Gideon's latest effort, "The Stand-up", starring Davis Newman, was a betterfilm. Oh, boy, here it comes. Joey, turn it off, please. ...falls into his characteristic weakness oftrying too hard to please, to entertain. - Josh, no. I wanna hear it. - The razzle-dazzle sometimes obliterates... - What does she know? - She never gives a good review. That woman is totally unqualified to criticise anything. - She doesn't know a damn thing about film. - Or anything. She's not even reviewing a film. She's telling you how clever she is. ...where the has-been comic, playedimpeccablybyDavis Newman, demonstrates his former brilliance in a monologue where clearly director Gideon gave MrNewman free rein. Rising above rather commonplace material, the actor creates a classic comic... I guarantee this picture will do 30 million domestic, at least. - One ofyou better get somebody. - What? I think I'm in trouble. ...chopping offthe ends ofscenes before the drama is played out, left this reviewer with bewilderment anda four-aspirin headache. Using myfour-balloon rating system, lgive "The Stand-up" halfa balloon. - How are you feeling? - The truth? I'm scared. Roll 'em. Action. Oh, my God... Ladies and gentlemen, the doctors. I'm Dr Hyman, the internist. I'm Dr Garry, the surgeon. - I'm Dr Ballinger, the cardiologist. - Five, six, seven, eight... The heart is the viscus that maintains the circulation ofthe blood. That means he had total blockage in... two arteries. This is the man who wouldbe myfirst choice as a modern-daysaint. When I was in those marches, like Selma, this brother was shufflin' rightalongside me, long before those cats who thought civil rights was a hip scene andjumped on the blackwagon. The blackwagon! Oh, ladies andgentlemen, letme lay on ya... - A great entertainer. - A great entertainer, - A great humanitarian. - A greathumanitarian, - And my dearest friend. - Andmy dearestfriend - Blah-blah. - For 17years. - Ladies andgentlemen... - See how much I learn from you? - I'm afraid you've learned too much from me. - There you are, Mr Gideon. This is one of my A1, first-rate, top-drawerjobs. That's it. Good luck tomorrow. What did you mean, I learned too much? You're gonna make it. I'm hardly ever wrong. Thanks. Remember last Tuesday night? It was raining... very hard. Oh, yeah. Yeah, it was raining. What about it? I called you at midnight. I must have been walking the dog. I don't have time for this sort ofthing. You were with someone. Yes. And you made love to him. Yeah. Well, that's it, huh? We're finished? I don't know. How do you feel about me? I love you. Then I guess we're not finished. Because I really do love you, Katie. - You mean that? - Ah, hell, no. I was pissed off at her. I don't know. Yeah, I did mean it. Sort of. Sometimes I don't know where the bullshit ends and the truth begins. Ljust wanted to saysomething nice to her. Why? In case... In case... In case. If I die, I'm sorry for all the bad things I did to ya. And if I live, I'm sorry for all the bad things I'm gonna do to you. ...as stated in the declarations, sustained directly as the result of injury, sickness, death of, or permanent disability... Excuse me, Mr Clark. Larry, give me ourfigures. Well, on an estimated production budget of $941,000, with a contingency of 59,000 to round it out to the million, so far we're in for atleast two-thirds ofthe fees. Design, 8,000, costumes, 8,000, electrics, 4,000. We're in for the full director-choreographer, 15,000. Casting is another four. Construction of scenery, where more than half has been done, that's 125,000... plus. Stage manager's about 8,000. Press agent 1500, musicians about... two. Assistants, secretaries, etc, 3,000. Rehearsal halls and auditions... 9500. Script and administrative, 1500. Managers, I'd say... ten. Advertising and printing, about 20,000. Orchestrations, so far, ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Вторжение похитителей тел на английском - текст Звездный Крейсер Галактика - Сезон 2 на английском - текст Окраина на английском - текст Ностальгия на английском - текст Война в доме на английском |