Discland
edited by Jonathan Doyle
Mafioso (The Criterion Collection, 3.18.2008) Nino Badalamenti is a supervisor in a car manufacturing plant who hasn't taken a vacation in over two years. On his way out the door to visit his beloved childhood hometown of Sicily -- with his blonde wife and daughters -- Nino is handed a package by his boss and asked to deliver it to a powerful and influential Sicilian gangster named Don Vincenzo. Once in Sicily, Nino has a hoot seeing friends and family, but his wife has trouble fitting in and is unfairly dismissed as a snob by Nino's family. Even more worrisome, Nino finds himself entangled in an intricate web of secret mafioso dealings and is eventually sent on an unexpectedly... elaborate errand. (continued)

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Manhattan pics #11


Southeast corner of 42nd Street and 7th Avenue -- snapped as I waited for the curiously absent announcement of Saddam Hussein's execution to show up on the news ticker, a good 45 minutes after it happened in Baghdad -- Friday, 12.29.06, 10:40 pm; Morgan Freeman & friends; ditto; prior to seeing Notes on a Scandal for the third time, but this time no freebies -- 12.29.06, 8:32 pm; staring across 7th Avenue; a sense of boredom; outside Bob Dylan exhibit at Morgan Library -- 12.29.06, 7:10 pm

Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 29, 2006 at 10:49 PM

comment #1

hiviper [TypeKey Profile Page] says ...

Morgan just looks so happy to be there

Posted by hiviper [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 29, 2006 11:19 PM

comment #2

Thrudvangar [TypeKey Profile Page] says ...

I bet Morgan is cool as shit, and I reckon you can bring a guest to screenings?

Posted by Thrudvangar [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 30, 2006 02:25 AM

comment #3

hiviper [TypeKey Profile Page] says ...

I happen to think he's one of the most unassuming and down-to-earth actors in the business. He just doesn't look all that happy in those pics, that's all.

Posted by hiviper [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 30, 2006 02:55 AM

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cjKennedy [TypeKey Profile Page] says ...

Maybe he's pissed because 10 Items or Less came and went in a blink of an eye. Too bad, I kind of meant to check it out.

Posted by cjKennedy [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 30, 2006 03:03 AM

comment #5

Chris Molanphy [TypeKey Profile Page] says ...

Um...y'all do realize that that's a Madame Tussaud's wax figure of Freeman, right? Jeffrey was in Times Square and all...

Posted by Chris Molanphy [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 30, 2006 05:32 AM

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