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The action starts when he decides to go on holiday with his new found girlfriend and when he trys to obtain a passport HE IS REFUSED! on the basis that since he had been away at war, his country of origin had gained independence and therefore he was not entitled to a British passport.
The King pursued her and she refused him, this went on for 6 years.
Some refused to show it because of it's violence.
After Zeppo Marx refused to move on with his brothers to MGM from Paramount, the Marxs usually secured the services of another player, usually a singer to function in Zeppo's nondescript place.
This is a real curiosity from the vaults, a late 60s Swedish sex education film which became an enormous box office hit across Europe and even, when it was finally released uncut with an X certificate, in the UK in 1973 (it was initially refused a certificate); this is historically interesting, as The Language of Love (as it was titled in English speaking markets) features some sections of actual hardcore footage, with close ups of fingers masturbating vaginas and a penis penetrating one.
The stories about the decline of Mary Pickford, Mae West and Pola Negri to play the part of Norma Desmond, the mysterious beginning of the movie, that, after a disastrous preview, was cut and vanished forever (rumours have it, that Billy Wilder himself had a copy of it, but refused to screen it because the experience was too painful for him).
That wasn't very nice and I think she refused to go inside.
It is also true that some crew members were loyal to the London government (which had to be build up) and that they refused to give their ships to the Vichy government.
The director Alex van Warmerdam is known in Holland for his film "Abel", a comedy about a man who refused to grow up and who still lives with his parents, at the age of 26.
Yes, the movie comes off as pro gay rights, but as the filmmaker stated after the viewing, the other side was approached, but for the most part, they refused to respond on camera.
And that's really too bad because despite the fact that Joe Besser refused to take any of the traditional pokes and slaps that Moe used to hand out to Curly and Shemp, he was otherwise a fine comedian.
Boorman refused to use natives in the movie for fear of corrupting them.
If only they could show it again or provide a video of this program, but Alcoa has refused to do so.
When they refused, he disobeyed orders and was sent to Fort Sam Houston, demoted to the rank of colonel.
But the Turtle Club scene and some of the dialog was so mindless that I refused to let my six year old watch the movie.
At a show in Amarillo, Selena refused to sign autographs and her 1 1/2 hour concert turned into 25 mins because the concert hall was only half full.
Yet, I was refused a good look at a non-Dracula/non-Universal Bela Lugosi.
When Fox refused to cooperate, Howard Hughes apparently remembered that John Wayne still had one more picture left on the RKO contract he signed back in 1939.
then when they hit land, for some reason they dress up as hobo's while they're still carrying around M4's and Ak's, while trying to be under cover.This is soon followed by the Rangers wandering around the streets taking they're hobo-taskic costumes off, after they only had them on for about 3 minutes, you can't blame them, this film is such a steaming pile of crap I would've refused to dress like a jack-ass.
When he returned Stateside, poor record-keeping left him unable to prove that he was the film's producer, so the Academy refused to release the Oscar trophy.
The script is so bad, that Davis refused to continue filming until changes were made.
When the producers refused, Davis left the production in the middle of filming and her part was re-written to explain her disappearance.
Was most impressed with the Moses story especially the trick scene with the walking stick turning into a snake and what happened afterward when the Pharaoh initially refused Moses' request to let his people go.
She ultimately had an abortion and refused to tell her family who the father was.
Apparently, the directors, writers, and producers completely acknowledged this, and refused to let that happen.
No wonder Joan Collins has refused to even discuss this dreadful picture when asked about it.
Paramount Studios, where it was filmed, refused to release it.
And while we're on the topic of Tuesday, I'm sorry, but I remember the 80s fairly well, and while mohawks were in, whatever the hell she's attempting to do with it was not (to be honest, I think that actress refused to shave the sides of her head in the name of her part so they had to think of something else).
I found this distracting wondering throughout the show if there may have been a dispute and he refused to come on or, worse yet, he was suffering from some deadly disease!
Yes, its Highlander II - a film so bad that Robert Mugabe refused to show it to white farmers on the grounds that it would be "exceptionally cruel".
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