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underpants

(182,563 posts)
3. Oh please do
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 10:21 PM
Apr 2019

See my post below. It's a great commentary on office life and the cast is astounding.

Orson Welles
Martin Sheen
Jon Voight
Art Garfunkel
Etc

Plenty of other actors you seen for the last 40 years.

BTW - while filming the movie they had the 7th largest air force in the world.

AdamGG

(1,284 posts)
4. I don't know how it slipped past me all these years
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 10:33 PM
Apr 2019

I guess because they don't play it often on cable and I somehow never rented it. Unfortunately, Netflix doesn't have it for streaming, but I'll watch it soon. I read the book many years ago when I was about 20.

forgotmylogin

(7,518 posts)
8. Man, you sure don't see trailers like that any more.
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 11:01 PM
Apr 2019

One continuous scene that explains the movie. Then don't spoil the rest.

Then the heartbeat over the credits, wow.

I'm actually excited to see both versions.

underpants

(182,563 posts)
2. Ugh. They are remaking it. One of my favorite all time movies.
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 10:19 PM
Apr 2019

Buck Henry did a fantastic job of taking a book with no timeline and organizing it into a coherent beautiy of a film.


We watched it not too long ago. My wife had never seen it. It really as good a commentary on office work as "Office Space". The scene with the old man and Art Garfunkel is a gem. A plus is we got "The Only Living Boy in New York" from Paul Simon because of that movie.

underpants

(182,563 posts)
6. Mother and child reunion was based an a dish he say named that in a Chinese restaurant
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 10:51 PM
Apr 2019

Chicken and egg.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
9. I've never heard of this title before. You say it was a movie?
Thu Apr 25, 2019, 08:57 AM
Apr 2019

My tongue is obviously drilling a hole in my cheek.

I'm guessing Jon Voight's character inspired Erik Prince (satire escapes neo-fascists). The sad part is that Paul Simon was edited out of the picture, while Art Garfunkel's character got killed off early. It would've been great to see them together.

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