But I suppose at least I get to see it a good five weeks ahead of it going on general release I don't really think the Box Office staff know anything about it - other than there are two screenings . Don't give up hope!

Let's keep the dicussion of the News about the Bradford FF over at 165. Will move your comments, Moon.

A comment from Yahoo Movies Message Board for "Girl with a Pearl Earring" "Yeh , can't wait till it comes out. My sister who helped Jenny Shircore do the make up on it said it will be a beautiful film. Very exciting stuff" Thanks for the info on HS Karen!

(Moon) And... you must take a camera! And please, please, make sure there's film in that camera!! Janet and Emma, am v.v. envious. Have a great time and don't be shy about pushing the papparazzis out of the way.

And if you need any coaching on Standing On Potted Plants, you might want to check with Dorine before you go!

(Moon) And... you must take a camera! Take two! Winter had one that malfunctioned at the SIL premiere in LA.

Karen, Thanks for the pic on the 'Front Page' Simply perfection!

(Barb S, in 165) if I leave and come back, can you do one of those for me? I've just dropped by the party because I understand that some of you ladies have been looking for me...... and might want to share a cup of tea.

Oh Matthew, we do want to share, but get rid of the tea.

(From 165--Barb S) if I leave and come back, can you do one of those for me? (Rika) Have left a little something in Firthology. Was holding my breath when I clicked next, did not know what to expect. Very nice choice, thank you kindly! Such lovely hands... must get mind back on work...really

Thank you all for the news and pictures. I am all with you regarding the towels and such ;-) Rika, I have a request: Could you make a capture of the rose from AMITC? I just got the screenplay from the library, which differs in some ways from the film. I thought of posting some of the differences in case any of the other newbies would be interested along with a nice little picture of the rose. But - the Sarah Van Fleet is a pink rose. Therefor - the rose from AMITC cannot be a Sarah Van Fleet, and now I'm determined to find out, which rose it could be (perhaps because I also have this idea of planting one this summer in my garden). Sorry about the babbling - I think it is due to a need to escape from "real life"

RIKA! Ohhhh...thanks (and Barb too! For making the 'request')! Those fingers Louisa! And I love the furrowed brow...*sigh*

Rika, Wonderful screen captures, as always! How do you manage it? And I think I'll have to reassess my previous opinion. He looks his absolute best here. - Not the greatest movie he has made, I know, but for eye candy, this is simply the best.

(Janet2)He looks his absolute best here. - Not the greatest movie he has made, I know, but for eye candy, this is simply the best. Agreed... must have something to do with the light in Grasse... Would love to see him in a movie filmed in that magical Italian light

Rika - thanks so much for all of the wonderful screen-caps. Have only just dropped in for the first time in over a week, and you folks have really been busy! Took hours to catch up on all the posts. Lisa > Big sigh at Darcy standing with huge trees and shrubbery around him as Lizzy's carriage pulls awa from Pemberley. :))))) When I read this, I thought, "There were TREES and SHRUBS in that pic???" I actually had to go back and look at it again! *LOL* And I volunteer for the local Forest Campaign Group. Sheesh! That man is SO distracting.

(Jane) When I read this, I thought, "There were TREES and SHRUBS in that pic???" LOL Jane, he *is* rather the focal point, isn't he? But of course there were trees and shrubs, they're the ones D & E will be using to such advantage in all the firth-coming fan fiction!

Thanks for the great pics Rika. Nothing better to cast the eyes on before going to bed. Will bring such great dreams.

just got caught up on this topic and saw your great valentine's treat for us Rika - was wonderful beyond words! thank you, thank you, thank you!!! :-)

(Jane) When I read this, I thought, "There were TREES and SHRUBS in that pic???" LOL. I had exactly the same thought when Lisa posted her comment. (Annette) Could you make a capture of the rose from AMITC? Give me a day or two and I'll do my best. If the movie were on DVD I could turn it out in a hurry, but VHS captures take longer. By the way, I wanted again to thank everybody who has made a comment about the Valentine's Day web site. I spent quite a bit of time on it, so it's good to know that it was appreciated. And as I said before, we owe Kathleen a big "thank you" for coming up with the idea for the Top 10 Romantic Moments poll to begin with.

(Rika) By the way, I wanted again to thank everybody who has made a comment about the Valentine's Day web site. I spent quite a bit of time on it, so it's good to know that it was appreciated. And as I said before, we owe Kathleen a big "thank you" for coming up with the idea for the Top 10 Romantic Moments poll to begin with. Again just want to thank you for all the memoriable moments you give us Rika. Everything is so much appreciated. The Valentines Day site was outstanding but so is everything else your do. And to Kathleen your idea was brilliant. You make a great team.

I was searching for some "behind the scene" pictures from Relative Values and came across this page. There aren't any new pictures of ODB (none from RV at all), but some of the other actors from TIOBE and BJD, that I haven't seen before (even Hugh Grant, Rika ;-)) http://www.gregwilliamsphotography.com/features/ btw, would anybody want to read "the missing scenes" from AMITC?

(Annette) btw, would anybody want to read "the missing scenes" from AMITC? Sounds interesting!

(Annette)btw, would anybody want to read "the missing scenee" from AMITC? Count me in. I just recently saw this film for the first time and would love to learn more about it. Thanks, Annette.

Me too. It one of my favorites. Cause it's one of the ones I have at this point, but got WoF in the mail today and can't wait!

(Beedee)...but got WoF in the mail today and can't wait! Oh Beedee! I like WoF. Some of the characters are a bit over the top, but ODB is yummy (I remember a couple of amazing smiles)! And! It has one of the best (IMO, of course) CF shag scenes! Enjoy! And let us know what you think of it!

(Annette) would anybody want to read "the missing scenes" from AMITC? Count me in!

(Annette) would anybody want to read "the missing scenes" from AMITC? Count me in too please. Thank you.

I'm betting that more went on in that belfry than just some apple tasting. ;-)

(Annette) would anybody want to read "the missing scenes" from AMITC? I'd love to,add me to the list, please.

Yes Annette, I'd love to be included as well. Thank you so much. I don't know what it is about lofts and belfrys...in CF movies. They always seem to have a lot more going on than meets the eye, or just lousy editing;-)

I'm not sure, I can promise anything revealing from the belfry;-) but - I will post the missing scenes as soon as I have got it typed down. Just give me time, girls, give me time ;-)

Reposting here re Karen -- from my old attic files: I spend far too much time with this cutie pie gent -- I'm going to give up Colin for Lent. I'm counting in pixels, I've developed a squint -- I really must give up Colin for Lent. Outside grows the lilac, I breathe in the scent -- No time if I don't give up Colin for Lent. If I want to make cookies -- chocolate or mint -- I'll have to give up my Colin for Lent. I'm up after midnight reading messages sent -- (Big Yawn) I need to give up Colin for Lent. I once had a life, attended events -- No more, until I give up Colin for Lent. A wedding's a comin' and a Blessed Event -- Can't plan them unless I give up Colin for Lent. I forget to pay bills, I'm behind in my rent -- I surely must give up Colin for Lent. I'll miss all the news, but in any event -- It's better to give up Colin for Lent. I meant what I said, & I said what I meant -- I'm definitely giving up Colin for Lent. What's that you said? A new picture to print!!! Well, next year I promise to give up Colin for Lent.

(Murphy)What's that you said? A new picture to print!!! Well, next year I promise to give up Colin for Lent. LOL, the story of my life. And no, I didn't give up Colin for Lent.

(Linda) LOL, the story of my life. And no, I didn't give up Colin for Lent. Me either Linda. I'd give up chocolate first!!! Nice poem Murph. Thanks.

Also liked the poem, and I'll join Linda and FanPam. Not giving up ever! Here is what I promised from AMITC. I apologize in advance for any missing tags and whatever have you. I might have left out something, but then I'll try to get back to it later.

After the first night in the belfry, Birkin is shaving outside. EXT. VILLAGE STREET. DAY BIRKIN walks up the street, passes DOUTHWAITE working in his blacksmith�s forge. He nods to BIRKIN, who nods back. A MAN on crutches walks pass him. BIRKIN enters small Post Office, which is also the local store. In the corner a young man, blind, (obviously from the war) is sitting. Several people talking in there fall silent, at the stranger�s arrival. BIRKIN picks up the Daily Mail, takes money from his pocket, looks anxiously at how little he has, decides to buy cigarettes. BIRKIN: (To the woman behind the counter) A pa-pa-pa-packet of ci-ci-ci (BIRKIN can�t finish the word. He stops, defeatet, amid glances. Pays for the newspaper.) Th-th-th-thank you. (BIRKIN leaves.) INT. CHURCH. MORNING ������.. INT. BARTON TERRY CHAPEL, Birkin in the pulpit: This last part has been left out: Now I�ll tell you about my tools. What I basically use is a lancet � that�s for lifting off the limewash. Then I have alcoholic solution of hydrochloric acid � EXT. OUTSIDE CHAPEL. AFTERNOON We come in on the elderly from the congregation, the old man in front. Pause on his face. Cut to BIRKIN�s face, apprehensive, and cut back to the old man�s face. The old man nods acknowledgement, turns away, the others following him. BIRKIN stares after them, then turns to KATHY and EDGAR as LUCY SYKES, in shot, locks the chapel door. KATHY: (To EDGAR) They liked it, didn�t they? EDGAR: But our Dad�s louder. (LUCY SYKES approaches. Little pause.) LUCY: You could come and have your tea. BIRKIN: Well, I � I came with these two. LUCY: They can come too. After he leaves the Ellerbecks � before the screaming at God in the graveyard. EXT. VILLAGE. LATER Cut to BIRKIN walking through the village. As he does so, he passes the blind young man sitting on the doorstep. BIRKIN, glancing at him, continues walking, his face set. The nightmarescene with Moon crying, which follows Birkins screaming at God in the graveyard in the movie, is placed after the pressing of the rose in the book in the belfry in the screenplay. After Mrs Keach has been on the scaffold and thanks Birkin ;For letting me see: EXT. VILLAGE PUB. DAY Later. Opposite the pub is the chapel. BIRKIN and MOON are sitting on the bench outside the Shepherd�s Arms. As they talk, PEOPLE are entering the chapel. Among them the ELLERBECKS, who don�t see BIRKIN and MOON. Then the scene which in the movie takes place in the pub, where Moon talks about the war, follows . The �acting� in the movie is different than suggested in the screenplay; The screenplay says for Moon to be cheerful and grin at the end of the conversation, where in the movie, he weaps. After this, another missing scene: BIRKIN: (Standing up) I�ll get us another � (BIRKIN begins to go into the pub,. Puts his hand into his pocket, takes out a few coins, looks down at them, stops.) I�m sorry, I can�t. MOON: Keach still hasn�t coughed up, eh? Then you�ll just have to go and get it from him, won�t you? Like a good soldier. Tell him you need it to drink a toast to that lost beauty, his wife. Tonight�s on me. (Gets up, then turns back.) Did she get you to show her the painting? I saw her going into the church. BIRKIN: Yes. MOON: I told her you wouldn�t, but I was sure you would. (BIRKIN stands, looks towards the chapel, from which comes the discordant hymn, voices even louder. He suddenly smiles.) BIRKIN: That�s more like it. followed by the scene, where he goes to the vicarage to collect his money. Another difference in acting from the screenplay takes place in the wood, after the shot. In the screenplay Birkin is attempting to smile, then says the words of believing in paradise (He smiles, MRS KEACH smiles back. They part.) e.n. Not excatly what I remember from that scene (more rage than smile). Missing scene after this: INT. CHURCH. DAY BIRKIN on the scaffold. He is cleaning the last stages of the whold omage of the falling man. We see him working on a detail, not clear what it is. He steps back and takes in the whole image. His face expresses controlled excitement. Cut to image. A cresent-shaped star on his brow, bright hair streaming like a torch (a second Simon Magus), plunging headlong sown the wall. Two demons with delicately furred legs clutching him, one snapping his right wrist while his mate splits him with shears. BIRKIN: (Mutters) I wonder what you did then. (The sound of footsteps below. BIRKIN is unaware.) MOSSOP: (Out of shot) Mr Birkin. BIRKIN: (Still engrossed) Mmmmmm? MOSSOP: (Out of shot) Don�t forget tha�t standing umpire again this Sunday, Mr Birkin. BIRKIN: What? (BIRKIN turns and sees MOSSOP) Oh, no, I�m afraid I can�t, Mossop, I�ve got an important engagement. Sligthly maliciously) You�ll have to do it, I�m afraid. MOSSOP: I can�t neither, Mr Birkin. I�m busy too. BIRKIN: Then it�ll have to be the Colonel. (BIRKIN turns back to the painting and we see again the falling man.) EXT. CROSSROADS. MORNING Shot of crossroads, hot. Absolute stillness. BIRKIN standing at it, his coat slung over his shoulder. MOON stands nearby. Their faces expectant, turning to look down one road, and then the next, and cut back to the crossroads. Then, almost inaudible at first, a clip-clop of horses� hoofs, growing louder and louder, cut badk to their faces. Then, locating where sound is coming from, they look down the road, and there suddenly appear two flat-wheeled carts. BIRKIN and MOON are delighted. The horses glint with farthingales. The horses stop beside them. They climb into the first cart, which is less full. EDGAR: Mr Birkin, Mr Birkin! (BIRKIN pauses, turns.) You�re with us. (KATHY nods in agreement. BIRKIN moves to the second cart, sits between KATHY and EDGAR, across from the ELLERBECKS and others. In Moon�s cart, DOUTHWAITE, his fingers in plaster, the blind man from the Post Office and several maimed men and LUCY SYKES. MOON sits next to LUCY SYKES. On the bench, the adults, the children sitting with their legs over the side of cart. BIRKIN squeexes in between the adults on the bench, then takes in MOSSOP sitting beside him, and evidently MRS MOSSOP beside MOSSOP. MOSSOP greets him with a nod.) BIRKIN: What are you doing with the chapel lot? You�re church, aren�t you? MOSSOP: Nay. Ay�ve me fee at i�beath camps. The lot of �em ha� git ti come at t�finish to let me put �em ti bed. EDGAR (Out of shot) There she is, Mr Birkin. (Cut to EDGAR�s face, serious, beside it KATHY�s grinning not entirely pleaseantly. EDGAR pointing to the front cart, and as BIRKIN turns, sees at back of front cart, LUCY SYKES among the maimed men and next to MOON, who gestures triumphantly back at BIRKIN. LUCY SYKES from BIRKIN�s point of view, and then we see her cart, Birkin�s cart, trundling through the countryside, idyllic.) EXT. FIELD BESIDE RIVER. DAY Fire burning, kettle on it, and scattered around, the company, the ELLERBECKS, the MOSSOPS, and then LUCY SYKES, all from BIRKIN�s point of view as DOUTHWAITE by fire leads them in the doxology as: men without jackets larking around, younger men and women in pairs talking, sidling aff, EDGAR off with other BOYS collecting sticks, the women sitting around talking, among them, to one side LUCY SYKES watching MOON as he demonstrates in mime how he intends with his rod to locate Piers�s grave. The men begin to leapfrog in background. BIRKIN turns his head suddenly; we see beside him KATHY. KATHY is looking towards LYCY SYKES. KATHY: What are you going to do now, Mr Birkin? (BIRKIN sees LUCY SYKES glancing towards him. The men playing leapfrog in the background begin to divert MOON�s attention.) BIRKIN: Why, talk to you of course, Miss Ellerbeck. (Pause) KATHY: What about? BIRKIN: I don�t know. But you usually have something to say about things. KATHY: You�ll be leaving soon, won�t you? BIRKIN: Well, as soon as I�ve finished. KATHY: Why? BIRKIN: Well, I�ll have to go somewhere else where I can make a living. (BIRKIN sees MOON say something to LUCY SYKES and with a self-depreciating laugh run over to the leapfroggers and joins in. KATHY, taking in that LUCY SYKES is now alone, more urgently pursues her conversation with BIRKIN. LUCY watches MOON leapfrogging, clearly aware of BIRKIN.) KATHY: My mam says she doesn�t see how you can make a living at your job. She says there can�t be all that many pictures hidden on walls. BIRKIN: (Grins.) Well, it�s true I don�t make much of one. KATHY: Well then, why don�t you change your job and stay on at Oxgodby? BIRKIN: Why? KATHY: What? BIRKIN: Why should I stay on in Oxgodby? KATHY: My mam and dad have taken a liking to you, for one thing. BIRKIN: What about you, do you think I should stay on? KATHY: Lots of my friends would miss you. They like to think of you at your work. From the way I tell them about it. And I�ve told them about your roughing it up in the belfry, they like that too. BIRKIN: But you still haven�t answered for yourself. Why do you want me to stay? KATHY: Anyway you�re too late. (BIRKIN follows KATHY�s gaze. Cut and see from his point of view and KATHY�s a young man bending over LUCY SYKES, saying something. LUCY SYKES rises, goes off with the young man. BIRKIN turns to KATHY, who is grinning. KATHY runs off towards EDGAR. From BIRKIN�s point of view we see KATHY running towards EDGAR. She turns, looks towards LUCY SYKES and the young man, who are walking off. MOON is in a state of great wxhilaration, catches BIRKIN�s eye and laughs wildly. BIRKIN smiles back. We take in KATHY and EDGAR watching, amazed.) EXT. COUNTRY ROADS. LATE AFTERNOON Shot of the carriage returning in the dusk. LUCY SYKES and the young man in first carriage. Also MOON, expression reflective, almost sad. KATHY, EDGAR, MR and MRS ELLERBECK in the second carriage with BIRKIN sitting opposite them. ELLERBECK asleep. KATHY, her face set, seen from BIRKIN�s point of view, clearly avoiding his gaze. BIRKIN continues to look at KATHY, who stares gravely back at him. BIRKIN smiles. KATHY, suddenly unable to help herself, grins, as the carriages com to a halt. Voices from the first carriage. KATHY, in an attempt to retrieve her dignity, looks away from BIRKIN. She looks serius as MOSSOP approaches the carriage. MOSSOP: It�s Emily Clough. She died this afternoon. (Cut to BIRKIN�s face, he looks towards KATHY. Cut to KATHY�s face. BIRKIN looks towards KATHY as carriages start up. Cut to shot of carriages continuing down the road, around the bend, in the twilight. Fade on carriages disappearing.) Next scene: The Colonel sees the mural....................... Inside the organ-shop, in the screenplay the Keach�es are there as well. Outside at the marked, the screenplay says, that Birkin and Mrs Keach smile to each other. When they did for Piers� grave, the screenplay says Mossop is eating his lunch beside them, not saying anything, and there are schoolchildren, including Kathy, around them. They gradyalle disperse. Then the part, where they find �the bones�. Only major difference is that MOON is taking photographs during the digging. Last missing scene: After Kathy has been calling for Birkin, when he was sitting in the belfry. INT. BELFRY. EVENING Later. BIRKIN gets up, leaves belfry. EXT. VICARAGE. NIGHT BIRKIN approaches, looks at the lit windows, hears the violin, turns and goes. Then the departure-scene. Only difference, Birkin and Moon shakes hands in the screenplay.

Oh Shoot! Now I'm gonna have to see this video again today. Thanks Annette and LOL Mary, I can't give him up for lent either!

Thank you Annette! I'll have to view the video again too!! Jeez! I hate that when that happens!! ;-D And give up ODB for Lent?? Nevah! That would mean missing the WAGW premiere! I can't miss out on all that leather. I would never admit to having that kind of self control (and I'm glad to see I have some company!!) ;-)

Oh Shoot! Now I'm gonna have to see this video again today. Thanks Annette and LOL Mary, I can't give him up for lent either!

Cruising IMDB for Australia release dates - still none for WAGW, but Hope Springs is coming out July 24th.

Thanks so much, Annette, for sharing what you found on AMITC. I'm looking forward to watching it again this weekend. Loved your lovely poem, Murph. Colin would definitely qualify as a "worldly pleasure", but I'm not giving him up! I"m thinking chocolate, I'm thinking wine, I'm thinking pastries...

Thanks for typing all this up, Annette. I'll have to print it out and watch the film now. I'm especially interested where you've indicated differences in how it is played.

(Karen)I'll have to print it out and watch the film now. Oh my, that's what I did until too late last night. Tried to pay close attention to the differences but got lost in the eyes, the hands, the..... I'll take a better look for differences next time.

Thank you, Annette! I just finished reading it, but will obviously have to rewatch now (which is no hardship at all because I love this movie).

Thank you, Annette...back to the VCR for me as well!!!

(Tress)Oh Beedee! I like WoF. Some of the characters are a bit over the top, but ODB is yummy (I remember a couple of amazing smiles)! And! It has one of the best (IMO, of course) CF shag scenes! Enjoy! And let us know what you think of it! Well I'm not getting much sleep these days what with WOF and reviewing AMITC! WOF was lovely to watch. Lovely face, great strides, tripping up and down stairs, and what that guy can do with his coat tails! Great shag scenes and a lovely soft "yes"! Kind of like those lovely yesses in Valmont when he's in his room soaking wet. I just love those yesses ummmmmmmmm. But I kind of lost the thread of the story. Bet there was a film discussion here, no? I'll probably get it the third or fourth or well, you know.

Loved the Lent poem Murph! Thanks :-)

Thanks for the missing scenes Annette and for typing them up. Good job.

Yep, there was a film discussion of WOF not all that long ago. If you go back on that topic, you should be able to find it.

My DH is going to London on business on Tuesday. And where is he staying? - The Hilton in Islington. It's just not fair! He laughed when I told him where ODB lives, and feels he just can't escape the guy!

Annette, I'd also like to add my thanks for taking the time to type up the 'extra bits' of AMITC. Haven't watched it in ages, and will give me an excuse... (Janet) He laughed when I told him where ODB lives, and feels he just can't escape the guy! Janet, don't feel bad--I'm known as 'Obsessia' at my house.;-) *hangs head in shame...*

Annette, thanks for the AMITC extras! I'm going to have to watch it this weekend. (LisaJH) I'm known as 'Obsessia' at my house ROTFL! I'm glad my DH hasn't thought of this.

Annette, thanks so much for the extras..I'd be at my TV right now but I have company for the weekend and I don't think they'd be happy if I completely ignored them for the better part of the weekend! (Janet) And where is he staying? - The Hilton in Islington. It's just not fair! What do we have to bribe him with so he can take you?;-)

Yep, there was a film discussion of WOF not all that long ago. If you go back on that topic, you should be able to find it. I knew you'd make me do the work. "I'll do it". But...thought perhaps some other fithette might weaken and slip me the #'s. So I will stoop to cheat at times. Nono, I'll go back.

You will find the WOF discussion starting here: http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/drool/98.1825

I thought I'd better move to the survey course topic for my next formulae: 1. MB(CF+MH)= 0 2. CF-MB > 1 3. (CF + RZ )2 = TEOR (Sorry...just in a silly mood today...:-))

Thanks for your help to the WOF discussion posts Karen! Lots of great ideas and insights. I have been sneaking back to it all day. Now I can't wait to see the film again. This time will try to take my eyes off ODB to take in the details.

2B + ~2B + CF = :-) 2B + ~2B - CF = :( A+ 4 (CF + HG) = HS... (Oh, what's the sign for infinity? I should have studied harder and practiced more.)

(LisaJH) MB(CF+MH)= 0 You cannot alter the rules of math: zero times anything is zero and MB = 0 You get an A!

I work with numbers every day and it do get boring from time to time. But - from this day I will just put CF in my equations; that'll do me. Arithmetichs will never be the same again. (having just seen L.. I must agree on MB; He *is* the full zero).

(Karen)You cannot alter the rules of math: zero times anything is zero and MB = 0 Exactly. It's a shame HBO didn't do the math first. ;-) Coulda saved them $$. (Thank God ODB didn't to a cameo on TMOTMM.)

Just found out that CF is featured in a four-page spread in yesterday's Sunday Telegraph here in Oz. The article is an exact reprint of one that was originally printed in England, I think - I had deja vue reading it. Photos are all ones we've seen before. The only truly *interesting* bit was the tagline at the end of the article -- What a Girl Wants opens April 3!!! WOOOO HOOOO!! A CF film opening in Australia BEFORE the States! Can you imagine?? *lol* That's gotta be a first, I think. Time to start planning another CF movie outing down under, I think. What bothers me about this is that, although I have been really hunting for *any* publicity, I have yet to see a single trailer, commercial, movie poster or even *mention* of this movie other than the recycled article in yesterday's telegraph. So it seems they're throwing it to the wolves here... no publicity whatsoever for this film...

(Jane) A CF film opening in Australia BEFORE the States! Can you imagine?? *lol* That's gotta be a first, I think....What bothers me about this is that, although I have been really hunting for *any* publicity, I have yet to see a single trailer, commercial, movie poster or even *mention* of this movie other than the recycled article in yesterday's telegraph. So it seems they're throwing it to the wolves here... no publicity whatsoever for this film... Have you not considered other alternatives, i.e., that the date is wrong? I would. Movies like this do not typically open outside the US first. Recently, there was one exception, some big holiday blockbuster opened in Japan as I recall about a day before the US for I forget the reason.

Oh yes, New newspaper articles belong on the News topic, #165. OK?

Sorry Karen. Since it was a rehash of an old article, I didn't think it qualified... but I guess the news that it's opening April 3 does make it so - will post there from now on. Will answer your question on 165...

Okie doke (lots of winkies)

(Karen) some big holiday blockbuster opened in Japan as I recall about a day before the US for I forget the reason. That's alright that you forgot, the director said he didn't really know or understand the reasoning for it either. ;-) Love the Firthamatics, LOL. Maybe if I'd studied that instead of geometry and algebra, I'd have done much better. ;-)

I was a math major. Little did I know that I could have found my math homework much more enjoyable if I'd taken the Firthamatics elective!

Just returned from romantic minibreak to Bath for the weekend =) and had full Austen experience - went to the small Jane Austen Centre (which I actually found disappointing except for the fact that the gift shop had the P&P soundtrack on repeat!), had the Jane Austen cream tea at Sally Lunn's, and then the COOLEST thing was stopping in Lacock a.k.a. Meryton on the way back to London. Sat in the Red Lion. Took lots of photos. Went to the Abbey (also used for Hogwarts). If you ever get a chance to go, don't miss it!

Thank you for sharing, EmmaB. Makes a girl dream away on a grey monday morning.

Agree about Lacock... absolutely charming. The main street remains the same. If you stop and chat with some of the shop keepers, they'll be happy to relate about the filming of P&P. The JA home in Chawton is better than the Bath museum. Besides it's nr. Winchester;-) Someday I want to get to Pemberley. *hint, hint* to some members of this board who have promised to drive there....

That picture I posted earlier on the 165 section and this one from my picture of the day remind me how beautiful his hands are:

*sigh* Thanks Murph, I needed that.

Thank you Murph! I was going to comment on his hands earlier (when you posted the picture on 165), but got sidetracked at work...now, with this picture, I feel I can't sit quietly by...Gah! Loving the curls on the forehead as well...oh! And did I mention the dimples! Love those too! And wearing black, no less! I hope the drool doesn't short out my keyboard... ;-)

Thank you for the lovely pictures, Murph. They are my all time favourites. I actually have this one "hidden" at work, so I can take a peek, whenever it gets hard to cope with real world (or it has been to long since my last viewing, let's say half an hour or so ;-))

Sorry to post twice, but I just got inspired by the top 10 lines on Ods and Ends. Isn't it time we had our own little poll of favourite/most used lines from ODB-movies? I'll start with a few, that springs to mind: Not as such! Words fail me! I know, I know! He is the full axminster! I shall conquer this, I shall! Bet you anything, you like! I know nothing! If I'm being to silly, just ignore this

I'll bite Annette... On foot? Nono, the green one A pig? They want me to defend a pig? I�d pay extra! You have said quite enough, Madam... I forgot to kiss you goodbye, do you mind? I�ve been laboring under a misapprehension.. I could go on and on.

All of the above and... grunt in the doorway (BJD) Eighteen years, eighteen...f---ing years (FP) Yes, here (Nostromo) So it would seem, and I like you just as you are (BJD)...can't forget that one I have to vary the answers (FP) Wot? (P&P) Oh I shall be thinking of this all day.

Okay, I'll play (and Beedee and Annette, you've already picked out some of my favorites!). "You have employed your time much better. No one admitted to the privilege of hearing you, can think anything wanting. We neither of us perform to strangers." "It was your eyes. No, your lips." "In vain I have struggled." "Uxuriousness. That's my favorite kind of love. Excessive love of one's wife" "What I'm trying to say, very inarticulately, is that I like you, very much, just as you are." "I'm the school joke. I quite realize that. But I am, don't you think, a respected joke?" And finally, "Would you PLEASE, please, please, please just f**king, F**K OFF! You have arrived at the worst sixty seconds of my life and I REALLY don't want to see you."

Oh! Linda! Just saw your list! Love the grunt in the doorway (and the two FP quotes)!

To add to all the above, four from FP (which is full of favorites) It's not the smoking, Steve, it's the crapness. I knew it, I knew it! You shagged the football hooligan! Do I look like the sort of man who'd have a Bread album? Paul, are you a complete fool?

Love those too! This has been a fun but not dangerous distraction from the heavy lifting here at work. Thanks again Annette.

You're welcome. I enjoy it as much as the rest of you. But - to pick only 10. It's gonna be a hard one to call ;-)

Good idea, Annette! Wow, most of my favorites are already here.

Wot? Is no one going to mention Say my name? A few more of my favorites: I've gone quite weak in the knees. Be still, my beating heart! Moxie's "I mean really.." Paul, you need medical attention. You've got some kind of dicease that turns people into miserable bastards. Alright, no more football. I have to vary the answers. A, I hate her, B, she hates me, and C, what's the point of it all... I also love the way he says the word Yes in all of his films.

(Hen) I also love the way he says the word Yes.. LOL Hen, perhaps a focus for further study!

Please pardon my spelling. I do know how to spell disease. Thinking about Mr. Ashworth got me quite flustered, as usual.

Hen, I can't believe I forgot "Say my name"! Another word we've found in almost every film is "Wot?"

Love all the quotes previously mentioned... Also... "that shows what you know about it" "good god,that dog smiled at me" "that'll do me, wife and kid" "I am not afraid of you" and all the non verbal dialogue relayed with just a look...

I don't know about the rest of you, but reading all these favourite quotes, makes me say like Meg Ryan in "When Harry met Sally", the cafe-scene; Yes, yes, yes ..... I'm not saying it out loud, off course ;-) If it was possible to pick a quote as a keepsake, mine would have to be: I have to vary the answers. That is the story of my life, trying to keep this "fling" a secret. Enough, enough (another quote;-)) Here is a link to a bbc-page with a small mentioning of Colin. Nothing new or anything. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/news/liquidnews/team/steph.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/news/liquidnews/team/steph.shtml

(Maria)and all the non verbal dialogue relayed with just a look... My thought exacty! Had a little Darcy fix last night (probably the result of day time "best lines" rumminations) and thought about my favorite non-verbal moments like the billiards room "Look" in P&P.

(Beedee)Had a little Darcy fix last night (probably the result of day time "best lines" rumminations) and thought about my favorite non-verbal moments like the billiards room "Look" in P&P. Also love the tiny little smile and slight turn of his head he gives Bingley at the first dance showing his soft spot for his friend. And the way his face changes at the restaurant in FP when Sarah tells him she does'nt know what she wants to do yet.. On and on....

(MariaT) On and on.... And on....the way his expression changes when he first sees Elizabeth walk into the room at the Netherfeld Ball. And the look on his face as he walks, late at night, down the hall at Pemberley with the two dogs (BTW, how is it the candle doesn't go out??). Then the look as he stands by the mantel remembering Lizzy. And the look, in FP, as he sits, surrounded by pizza boxes, after Sarah has left him. And the look, he gives Bridget while he is being interviewed by her....and....

Oh, I'll go again since I only listed one - The whole beautiful silent bath and window scene in P&P and.....

Karen, just saw the new picture on the GWAPE-gallery. Beautiful. I can't wait to see more from this movie. I know, this is current, but I didn't want to start posting on the brand-new topic with no news or anything. About the un-said. You are perfectly right. I'm afraid to have startet an avalanche, but - boy, am I enjoying the ride;-) One more unsaid: the devastatet look in TEP and ........

...and the whole kitchen scene in BJD, ...and many, many scenes and looks from SLOW...when he speaks French, facts of life scene with Sammy, ...and the look of him in the dinner scene from MLSF...and OH sigh. Just everything he's ever done, any line he's ever uttered, every look, smile, and what have you. Mortgage, Wife, Kid, Cool! And yes, yes, yes...I have to post this here because I don't want to double post over on the other CF current topic, but I finally caught the trailer. Yahoo. Am signing off before I catch heck from the boss...;-)

(Beedee) The whole beautiful silent bath and window scene in P&P and..... This is one of my favorites too as well as the look on his "boyish and must softer face" when he's talking to Lizzy with his wet shirt on. Also love the look on his face in LE when he and the juggler are in the dinning car on the train, turn and look at the departing woman, and then look at each other. Love it.

(FanPam) Also love the look on his face in LE when he and the juggler are in the dinning car on the train, turn and look at the departing woman, and then look at each other. Love it. LE is just FULL of looks! I just recently rewatched it and love the look on his face as Nonnie flirts with him while he is sitting in the theater! Very funny! And on the ferris wheel! Grrr....dimples. And when he first sees Nancy again after the war breaks out...

(Tress)LE is just FULL of looks! Sure is! I am facinated by many of them, especially when he is in stage costume and the make-up accentuating those amazing eyes.