here are some interesting bits and pieces from "The Second EMPIRE Movie Miscellany" which i think assy might be interested in, and may want to find out more about, before he moves to red neck county to discover his roots and work his way up in elitist bratty academia... === Which Carry On Film Are You Watching? ----------- CARRY ON ... NURSE: wilfrid hyde-white gets a daffodil shoved up his bum. CRUISING: the veiled gay reference is in the title but very few of the onscreen gags. CABBY: hattie jacques undercuts sid jame's sexist bloke cab company by starting Glamcabs, staffed only by dollybirds. COWBOY: sid james plays The Rumpo Kid. UP THE JUNGLE: Terry Scott's Tarzan-type loses his loincloth. GIRLS: june whitfield plays a humourless feminist called Augusta Prodworthy DICK: sid james plays the Reverend Flasher, identifiable as highywayman dick turpin by an "amazing birthmark on his diddler". ENGLAND: kenneth connor plays 'Captain S. Melly' -- guess what his nickname is? that's all for today, i gotta get some beauty sleep... i'm working the evening shift today. === argh! i can't believe i missed Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha Hood in 2003, that sounds so ghetto!!! bah, i was inda army and it went straight to video. who doesn't love a murdering midget? i'm sure you lurve hymns to male beauty... === The Leprechaun Franchise ------------------------ created by mark jones, the leprechaun franchise centres on warwick 'wicket off Return Of The Jedi' davis as a leprechaun who goes on the rampage after his pot of gold is stolen. from leprechaun 3 onwards, the series went straight to video. Leprechaun(1993)*, Leprechaun 2(1994), Leprechaun 3(1995), Leprechaun 4: In Space(1996), Leprechaun In The Hood(2000), Leprechaun: Back In Tha Hood(2003). * = jennifer aniston's big screen debut Jean Cocteau(1889-1963) ----------------------- WHO HE WAS: french poet, painter, filmmaker and all-round art figure. HALLMARKS: the myth of orpheus, artworks incorporated into the set, simple yet amazing visual effects, fairy-tale simplicity, hymns to male beauty. KEY COLLABORATORS: star/longtime companion jean marais, composer georges auric. BIG INFLUENCE ON: the makers of disney's Beauty & The Beast, clive baker, jacques demy. IF YOU SEE ONE MOVIE, SEE: orphée. IF YOU SAY ONE THING, SAY: "history consists of truths which in the end turn into lies, while myth consists of lies which finally turn into truths."(Cocteua) === ah... i gotta return this little book back to the library today. there's so much more useless details i want to take down. oh well, guess i could always google for most of them. === The Movie Dictionary -------------------- below is a selection of words derived from or made popular by movies, which have gone on to enter common usage. the year indicates its first appearance in dictionaries. big chill (1983): a period of despondency;also death. usage influenced by The Big Chill. dorothy (1972): a homosexual man. used in phrases such as a 'a friend of dorothy'. an allusion to the lead character in The Wizard Of Oz. drack (1945): unattractive; an attractive person. aussie slang -- a reference to Dracula's Daughter. gaslight (1944): the practice of making someone question their sanity. an allusion to the George Cukor film. mondo (1966): something bizarre. introduced into english as an allusion to the italian film documentary Mondo Cane (A Dog's World; english title A Dog's Life) of 1961. munchkin (1976): a small person. from The Wizrd Of Oz. paparazzo (1961): reference to the photographer character in La Dolce Vita. up to 11 (2002): up to maximum volume. from Spinal Tap. zelig (1983): a chameleon; someone who adapts their personality. from the woody allen movie. === Selected Cinematic Crossdressers (woo hoo!) -------------------------------- micheal caine ... Dressed To Kill(1980) cary grant ... I Was A Male War Bride(1949) dustin hoffman ... Tootsie(1982) tony curtis ... Some Like It Hot(1959) tim curry ... The Rocky Horror Picture Show(1975) ed wood jr ... Glen Or Glenda(1952) johnny depp ... Ed Wood(1994) john lithgow ... The World According To Garp(1982) jaye davidson ... The Crying Game(1992) patrick swayze ... To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar(1995) dick shawn ... What Did You Do In The War, Daddy?(1966) peter sellers ... The Mouse That Roared(1959) marlon wayans ... White Chicks(2004)