by neufer » Mon Oct 25, 2010 11:44 am
JohnD wrote:
- Therefore all seasons shall be sweet to thee,
Whether the summer clothe the general earth
With greenness, or the redbreast sit and sing
Betwixt the tufts of snow on the bare branch
Of mossy apple-tree, while the nigh thatch
Smokes in the sun-thaw; whether the eave-drops fall
Heard only in the trances of the blast,
Or if the secret ministry of frost
Shall hang them up in silent icicles,
Quietly shining to the quiet Moon.
(Frost at Midnight, Coleridge; last lines)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Horn_Blows_at_Midnight wrote:
Athanael (Jack Benny): Hey... I'm getting wet!
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<<The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) is a comedy fantasy starring Jack Benny. Its biggest claim to fame, apart from its star, is its failure at the box office, and this fact was exploited often for laughs in Benny's popular radio comedy series The Jack Benny Program. The plot involves the third trumpet player in the orchestra of a radio program, named the Paradise Coffee Program, who falls asleep listening to the reading of the advertisement: "The coffee that makes you sleep." He dreams he is the angel Athanael, a trumpeter in the orchestra of heaven, who is such a terrible musician that he is relieved of his position and sent on a mission to Earth to blow the "Last Trumpet" at midnight, signaling the end of the world. Complications arise when two fallen angels named Osidro and Doremus want to continue their physical existence of pursuing pleasures. While Athanael encounters experiences of mortal life, such as eating food and the need for money, the fallen angels try to prevent Athanael from going through with his mission by having his trumpet stolen. The script was re-worked into an episode of radio's Ford Theater, broadcast March 04, 1949. The radio story focuses on Athaniel's moral dilemma about whether or not the people of Earth, just suffering World War II, deserved to be extinguished with the Earth or given another chance.>>
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__ King Henry IV, Part ii Act 3, Scene 2
FALSTAFF: We have heard the
Chimes at Midnight, Master Shallow.
SHALLOW: That we have, that we have, that we have;
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimes_at_Midnight wrote:
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<<
Chimes at Midnight, also known as Falstaff and Campanadas a medianoche (Spanish title), is a 1965 film directed by and starring Orson Welles. Focused on William Shakespeare's recurring character Sir John Falstaff, the film stars Welles himself as Falstaff, Keith Baxter plays Prince Hal (who will later become Henry V), and John Gielgud plays Henry IV. Jeanne Moreau appears as Doll Tearsheet and Margaret Rutherford as Mistress Quickly. The film's narration, spoken by Ralph Richardson, is taken from the chronicler Raphael Holinshed.
- ___ King Henry IV, Part i Act 1, Scene
HOTSPUR: By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap,
. To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon,
. Or dive into the bottom of the deep,
. Where fathom-line could never touch the ground,
. And pluck up drowned honour by the locks;
. So he that doth redeem her thence might wear
. Without corrival, all her dignities:
. But out upon this half-faced fellowship!
Near the end of the film, Welles slightly alters a scene from Henry V, Act 2, Scene 2 in which Henry V pardons an imprisoned street rabble-rouser just before his expedition to invade France. In Welles' version it is stated that this man is Falstaff, and the incident he is pardoning is Falstaff's disturbance of Henry's coronation. Although both the pardoned prisoner and Falstaff are said to drink wine, Shakespeare's original has no implication the pardoned prisoner is Falstaff. In both Welles' film and in Henry V, this scene is followed by the death of Falstaff.
Welles held this film in high regard and considered it along with The Trial (1962) as his best work. As he remarked in 1982, "If I wanted to get into heaven on the basis of one movie, that's the one I'd offer up." Many critics, including Peter Bogdanovich and Jonathan Rosenbaum, also consider it Welles's finest work. The scene depicting the Battle of Shrewsbury has been particularly admired, serving as an inspiration for movies like Braveheart and Saving Private Ryan.>>
[quote="JohnD"]
[list]Therefore all seasons shall be sweet to thee,
Whether the summer clothe the general earth
With greenness, or the redbreast sit and sing
Betwixt the tufts of snow on the bare branch
Of mossy apple-tree, while the nigh thatch
Smokes in the sun-thaw; whether the eave-drops fall
Heard only in the trances of the blast,
Or if the secret ministry of frost
Shall hang them up in silent icicles,
Quietly shining to the quiet Moon. [/list]
(Frost at Midnight, Coleridge; last lines)[/quote]
[quote=" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Horn_Blows_at_Midnight"]
[size=150][color=#0000FF]Athanael (Jack Benny): Hey... I'm getting wet! [/color][/size]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8aHMK4_un0[/youtube]
<<The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) is a comedy fantasy starring Jack Benny. Its biggest claim to fame, apart from its star, is its failure at the box office, and this fact was exploited often for laughs in Benny's popular radio comedy series The Jack Benny Program. The plot involves the third trumpet player in the orchestra of a radio program, named the Paradise Coffee Program, who falls asleep listening to the reading of the advertisement: "The coffee that makes you sleep." He dreams he is the angel Athanael, a trumpeter in the orchestra of heaven, who is such a terrible musician that he is relieved of his position and sent on a mission to Earth to blow the "Last Trumpet" at midnight, signaling the end of the world. Complications arise when two fallen angels named Osidro and Doremus want to continue their physical existence of pursuing pleasures. While Athanael encounters experiences of mortal life, such as eating food and the need for money, the fallen angels try to prevent Athanael from going through with his mission by having his trumpet stolen. The script was re-worked into an episode of radio's Ford Theater, broadcast March 04, 1949. The radio story focuses on Athaniel's moral dilemma about whether or not the people of Earth, just suffering World War II, deserved to be extinguished with the Earth or given another chance.>>[/quote]------------------------------------------------------------------------------
__ King Henry IV, Part ii Act 3, Scene 2
FALSTAFF: We have heard the [b][color=#0000FF]Chimes at Midnight[/color][/b], Master Shallow.
SHALLOW: That we have, that we have, that we have;
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[quote=" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimes_at_Midnight"]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOhq0AyRNjY[/youtube]
<<[b][color=#0000FF]Chimes at Midnight[/color][/b], also known as Falstaff and Campanadas a medianoche (Spanish title), is a 1965 film directed by and starring Orson Welles. Focused on William Shakespeare's recurring character Sir John Falstaff, the film stars Welles himself as Falstaff, Keith Baxter plays Prince Hal (who will later become Henry V), and John Gielgud plays Henry IV. Jeanne Moreau appears as Doll Tearsheet and Margaret Rutherford as Mistress Quickly. The film's narration, spoken by Ralph Richardson, is taken from the chronicler Raphael Holinshed.
[list]___ King Henry IV, Part i Act 1, Scene
HOTSPUR: By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap,
. To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon,
. Or dive into the bottom of the deep,
. Where fathom-line could never touch the ground,
. And pluck up drowned honour by the locks;
. So he that doth redeem her thence might wear
. Without corrival, all her dignities:
. But out upon this half-faced fellowship![/list]
Near the end of the film, Welles slightly alters a scene from Henry V, Act 2, Scene 2 in which Henry V pardons an imprisoned street rabble-rouser just before his expedition to invade France. In Welles' version it is stated that this man is Falstaff, and the incident he is pardoning is Falstaff's disturbance of Henry's coronation. Although both the pardoned prisoner and Falstaff are said to drink wine, Shakespeare's original has no implication the pardoned prisoner is Falstaff. In both Welles' film and in Henry V, this scene is followed by the death of Falstaff.
Welles held this film in high regard and considered it along with The Trial (1962) as his best work. As he remarked in 1982, "If I wanted to get into heaven on the basis of one movie, that's the one I'd offer up." Many critics, including Peter Bogdanovich and Jonathan Rosenbaum, also consider it Welles's finest work. The scene depicting the Battle of Shrewsbury has been particularly admired, serving as an inspiration for movies like Braveheart and Saving Private Ryan.>>[/quote]