It might also be worth mentioning that some libraries won't be subscribing to Screen Online, despite the excellent content, because it restricts you to one...
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Steve Crook
steve127uk
Dec 1, 2003 2:00 pm
On BBC Radio 4 - Masterteam The pub quiz on the radio Question (paraphrased): What were the first names of the film-making duo Powell and Pressburger? Answer...
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Steve Crook
steve127uk
Dec 1, 2003 2:10 pm
... Just listened again (on the BBC web site Real audio link at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/rams/mon1330.ram ) The actual question was: What were the...
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sdebank
Dec 1, 2003 5:20 pm
... Rather than copyright it sounds like they're trying to limit bandwidth....
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Nicky Smith
nickysmith105
Dec 1, 2003 6:11 pm
... From: "sdebank" <sdebank@...> To: <PnP@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 5:19 PM Subject: [PnP] Re:Internet Articles on PnP (and...
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Tipu Purkayastha
tipu_lives
Dec 1, 2003 6:19 pm
Anyone seen Peter Weir/ Russell Crowe's latest? I found some thematic similarities with Battle of River Plate - a Queen's ship searches for a faster, more...
13945
Mark Fuller
billfullersson
Dec 1, 2003 6:24 pm
Has anyone read the novel on which it's based - Patrick O'Brien I think ?? How closely have they stuck to it?? ... From: Tipu Purkayastha To:...
13946
Nicky Smith
nickysmith105
Dec 1, 2003 6:49 pm
Fairly close except that the book is set in 1812 and involves a chase for an American ship but in the film it is 1805, Europe is at war, only Britain holds out...
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Tipu Purkayastha
tipu_lives
Dec 1, 2003 6:53 pm
Presumably both ships were getting repaired there, it being the closest piece of land. That was bit of a coincidence tho' ... ... chase ... only ... either ......
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Steve Crook
steve127uk
Dec 1, 2003 7:18 pm
... The sea battles in the time of the Napoleonic wars did wander a bit. The Battle of Trafalgar happened after Nelson had just chased Villeneuve to the West...
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Tipu Purkayastha
tipu_lives
Dec 1, 2003 7:41 pm
The A&E TV channel in the US (sister of the History & Biography channel) is going to show a TV movie of Horatio Hornblower, which they are now heavily...
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Steve Crook
steve127uk
Dec 1, 2003 7:51 pm
... The 1951 film with Gregory Peck & Virginia Mayo was a bit of a mess as they tried to fit stories from too many of the books into the one film. But the TV...
13951
Nicky Smith
nickysmith105
Dec 1, 2003 8:35 pm
Not really Pnp but yesterday I me my 6 year old nephew (and his 46 year old father) who were both equally excited at having just attended a workshop with Ray...
13952
Mark Fuller
billfullersson
Dec 1, 2003 10:52 pm
Well OT, but I remember seeing an obit. for a retired British officer, nicknamed Bunny, who won a MM or MC in Italy during the last war, I think by charging a...
13953
A Larkin
panavia999
Dec 2, 2003 1:15 am
UGH! That film with Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo was simply a glamoprous Hollywood version of Hornblower. Master and Commander keeps the mood of the novels...
13954
Barker, Matthew
matthew.barker@...
Dec 2, 2003 7:14 am
I read the first one, and about a quarter of the second one, and couldn't get into them at all which is odd because I come from a naval family, and adore the...
13955
Donald Henson
donaldhensonuk
Dec 2, 2003 8:04 am
Speaking of PnP influences. Did anyone in the UK watch the recent Foyles War episode. It reminded in places of ACT - probably coincidence, but you never...
13956
pvitari
Dec 2, 2003 8:35 pm
By some strange coincidence, I had just polished off the last book of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series when they announced the filming of Master and...
13957
Neal L
toxophiliteuk
Dec 2, 2003 11:45 pm
It wasn't the only coincidence. There was also the 'good' German who had fled to Britain, whose wife had died and as he himself said 'lost his son to the...
13958
Steve Crook
steve127uk
Dec 3, 2003 12:10 am
There's a nice article about Dennis Price by David Thomson at http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/features/story.jsp?story=469048 Steve...
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Tipu Purkayastha
tipu_lives
Dec 3, 2003 12:54 am
Steve, I think the ones they are showing on A&E is the Gruffud/ Lindsay version u r referring to. Funny, I got the impression fm the A&E ads that it is a new...
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Tipu Purkayastha
tipu_lives
Dec 3, 2003 12:58 am
Nicky, cdn't resist this. Fm today's IMDb: Ralph Fiennes & Uma Thurman Voted Worst Double Act The Avengers stars Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman have been voted...
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Steve Crook
steve127uk
Dec 3, 2003 1:21 am
... That's the sneaky way they word the ads. They probably just mean they are new to A&E :) Odd if that is the case as A&E are given as one of the production...
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sdebank
Dec 3, 2003 11:43 am
... I doubt the BFI servers could cope if the service was opened to the general public and I'm highly sceptical of the Beebs claims they intend to put archive...
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nicky smith
nickysmith105
Dec 3, 2003 11:49 am
... There's the Pathe news service but that works slightly differently - you tell them what clip you want to see and they email you the url. I think you are ...
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Steve Crook
steve127uk
Dec 3, 2003 12:55 pm
... It depends on the format. Some you can, some are "streaming" and can only be played by certain players & can't be stored. They use a different protocol and...
13965
sdebank
Dec 3, 2003 1:52 pm
... Probably rtsp. The early version of Streambox will capture it. (I think Real or MS made them remove the feature in later versions) Sadly I doubt the local...
13966
Phyllis L. Mayberg
pmayberg
Dec 3, 2003 7:06 pm
... Hello Alan, I was ill for a week and today I received an overwhelming number of P and P messages. I doubt if I will be able to read all of them. I will be...
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Steve Crook
steve127uk
Dec 4, 2003 12:20 am
The nice publicity lady at the BFI, Jill Reading, sent me a review copy of their DVD of EotW. Thelma is sending a copy of the American DVD. So there are some...
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Phyllis L. Mayberg
pmayberg
Dec 4, 2003 12:34 am
You know everyone, Steve. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
