Comments on: Million Dollar Movie

By: bags

bags — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:36:06 +0000

I’m waaay late to this and probably talking to myself. But…

For the record I have to say I love this movie. Probably in my top 5. I know it isn’t a great movie. But I love the melancholy sensibility. And all its quirks.

A friend of mine directed a reading downtown and few months ago and Peter Riegert was in it. I got to meet him after and told him that Local Hero was one of my all time favorite films.

He seemed delighted (or was maybe just happy/relieved I didn’t say Animal House) and was really gracious about my fan moment. Cool New York City guy. (I believe he grew up in the Bronx.)

Okay. I’ll stop talking to myself now.

By: matt b

matt b — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:01:01 +0000

[6] Always been a Peter Riegert fan. I think part of the reason National Lampoon’s Animal House has held up so well is that they were smart enough to cast it with talented young actors instead of just comics – Riegert, Tom Hulce, Bruce McGill, et al.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:13:05 +0000

5) Yeah, Reigart is really good.

6) Thanks! I’ve always written about non-baseball things here but increasingly so because after 7.5 years, it’s damn hard to generate excitement daily about baseball. That’s why it’s so cool I’ve got a bitchin crew to help hold that stuff down. But this movie stuff is great because most all of us Banter writers really dig ‘em, and I think this is a nice platform for them to write about them. And while sometimes I’ll assign or suggest movies within a theme, mostly, I’ll defer to the writer. You know one week we should do a theme week on one movie just to get five different takes.

By: RagingTartabull

RagingTartabull — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:09:37 +0000

this was really enjoyable, and come to think of it…how underrated a character actor is Peter Reigart? He’s never been bad in anything

By: bp1

bp1 — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:00:48 +0000

[2] I know the banter is a baseball site, but these “tangents” (for lack of a better word) are wonderful. Keep ‘em coming. I feel like a little kid in the back seat of the car, listening to the grown ups talk about things I don’t quite understand, absorbing as much as I can. Kinda neat, after all these years.

To all who posted this week – my thanks. I look forward to more.

By: Jon DeRosa

Jon DeRosa — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:57:13 +0000

[1] And obviously that was thanks to Alex for the week and thanks to Matt for the review.

By: Jon DeRosa

Jon DeRosa — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:56:01 +0000

[2] i thought he was a great choice because the movies you ended up choosing were well-known but maybe not as widely seen – i’ve added 3 of 5 to the queue.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:20:23 +0000

I dunno, Lancaster just seemed like a good place to start. I remember LOCAL HERO being on cable too, but never saw the whole thing. As a kid it seemed dull to me. But I will check it out.

I like the idea of theme weeks, and want to keep em coming, for actors, character actors, directors, DPs, and other stuf like say, “Worst Date Movie,” “Laugh Out Loud Movies” etc.

By: Jon DeRosa

Jon DeRosa — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:09:07 +0000

Thanks for Lancaster week Alex. And another movie to add to the queue. What made you decide to have this week in the first place?