the AMERICAN Film Institute's top 100 comedies
whee
and something made me mad.
Almost half of the comments are people whining about Holy Grail or the
other flicks not being on the AFI's top 100 comedy list. Let's think
here...what does the A in AFI stand for? AMERICAN!!!!! Yeesh.
Fools.
I'm just venting. Don't mind me. Where am I?
love,
ignorance p. butterworth
Spamlge IV (Mr.)
"whee" <mkri...@javanet.com> wrote in message
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You're in AFM-P.... and the reason why we crab about it is that we're
americans (why we got on the boat to begin with), and that we like the film,
so the "A" stands for us liking the film, not who made the damn film.... I
am willing to bet "Life Is Beautiful" is in the top 100... and that's an
Italian film with bleedin subtitles. So HA! I've run rings around you
logically!
Spamlge IV (Mr.)
~What kind of country would this be without our right to bitch.. er.. free
speech....
Michael S. Cooper
"Spamlge IV (Mr.)" <pyth...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "whee" <mkri...@javanet.com> wrote in message
> news:01c043a2$181a17a0$cd985ed1@jackiech...
> > I was just browsing through the user comments for Holy Grail on imdb.com
> > and something made me mad.
> >
> > Almost half of the comments are people whining about Holy Grail or the
> > other flicks not being on the AFI's top 100 comedy list. Let's think
> > here...what does the A in AFI stand for? AMERICAN!!!!! Yeesh.
> >
> > Fools.
> >
> > I'm just venting. Don't mind me. Where am I?
Uh, are you sure the American part doesn't refer to the Institute itself?
Spamlge IV (Mr.)
"Michael S. Cooper" <msco...@flash.net> wrote in message
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*psst* work with me here *elbow*
Spamlge IV (Mr.)
whee
the
> > > other flicks not being on the AFI's top 100 comedy list. Let's think
> > > here...what does the A in AFI stand for? AMERICAN!!!!! Yeesh.
> > >
> > > Fools.
> > >
> > > I'm just venting. Don't mind me. Where am I?
>
> Uh, are you sure the American part doesn't refer to the Institute itself?
Yes, I'm sure. Only American films are eligible to be on their lists.
Kristian Ronge
By that, of course, meaning films produced by American companies.
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Spamlge IV (Mr.)
"Kristian Ronge" <d99...@nada.kth.se> wrote in message
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> On 2 Nov 2000, whee wrote:
>
> > > > > Almost half of the comments are people whining about Holy Grail or
> > the
> > > > > other flicks not being on the AFI's top 100 comedy list. Let's
think
> > > > > here...what does the A in AFI stand for? AMERICAN!!!!! Yeesh.
> > > > >
> > > > > Fools.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm just venting. Don't mind me. Where am I?
> > >
> > > Uh, are you sure the American part doesn't refer to the Institute
itself?
> >
> > Yes, I'm sure. Only American films are eligible to be on their lists.
>
> By that, of course, meaning films produced by American companies.
>
so... who produced holy grail? Was Handmade Productions in on it, or was
this before their infantcy... handmade came into existance for either holy
grail or life of brian.... and it is an american company, isn't it??
Spamlge IV (Mr.)
~hey, i stretch, but I want to see it in there...
Kristian Ronge
> > > > Uh, are you sure the American part doesn't refer to the Institute
> itself?
> > >
> > > Yes, I'm sure. Only American films are eligible to be on their lists.
> >
> > By that, of course, meaning films produced by American companies.
> >
> wait wait wait....
>
> so... who produced holy grail? Was Handmade Productions in on it, or was
> this before their infantcy... handmade came into existance for either holy
> grail or life of brian.... and it is an american company, isn't it??
Sorry, that came out wrong. I actually don't know if the 'official'
way of determining "where" a movie is from by who produced it. It
just seemed natural. If Warner Brothers produces a movie, it would be
considered American. OTOH, if some Swedes were to fly over to the US
and shoot an entire film, then return to Sweden fro post-production
and the producers were all Swedish, it would still be considered a
Swedish movie. Regardless if there were American actors/scriptwriters
etc. Right?
What I'm trying to say is that I don't really know for a fact that
the country in which the film is produced (not filmed) is the country
the film in question is said to be from. I just assumed it's that
way.
I have no idea when Handmade Productions was formed and which of the
movie projects they were involved with. I don't even know if they are
an American based company... However, if we assume for a moment that
I'm right in believing that a movie is considered to be BLAHA-ian
(fill in arbitrary country instead of BLAHA) if it is produced in
BLAHA, and IF Handmade Productions is an American company, and IF
they were involved with 'The Holy Grail'.....
Then YES, it is an American film (at least in part, there might have
been one or two more companies involved with (post)production???)
I'll shut up now.
whee
it's safe to say that Grail and Brian are NOT considered American-produced
movies, otherwise they'd be on the list, wouldn't they?
Oh yeah. Meaning of Life, too. :)
stacie...@my-deja.com
Wonder if there is some sort of poobah for deciding the pedigree of a
movie? Well, at any rate, if I were guessing, I would guess it's
determined by the production companies, or production company, if
there's just one. Where the moolah comes from for paying the bills.
According to imdb.com, here's the production companies for Holy Grail
Handmade Films Ltd. [uk]
Python (Monty) Pictures Limited [uk]
I don't think the Handmade Films one is correct though, because, as
pointed out earlier, George Harrison of Beatles fame formed the company
in 1978 to save Life of Brian from not being made. Because as the
Pythons often say in interviews, mimicking George's Liverpool accent,
he said, "Because I want to see the film.". Got a possible correction
email into imdb asking how a company that wasn't even formed yet could
be listed. Maybe it had something to do with a video release or
something. I don't get movie-making too well. Brian lists just
Handmade Films.
Meaning of Life lists Celandine Films
The Monty Python Partnership
Universal Pictures [aka MCA/Universal Pictures] [us]
Maybe it would be considered a dual citizenship film, even though it was
all shot in England (best I remember)? I guess they determine the
country of origin for the production company as wherever it's
incorporated and pays its taxes. My heavens, I'm confused now. This is
worse than INS regulations!
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