January 2011
3 posts
The Kings Speech: Read This Your Majesty
The King’s Speech opens with Colin Firth nervously getting ready for a public address in Wembley Stadium. Pre-World War Two England is evoked through mist and fog to create a dreamlike sensation of a time gone by. Firth playing ‘Bertie’ son to King George V takes to the podium and delivers a ghastly speech punctuated by what can only be described as a speech impediment so bad he can barely speak....
The Magnificent Seven: Haw, Haw, Haw
Ingredients:
1 classic Kurosawa film – The Seven Samurai
1 classic Elmer Bernstein score
Yul Brynner
Steve McQueen
Charles Bronson
James Coburn
Brad Dexter
Robert Vaughan
Horst Buchholz
Eli Wallach (the bad guy)
John Sturges
Method:
Take your Japanese plot line and transport to somewhere in Mexico. Bring your bad guy into the film and bring to the boil. Add Yul Brynner and the remaining 6 to...
