Saturday, August 1, 2015

Bikini Beach | Breaking Away

August is here.  Films for the month are as follows:  Kate's pick for this month and good news, she is hosting !   (My digs are pretty small right now).  1964 Bikini Beach starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.  The film was originally a script for the Beatles to star in but as their fame grew, they dropped out.  The script changed so Frankie Avalon played two parts.  It is a teen film directed by William Asher (married to Elizabeth Montgomery.  Kate will show the film while we munch on hotdogs and rootbeer floats.  Time and date will be announced.

2nd film is 1979 Breaking Away, starring Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid and Daniel Stern.  It is a comedy drama about 4 male teenagers from Bloomington, Indiana who graduated high school, one of the young men become obsessed with cycling and Italian music.  He becomes involved in competing in races.  This film won the Academy Award for the Best Original Screenplay and is rated eight in the most inspiring movies of all time. 

I just received the film Rear Window, although it was for last month. I love this movie so much I am watching it again tonight.   One of Hitchcock's best..     Has anybody notice you can not stream in Hitchcock Films only send away for them and then you still have to wait !    Worth the wait.


PS From Carl... Another movie the Beatles considered was "Lord Of The Rings"!  John was very eager to play the role of Gollum, and picked Paul to play Frodo, George for Gandolf, and Ringo for Sam.  Luckily, it never materialized!