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Mike Heenan
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posted 02-17-2011 10:37 PM

Coughcough

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David E. Nedrow
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posted 02-19-2011 09:29 PM

quote: Mike B
No, in the trailer it's written like this:

aRTHUR

At that point, why even bother to differentiate the "a"? I always took the sidewise "a" to be an allusion to Arthur's drunkenness. If I remember it correctly, a silhouette of Arthur is actually leaning against the R on the right, which gave balance to the title.

Oh, well. Another remake from filmmakers who think changing the sex of one of the original characters, and gutting the plot, will make the "new" version so much better.

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John Wilson
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posted 02-22-2011 05:24 PM

quote: Mike Blakesley
It looks like they totally removed the Liza Minelli character from the story! At least that character isn't in the trailer (or did I just miss it?).

quote: Greg Anderson
According to the article I just found there is, in fact, someone playing the same role that Liza Minnelli played in the original movie. She's kind of an unknown actress so maybe the movie-makers wanted her to be kind of a surprise. Who knows?

quote: Michael Brown
She is there, but not used much in the trailer. It's the woman in the first shot in the blue shirt who says "Who are you people?"

She is played by a fairly new actress Greta Gerwig. Shw was last seen starring opposite Ben Stiller in Greenberg, and she was good in that so I think she'll suit the role.

It's alright. Everybody can stop looking. They found her...

(Note from Warner execs to art department: 'Make sure you make the duck more prominent in the new version. We like the duck. The robots...not so much but one is OK'.

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Mike Blakesley
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posted 02-22-2011 07:17 PM

If they'd get redo it without Russell Brand and the chair (and Helen Mirren), they'd have a pretty good poster.

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