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Ball of Fire (1941)

post #1 of 7
1/12/07 at 8:15pm
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Does anyone else love the dick out of this movie like I do?
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post #2 of 7
1/12/07 at 9:13pm
Just about my favorite film ever made. So yeah.
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post #3 of 7
1/12/07 at 10:25pm
Howard Hawks? Check.
Billy Wilder? Check.
Gary Cooper? Check.
Barbara Stanwyck, in one of her finest roles? Check.

A great film, with a smart script, and a wonderful cast. Just magnificent.
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post #4 of 7
1/15/07 at 4:42pm
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A few questions:

1) Why isn't there a DVD in print for this movie?

2) Why on Earth would Billy Wilder be unhappy with the work Hawks did here?

3) Gary Cooper: Best ever at playing a cuckold*-type?




*I know cuckold isn't the right term here, but the only other term that came close to what I am trying to convey was 'dupe' and using that made me feel like a gangster in the '40's.
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post #5 of 7
1/15/07 at 5:16pm
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Originally Posted by Tom Fuchs
A few questions:

1) Why isn't there a DVD in print for this movie?
Unsure. It plays regularly on TCM in a pretty nice, (widescreen, I believe) print. I have a feeling that this is definitely in store for a new release when more Billy Wilder stuff starts hitting DVD (such as Ace in the Hole, A Foreign Affair, and The Major and the Minor).

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2) Why on Earth would Billy Wilder be unhappy with the work Hawks did here?
Is he? I never knew that.
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post #6 of 7
2/11/11 at 8:59am

I finally, FINALLY saw this on Turner Classic yesterday. What a magnificent film. Gary Cooper is one of my Golden Age blind spots, so I was floored by the quality of his comedic acting. Stanwyck, of course, is a delight.

 

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2) Why on Earth would Billy Wilder be unhappy with the work Hawks did here?

There was one moment that seemed very Un-Wilderesque: When the group is sitting around the song dedicated to Professor Oddly's late wife. It seemed almost maudlin compared to Wilder's usual cynicism, but I thought it was movingly under-played by the cast.

 

Thanks, Damon, for putting this on my radar.

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post #7 of 7
2/11/11 at 9:07am


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Originally Posted by Mangy View Post

I finally, FINALLY saw this on Turner Classic yesterday.



Also available via Netflix instant, btw.

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