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Call back when you learn how to spell.
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Joan Hue wrote: ... However, I remember in detail my personal reaction to the "threesome." I was absolutely horrified! To see Seberg have to switch hit each night between a hairy, unattractive Marvin and a sweet handsome Eastwood made my skin crawl. I kept wondering how she could have anything to do with Marvin. Guess it was the romantic in me that was glad when Marvin moved on. Maybe I'll try it again. One can always turn if off. An ... interesting ... viewpoint. One of this film's greatest attractions, to me, is that it was so much ahead of its time. To, I see no reason why Jean Seberg's Elizabeth should NOT love and desire Lee Marvin's Ben Rumson AS WELL AS Clint Eastwood's Pardner. Since I was, oh, about 15, when I read Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love" I've never understood why it should be wrong for someone to love more than one person. I'd had two instances of polyamory amongst my friends in the last fifteen years, and I've seen no evidence to see why it should be morally wrong. As far as aesthetics are concerned, well, again, I fail to see anything wrong with Marvin's looks. My girlfriend says that she thinks that he's good-looking, though we both agree that the young Eastwood looks particularly handsome. I think that it's the romantic in me, but I like the idea of three people being able to make their own version of happiness.
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"No Name City" is catchy in its own right and again, perfectly reflective of the preacher's caricature that was meant to be. For goshsakes, man, get into the fun of a goshdarned highfallutin' western romp! It's interesting to note that on some of the foreign posters "No Name City" was used as the film's title. I'd almost prefer they used it for the U.S. release. At least that way, "No Name City" would have become the legendary flop, and someone might still conceiveably go back to the original script (or the one written for the aborted MGM film in the '50s, with additional songs by Arthur Schwartz) and make a GOOD movie out of "Paint Your Wagon."
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This is from IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064782/trivia "The first attempt to film this property was by Louis B. Mayer and Jack Cummings in 1957. Planned as a Cinerama release with a screenplay by John Lee Mahin and new songs by Alan Jay Lerner and Arthur Schwartz, the project died with Louis B. Mayer. Gary Cooper was being sought to play Ben Rumson." I wish I could find my Jablonski biography of Lerner, because I'm pretty sure it's mentioned there too. It's probably very close to me in this room somewhere. I've GOT to clean up this mess . . .
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It's interesting to note that on some of the foreign posters "No Name City" was used as the film's title. Except in West Germany, where it was called Streichen Sie Ihr Volkswagen an ("Paint Your Volkswagen").
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Here it is, folks (in the New York area) -- your chance to see "Paint Your Wagon" as it was MEANT to be seen. Your chance to decide for yourself: was it as godawful (or great) as I remember it? http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/onsale/leemarvin/paintyourwagon.html I'm going to both showings. Don't know when I'll get another opportunity.
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Fine. Just don't kick my chair. Hate that.
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Got a dream, boy? Got a song? It's less than a week now (if you're going Wednesday). Heads-up, NY-area folks! Heads-up!
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Today! Seeya there. (Or on Sunday -- going then too.)
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