so Freaky Friday... given that the field hockey game coached by Kaye Ballard and Ruth Buzzi is central, I'm amazed this doesn't get more screenings in LGBT spaces. JF is totally a 40-year-old jr high student.
Barbara Harris (RIP) is great hurdling a vaccum hose, coming on to her neighbor crush, and showing decent form as a left batter playing baseball in red flares.
Car chase at the end is endless, but acting carries the day.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 25 August 2018 18:40 (five years ago) link
I finally sat down with it the other night as well. Really amazing 70s game show-style cast (in addition to Ballard & Buzzi, we get John Astin, Dick Van Patten, Sorrell Booke, Charlene Tilton, and a bunch of "Oh, that guy!" character actors).
From some reason I was really ticked by the scene at Astin's with Foster giving the stinkeye to his glamorous but increasingly frumpy secretary.
I also rescreened Blues Brothers and was struck by the similarities in the climatic car chases, mainly in regards to smashing up cop cars and the use of landmarks (part of the FF chase goes through the LA River).
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 25 August 2018 19:13 (five years ago) link
Fritz feld (band teacher) popped his mouth! like he had since sound came in.
Harris gave a great slapstick performance, as advertised.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 25 August 2018 19:18 (five years ago) link
Foster's interview on the Freaky DVD (which seems to date from the FF remake era, 2003) is a little more in-depth than you might expect from Disney. She reminisces at length about all the films she did for them, getting bitten by a lion and falling into the studio toilet.
Also she was still under a binding Disney contract when she auditioned to play Leia in Star Wars (at age 14). Her mom decided to honor it, and the galaxy was never the same.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 00:27 (five years ago) link
I haven't seen Feaky Friday, you're making me want to watch it
― Dan S, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 00:29 (five years ago) link
tot worth it! JF is fine, but she agrees that Harris walked off with the movie. The two of them also sing the opening-titles song.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 00:32 (five years ago) link
oh yeah -- in a celebratory baseball scene an 8-year-old boy swats Harris on the butt and yells "ALLLRIIIIGHT!"
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 00:39 (five years ago) link
The opening credits song plays over a charming cartoon animated in a 70s claustrophobic caricature style.
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 02:12 (five years ago) link
Had a crush on her at age nine
Taxi Driver Freaky FridayThe Little Girl Who Lives Down The LaneAlice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreThe Silence of The LambsContactNellLittle Man TateInside ManThe Hotel New Hampshire
Five large film roles in '76! That's nuts.
― Scape: Goat-fired like a dog! (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 05:19 (five years ago) link
Bruce LaBruce:
https://www.talkhouse.com/bruce-labruces-academy-of-the-underrated-the-little-girl-who-lives-down-the-lane/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 20:21 (five years ago) link