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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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O'Toole rants

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Apologies for the Becket obsession, but I've just found an mp3 file made from two of the better Peter O'Toole rants in the film.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on January 31, 2007 at 08:26 AM

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Mike Schaefer says ...

"I don't LIKE my children!"

Wow, that's great stuff -- and the homoerotic "subtext" is right out there. Brokeback Becket.

"You have an obsession about him which is unnatural and unhealthy!"

"Thank God, madam, [God] gave you breasts -- an asset from which I derive not the slightest benefit!"

Posted by Mike Schaefer at January 31, 2007 08:53 AM

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Mike Schaefer says ...

I've just found out "Becket" will be playing in SF (at the Castro Theater, appropriately) for one day only, Feb 7th. I'll be first in line.

Posted by Mike Schaefer at January 31, 2007 11:55 AM

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Mgmax says ...

The one that always comes back to me this time of year in Chicago is (paraphrasing from memory) "Once, when I was with you, Thomas, I embraced the cold. Now I am weak and fear it." Or something like that, I guess I'll see when the DVD finally comes out, or when Jeffrey has posted the entire movie as MPs, whichever comes first... :)

Posted by Mgmax at January 31, 2007 12:14 PM

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Alan Cerny says ...

It's probably not coming to my town. Sucks.

Posted by Alan Cerny at January 31, 2007 12:45 PM

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VedaPierce says ...

"I've just found out "Becket" will be playing in SF (at the Castro Theater, appropriately) for one day only, Feb 7th. I'll be first in line."

I'll be second.

Posted by VedaPierce at January 31, 2007 01:28 PM

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kammy says ...

"Becket" will be playing at the Nuart Theatre in LA for one week starting this Friday, Feb 2.

I'll be the first in line there.

Posted by kammy at January 31, 2007 02:21 PM

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PaulKolas says ...

Can you imagine such diversity, not to mention, QUALITY, in 1964, when "Becket" was nominated for 12 Oscars, including, of course, Best Picture, along with the 13 nominations recveived by "Mary Poppins", the 12 garnered by "My Fair Lady" (which won Best Picture in the Age of the Movie Musical, fairly or unfairly, over both "Becket" and Kubrick's timeless "Dr. Strangelove"). Then you have "Zorba the Greek" (ahhh...I can just see Anthony Quinn dancing now) rounding out the 5 Best Picture nominees. It makes one weep for the "good old days" compared to the relative over-marketed pablum today. I can't wait to see "Becket" again after all these years, when it comes to Boston, and see how it holds up.

Posted by PaulKolas at February 1, 2007 06:44 AM

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