We would love everyone to post on this site, so I though that I would give a quick little tutorial into embedding videos on a blog. Posting videos is actually a VERY easy process. The following is a step-by-step explanation:
1.) Go to www.youtube.com or any other peer to peer video sharing site
2.) Search for your favorite videos
3.) Click on the video you would like to watch
4.) On the right side of the video you will see a small table that has tags, url, and embed; copy the html code from the embed section
5.) Go to Blogger
6.) Click on New Post
7.) Click on Edit Html
8.) Paste the code you copied from Youtube
9.) Click on Publish and you're done!
Randy's review--Janae and I finally got a chance to see "The Departed" (just before the Academy Awards). It was an excellent movie. The editing & pacing of the movie were incredible. The acting was terrific. Jack Nicholson was excellent in his multi-layered performance. I really enjoyed both Matt Damon and Leo Dicaprio too. It was interesting to see Damon in a villain role. Mark Wahlberg was strong in his role of the tough, foul-mouthed Sarge. I also enjoyed Martin Sheen's performance as the Captain. The young lady who played the Psychologist was appealing. As with many of Scorsesse's films, there was a lot of gritty language and violence.
Last night I felt very nostalgic and missed Mom & Dad terribly as we watched the Academy Awards. I have such fond memories of watching the "Oscars" with them each year. It was always such a big deal in our family and we always made it a point to watch them. We would all make our projections about who would win the various awards. We would critique the special musical numbers and the job the master of ceremonies had done. And, of course, Mom would always point out the dresses she liked best.
I am happy that tradition has carried on and that our kids still make it a point to watch the Oscars and make their own predictions. Mom & Dad have left us with so many wonderful memories and fun family traditions!
I missed a few. However, I'd argue they were political moves (Pan's not winning the best foreign and little miss sunshine winning best original screenplay? C'mon? :)
Best actor in supporting role, supporting actress, best animated feature film, film editing, best foreign film, original song, picture of the year, animated short, live short, and original screenplay.
Misses: Best Supporting Actor, Animated Short, Costume Design, Feature Animated Film, Best Foreign Film, Best Original Score, Original Screenplay, Best Picture.
Whoops! I did pick the right song! I thought I had selected the "Cars" song but I just checked and I did pick the "Inconvenient Truth" song. :)
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's movie debut focuses on the horrifying, sometimes unintentionally funny system of observation in the former East Germany. In the early 1980s, the successful dramatist Georg Dreyman and his longtime companion Christa-Maria Sieland, a popular actress, are big intellectual stars in the socialist state, although they secretly don't always think loyal to the party line. One day, the Minister of Culture becomes interested in Christa, so the secret service agent Wiesler is instructed to observe and sound out the couple, but their life fascinates him more and more...
The Saviour, a 19-minute Australian feature, deals with Malcolm, a Mormon evangelist who carries his message door to door. Turns out that Malcolm is visiting one household for the wrong reason, leading to a meeting with the potential for disaster. The performers in this intimate feature are strong, and the film is subdued, but highly expressive. Nice work.
NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY - 79TH ACADEMY AWARDS WHO WILL WIN???? My Choices are in Italics :)
Performance by an actor in a leading role Leonardo DiCaprio - BLOOD DIAMOND Ryan Gosling - HALF NELSON Peter O'Toole - VENUS Will Smith - THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS Forest Whitaker - THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
Performance by an actor in a supporting role Alan Arkin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE Jackie Earle Haley - LITTLE CHILDREN Djimon Hounsou - BLOOD DIAMOND Eddie Murphy - DREAMGIRLS Mark Wahlberg - THE DEPARTED
Performance by an actress in a leading role Penélope Cruz - VOLVER Judi Dench - NOTES ON A SCANDAL Helen Mirren - THE QUEEN Meryl Streep - THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Kate Winslet - LITTLE CHILDREN
Performance by an actress in a supporting role Adriana Barraza - BABEL Cate Blanchett - NOTES ON A SCANDAL Abigail Breslin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE Jennifer Hudson - DREAMGIRLS Rinko Kikuchi - BABEL
Best animated feature film of the year CARS HAPPY FEET MONSTER HOUSE
Achievement in art direction DREAMGIRLS THE GOOD SHEPHERD PAN'S LABYRINTH PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST THE PRESTIGE
Achievement in cinematography THE BLACK DAHLIA CHILDREN OF MEN THE ILLUSIONIST PAN'S LABYRINTH THE PRESTIGE
Achievement in costume design CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA DREAMGIRLS MARIE ANTOINETTE THE QUEEN
Achievement in directing BABEL THE DEPARTED LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA THE QUEEN UNITED 93
Best documentary feature DELIVER US FROM EVIL AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS JESUS CAMP MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY
Best documentary short subject THE BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICT RECYCLED LIFE REHEARSING A DREAM TWO HANDS
Achievement in film editing BABEL BLOOD DIAMOND CHILDREN OF MEN THE DEPARTED UNITED 93
Best foreign language film of the year AFTER THE WEDDING DAYS OF GLORY (INDIGÈNES) THE LIVES OF OTHERS PAN'S LABYRINTH WATER
Achievement in makeup APOCALYPTO CLICK PAN'S LABYRINTH
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) BABEL THE GOOD GERMAN NOTES ON A SCANDAL PAN'S LABYRINTH THE QUEEN
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) "I Need to Wake Up" - AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH "Listen" - DREAMGIRLS "Love You I Do" - DREAMGIRLS "Our Town" - CARS "Patience" - DREAMGIRLS
Best motion picture of the year BABEL THE DEPARTED LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE THE QUEEN
Best animated short film THE DANISH POET LIFTED THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL MAESTRO NO TIME FOR NUTS
Best live action short film BINTA AND THE GREAT IDEA (BINTA Y LA GRAN IDEA) ÉRAMOS POCOS (ONE TOO MANY) HELMER & SON THE SAVIOUR WEST BANK STORY
Achievement in sound editing APOCALYPTO BLOOD DIAMOND FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
Achievement in sound mixing APOCALYPTO BLOOD DIAMOND DREAMGIRLS FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
Achievement in visual effects PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST POSEIDON SUPERMAN RETURNS
Adapted screenplay BORAT CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN CHILDREN OF MEN THE DEPARTED LITTLE CHILDREN NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Original screenplay BABEL LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE PAN'S LABYRINTH THE QUEEN
not sure how Kurt did it, he must have went back in time, learned German, got some sweet shades, discover hair gel and tried rapping.... again. If you dont believe me check out this damning footage newly discoverd.
"Pote tin Kyriaki" ("Never on a Sunday") 1960 llia is Piraeus's most popular person: an energetic prostitute, full of life and good humor. Every day, she swims at the pier, entertaining the dock hands. Sundays she has an open house with food, drink and song. Homer Thrace, an amateur philosopher from Middletown, Conn., arrives in town to find out why Greece has fallen from ancient greatness. He decides Illia is a symbol of that fall, so he sets out to study and to save her. Unknown to Illia, he gets the money for the books and all else he gives her from Mr. No Face, the local vice boss who wants Illia retired because her independence gives other whores ideas. Whose spirit is stronger: Homer's classical ideal or Illia's? This movie featured Melina Mecouri in the role of Ilia for which she was nominated for an Best Actress Academy Award. The score by Manos Hadjidakis received an Academy Award and the title song became a big hit.
In 1832, cholera ravages Provence (South of France). After several misadventures, Angelo, young Italian officer hunted by the Austrian secret police, meets Pauline de Theus, a young lady. After a second accidental meeting, both will start the search of Pauline's husband in a chaotic country. This is a fantastic movie--highly recommend! Stars Juliette Binoche.
* Boom mike visible: When what's left of Captain Thorpe and his men are coming back to their ship after being ambushed by the Spanish, you can see the shadow of a boom mike on the upper right portion of the ship on the screen.
* Revealing mistakes: Captain Ortiz opens a door towards the end of the movie when he is running away from Thorpe and a string is visible, attached to the door. A sword slides down the string to give the impression that it is thrown at Ortiz and barely misses him.
* Continuity: When the crew intercept a shipment of gold in the Panama forest, they fire multiple shots from muzzle loading flintlocks without reloading.
When deciding to give Donald O'Connor a song, originally it was "The Wedding of the Painted Doll". However, learning that O'Connor had a bag of tricks that he used in vaudeville, they decided to use a song for O'Connor's comical background: Make 'Em Laugh (Which the melody is supposedly from "Be A Clown" from The Pirate (1948)).
* The song that Navin and Marie sing as they walk along the beach, "Tonight You Belong To Me", was a hit in the '50s for sister duet Patience and Prudence.
* Steve Martin's favorite scene involves M. Emmet Walsh, shooting the cans at the gas station.
* The mansion shown in the film is the infamous Sheik Al-Fassi mansion in Beverly Hills. The tacky rooms shown in the film were actually shot in the mansion thanks to its cavernous size rooms. The mansion also had its own basement Disco where the dance scene was filmed. The 38-room mansion no longer exists; it was torched by an arsonist in 1980.
* Hartoonian's EZ Serve is on Hurtado Street
* The tag number for the blue coupe (a Chevrolet Monte Carlo) was J3S 762
Memorable quotes for The Great Race (1965) [On a melting iceberg] Max: We gotta do something. Professor Fate: Oh, don't worry. Before this iceberg melts and we drown like rats, we're going to do plenty. Max: Yeah? What? Professor Fate: We're gonna starve!
[On a melting iceberg] Leslie: You better keep it to yourself. Fate: Oh, of course I'll keep it to myself. [to himself] Fate: Until the water reaches my lower lip, and then I'm going to mention it to *somebody*!
Max: Red sky. Gonna be a storm. Professor Fate: What are you babbling about? Max: Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning. Professor Fate: Why, you simple-headed gherkin, do you know the chances of a storm in this part of the world at this time of the year? Max: No, what? Professor Fate: Hundred to one. [a great thunderclap; it begins to pour rain] Max: Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning! Professor Fate: Why you idiot!
Prince Hapnick: You! You're the cause of it all! It was your idea! General: No, no your highness... Baron von Schtupp Prince Hapnik: I don't care, I don't care! You're banished. I'm getting a new tucker-inner! Banished, banished, banished!
The Baron: He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day. So, until another day, Mr. Leslie.
Max: Rise and shine, Professor. Professor Fate: Rise and shine?! Rise and shine?!! When you rise! You shine!
[repeated line] Professor Fate: Push the button, Max!
Maggie DuBois: You mean amazing because I'm a woman.
[on the iceberg] Fate: You're wasting your time! Leslie: Perhaps. Fate: We're melting! Leslie: Slowly. Max: We're gonna sink! Leslie: Eventually. Fate: Then you're wasting your time!
Prince Hapnik: Course there is one good thing, when one was young, one could play along the corridors. I used to ride my pony up and down this corridor when I was young, then I grew up, got drunk, and fell off!
[gets hit in the face with a pie] Prince Hapnick: [tastes pie] umm... brandy! Throw more brandy, throw brandy! More brandy! Brandy! [gets hit again with a pie] Prince Hapnick: umm... rum! I never mix my pies!
Cowboy: He's lucky Texas Jack ain't around... he'd gun that dude for sure! Professor Fate: Pardon me, Mr. Pahd-nuh, who is this Texas Jack? Cowboy: WHO'S TEXAS JACK? Professor Fate: Who? Cowboy: The roughest, toughest gunslinger in these parts... Lilly's his girl! Professor Fate: Whoo, hoo, hoo... Lilly's his girl. Max: Terrific...
Baron von Stuppe: Well, Mr. Leslie. I had expected to see you again, but... eh... Not with a sword in your hand. Are you partial to the foil? Leslie: Not particularly. It happened to be convenient. Baron von Stuppe: I presume you know how to use one. Leslie: I hope that won't be necessary. Baron von Stuppe: I'm sure you do. Leslie: Will you release Ms. Dubois and the others? Baron von Stuppe: No... Leslie: I'm afraid this will be necessary. Baron von Stuppe: You're being very foolish, Mr. Leslie. Leslie: That's an assumption, Baron. You make me the victim even before we start! Baron von Stuppe: [shrugs] It's your life... Leslie: [gestures with sword] You're assuming again.
Professor Fate: Leslie escaped? General: With a small friar. Professor Fate: Leslie escaped with a chicken?
Leslie: Are you a native of Burracho? Lily Olay: I ain't no native, I was born here!
Leslie: Minutes have made the difference in survival, Miss DuBois.
Professor Fate: The eternal struggle takes time, Max.
[repeated line] Professor Fate: [shouts] Maaaax!
Fate: I am professor Fate!
Professor Fate: I'd like to see the great Leslie try that!
1. Grace Kelly starred in three screen vehicles for Hitchcock. Which of the following was NOT one of her acting assignments for the director? a. Rebecca b. Rear Window c. Dial M for Murder d. To Catch a Thief
2. In the new version of Psycho, Anne Heche plays a thief who makes a fatal mistake by taking refuge at the Bates Motel. In the 1960 original, starring Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, it is _________who plays Marion Crane. a. Vera Miles b. Kim Novak c. Tippi Hedren d. Janet Leigh
3. Which actor plays Max de Winter in Hitchcock’s first American-made film Rebecca? a. David Niven b. Laurence Olivier c. Richard Burton d. Clark Gable
4. Christopher Reeve reworked Hitchcock’s 1954 thriller Rear Window and starred as the lead Who plays the lead role in the original film? a. James Stewart b. Cary Grant c. Farley Granger d. Gregory Peck
5. Which of his own movies did Hitchcock remake in 1956, twenty-two years after the original film was released? a. The Trouble with Harry b. To Catch a Thief c. The Man Who Knew Too Much d. The Wrong Man
6. For which movie was Hitchcock NOT nominated for Best Director by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences? a. Rebecca b. Psycho c. Lifeboat d. The Birds
7. In which film does Hitchcock make his famous cameo appearance wearing a cowboy hat? a. Psycho b. The Birds c. Marnie d. Strangers on a Train
8. Which model made her film debut in Hitchcock’s 1963 suspense picture The Birds? a. Julie Harris b. Tippi Hedren c. Lee Remick d. Piper Laurie
9. In how many Hitchcock pictures did James Stewart star? a. six b. four c. three d. five
10. Michael Douglas plays the murderous husband in A Perfect Murder, a remake of Hitchcock’s 1954 film Dial M for Murder. Who plays the male lead in the original version? a. Cary Grant b. James Stewart c. Henry Fonda d. Ray Milland
11. Who plays Alicia Huberman in Hitchcock’s 1946 spy-thriller Notorious? a. Ingrid Bergman b. Joan Fontaine c. Teresa Wright d. Marlene Dietrich
12. Which Hitchcock movie did Universal restore in 70 millimeter and re-release thirty-eight years after the original’s debut? a. Marnie b. Vertigo c. Rear Window d. Rope
13. Who played Roger Thornhill in Hitchcock’s espionage-mystery North by Northwest? a. James Stewart b. Sean Connery c. Gregory Peck d. Cary Grant
14. Who is the only other actress besides Grace Kelly to starred in three Hitchcock films? a. Janet Leigh b. Ingrid Bergman c. Tippi Hedren d. Marlene Dietrich
15. Kim Novak was not Hitchcock’s first choice to play the complex role of Madeleine/Judy in the highly acclaimed Veritgo. Novak was selected after another actress was forced to resign the role because of her pregnancy. Who was this actress? a. Doris Day b. Anne Baxter c. Vera Miles d. Ava Gardner
16. Which was the first picture Hitchcock filmed in color? a. Rope b. Under Capricorn c. Stage Fright d. Spellbound
17. Which film was shot in the East End of London near Hitchcock’s boyhood home? a. Blackmail b. Number Seventeen c. Torn Curtain d. Frenzy
18. Which Hitchcock silent film was based on the story of Jack the Ripper? a. Easy Virtue b. The Pleasure Garden c. Downhill d. The Lodger
19. Hitchcock and Carole Lombard were close friends. However, she starred in only one of his film. What was the name of this film? a. Suspicion b. Mr. and Mrs. Smith c. Jamaica Inn d. Rebecca
20 Which was Hitchcock’s last picture? It was filmed in 1976. a. Topaz b. Torn Curtain c. Frenzy d. Family Plot
What kind of equipment do you have to have to be able to cut from DVD's and post to this site? I think I have Movie Maker on my computer, but I've never used it.
What a great site idea.
Gary
Hi Gary! Follow the instructions above that Kurt has posted. All of these video clips are coming from the "youtube" website. I know there are other sites that have video clips that you can embed (google, for instance), but none have as large a selection as youtube. Glad you have signed-on.
I'm kind of losing my savor for The Family Guy, but this is a pretty funny scene:
Personal Quotes of Gregory Peck
"You made the right choice, kiddo!" - Peck's tongue-in-cheek response when he discovered that his second wife, the French journalist Veronique Passani, had passed up an opportunity to interview Albert Schweitzer at a lunch hosted by 'Jean Paul Sartre' in order to go out on a date with Peck.
On his 1962 Oscar-winning role in To Kill A Mockingbird (1955)_ : "I put everything I had into it - all my feelings and everything I'd learned in 46 years of living, about family life and fathers and children. And my feelings about racial justice and inequality and opportunity."
"They say the bad guys are more interesting to play but there is more to it than that - playing the good guys is more challenging because it's harder to make them interesting."
"I just do things I really enjoy. I enjoy acting. When I'm driving to the studio, I sing in the car. I love my work and my wife and my kids and my friends. And I think, 'You're a lucky man, Gregory Peck, a damn lucky man.'"
"Gregory Peck is the hottest thing in town. Some say he is a second Gary Cooper. Actually, he is the first Gregory Peck."
"It just seems silly to me that something so right and simple has to be fought for at all." (On gay rights)
"I'm not a do-gooder. It embarrassed me to be classified as a humanitarian. I simply take part in activities that I believe in."
"I don't lecture and I don't grind any axes. I just want to entertain."
"You have to dream, you have to have a vision, and you have to set a goal for yourself that might even scare you a little because sometimes that seems far beyond your reach. Then I think you have to develop a kind of resistance to rejection, and to the disappointments that are sure to come your way."
"I am a Roman Catholic. Not a fanatic, but I practice enough to keep the franchise. I don't always agree with the Pope . . . there are issues that concern me, like abortion, contraception, the ordination of women . . . and others. I think the Church should open up."
Asked what he thought about the John Holmes porn trial: "You know, someone once asked me that and I said the day that Laurence Olivier drops his pants on the screen is the day that I will support adult actors, and then I saw the movie The Betsy (1978)."
"Robert Bork wants to be a Supreme Court justice. But the record shows he has a strange idea of what justice is. He defended poll taxes and literacy tests, which kept many Americans from voting. He opposed the civil rights law that ended 'whites only' signs at lunch counters. He doesn't believe the Constitution protects your privacy. Please urge your senators to vote against the Bork nomination. Because, if Robert Bork wins a seat on the Supreme Court, it will be for life. His life ... and yours." (1987)
"Faith is a force, a powerful force. To me, it's been like an anchor to windward - something that's seen me through troubled times and some personal tragedies and also through the good times and success and the happy times."
"He impressed me more than any other man I've ever met and I've met a lot. My wife and I happened to be seated on one of the aisles, and the Pope came right down and he saw me and smiled. The smile was genuine, not a politician smile, the practiced smile. He shook my hands with me and went on. And then Carter said, 'Hello, Gregory, what are you doing here?' and I said, 'Well, Mr. President, you invited me.' He said, 'Just a minute' - and damned if he didn't run after the Pope, grabbing him by the arm and pulled him back. He said, 'Your Excellency, this is one of our best-known, most-beloved American film actors.' And he looked at me, ah! There was a glimmer as if somehow he must have seen me in a movie. His eyes widened and he took me in his arms. And he sort of grabbed me by the elbow and said, 'God bless you, Gregory. God bless you in your mission.' And he went on." - On meeting Pope John Paul II at the White House in 1978
"We felt we were brave pioneers exploring anti-Semitism in the United States - today, it seems a little dated." - On Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
During filming of the infamous "gas station" destruction, Jonathan Winters was accidentally left on stage and completely bound in thick tape. Hours later, when the cast returned from lunch, they found that he had not even been able to free his arms from the chair. In retaliation, Winters gave a three-hour lecture to Arnold Stang and Marvin Kaplan on forced potty training.
This is a scene from my favorite Japanimation "My Neighbor Totoro." Sorry, I couldn't find one with subtitles, but the visuals are fantastic anyways :) In this scene the forest spirit Totoro is helping seeds grow. Enjoy!
Police probe new Maltese Falcon mystery POSTED: 3:47 p.m. EST, February 13, 2007 Story Highlights • "Maltese Falcon" statue stolen over the weekend • Thieves also took 15 vintage books • John's Grill offering $25,000 reward • San Francisco bar was hangout for Dashiell Hammett
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- Police are searching for clues to solve the case of the missing Maltese Falcon, which was apparently stolen from one of San Francisco's most famous restaurants.
The owners of John's Grill are offering a $25,000 reward for the recovery of the coveted replica of the original statues used in the 1941film starring Humphrey Bogart as detective Sam Spade.
John Konstin, the restaurant's owner, said a thief pried open the display case late Saturday or early Sunday and made off with the plaster bird as well as at least 15 vintage books, including signed copies of the Dashiell Hammett novel on which the film was based,
Police were investigating the scene of the crime and looking for clues, Konstin said.
The two original Maltese Falcon statues used in the 1941 film remain safe in the hands of their owners.
John's Grill, which bills itself as "Home of the Maltese Falcon," was a favorite haunt of Hammett and his fictional detective Sam Spade.
Janae and I recently watched the excellent documentary "Word Play" about the world of crossword puzzles. Will Shortz, who is the NY Times Crossword Puzzle Editor, narrates much of the movie. Believe it or not, it is actually a very engrossing movie that gives you a much greater appreciation for what goes into constructing high quality crossword puzzles and contains fascinating portraits of the people that love to solve them. The last part of the film focuses mostly on the annual national crossword puzzle competition that Will Shortz started in the 1970's. You begin to really care about the people involved in the competition and it almost feels like you are watching an exciting and competitive sporting event. In the end, you sincerely believe that this is a genuinely nice and supportive group of people. Highly recommend!
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