By Alan Farrell
« A One Sided Truce | Main | The Advisor 19 August, 2006 »
TrackBack
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d8341c72e153ef00d834ac0ebf53ef
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference "Scoop" a movie review:
Comments
Verify your Comment
Previewing your Comment
This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted.
Your comment could not be posted. Error type:
Your comment has been saved. Comments are moderated and will not appear until approved by the author. Post another comment
As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.
Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.
The Athenaeum
Pat Lang's Consultancy
Recent Posts
- Weirdness over the CIA
- "The Touro Covenant must survive the attack on the USS Liberty" Sidney O. Smith III
- "Update : Eyes Half Open?" FB Ali
- COIN's siren song.
- Geithner thinks unregulated derivatives were a bad thing...
- Crude prices are driven by investors.
- The Israeli ambassador is a dual national.
- National Journal Blog - 6 July 2009
- Macnamara died.
- What's with Biden?
Recent Comments
- Patrick Lang on Weirdness over the CIA
- Ronald on Weirdness over the CIA
- Sidney O. Smith III on "The Touro Covenant must survive the attack on the USS Liberty" Sidney O. Smith III
- zanzibar on "The Touro Covenant must survive the attack on the USS Liberty" Sidney O. Smith III
- Stephen M. St. John on "The Touro Covenant must survive the attack on the USS Liberty" Sidney O. Smith III
- Anthony Nelson on "Update : Eyes Half Open?" FB Ali
- steve on "The Touro Covenant must survive the attack on the USS Liberty" Sidney O. Smith III
- euclidcreek on "The Touro Covenant must survive the attack on the USS Liberty" Sidney O. Smith III
- Cloned Poster on "The Touro Covenant must survive the attack on the USS Liberty" Sidney O. Smith III
- Jose on "Update : Eyes Half Open?" FB Ali
Donation
Voluntary
July 2009
Categories
- Adam Silverman
- Administration
- Afghanistan
- Baram
- Bearden
- Books
- Catholic
- Current Affairs
- CV
- Farrell
- FB Ali
- Film
- Fine Art
- Frank Anderson
- government
- Habakkuk
- Humor
- Interviews and Lectures
- Justice
- Media
- Movie Reviews
- National Journal
- Nostalgia
- oil
- Open Thread
- Poetry
- Policy
- Politics
- Prose
- Religion
- Richard Sale
- Science
- The economy
- The Media
- The Military Art
- Transcripts
- War Between the States
- Wayne White
- Weblogs
- Whatever
Interesting take on "America’s last hope for another Chaplin" -- the "Scoop" plot reminded me sharply of Chaplin's "Limelight" which has its sublime moments (despite the treacly sentimentality) especially the flea circus sketch and Chaplin with Keaton (Buster, not Diane) and a piano.
Shame this is not the Waugh "Scoop", though, which is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand news management including the dreaded herd mentality and conjuror's diversionary tricks.
Posted by: pbrownlee | 19 August 2006 at 04:04 PM
Just re-reading Waugh's Scoop, actually, and there is a fantastic film to be made from it.
Posted by: Alex | 20 August 2006 at 06:30 AM
LWT did a "Scoop" in 1987 which is not bad - http://imdb.com/title/tt0093931/
Michael Maloney a bit too worldly for William Boot but Renée Soutendijk a good barmy Kätchen, Donald Pleasence wonderfully daft as Lord Copper, proprietor of the Daily Beast, and Herbert Lom pretty well perfect as Mr Baldwin.
There seems to have been a BBC series in 1972 but I don't know much about it - http://imdb.com/title/tt0137321/
with Harry Worth (I have a dim memory of a fairly mild TV comic) as William but as he was 50ish when filming he would be (far?) too old.
Posted by: pbrownlee | 21 August 2006 at 07:57 AM
OK, three urfs, I'll check it out.
Completely off topic. I'd like to see a remake of Irma La Douce, Sophie Marceau, of course being Irma. Maybe Woody could work as a controlled neurotic bartender.
Course Irma's really a spy who manages to bring down both DeGaulle and the last marshal of France.
And Edward Fox would make a cameo appearance as Profumo
Dunno.
Posted by: Angie | 21 August 2006 at 05:38 PM