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Post by Three Litre on Feb 19, 2021 22:00:27 GMT
Just been watching this on BBC1 about Laurel and Hardy with Steve Coogan.
They were very funny, IMO.
Very good and quite moving.
Made me miss my best friend who died 10 years ago.
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Post by Del Boy on Feb 19, 2021 23:06:39 GMT
Got to love a bit of Laurel and Hardy. It's been years since I saw one. Cheers for the heads up on this documentary, Three
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Post by Charles Bronson on Feb 20, 2021 19:04:07 GMT
I saw it on the cinema a few years back when it came out. Steve Coogan and the other actor who played Ollie did a good job. The film seemed to focus mainly on a tour of England in the later part of their career. I can't really say that I enjoyed the film as much as I hoped though.
It's a shame Stan and Ollie didn't get anywhere near a proper financial recompense for the films they made in their heyday maybe that's why they did so much touring later on.
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Post by Three Litre on Feb 20, 2021 19:13:41 GMT
I saw it on the cinema a few years back when it came out. Steve Coogan and the other actor who played Ollie did a good job. The film seemed to focus mainly on a tour of England in the later part of their career. I can't really say that I enjoyed the film as much as I hoped though. It's a shame Stan and Ollie didn't get anywhere near a proper financial recompense for the films they made in their heyday maybe that's why they did so much touring later on. Charles. Ah, OK, good to have different opinions though. I thought it captured the tensions in the partnership well at the rather sad end of them working together. These days they would done a lot better with the finances.
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Feb 20, 2021 20:11:30 GMT
I too saw it when it came out, and thought it was good, mainly for the actors performances, and I agree it was quite poignant.
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Post by Charles Bronson on Feb 20, 2021 23:00:28 GMT
In the film When Stanley's contract was up, and Ollie was forced to do a few films with another comic as he was still under contract to Hal Roach. ( Something that actually happened.) I just wondered if Stan was as hurt as the film portrayed him to be? Perhaps he was.
It was a good film and worth seeing. It was just that they seemed to on a bit of a downer through the film, as I recall it. I just asked my missus who is usually a good judge and she thought the same as me. Just our opinion of course. As I said though well worth seeing.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Feb 20, 2021 23:10:27 GMT
Doesn't seem that long ago that it was at the pictures. Coogan does bear a great resemblance to Stan Laurel.
It's interesting that whilst L&H are considered the most famous comedy act in history, few people ( outside of L&H fans that is ) could name one film they appeared in, particularly the shorts which were their best work. People tend to say 'I like that one where they're in the foreign legion'. Says a lot about the nature of fame, instantly recognisable to millions but beyond that...
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Post by Charles Bronson on Feb 20, 2021 23:16:25 GMT
This thread has made recall the Robert Downey film in the nineties where he Played Charlie Chaplin. I wouldn't mind seeing that one again. It's a long while since I saw it but as I recall it was quite good. I think Richard Attenborough directed it.
One film I would like to see made is one about the silent film comedian Roscoe Arbuckle. I watched a twenty five minute documentary about him on YouTube recently and I was surprised how influential he was to Chaplin and Buster Keaton who Roscoe helped get established and taught a few things. That could be a good film. Or have they already made one? Anyway it was a shame the way things worked out for Roscoe as he come over as a nice bloke.
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Post by Cartman on Feb 20, 2021 23:31:38 GMT
I thought Way out West, which featured The Trail of the Lonesome Pine was their best feature film.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Feb 21, 2021 0:00:04 GMT
Way Out West & some of the earlier feature films are good. Not sure what Ollie thought but I did read that Stan considered their feature films a poor relation to the shorts.
Btw, believe it or not in the 90's a town near me called Thornton Cleveleys once had a Laurel & Hardy shop/museum which I think may have been run by the man who had the L&H museum in Ulverston. Unsurprisingly it closed not long after it had opened. Despite being a fan I didn't pay it a visit, I think because I was disappointed by the museum in Ulverston, when I visited in the 80's it was just a room covered in pictures & a makeshift 'cinema' with a tv showing videos of L&H on a loop.
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