopher (Jaden Smith) will remain with his father. While downtown trying to sell one of the scanners, Chris meets Jay Twistle (Brian Howe), a manager for Dean Witter and impresses him by solving a Rubik's Cube during a short cab ride. Chris does not have enough money for the cab fare and flees into a subway station where he barely escapes the angry cab driver but loses one of his bone scanners in the process. This new relationship with Twistle earns him the chance to become an intern stockbroker, where he is one of a large group from which a single person will be hired as a full-time employee.

Despite arriving at his new office unkempt and shabbily dressed due to being arrested the previous day for unpaid parking tickets (and having had to paint his apartment, as his landlord grudgingly says he will give Chris and his son a little more time living there if they get the place ready for an incoming tenant before they depart), Chris is offered the internship. Chris is further set back when his bank account is garnished by the IRS for unpaid income taxes, and he and his young son are evicted. Chris becomes broke and has less than thirty dollars in his bank account. As a result they are homeless, and are forced at one point to stay in a bathroom at a subway station. Motivation drives him to find the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church, which has a homeless shelter for single mothers and their children. The church's owner will not allow him to stay there and Chris will not agree to leave Christopher there alone, although she tells him about a local church that also provides shelter, but has very limited space. Due to demand for the limited rooms, Chris must frantically race from his internship work early each afternoon in order to land a place in line.
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Good parenting is overrated. Bad cat, right up there with the shooting a movie inside a movie.

Bad parents have produced some of the finest cinema ever seen. [/iamTheGreatSantini!]

 
Makeup pick...

21.07 -- Julie Andrews plays Maria Von Trapp in 'Sound of Music', Best Parent.

I don't need to repeat the story but while Maria isn't the biological parent she is the virtual parent and eventually marries the Mr. More detail/links later perhaps...

 
Andy Dufresne said:
Man, I've got too many movies and too few categories.

Can we add a few cats?

Just kidding about adding new categories. But I do have lots of movies in case someone needs one.
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As with the Song draft - I've noticed that several of my favorites are getting left off because they don't fit nicely into a category. Not a complaint, just an observation.

 
higgins said:
Makeup pick...

21.07 -- Julie Andrews plays Maria Von Trapp in 'Sound of Music', Best Parent.

I don't need to repeat the story but while Maria isn't the biological parent she is the virtual parent and eventually marries the Mr. More detail/links later perhaps...
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I almost took SOM as my Nazi pick.

 
I'm going to police myself here - the pick I briefly posted never played in a theater, so it goes against what Tim was looking for. Therefore, as my Nazi film, I will select

22.07 - Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS - Nazi Movie




 
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Round 22
1. Usual21- Clark Griswold
2. AcerFC- Saw
3. Tremendous Upside- autoskip
4. Kumerica- autoskip
5. John Madden's Lunchbox-autoskip
6. Dr. Octopus- As good as it gets
7. jwb- Ilsa, She wolf

8. Mrs. Rannous- OTC til 12:30est
9. krista4- On Deck
10. joffer- In The Hole

11. Tiannamen Tank
12. Nick Vermiel
13. BobbyLayne- autoskip
14. tish155
15. timschochet
16. Karma Police- 10 minute clock
17. higgins
18. hooter311- autoskip
19. Aerial Assault- autoskip
20. Val Rannous
21. Doug B- autoskip
22. Time Kibitzer
23. Andy Dufresne
24. Mister CIA- autoskip
25. rikishiboy- autoskip

 
I need to leave in about 10 minutes and will be gone for a few hours. Anyone take a PM in case Mrs. Rannous doesn't show up by then? TIA.

 
For Krista

22.9 The Wiz - Ease on Down the Road - dance scene

. No one's going to claim that this was a good movie (are they?), but this scene was joyous and fantastic. And it's Michael freaking Jackson dancing and actually doing a good acting job as well. I was a little worried, however, that at this place they would never make it to the Wiz.
 
Round 22
1. Usual21- Clark Griswold
2. AcerFC- Saw
3. Tremendous Upside- autoskip
4. Kumerica- autoskip
5. John Madden's Lunchbox-autoskip
6. Dr. Octopus- As good as it gets
7. jwb- Ilsa, She wolf

8. Mrs. Rannous- Good morning Vietnam
9. krista4- The Wiz
10. joffer- autoskip

11. Tiannamen Tank- autoskip

12. Nick Vermiel- OTC til 2:14 est
13. BobbyLayne- autoskip

14. tish155- On Deck

15. timschochet- In the Hole

16. Karma Police- 10 minute clock
17. higgins
18. hooter311- autoskip
19. Aerial Assault- autoskip
20. Val Rannous
21. Doug B- autoskip
22. Time Kibitzer
23. Andy Dufresne
24. Mister CIA- autoskip
25. rikishiboy- autoskip

 
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AcerFC said:
Almost half the drafters on some for of skip. I hate 2 a days but Ill let Tim make the call.
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Maybe keep the draft order and allow 2 drafters to take 2 movies at a time at a given hour of the day. At least it keeps the integrity of the draft a bit

Im just thinking out loud

 
22.12 School of Rock - "Step Off" - Classroom Scene

I can't seem to find video of this whole scene where he crafts a rock song from the students' suggestions, but this

gets the beginning and the end.
 
Those judging full movies, or scenes, wanting to re-watch the full movie before judging would appreciate if this didn't turn out like normally in timdrafts. The slower pace allow you to watch over a longer period of time. I know I appreciate that.

If you decide to rush through it, as is usually the case, you will either get judging without watching, or wait a while.

Just my $0.02

 
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