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There are pictures of Gen. Wheeler standing with TR and Col. Wood, both of which were taller and heavier.
Because I was Burt Lancaster's general height and build and was the same size, 42 Long, I was upgraded to Stand-in for him and ended up standing in for all the principle male characters except Gene Hackman who used his brother.
There she was, the consummate professional and I, standing in for Mr. Lancaster, was face to face with an actress I had loved ever since seeing her in such films as "From Here to Eternity" and "The King and I".
Herzog is right not to interfere too much with this portrayal (and Kinski is in almost every shot) by simply setting up the camera and standing back.
It is about journalistic integrity, corporate greed, good vs. evil, and standing up for what you believe in, no matter what the cost.
I clearly remember standing at the back of the theater watching from between my fingers as some oaf was fornicating on the bonnet of the family car... when it was revealed - ha-ha- he didn't know it was (wait for it......) his daughter!
This short consists of Al Jolson standing in front of a set designed to look like a plantation home of a slave--and not surprisingly, he performs in black-face.
I have only one thought; at one dancing scene the actors are standing on a glass dance floor (blue lights).
Somebody dressed in a clown suit is standing outside looking at the moon.
The sets are either obviously something else (power plant standing in for secret underground base) or so minimal (burned out 50 gallon drums for Iraqi war zone, a few Styrofoam pillars for Greek ruins) as to be distractingly laughable.
Vote people out until there's only one person standing.
It's about 2 hours until he has to be at the court house which is 16 blocks away and a hell of a lot of cops standing in the middle.
But nothing happens in this movie for about the first hour, and then there's about twenty minutes of 'horror.' Okay, yes, there are some pretty ridiculous and hilarious moments - as when the monster gets momentarily taken out by a common bathroom fixture, or anytime the monster is shown just standing there going "blaeh! blaeh!" looking like she's about to go into convulsions - but overall it's not enough.
We get a sense of time both passing and standing still- which is the true mark of a genius of film: The ability to wrap us up in his concept of time and carry us along breathlessly.
Chaplin expects certain gratuities for standing up for her, and when none are forthcoming, he too absconds with her goods.
By the time he did "The running,jumping and Standing Still" movie in 1960 just about the only person in the UK still doing "The Goons" was Prince Charles."It's
His men know the war is over and are on the brink of mutiny, but Hunter, who spends most of the film with his shirt off and practicing his strange full-facial style of overacting, is determined to see his mission through to the last man standing.
Maybe Mort was standing at the gas station talking to himself.
Then two of your friends come and accidentally ruin the roof by standing on it...foo.
The theme of a wrong, for which the good guy seeks recompense, was good and evident throughout the movie, as it evolved into a theme of "standing up to evil." Lee Majors was great as Will Kane, just trying to do right and finally not being able to walk away from evil, knowing he had what it takes to fight it.
Standing in Sinbad's way are Zenobia and her no-count son Rafi (a nicely venomous Kurt Christian).
Invitation To The Wedding is the last film of Sir Ralph Richardson who plays a somewhat dotty old bishop who accidentally marries his grand niece to a visiting American who was just standing in for the groom at a wedding rehearsal.
I'm standing in front of you in the same suit that I'm wearing to my father's funeral and I'm asking you a favor.
A forced landing in the snow and the crew is standing up in the cockpit door?
Look at the shot where Michelle Pfeiffer is standing on a peer, looking at a ship.
Alejandro's language is made of cold lights, cameras never standing still, zooming and moving like it was a video reporter filming a battle.
Nor does the office of "deputy prime minister" have any constitutional standing.
If you have a choice between shaving every hair on your body with a rusty razor while standing on a beach ball or watching this movie, I would go with the rusty razor.
Then, he beats every villain so easily, even showing his blue butt while standing over a missile, please.
Needless to say, when the entire top of a building blows up, you can expect that Ms. Porcupine did not even get singed even though she was standing about a foot away from the Giant Spider.
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