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| 118.1 | | 25415::MAIEWSKI | | Mon Apr 05 1993 16:36 | 20 |
| Over the weekend I rented a movie called "The Playboy" (or something close to
that). It is a movie that came out last summer about the same time as "The
Player" (for a while I got them mixed up).
The setting for this movie is a small town in Ireland. The acting is really
good and the movie spends a lot of time developing characters and trying to
give you an idea of what it would be like to live in a small town in Ireland.
The problem is that there really isn't much of a story. Other than a rather
soapy love triangle not much happens which is not that great because they take
over two hours not really doing anything.
Because of the fine acting, the film has it's moments, some dramatic, some
funny, but they are few and far between. The rest is just filler. Well acted
filler, but filler none the less.
If you like soap you'll probably feel this is a fine dose of "Irish Spring"
but if you are looking for a real story, best look somewhere else.
**,
George
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| 118.2 | i liked it quite a bit | VAXWRK::STHILAIRE | you really break my heart | Mon Apr 05 1993 17:11 | 11 |
| I think it's The Playboys.
I really liked this. I thought it was a very good story, and also an
interesting commentary on the way the various townspeople treated the
main character (who had the baby without getting married).
I, also, think Aidan Quinn is one of the best looking men I've ever
seen, as well as being a good actor.
Lorna
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| 118.3 | Base noters also are allowed to change topic title | 12368::michaud | Jeff Michaud, DECnet/OSI | Mon Apr 05 1993 18:21 | 7 |
| > The title may be off a bit. If so, it can be changed by the moderator.
Or by the author of the base note. Same command for either:
Notes> set note/title="....."
(except that a moderator has to do a "set mod" first).
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| 118.4 | | 17617::MAYNARD | Late For The Sky | Tue Apr 06 1993 11:07 | 4 |
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Worth renting for Albert Finneys performance...
Jim
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| 118.5 | **** | 57133::RYDBERG | | Wed Apr 07 1993 16:32 | 11 |
| I totally enjoyed this movie. It brought me into another place in
time. It's been a while since I saw it, but wasn't the title
indicative of a group of travelling theater actors ("playboys") that
put up a circus tent and invited the townspeople to come and see the
"great actors/actresses". I thought maybe it was before the advent of
TV or a dying local custom that was on its last leg? Anyone know
anything more of its realistic history/content?
It was beautiful to look at, both the actors and the scenary.
Linda
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| 118.6 | | 3270::AHERN | Dennis the Menace | Thu Apr 08 1993 16:10 | 11 |
| RE: .5 by 57133::RYDBERG
>I thought maybe it was before the advent of TV or a dying local custom
>that was on its last leg?
Wasn't there a scene where the fellow that lived facing the village
square had a TV and people were looking in to see it?
I understand there's a sequel in the works that picks up where "The
Playboys" ends.
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| 118.7 | | ESGWST::RDAVIS | Ray Shakey | Thu Apr 08 1993 16:24 | 5 |
| I haven't seen it but I'd figured the title was partly a reference to
Synge's "Playboy of the Western World", which was about a different
brand of scandal in a tiny Irish community.
Ray
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