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Post by penkvillepotter on Mar 15, 2019 14:12:51 GMT
On at the New Vic now. Go see it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 14:15:21 GMT
I have. It was excellent.
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Post by trentvale68 on Mar 15, 2019 14:42:54 GMT
I love the Robert Powell movie, perfect Sunday afternoon film.
Does this feature in the play at all??
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Post by penkvillepotter on Mar 15, 2019 15:09:10 GMT
Nah, they couldn’t fit it in. They’ve made it into a comedy which shouldn’t work but man alive,it does. A real hoot.
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Post by bathstoke on Mar 15, 2019 16:04:53 GMT
Thought this was going to be about Fitbits
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Post by auntiegeorge on Mar 15, 2019 16:14:49 GMT
Got tickets for tomorrow night. (Wife's birthday treat.) Really looking forward to it now.
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Post by raythesailor on Mar 15, 2019 16:27:20 GMT
The 39 Steps is one of many books that I read as a early teenager, that led me onto becoming an avid reader of novels.
A true adventure story about goodies v baddies with all the odds against the good guy.
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Post by onesteino on Mar 15, 2019 18:19:52 GMT
Saw it last night - absolutely brilliant.
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Post by spiderpuss on Mar 15, 2019 18:58:40 GMT
There's quite a few remakes of the film as far as I recall.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 19:34:34 GMT
Changing the subject slightly but how good is the New Vic Theatre, we're lucky to have it in the area it's a proper venue with great views and acoustics.
Although I'm not living locally I'm still thinking of getting a season ticket of some sorts (I'm assuming they do them) as I've started to go more often. Twelfth Night the week before was good also, not a massive Shakespeare fan but was very entertaining.....
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Post by bigjohnritchie on Mar 15, 2019 19:43:01 GMT
Changing the subject slightly but how good is the New Vic Theatre, we're lucky to have it in the area it's a proper venue with great views and acoustics. Although I'm not living locally I'm still thinking of getting a season ticket of some sorts (I'm assuming they do them) as I've started to go more often. Twelfth Night the week before was good also, not a massive Shakespeare fan but was very entertaining..... They do 3 for £50 deals
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 19:44:28 GMT
Changing the subject slightly but how good is the New Vic Theatre, we're lucky to have it in the area it's a proper venue with great views and acoustics. Although I'm not living locally I'm still thinking of getting a season ticket of some sorts (I'm assuming they do them) as I've started to go more often. Twelfth Night the week before was good also, not a massive Shakespeare fan but was very entertaining..... They do 3 for £50 deals Nice one ta I'll look into it.....
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Post by bigjohnritchie on Mar 15, 2019 19:45:56 GMT
Nice one ta I'll look into it..... Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis is on in May. And intemperance. Other events are also on...Steeleye Span, Chris Barber,Rick Wakeman
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Post by felonious on Mar 15, 2019 19:49:55 GMT
There's quite a few remakes of the film as far as I recall. The other's I've seen have been decent including the recent one with Rupert Penry-Jones the lucky sod who's married to Dervla Kirwen.
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Post by auntiegeorge on Mar 15, 2019 20:11:53 GMT
The film closest to the book is the 1978 version with Robert Powell. By far the finest is the classic 1935 Hitchcock film with Robert Donat, though it departs from the book considerably. Nontheless, it's probably Hitchock's finest and most original film because unlike his other films which deal either with fantasies fulfilled or anxieties purged, his 39 Steps does both at the same time. He leads you into a paranoid fantasy of being accused of murder, being shackled to a beautiful girl, escaping from harm, and trying to save a country. It's extraordinary stuff.
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Post by trentvale68 on Mar 15, 2019 20:29:17 GMT
The film closest to the book is the 1978 version with Robert Powell. By far the finest is the classic 1935 Hitchcock film with Robert Donat, though it departs from the book considerably. Nontheless, it's probably Hitchock's finest and most original film because unlike his other films which deal either with fantasies fulfilled or anxieties purged, his 39 Steps does both at the same time. He leads you into a paranoid fantasy of being accused of murder, being shackled to a beautiful girl, escaping from harm, and trying to save a country. It's extraordinary stuff. The Kenneth More one is pretty good too. Here is the one mentioned in the above post😁
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Post by auntiegeorge on Mar 17, 2019 0:20:12 GMT
*Highly Recommended*
Went to see this last night and it was thoroughly enjoyable. Superbly acted (with four actors playing dozens of roles each) and great stage designs as well. Very witty and intelligent with a lot of references to the Hitchcock film. All in all a real caper and one of the best productions at the New Vic for years, if not decades.
Basford was a more exciting place to be yesterday than the Bet365 Stadium.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Mar 17, 2019 0:57:03 GMT
Theatre is gay. Discuss.
(Drama teacher)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2019 6:45:01 GMT
There was also a tv adaptation on the BBC (I seem to remember) a couple of years ago starring Rupert Penry-Jones. It was in 2 or 3 episodes and although it deviated a lot from the book I thought it was a good "adventure" and I quite enjoyed it.
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Post by auntiegeorge on Mar 17, 2019 7:31:13 GMT
I discovered some interesting facts about Madeleine Carroll who co-starred with Robert Donat in the Hitchcock film. Though not as famous today as her glamorous Hollywood contemporaries, by the late 1930s she was the highest paid actress in the world, earning $250,000 in 1938. In 1943 she cut short her career at its peak to give first aid to allied soldiers at the front in Italy and never seriously returned to acting.
Quite the lady.
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Post by trentvale68 on Mar 17, 2019 14:12:22 GMT
There was also a tv adaptation on the BBC (I seem to remember) a couple of years ago starring Rupert Penry-Jones. It was in 2 or 3 episodes and although it deviated a lot from the book I thought it was a good "adventure" and I quite enjoyed it. Yes, it wasn't bad. 2008 it was. My god, 10 years have flown!!
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Post by murphthesurf on Mar 17, 2019 14:47:07 GMT
There was also a tv adaptation on the BBC (I seem to remember) a couple of years ago starring Rupert Penry-Jones. It was in 2 or 3 episodes and although it deviated a lot from the book I thought it was a good "adventure" and I quite enjoyed it. Yes, it wasn't bad. 2008 it was. My god, 10 years have flown!! True! I've got it on DVD along with all the earlier versions as it's such a classic. I think the Robert Powell version is probably my fave - the most watchable.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2019 15:13:19 GMT
Yes, it wasn't bad. 2008 it was. My god, 10 years have flown!! True! I've got it on DVD along with all the earlier versions as it's such a classic. I think the Robert Powell version is probably my fave - the most watchable. 2008 !!! My goodness I'd have sworn it was around 2014 at the earliest, frightening how time flies isn't it ? I like them all, it's just one of those stories that I really enjoy. Powell's is probably the best, but I like the Kenneth More and Robert Donat versions as well. I had saved the Penry-Jones version but Mrs D deleted it by mistake a couple of years ago. Kind of her wasn't it ! Having seen all the film and tv adaptations I was surprised and disappointed by how short the book itself is.
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Post by marwood on Mar 17, 2019 22:09:16 GMT
i only got around to reading the original on Kindle (for nothing i think) this year and its a belter. Nothing like any of the films
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Post by kelw on Mar 18, 2019 3:20:50 GMT
The Robert Powell and John Mills one is my favourite
Robert Donat has a more famous brother, Duncan
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