Tom Conti
Linda Snow
(I hate filmography requests, but he's too new to be listed
in most reference books.)
I know of:
Reuben, Reuben
American Dreamer
some movie where he played the Pope
The Gospel According to Vic
some movie with Terri Garr
that thing with Glenda Jackson where they were both shrinks
Well, it starts to look like most of his movies are pretty
forgettable, but I still think he's cute!
Oh yeah, any other info about him would be appreciated too.
Dave Alexander
li...@ncrpcd.UUCP (Linda Snow) writes:
> Can anyone post me a filmography of the actor Tom Conti?
> Reuben, Reuben
> American Dreamer
> some movie where he played the Pope
> The Gospel According to Vic
> some movie with Terri Garr
> that thing with Glenda Jackson where they were both shrinks
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
> Well, it starts to look like most of his movies are pretty
> forgettable, but I still think he's cute!
I wouldn't call MCML "forgettable."
-- Dave Alexander
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A J Cunningham
He was in 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence' (a dreadful film but
bearable with Conti), his latest is 'Shirley Valentine' (a film designed
to appeal to middle aged women who are going through emotional crisis
about their lives) and I also saw him in 'Heavenly Pursuits' (two
Glaswegian schoolteachers on the track of a miracle).
Tony
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Jon Conrad
"That thing" is Beyond Therapy, directed by Robert Altman from
Christopher Durang's play. I'm not surprised you forget its name--
it's a truly dreadful movie, amazingly so considering Durang's
stage play is very good and amusing.
Also 2 tv appearances for Tom Conti, both available on videotape:
the prince in "The Princess and the Pea" (opposite Liza Minnelli),
for Shelley Duvall's Faery Tale Theater
Norman in Alan Ayckbourn's "The Norman Conquests," a trilogy of
full-length plays; wonderfully entertaining (and the cast of 6
includes Penelope Wilton, Richard Briers, and Penelope Keith, so
fans of the British actors we see mostly on tv might want to take
a look at this).
Jon
Jon Conrad
film of 1989 or 1988, and now I've forgotten the title. It
took place in the country on a farm or ranch or something, and
starred Richard Gere and was otherwise cast almost entirely
from the Chicago-based Steppenwolf Theater Company. Glenne
Headly (but not I think John Malkovich), Laurie Metcalf,
Kevin Anderson, and Jeff Perry were all in it. And Gary Sinise
directed.
I know this is obscure, but can anyone help? Being an old Chicago
boy, I am a fan of most of those actors, and would like to see this
even if it's lousy (as it possibly is).
Jon
KXC...@psuvm.bitnet
my movie guide gives it ** out of ***** (fair). The plot
sounds pretty stupid to me, but I'm not from Chicago either.
-- Kevin (no middle name) Cachia
Eric Dashman
>
>"That thing" is Beyond Therapy, directed by Robert Altman from
>Christopher Durang's play. I'm not surprised you forget its name--
>it's a truly dreadful movie, amazingly so considering Durang's
>stage play is very good and amusing.
I respectfully disagree....a lot! I thought that it was an extremely funny
satire, lambasting psychiatrists as they truly deserve. Christopher Guest
does an excellent turn as Jeff Goldblum's gay lover/roommate. One of
Altman's better recent efforts, IMHO.
Eric Dashman
Elizabeth Lear
con...@sun.acs.udel.edu (Jon Conrad) writes:
>Also 2 tv appearances for Tom Conti, both available on videotape:
>the prince in "The Princess and the Pea" (opposite Liza Minnelli),
> for Shelley Duvall's Faery Tale Theater
>Norman in Alan Ayckbourn's "The Norman Conquests," a trilogy of
> full-length plays; wonderfully entertaining
"The Dumbwaiter", made for tv, with John Travolta. A Pinter story?
c.1988
...eliz
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Jon Conrad
>In article <70...@sun.acs.udel.edu> con...@sun.acs.udel.edu (Jon Conrad) writes:
>I respectfully disagree....a lot! I thought that it was an extremely funny
>satire, lambasting psychiatrists as they truly deserve. Christopher Guest
>does an excellent turn as Jeff Goldblum's gay lover/roommate. One of
>Altman's better recent efforts, IMHO.
I ought to just say that's what makes horse races, you say potato and
I say potahto, and so on. But this was one of the rare movies I can't
find a single good word for. I hope you have a chance to see the play
onstage sometime so you can see how badly they messed it up in the
movie. I suppose the lines that survived in the screenplay did convey
some humor despite their setting, and Conti and Glenda Jackson are both
topnotch actors... But Altman (one of my idols, I should add, in
general) shouldn't get away with messing up good source material as he
does here. An example: Durang in his notes for the play is very
insistent that the role of the lover must not be played bitchy or
effeminate. And of course Christopher Guest was both, and all the
charm of the part and the fun of the situation went out the window.
Multiply that mistake by hundreds (like making this ultra-New York
play in Paris, with all the minor characters having accents, and 2
Brits as the shrinks, and pretend it's all New York), and maybe you
can see why those who love the play as I do would be upset.
But I don't want to get argumentative. In the words that H.L. Mencken
had printed on postcards: "Dear Sir or Madam: You may be right
at that."
Jon
Orlan Cannon
> Can anyone post me a filmography of the actor Tom Conti?
>
> American Dreamer
> some movie where he played the Pope
> The Gospel According to Vic
> some movie with Terri Garr
> that thing with Glenda Jackson where they were both shrinks
Tom Conti on commercially released home video:
1978 The Duellists
1978 The Haunting of Julia
1980 The Norman Conquests [ TV series ]
1983 The Princess and the Pea [ Faerie Tale Theatre video series ]
1983 Reuben, Reuben
1983 Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1985 American Dreamer
1986 Saving Grace
1986 Miracles
1986 The Gospel According to Vic
1987 Beyond Therapy
1987 The Quick and the Dead
1987 Head Waiter
1988 Deep Cover
These should be available at all good video stores.
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} Help wanted. I once saw a reference to a virtually unreleased
} film of 1989 or 1988, and now I've forgotten the title. It
} took place in the country on a farm or ranch or something, and
} starred Richard Gere and was otherwise cast almost entirely
} from the Chicago-based Steppenwolf Theater Company. Glenne
} Headly (but not I think John Malkovich), Laurie Metcalf,
} Kevin Anderson, and Jeff Perry were all in it. And Gary Sinise
} directed.
MILES FROM HOME, released in 1988, about a farm that was once
visted by Krushchev, and then sold by a bank out from under the
family, who then take drastic action. Yes, John Malkovich is
in it. Yes, it's available on commercial home video at any good
video store.
Don Hines
This unseen small film was called "miles from home," about two brothers
who lose a family farm to foreclosure, burn the place down, then proceed
to rob Farm belt Savings & Loans returning the cash to the indebted
farmers. Gere portrays the darker of the two brothers; Malkovitch,
I believe, portrayed a Rolling Stone reporter (the robbers become folk
heroes and end up on the cover of said magazine), however his performance
was uncredited. This was Gere's best performance of the last 5 years
(not much of a complement, granted), until last week's Internal Affairs.
Gere may have found a new niche for himself as icon for independent and
"B" films; pity no one saw this film.
"Miles from Home" is not without poignancy and is lovingly photographed.
Donald Roman Hines
Rosebud...
In article <18...@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>, da...@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Dave Alexander) oozed:
==> > Reuben, Reuben
==> > American Dreamer
==> > some movie where he played the Pope
==> > The Gospel According to Vic
==> > some movie with Terri Garr
==> > that thing with Glenda Jackson where they were both shrinks
==>
==> Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Shirley Valentine.
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Linda Snow
>In article <24...@ncrpcd.DAYTON.NCR.COM> li...@ncrpcd.UUCP (Linda Snow) writes:
>>Can anyone post me a filmography of the actor Tom Conti?
>
> He was in 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence' (a dreadful film but
This sounds *very* much like one I already mentioned, "The Gospel
According to Vic". Also starred Helen Mirren, I think. Maybe the U.S.
release was given a different title?
.
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.
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Mike Godfrey
>In article <17...@castle.ed.ac.uk> erc...@castle.ed.ac.uk (A J Cunningham) writes:
>
> This sounds *very* much like one I already mentioned, "The Gospel According
> to Vic". Also starred Helen Mirren, I think. Maybe the U.S. release was
> given a different title?
It was called something like "Heavenly Pursuits" in North America.
Not the worst movie I've seen, but not very good either.
--
Mike Godfrey
Dept of Comp Sci, UofT "Soulwise, these are trying times."
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Darcy Hernandez
In article <25...@ncrpcd.DAYTON.NCR.COM> li...@ncrpcd.UUCP (Linda Snow) writes:
>In article <17...@castle.ed.ac.uk> erc...@castle.ed.ac.uk (A J Cunningham) writes:
>>>Can anyone post me a filmography of the actor Tom Conti?
>>
>> He was in 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence' (a dreadful film but
>
>This sounds *very* much like one I already mentioned, "The Gospel
>According to Vic". Also starred Helen Mirren, I think. Maybe the U.S.
>release was given a different title?
WHAT!!!!!??? you have got to be kidding!!! merry christmas mr.
lawrence was about a japanese prisoner of war camp in the south
pacific!! it starred, bowie, conti, sakamoto...sakamoto did the
score...some very nice pieces!!
by the way...a good flick at that!!
da...@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu
Darcy D. Hernandez
Columbia University
Shari L. Landes
>
> con...@sun.acs.udel.edu (Jon Conrad) writes:
>>Also 2 tv appearances for Tom Conti, both available on videotape:
>>the prince in "The Princess and the Pea" (opposite Liza Minnelli),
>> for Shelley Duvall's Faery Tale Theater
>>Norman in Alan Ayckbourn's "The Norman Conquests," a trilogy of
>> full-length plays; wonderfully entertaining
>
>
>"The Dumbwaiter", made for tv, with John Travolta. A Pinter story?
>c.1988
>
> ...eliz
Also on TV--
The first time I ever saw Tom Conti--it was a BBC production
(on Masterpiece Theatre--PBS) of a wonderful mini-series called
These Glittering Prizes. I can't remember the year that I saw
this. If I can remember bits of the story-line: I believe that the
events took place at Cambridge University, involved students who
were themselves involved in the arts. Tom Conti played a
student who was a writer, I believe. If anyone can remember this
show and post a better description, it would be most appreciated.
Tom Conti's performance is what I really remember about this show.
He was dynamic and remarkably memorable!!
--
Shari Landes, Dept. of Psych.,Princeton Univ., Green Hall, Princeton NJ 08544
609-452-4663 sh...@confidence.princeton.EDU
"It is nearly an insoluable pancake, a conundrum of inscrutable potentialities,
a snorter."
JHenderson
>
>Also on TV--
>The first time I ever saw Tom Conti--it was a BBC production
>(on Masterpiece Theatre--PBS) of a wonderful mini-series called
>These Glittering Prizes. I can't remember the year that I saw
The series was The Glittering Prizes, based on the Frederic Raphael novel
of the same name and follows the careers of a group of people who were at
Cambridge at the same time. TC plays Adam, who becomes a writer. It IS
extremely funny in parts and is typical of Raphael's brittle clever style,
if you like that kind of thing.
Favorite semi-quotes:
1) Geology? well I'll tell you one thing, it won't replace sex.
2) City of Dreaming Spires. Strictly speaking that's Oxford, this is the city
of Perspiring Dreams.
3) Hitler, Hitler, who did he play for?
--
-Jeremy.
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Jack Campin
li...@ncrpcd.UUCP (Linda Snow) writes:
> Can anyone post me a filmography of the actor Tom Conti?
Another one: he was in either or both of the stage or TV versions of "Whose
Life Is It Anyway?" (the one about the quadriplegic who wants euthanasia).
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Sean Smith
or something like that. This was a movie about spies and England and
rowing, and starred Tom Conti and Donald Pleasance. I saw it on public TV a
few years ago but have never---before or after---heard or read anything about
it. (Maybe I dreamed the whole thing :)
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