Angelina Jolie as Marilyn in Life Or Something Like It
Click here for a slide show of the most famous (and infamous) Marilyn Monroe impersonators. Warning: the photos include a sobering shot of then-Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Village Voice gossip columnist Michael Musto in drag!
Among Disneyana collectors, The Haunted Mansion holds a special place. Walt's classic theme park attraction has a fanatical base of enthusiasts. However, when Disney first attempted to translate the ride into a major film in 2003, those fans were turned off. The film was played strictly for laughs and starred Eddie Murphy slumming his way toward an easy pay check. Now acclaimed producer and director Guillermo Del Toro says he is involved in bringing The Haunted Mansion back to the big screen, saying “Dark imagery is an integral part of the Walt Disney legacy. After all,
Disney himself was the father of some really chilling moments and
characters - think Chernabog from Fantasia or Maleficent as the dragon
or the Evil Queen in Snow White. I couldn't be more excited to be a part of my own adaptation of the
original theme park attraction Walt envisioned and that remains, for me,
the most desirable piece of real estate in the whole world!" It remains unclear whether Del Toro will actually direct the film, but does promise this time around, it will be scary. For more click here
The 1975 box office hit Once is Not Enough starring Kirk Douglas and Deborah Raffin will make its DVD debut in late September from Olive Films, which has acquired the rights to many great retro film titles. Here is the official synopsis:
Based
on a Best Seller by Jacqueline Susann (Valley of the Dolls). January
Wayne (Deborah Raffin), the adoring daughter of movie producer Mike Wayne (Kirk
Douglas) returns home to New York, only to find her father married to Deidre
Milford Granger (Alexis Smith), the fifth richest woman in the world. The
marriage is one of the conveniences for Mike, who has lost his magic touch as a
producer, and is in desperate need of money to continue his and his daughter’s
lavish lifestyles. Jealous January bitterly resents her father and cannot
accept the moral codes of this new world, finding only frustration. She gets a
job with Gloss Magazine and falls in love with Pulitzer Price-winning novelist
Tom Colt (David Janssen), whose virile prose and celebrated fistfights turn out
to be a compensation for his physical inadequacies. Her Stepmother Dee wants
her to marry David Milford (George Hamilton), Dee’s handsome young cousin and
wolf-about-town, who’s having an affair with the reclusive retired movie star,
Karla (Melina Mercouri), who in turn is carrying on a clandestine lesbian affair
with Dee. Directed by Guy Green (55 Days at Peking), with original Music
and Score by Henry Mancini (Victor/Victoria). Brenda Vaccaro won a
Golden Globe® award (and an Academy Award® nomination) for her supporting
performance as the man-crazy editor of a fashion magazine.
