Okay, how did this fly under our radar? ;)
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/50191/wishful-drinking/
Clips here:
http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/wishful-drinking/#
Screw the Blu Rays, this is what I'm buying next month! :P
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I already have it on Blu-ray :)
Unfortunately, Carrie was very "off" for this performance. Several people who saw the stage performance said it was much better.
There is a Blu Ray version?
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Maybe meant to say HD rather than Blu?
The book was great. I'll have to check this out.
It came out yesterday. My local Fry's only had one copy, and they stuck it in the documentary section.
Definitely going to watch it to shake off the Blus this week. ;)
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Watched this tonight, and it's pretty darn funny. Worth it for the Star Wars monologue alone. In light of recent events, the stuff about George was cathartic in a twisted way.
There are several Star Wars clips to be seen, and not an SE shot in sight! Can't recall where that footage of Harrison and Carrie cracking up on location shooting the Endor bunker scene came from though. (Empire of Dreams?)
BTW, there's an insert in the DVD case teasing Carrie's next book, which promises more inside SW dirt. ;)
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Carrie is now regretting the fact she didn't protect her "likeness":
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/sep/15/carrie-fisher-princess-leia-lucas
Did a proper method of protecting one's likeness exist at the time? Before I flame on Lucas for cutting people out of their piece of the pie, it seems that nobody could have predicted the merchandising empire that became SW.
“Grow up. These are my Disney's movies, not yours.”
I think that article might have misquoted her a tad. Carrie got a percentage of the OT profits, as did Mark and Harrison. She may not get a merchandising cut though.
In the show, the ultimate item of Leia merchandise is a punchline. As someone in Japan is no doubt building a Slave Leia android, it's got to be a little weird for her!
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She got a small cut of the theatrical gross, but nothing for all the merch; that's all she is saying, I don't think she was misquoted (she even states that she can't be bothered to get too upset by it). The Lucasfilm empire of current was built on merchandising receipts, it is a bit of a shame that the people who's likeness was so incredibly heavily exploited didn't get a dime out of it all, but on the other hand they all became millionaires based on their gross percentage so I don't think they are all that offended. It's probably weirder (or cooler, depending on how they stand) for them that their likeness is on so many things rather than any missed opportunities to get profit points on them.
I had a chance to see this at the Geffen playhouse while she was previewing it there a number of years ago; sadly, I did not go, although at the time God knows if my parents would have approved of the content! I have to say, I think she should have started making fun of her life a lot sooner (as weird as this sounds.) She's a really funny woman and probably could have made a bit more out of this routine. Of course, she's only more recently - say the past 5 or 6 years - been in a good mental state (and thank goodness for that,) so who knows how it could have gone beforehand.
Saw it on HBO, loved it. If this was an "off" performance I'd probably have died of laughter seeing a real one
A Goon in a Gaggle of 'em
One more thing worth noting. In spite of the Holiday Special infamy, Carrie is actually a pretty darn good singer!
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i read parts of this book and its pretty funny. kinda remarkable how she can laugh at herself and all her mishaps cuz she was really on a destructive path for so many years.
its too bad she did not have much of an acting career after OT. but she is a talented storyteller and should write more scripts. wonder if her daughter will become an actress?
its funny that for a while, many actors did not want to appear in blockbuster franchises because they did not want to be typecast like fisher, hamill and to some extent christopher reeve for superman. but nowadays, top notch actors want to take the opportunity to star in these kinds of movies. What has changed? are franchise movies better produced or have movie audiences changed so that an actor won't be completely identified with just one role?
walking_carpet said:
its funny that for a while, many actors did not want to appear in blockbuster franchises because they did not want to be typecast like fisher, hamill and to some extent christopher reeve for superman. but nowadays, top notch actors want to take the opportunity to star in these kinds of movies. What has changed?
I'm guessing it's because theater runs are considerably shorter now than they used to be.
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The paychecks are bigger now too. Jack Nicholson in Batman was probably the tipping point.
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