The Sapphires - film

Bumping this - go and see it while it is in the pics!

It's on the front cover of our cinema guide for November so on the tick list of films to see [there are some cracking good films out at the moment]. Did you see the programme about girl singers on BBC4 t'other night [it was a repeat]. Dusty Springfield was very instrumental in bringing Tamla Motown music to these shores; I didn't know that. I've never seen 'Priscilla'; may have it on video somewhere; am I right in thinkng Terence Stamp is in it [remember him way back; sigh]? I never forgave Strictly Ballroom for winning the Oscar for best music when Last of the Mohicans should have won that year. On the subjiect of Australian films, anyone seen Red Dog?

Never seen Priscilla!!! Stamp as a drag queen???? Abba numbers in drag the outback?????
You gotta crimson!

Having stayed up half the night listening to Australian radio last week I'm in an Australian mindset at the mo. Weather forescasts saying 'a little bit of preticipation out on the horizon'; adverts for 'Peter the Possum Man' who sings 'I'll catch'em as best I can tiddlepom'; and racing terms such as 'best roughie', 'ran a cheeky race' and 'gassed out'. All the horses seemed to be called Sheila's something or other and even the commentator was called 'Bruce'.It was one long cliche.

I'm guessing it was not the cricket you were listening to crimson
The worst ever Australian film I saw was Australia. We went to see it in the lovely refurbished-for-lord-of-ther-rings-premier cinema in Wellington. Huge screen
DH, DS and various mates of DS.
We all spent the whole movie trying not to laugh at it and not with it. I don't think there were any jokes in it. It kept changing genre (cowboy, epic, war... at one point I thought Mr Jackman was going to grow hair and turn into an X Man again). And La Kidman totally awful as supposedly aristocratic English lady.
Too big a budget we concluded.

I actually liked the first half of Australia; but then, just as I thought the film was about to finish, it started up again and got worse and worse.

I really want to see this film, I also want to see Ben' Affleck's Argo, I hope they're are both on for the next couple of weeks, as I wont be able to see two films in the same week. It's annoying when smaller films are only run for a week before they disappear, especially when a load of drivel can sometimes be be on for weeks and weeks.

Yes it kind of led you up the garden path didn't it.

I think Argo will be on for a while. Wasn't something I particularly wanted to see but I've heard too many good reports. Tonight we're seeing Private Peaceful [I don't really want to go but the S.O. got it mixed up with another film], then we've got to fit in Ginger and Rosa, Rust and Bone and Argo, before he goes oop north for a few days.

Blimey; glad I went now. interview before the film with Jack O'Connell, who plays Charlie Peaceful [I didn't know about this]. He was born a few miles from my village and has appeared [at the grand old age of 22] in Skins, The Bill, Doctors..a new'ish film with Michael Caine [the name of which I can't remember], Eden Lake, This is England etc etc. He's also agreed to be a patron of our cinema . Think he's going to be around for a long time and may become one of very few Derby people to be famous [Florence Nightingale and Cloughie being the only ones I can think of].

I'm looking forward to seeing Sapphires - DH doesn't fancy it, just like he didn't fancy Priscilla Queen of the Desert, but I'll get to see it eventually. I always enjoy seeing Terence Stamp.

There have been some good Australian telly dramas: if you get the chance, and if you like very naughty boys, watch the series Rake if it comes to UK telly. It is about a lawyer who gets into every kind of bother possible. I loved it, DH hated it. We both are enjoying Devil's Dust, about the James Hardie industry's cover up of asbestosis and mesathelioma. Men died before their time in droves, after working with asbestos dust.

I refused to watch 'Australia' because I could tell it was full of hype and bovine excrement.

Hi Joan your DH will probably enjoy looking at the pretty girls in mini skirts. Take him back to his youth?

How soon do films come out on dvd? I think my grandson would love The Sapphires.