Cary Grant

by admin on August 17, 2005


Cary Grant

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For Romance without stress, "Sleepless in Seattle" is the heal

Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley

If you celebrate Valentine's Day with a dinner for two at home and ready to watch a movie, "Sleepless in Seattle" would be an splendid choice because it provides an gratifying experience and has already become a classic romantic comedy.

Their parents or grandparents have had a history now similar in the classic "An Affair to Remember" which was published in 1957 and tied Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. Their characters fall in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building in New York.

Sleepless in Seattle, freed 36 years later in 1993, pairs Tom Hanks as Sam Baldwin and Meg Ryan as Annie Reed. Sam is the not so long ago widowed father of 8-year, Jonah Baldwin (Ross simulation), which calls for a national radio program in an try to find his father only a couple.

Sat speaks a little reluctant to host Marcia Fieldstone and thousands of single women throughout America all of a sudden made sense for Sam's love for his ex-wife, each wishing she could be so cherished as the next particular person Sat Namely:

Doctor Marcia Fieldstone: Tell me what was so special in regards to your wife?

Sam Baldwin: Well, how much time is your program? Well, it was a million little things that when added to all, which means that we must be together. . . And I knew it. I knew the firstborn time he touched. It was like coming home. . . only at home but I have never known. . . I took a hand to aid him out of a car and he knew me. It was like. . . magic.

If this dialog box does not melt the heart of each woman who needs to go directly to "The Wizard of Oz" and receive a new transplant. Soon Sam claimed thousands of letters supposedly be partners, which are read by his son Jonah, who decides that "Annie" is the best option.

Annie is engaged to Walter (Bill Pullman). You have to, it would the introductory major fault of his life. Walter gorgeous decent, but Annie is not rather sparks in their kinship because Walter has the personality of an ashtray.

Annie makes each venture to meet Sam, flying from New York Seattle to discover Sam with another woman, who was mistaken for a love story. Never send a letter he wrote to Sam, but his friend no. It proposes to meet Sam on top the Empire State Building.

Sam is not fascinated in going, but his son Jonah is, so, with the aid his new friend whose parents own a travel agency, it is possible to book a flight to the Big Apple and ends on the balcony of the Empire State Building looking for Annie. Sam Dam panic, to find her son, she follows him to New York. The rest will see.

Hanks is very convincing as a sad widower and Ryan was at it is peak of being cute and innocent. The alchemy amid the two, who share only 2 minutes of screen time, well, is great.

The role of Annie was offered to Julia Roberts, but resulted from the city. Kim Basinger, who has also been offered the role, he refused because he thought the idea was ridiculous. Recently in the news, a group of young pair did precisely Jonas what Jonah did, managed to book a flight on a major airline and fly undetected. Life is in truth stranger than fiction.

Scenario Sleepless in Seattle was partly written by Nora Ephron, who also wrote "When Harry Met Sally (another outstanding romantic comedy Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal). Ephron directed the film.

Ephron, David S. Ward and Jeff Arch (who wrote the story) were nominated for an Oscar for best screenplay, the film received another nomination for Best Original Song ("A wink and a smile"). Sleepless in Seattle likewise Golden Globe for best film was awarded Best Actor (Tom Hanks) and Best Actress (Meg Ryan).

Sleepless in Seattle cost $ 21 million for film and $ 227,000,000 plus international box office, adding another $ 65 + million rentals.

Tom Hanks is the gold ordinary performance. He has been nominated for five Academy Awards Best Actor (Big, Philadelphia, Forrest Gump Saving Private Ryan and Cast Away) and won twice for "Philadelphia" and Forrest Gump. " Hanks also won Best Actor Golden Globe Great 4, Philadelphia, Forrest Gump and Cast Away.

His films have increased more than 3.3 billion $. There is only one of three actors to have 7 successive $ 100,000,000 domestic blockbusters, the other two are Tom Cruise and Will Smith.

Sleepless in Seattle is considered by a great deal of men like a movie "chick", but not for me. I think it's an magnificent movie with a great history, which is be a pleasant experience to see each time I see him again. If a man has always been in love and feel the magic, who will take pleasure in this film more.

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Tony Curtis on Cary Grant

In the movie An Affair to Remember, Cary Grant calls his grandmother Janou. Is that a firstborn name in French?

n the movie "An Affair to Remember", Cary Grant calls his grandmother "Janou". Is that a initial name in French or is it a "pet name" for his grandmother?

It's killing me that I can't give a definitive answer to this question. It's one I've had for galore years myself, but never got a clear answer. Clearly, Janou is the grandmother's name. Whether it is her last name or initial name is the question. Even in French, the name "Janou" may be found as both firstborn and last names. My personal sentiment is that it is her introductory name, because Niki says, "Dear Janou". I wouldn't think he'd say, "Dear Smith". He would more likely say, "Dear Janice". Even more likely, as you suggest, it is a nickname or "pet name" that evolved for her, in the order of "Dear Grandma", though it would have been a personal term, as I don't find any references to "Janou" meaning grandmother in any way.


I think the true answer to this may never be found. It's in all probability buried with Leo McCary!

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76 of 79 persons found the following review helpful.
5Means we gotta blast......
By Archmaker
Yeeup! As Mr. Tersander would say. This is one of my bestloved films. While not incisively bust-a-gut funny, it is warmly amusive all around with a couple of classic lines & scenes (the perplexing storeroom, the "letch", the well, the all-night Wam session etc.), played to perfection with ease and charm (my God those are lost arts, aren't they?) by a cast of masters who are without delay likeable and comfortable to be around.

The story of a New York adman building his dream house in Connecticut being snookered by the "hicks" and then the series of disasters and cost overruns that befall him, the film is played with just the right tone, light and with outstanding good humor, from the falling lintels to the Zuzz-Zuzz water softener.

Some may question the 5 stars, and even though it may not be a outstanding movie, I give it all 5 because Grant, Loy and Douglas are a lost breed of irreplaceable class players, and this kind of effortless amusement is beauteous much an extinct genre.

36 of 37 humans found the following review helpful.
5Very funny...
By ehakus
Often imitated but never rather surpassed, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is a classic comedy when it comes to a topic still as current now as it was in the 1940s. Silly but very funny, this movie is actually great - featuring the ever hilarious Cary Grant, and Myrna Loy.

Essentially, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is in regards to a family that decides to move to the country and get away from the overcrowding in the apartment. Instead of making life easier, however, their decision to move causes disaster after disaster. This movie is a hilarious example of how whatsoever may go faulty will!

Although the topic could have effortlessly degenerated into stupidity, the script, the directing and, most of all, the cast, turn the movie into a classic. The script is witty and very funny, and it is directed with style - but mainly, Cary Grant is terrific! His double takes and reactions will never be equalled...any scene that he is in in finelooking much guaranteed to be hysterical. Myrna Loy does a good occupation of cooling balancing Grant's screwball character, and the supporting cast is good as well.

Anyhow, this is a amusive movie for the whole family - it is highly recommended!

20 of 20 persons found the following review helpful.
4Been There, Done That
By James L.
Cary Grant and Myrna Loy have a very comfortable alchemy together in this comedy with regards to a couple that decides to get out of their cramped city apartment and move out into the country. Through stubborness and sheer ignorance, they end up making a number of highpriced errors as they undertake to build their dream house. The story is narrated by their friend and lawyer Bill, well played by Melvyn Douglas, a cynical man who learns it's posing no difficulty to just let them make their mistakes. Grant is the perfective actor to express the exasperation of the whole process. The man had aweinspiring comedic timing, deceptively making it look easy. The script hits all of the potential troubles with building, and the film is with no problems or difficulties produced. This is the kind of comedy that will appeal to most people, because almost every one has had the chance to experience the joy that is remodelling, landscaping, decorating, or building. There's something in here for everyone to appreciate.

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