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Mr. Blandings Dream House = The Money Pit

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In Reply to: Remakes - WHY? posted by bjjb on July 29, 1999 at 07:16:25:

Here's a case where both films are quite good. Cary Grant as Mr. Blandings is the master comic actor, and (forgive me) the fellow who plays his bemused friend is a wonderful foil.
But I have to hand it to Tom Hanks, the only actor in the "Money Pit" worth watching, who is simply brilliant. This has to be one of the funniest modern-day slapstick comedies. I must have seen the kitchen scene a dozen times -- I just love it, and the stairs reminds me of Buster Keaton, and the bathtub...it's all good. I wish they would just cut out everything but the Tom Hanks scenes.
Given a choice though, I'd have to go with Mr. Blandings. I just love the kind of movies made back then--yep, it's really korny, and the ending is so dated that it's actually very funny in today's context. I don't need to get all pumped up with special effects--a good script, a good cast and a director who gets out of the way is all you really need.
Hey, did you see the Fox network is doing the best of the Film Noir series this month? I love black and white suspense film. Really gets you in the right mood to enjoy the drama.

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Re: Mr. Blandings Dream House = The Money Pit Mart 17:17:45 7/31/99 (3)
I liked the blonde actor who played the conductor (that was also the Allan Rickman's main henchman in Die Hard). He had such flair while portaying somebody lower than whale turds at the bottom of the Marianas trench.
- A sad note about a former Bolshoi Ballet star. TAFKA Steve 03:41:06 8/01/99 (2)
  Alexander Godunov was the blonde actor. He was a star of the Bolshoi Ballet who asked for political asylum in the U.S. Despite good roles in "Witness" and "Die Hard", his acting career languished, he became severely depressed, and died of alcoholism a few years ago.
  - A sad note indeed... Victor Khomenko 08:29:45 8/03/99 (0)
    ***Alexander Godunov was the blonde actor. He was a star of the Bolshoi Ballet who asked for political asylum in the U.S. Despite good roles in "Witness" and "Die Hard", his acting career languished, he became severely depressed, and died of alcoholism a few years ago.
    He was a good dancer, big and powerful. He started his US career in NY with Baryshnikov, but then some sort of conflict developed and he left. His marrage also fell apart.
  - (;^&) __ (nt Mart 04:45:01 8/01/99 (0)

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