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Garey Busey, yes I know him, fair hair and a very good actor.

Yes pop it over to ITV Ed. You'll deffinately see Milla!

Didn't watch that programme with Terry Pratchett, heart breaking isn't it. No there's no one in our family who has had it either, thankfully.

I work as 'bank staff' Ed in care and nursing homes, just before last Christmas I did a few shifts in a dementia unit. I couldn't go back there again, I literally found it just to sad. It took me a good couple of weeks to forget about the poor people that were there. It kept playing on my mind. I was asked to go back the other week, but just said I found it all to sad. Some of the ladies and gents that were there weren't that old either.

Talk about count your blessings.

Any more good films? I'm giving the thread a nudge every day from now on!

I've just turned on to The Buddy Holly Story on BBC4. I loved Buddy Holly's music and that of the era - it was always played in my house when I was growing up and it brings back fond memories.

EDIT: I've just realised the lead is Gary Busey who played the very psychotic Mr Joshua in the original "Lethal Weapon"
I've never seen the film, but I saw the stage play about 15-16 years ago in the West End and the final scene of his guitar on the stage still brings a lump to my throat.

I keep on missing Milla on the L'Oreal adverts - watching BBC too much I think!

I've just finished watching the program on BBC2 about Altzheimers with Terry Pratchett - it was a very sad and moving program that made me feel very lucky - I've had the good fortune never to have a loved one suffer this awful condition.

Evening film fans,

Oh Nicky I'm with you on that awful film The Birds. I have a really bad phobia of them,especially wild birds. I can tolerate pigeons, but not black birds, sparrows, starlings or anything like that. I'm ok with ducks and chickens though...I'm very strange as my hubby says!! I'd say just unique.

Thanks for your nice words about my dad by the way. Another thing I was lucky enough to see was Churchill's coffin being taken down the Thames, dad and myself got a prime spot to watch it. I was put on a great large tea box I think it was, and remember seeing these huge cranes being lowered and hearing guns going off the other side of Tower Bridge. I was so cold even though I was well wrapped up, god it was a cold day. I think the thing that stood in my mind the most was seeing adults crying. I was nine at the time, so really didn't understand how privileged we were to be there.

Not seen Children of a Lesser God or The Silver Skates, they both sound real tear jerkers though. I quite fancied (here we go!) Richard Gere in an Officer and a Gentleman and also American Gigilo, but went off him after that. I'm sure he'd be gutted if he knew! He was very easy on the eye as you say Nicky.

Everytime Milla comes on and does the L'Oreal advert Ed I think of you. ☺

Hi Nicky, no I've not seen Chldren of a Lesser God. But I remember seeing a film called The Miracle Worker, which was based on the story of Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller. I can't remember any of the cast but it was a very moving film.

One from my childhood here - when I was younger, there was a film on nearly every Christmas/New Year called "The Silver Skates" (or something very much like it). I remember it was about a young lad in Holland who was trying to raise money to help his disabled father by competing in a skating race on the frozen canals. I think it was a Disney film and I remember the lad gets the laces holding his skates on cut by his big rival as they were skating in the final race. I think his sister wins the girls race.

A nice innocent film that I haven't seen for many years - anyone remember it?

The Shining......I think it got mentioned a few pages back, great film.......

The Birds..... even though the Special effects are lousy, i`m sure its because of that film I can`t bare things flying round my head....... you know when you go to the Zoo with the kids, and theres always that covered area where butterflies and other things fly around.... OH and the kids would always pile on in there, while I waited outside with the pushchair and all the coats.......!!

The park over by us where I walk the dog every day has a lake with plenty of wildlife on it... I often take over the bread to feed them all, but end up throwing the last lot all at once, as the birds all line up on the fence, and look me straight in the eye {well I think they are} it scares the life out of me, and I make a quick exit away from the lake........ you`d probably laugh if you could see me.!!!


You mentioned the film Mandy about the little deaf girl the other day, another goody of that type which raises awareness of deafness is Children of a Lesser God....... have either of you seen it?

Pam..... your Dad sounds a wonderful man, with very wise words and a big heart...... I had a lovely childhood, and feel quite privelidged, so many people have huge problems in their adult life due to their upbringing.

Watched the last hour and a half of Pretty Woman last night, Julia Roberts really is very good in it, and Richard Gere is very pleasing on the eye.......



Nicky

"Entertaining Mr Sloane", with the wonderful late Beryl Reed, the young and handsome Peter McEnery and Harry Andrws. Not everyones cup of tea I expect but I enjoyed it. Not shown nearly enough on the telly. Made around 1970-71 ish.

EDIT: Didn't know Harry Andrews was gay!

nudge

NOTHING keeps nosey mums out - nor nosey dads!

Night Pam.

Ed, you've hit the nail on the head there, it's deffinately the religious thing....you wouldn't get me sleeping in or going in a church at night...sooner sleep outside!!

My daughter has a picture of Jack Nicholson on her bedroom door in that lunatic gaze of his! It's to keep nosey mums out....before you ask, no it doesn't work!

Night.

Off to bed now, so night night all.

Now that is a horror film Pam. I agree, the religous stuff is more terrifying than the mushy peas Linda Blair spits everywhere.

Loved the Shining as well - "Here's Johnny!" being one of the classic cinema lines. Also, "The Birds", "The Wicker Man" and "The Thing".

Talking of HORROR! Don't know if we've mentioned The Exorcist. I honestly couldn't watch this film on my own. I found it just as scarey as they said it was. I remember going with a couple of friends to see it, and there were Salvation Army men and women outside the cinema in Regent Road Gt Yarmouth giving out leaflets! It really did frighten me and I still found it disturbing the last time I watched it with my daughter. I think it's the religious parts that scare me the most, all that praying. Urrghhh!

Hi Nicky, nice to see you back. Glad to hear you've managed to break through your brick wall. I have one at the moment that I think will require a visit to the records office up at County Hall.

I didn't get to see Rory Bremner - funny I manage to miss WDYTYA more times than I watch it! The trouble is I'm about 4th in the pecking order for the TV remote after the ladies of the house, and the OH has no interest whatsoever in geneaology.

No I 'm not keen on Robert Redford!!

Hi Nicky, nice to hear from you...we knew you hadn't deserted us!! That's good that you've got some news re: your family tree, very satisfying when that happens.

I watched Rory Bremner tonight and they do his mother's side of the family too. Actually it was a good thing that his mum had the foresight to leave lots of stuff for him and his brother to work on, she marked all the photos with names and dates etc. His mum died in 2000, and left great amounts of stuff about the ancestors in a trunk at his brothers house...don't know how he could have waited so long to open it!!

As you can see Nicky, Ed and myself are still plodding on with the films thread, although we do tend to wander off the the theme at times.

I thought of Ed last night actually, as the L'Oreal advert came on with some very attractive lady by the name of Milla Jovovich! I persomally think James Purefoy should do the L'Oreal advert for men instead of old Piers Brossnan...because he's worth it! LOL Actually my secret crush (well not so secret cos I've told everyone I know) is the very handsome Tom Bradby, he's the ITV political correspondent. My friend said "Is he that ugly git with the glasses?". I despair at times...no that's Nick somebody who's with BBC 1. Tom Bradby is deffinately on ITV.

Yes Ed, my dad was lovely. We had some great times together. It was only as I got older I used to ask why he didn't marry again, he was a good looking bloke and intelligent. He always said that he worried that they might not have been kind to me. I'm sure they would have been, but I thought that was so selfless of him to always put me first. He also said, there is no love like you have for your child and when I had kids of my own I'd understand. And yes I do now.

Hi you 2..... Yes I`m still around, have been busy with family stuff and just made a breakthrough today on my family history thats been a brickwall for a while. I by chance purchased a Will from The National Archives yesterday as the deceased had the same surname as my gr gr gr gr grandfather, and lived in a similar part of London, well to cut a long story short, the details of that Will have taken me back a whole generation, and tied up many loose ends, so am a happy bunny tonight.

Our snows all melted today, but East sussex apparently had it a lot worse than us , my school was shut as well, so me and youngest daughter have been home for 2 days.... back to normal tommorow.

I hate horror films..... I hate anything that scares me, as I`m ok when watching it, but later when in bed will have terrible dreams.....

I went to bed last night and watched the Rory Bremner WDYTYA on tape, but fell asleep through it......did he only look in to his fathers history? or did he move on to other members of the family..... t was amazing the Dutch First Aid guy, who had so many tales to tell.


Nicky

Hi Pam, yes I love Paper Moon too - haven't seen it for a good few years though. It had Madeline Kahn in it too didn't it? We used to call Tatum O'Neal "Tantrum" O'Neal when I was younger - she had a reputation as being a "proper little madam" if I remember rightly.

It came out about the same time as The Sting - another one set in the depression of the 30s. Mind you, The Sting wouldn't appeal to you Pam - Robert Redford was in it!!

Your dad sounds like he was a very interesting man . Lucky you getting to see thoses celebs - I can well believe Richard Burton was p***ed!

When was growing up dad was on the Post Office, so I didn't go to work with him (far too early in the morning). But he was home early in the afternoon so we got to see him a lot in the holidays.

Got to put this film up for my late dad. PAPER MOON, he loved this one and it always made him cry! Think it was more to do with the fact that it was a real life dad and daughter in the film and the fact that they got into some scrapes together! Starring Ryan and Tatum O'Neal.

Dad used to take me everywhere with him when his job allowed Ed, and I was a real little tom boy. I lost my mum very young so of course he and I were very close. He worked all around the London Docks, he was with Customs and Excise, I had a brilliant time as a young kid, going on all the ships from all over the world. We moved up to East Anglia in 1968 as he was relocated to Gt. Yarmouth. I was very lucky. I remember a couple of occassions when he said, you're not going to school tomorrow as there would be a celebrity coming to the docks to do different things for television and I'd get to see them. Dick Emery was one, he did an advert for De Kuyper Brandy. (Another St. Pancras born Ed) and then I got to see Liz Taylor, from a distance of about 100 yards when she was doing a documentary about London. Richard Burton was actually pi*sed dad said on the day. He probably was come to think of it!