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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 4h

Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Catherine Scorsese and Robert De Niro at the table in, Goodfellas (1990) Directed by Martin Scorsese.

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PritzkerPosting @pritzkerposting.bsky.social · May 6

The kindest person in the room is often the smartest. #Pritzker

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David @scarolinascorpio.bsky.social · 6h

One of my favorite Jan Hammer tracks from Miami Vice. It reminds me of a sunny day, sitting on the beach with a rum and coke and watching the waves roll into shore.

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"I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point." ~ Gena Rowlands

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The Dirty Dozen (1967) Directed by Robert Aldrich.

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Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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RIP Diane Keaton 🙏

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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 1d

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972).

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: Make your voices heard. Join us in a peaceful protest across our country against the most corrupt, deceitful & criminal Administration in U.S. History. We say NO KINGS, NO CROOKS, NO SPRAY-TAN CONMAN! 👎

Check for a location near you at: www.nokings.org

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No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 1d

Jean Vander Pyl was born today in 1919 #botd

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Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.org · 1d

Annie Hall is the way I will always remember Diane Keaton.
A very special, gifted actress.
#rip

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
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Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Bryan Thomas @munkiman.bsky.social · 1d

Remembering novelist & screenwriter Elmore Leonard, born October 11, 1925, in New Orleans, LA (d. August 20, 2013).
His earliest novels of the '50s were westerns, but he later specialized in crime fiction & suspense thrillers, many of which were adapted into movies and TV shows. (More: alt text)

Elmore Leonard was a prolific American novelist known for his distinctive style of crime fiction, authentic dialogue, and gritty characters.

His work was frequently adapted for both television and film:

Get Shorty (1995 film and 2017 TV series): Starring John Travolta as loan shark Chili Palmer who ventures into the movie business.

Out of Sight (1998 film): A crime caper starring George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez.

Jackie Brown (1997 film): Quentin Tarantino's adaptation of the novel Rum Punch, starring Pam Grier and Samuel L. Jackson.

"Justified" (2010–2015 TV series and 2023 miniseries): Based on Leonard's novella Fire in the Hole and the novels Pronto and Riding the Rap, featuring U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens.

3:10 to Yuma (1957 and 2007 films): Based on his early Western short story of the same name.

Hombre (1967 film): An adaptation of his Western novel, starring Paul Newman.

Here's an excerpt from Leonard's novella Fire in the Hole, which was published as part of the 2002 collection When the Women Come Out to Dance:

They had dug coal together as young men and then lost touch over the years. Now it looked like they’d be meeting again, this time as lawman and felon, Raylan Givens and Boyd Crowder.

Givens, a few years younger than Boyd, was now a deputy United States marshal. Raylan was known as the one who’d shot it out with a Miami gangster named Tommy Bucks—also known as the Zip—both men seated at the same table in the dining area of the Cardozo Hotel, South Beach, when they drew their pistols. Raylan had told the Zip he had twenty-four hours to get out of Dade County or he would shoot him on sight. When the Zip failed to comply, Raylan kept his word, shot him through china and glassware from no more than six feet away.

The words came at Boyd cold, without any note of sympathy, so he took it to mean Bowman wasn’t shot any place’d kill him. But then Dewey said, “He’s dead,” in that same flat tone of voice. And it hit Boyd like a shock of electricity. Wait a minute—in his mind seeing his brother alive and in his prime, grown even bigger’n Boyd. How could he be dead?

“Was his wife shot him,” Dewey said, “with his deer rifle. They say Ava done it while Bowman was having his supper.”

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Fire in the Hole (the novella) begins with unhinged religious Nazi (literally) Boyd Crowder on his mission to blow shit up, in the company of the unfortunate Jared (who meets precisely the same fate he does in the TV show).

Cue the explosive dispatch of one questionable church at the hands of Boyd and his grenade launcher – with his accompanying eponymous Nam-inspired holler – and enter Marshal Givens, on secondment at the request of the man in charge of the East Kentucky Special Ops Group, Art Mullen.

From there, events progress much as they do in the pilot episode of "Justified," the FX TV series based on the short story (or jumping off point).

Elmore Leonard's dialogue is celebrated for its authenticity and natural flow, which he achieved by following his well-known "Ten Rules of Writing."

He focused on making the language sound like something a real person would say, even if it meant abandoning formal grammar. His dialogue reveals character through attitude and rhythm, without the author "sticking his nose in."

Here are some examples of his authentic dialogue and what makes it work:

From Killshot:

In this exchange, hitman "Wayne 'The Blackbird' Colson" and his less-competent partner "Richie Nix" discuss their plan:
Richie: "Yeah, that's right. Wayne said something about going down there. You don't happen to have a number where I can reach him, do you?"
Richie: "See, I have this check I want to send him."
Richie: "I imagine him and your daughter would like to have it, down in Florida on a vacation."

Leonard uses minimal attribution, relying on simple words like "said" to let the dialogue speak for itself. The lines reveal Richie's manipulative nature through his seemingly naive and folksy tone.
The dialogue includes hesitations and tentative phrasing, mimicking the flow of natural conversation in an awkward situation.

From Get Shorty:

This excerpt highlights "Chili Palmer"'s casual demeanor contrasted with his influence.

Robin: "Ask Nick for me."
(... a minute goes by...)
Nick: "Tell him if he goes near Chili Palmer I'll see that he suffers excruciating pain and will never fucking walk again in his life."
Robin: "Nick said to tell you that if you go near Chili Palmer he'll have your legs broken."
Recipient: "Why couldn't he say it like that?"
Robin: "He reads, but the wrong books.".

The humor arises from the contrast between Nick's dramatic threat and Robin's straightforward translation. The interaction focuses on the characters' relationship and how they perceive each other, revealing Nick's bluster and Robin's practicality.

Leonard never used a computer for his work. For decades, he wrote all of his novels and screenplays in longhand on special, unlined yellow notepads. His wife or assistant would then transcribe the text onto a computer.

Before becoming a full-time author, Leonard worked as a copywriter for a Detroit advertising agency. He wrote stories in the early morning hours before heading to his job writing ads for Chevrolet trucks.

Leonard began his writing career primarily focused on westerns, publishing five novels in the 1950s.

As the market for Westerns waned, he adapted by transitioning to crime fiction in the 1960s, a genre that would bring him his greatest success.

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Released #OTD in 1996 #filmsky

Steve Buscemi actually used to be an ice cream truck driver on the same streets his character works in the film.

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Jim Morrison: Fat is Beautiful

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Roots (TV Mini-Series 1977) Cast members; Ben Vereen, Leslie Uggams, John Amos, Cicely Tyson and LeVar Burton.

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“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

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Edward the Movie Buff 🎞🎬🎥📽 @midgetmoxie.bsky.social · 1d

Apocalypse Now (1979)
Director: F. F. Coppola

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Bryan Thomas @munkiman.bsky.social · 1d

George Carlin, hosting the first episode of "Saturday Night Live" on October 11, 1975, delivered several stand-up sets instead of just an opening monologue. Funny bits included his comparison of football & baseball, jokes about common household phrases, and a bit on airport security. more: alt text

Here's a few excerpts from Jeff Greenfield’s piece for New York magazine (October 27, 1975), two weeks after the premiere of "Saturday Night Live" on October 11, 1975:

But in intention, outlook, and personnel, NBC’s "Saturday Night" [the name it had before being officially called "Saturday Night Live"] is surely the sharpest departure from the TV-comedy norm since the debut of "Laugh-In."

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The show’s creators and executors are so young they suggest one of those Judy Garland–Mickey Rooney MGM musicals where a happy-go-lucky bunch of kids puts on the class show at Carnegie Hall (“Hey! Let’s do the show right here!”).

Producer Lorne Michaels, a “veteran” of "Laugh-In" and his own show on Canadian television, is 31. Ebersol, executive producer for NBC, is 28.

The writers and actors who form a “Not Quite Ready for Prime Time” repertory company, are in large part National Lampoon refugees (Michael O’Donoghue, Anne Beatts, Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Gilda Radner), none of whom appear to have even a nodding acquaintance with 40.

Herb Sargent, the white-haired playwright and TV writer who is the show’s script consultant, looks like the director of a summer camp in the midst of the "Saturday Night" crew.

More important than age is the outlook of the show. The producers and writers say they are in New York because of the pace, the hum, and the adrenaline that the city pumps into their veins.

"Your mind atrophies in L.A.," says Chevy Chase, who wrote for the defunct Smothers Brothers comeback show last year. "Nobody reads the papers out there. It’s all one thing – 'the business.' In New York, you’re right out on the streets."

George Carlin, the comedian who hosted the premiere show, observes that "there’d be no point in doing a live show in L.A. It’d be dull."

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The Stuff (1985, Dir: Larry Cohen) #Shocktober #31daysofhorror #filmsky #movieposters