Return Of The Film Corner Thread

[JSngry]

With Dennis Weaver as Hank who has 17 girls in town. Or so he says 

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[medjuck]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

Is the song in it? 

[jlhoots]

Blue Moon - Netflix (Ethan Hawke)

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9 hours ago, medjuck said:

Is the song in it? 

Afraid not. It's a pretty dark noir from Hammer.

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[sgcim]

On 2/27/2026 at 9:39 AM, jlhoots said:

Blue Moon - Netflix (Ethan Hawke") I just saw 'Blue Moon "on NF.too. Great job by Linklater and Hawke portraying the opening night celebration of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma" at Sardi's from the perspective of Larry Hart, whose long collaboration with Rodgers was coming to an end, due to Hart's alcoholism
Hawke gives an outstanding performance as Hart, first shown stumbling, drunk in an alley way on a cold rainy night, singing to himself "Everything Happens To Me"(!), as he collapses, soon to die from pneumonia.
The rest of the film takes place largely in Sardie's with brilliant dialogues between Hart. the bartender, E.B White and Hart's young 'protege' a beautiful 20 year- old female Yale student from whose letters the screenplay was based on.
Unlike in"Words and Music" (1948),"Blue Moon" shows Hart to be a closeted gay, something the former film was prohibited from doing due to the production code at the time.
Some critics complained of Linklater's somewhat noticeable attempt to portray Hawke as the small man with a comb-over Hart really was; having Hawke's head shaved and then covered up as a comb-over, and then digging a trench that Hawke could stand in, so he'd look smaller than everyone else, but it worked for me,
The score was provided by an aspiring songwriter playing solo piano beautifully by the composer for the film, unlike "Words and Music" which had the leading performers of the time singing Roger's and Hart tunes.

 

Edited Sunday at 06:59 AM by sgcim

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Just saw How to Make a Killing with Glen Powell and Margaret Qualley.  It is indeed a remake of Kind Hearts and Coronets, which is even more obvious in the opening minutes than in the trailers (though it's pretty obvious from the trailers).  With a few twists to make it a bit more interesting perhaps...  I thought it was fun, though wildly implausible in many places.

 

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