Mary Poppins is the first movie I ever saw in a theater - I was 5. I loved it so much that my mother bought the soundtrack for me. That is how I first learned to do an English accent - which set me on a path to my acting and TV careers. (I did radio commercials for my dad's business in an RP dialect.)

Even now, when I've had a shit sandwich of a day, I go home from work, change into my jammies, make fish sticks and tater tots for supper, and watch Mary Poppins. It always makes me feel better.

Sundance is showing it as part of their "classics" series on October 17. It'll be the first time I've seen it on the big screen since I was little. I'm so happy I could skip.

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Another movie I've never seen.

Well, that's a shame. It's a very sweet movie. Dick Van Dyke is totally miscast as Bert, but other than that, it's lovely.

I love Dick Van Dyke as Bert.

When you say Sundance, do you mean at the Sundance Film Fest in Park City, UT or something else?

If in Park City, I will so try to be there.

:flyingakite:

also one of my all time favorites. no idea why its on sundance though. it's anything but an independent movie, and disney is usually so stingy with broadcast rights.

been eagerly awaiting it's arrival on bluray. maybe this is a step towards it being issued.

Efan said:

Another movie I've never seen.

see it... like tonight on sundance

Nothinbutjoy said:

I love Dick Van Dyke as Bert.

When you say Sundance, do you mean at the Sundance Film Fest in Park City, UT or something else?

If in Park City, I will so try to be there.

:flyingakite:

while i love the performance, it is the worst cockney accent in film history.

cborgman said:

Efan said:

Another movie I've never seen.

see it... like tonight on sundance

How about October 17 on Sundance?

Efan said:

cborgman said:

see it... like tonight on sundance

How about October 17 on Sundance?

details...

just got my email back from john irving who said yes. too excited to give a shit about details. i am on a lit-geek high.

the point is watch the damn movie already!

Sorry, guys...it's at the Sundance theater.

Genesia said:

Sorry, guys...it's at the Sundance theater.

::starts sharpening pitchfork::

cborgman said:

Genesia said:

Sorry, guys...it's at the Sundance theater.

::starts sharpening pitchfork::

Sowwy...

cborgman said:

Efan said:

How about October 17 on Sundance?

details...

just got my email back from john irving who said yes. too excited to give a shit about details. i am on a lit-geek high.

the point is watch the damn movie already!

Wow, that's awesome! Congrats! That is really great, and I'm glad he did that.

Kinda/sorta back on topic: I will try to watch the movie soon. One of the reasons that I never saw it as a kid is that my mom has a huge hatred of Julie Andrews. I didn't even see The Sound of Music until I was 20--and that was because the drama queens I was living with then were aghast when they found this out and they rented it for us to watch post-haste.

*GASP*

I can honestly say I've never heard of anyone hating Julie Andrews.

It makes me in my heart a little.

Efan said:

cborgman said:

details...

just got my email back from john irving who said yes. too excited to give a shit about details. i am on a lit-geek high.

the point is watch the damn movie already!

Wow, that's awesome! Congrats! That is really great, and I'm glad he did that.

Kinda/sorta back on topic: I will try to watch the movie soon. One of the reasons that I never saw it as a kid is that my mom has a huge hatred of Julie Andrews. I didn't even see The Sound of Music until I was 20--and that was because the drama queens I was living with then were aghast when they found this out and they rented it for us to watch post-haste.

One of my closest friends has the Julie Andrews aversion, too.

Speaking of The Sound of Music, one of the art house theaters in Madison was being torn down a few years ago, and the last film they showed was the first film that ran at that theater in the 60s - The Sound of Music.

I loved that theater. I saw The Sound of Music, Oliver!, Finian's Rainbow, and a ton of other movies there.

Genesia said:

Efan said:

Wow, that's awesome! Congrats! That is really great, and I'm glad he did that.

Kinda/sorta back on topic: I will try to watch the movie soon. One of the reasons that I never saw it as a kid is that my mom has a huge hatred of Julie Andrews. I didn't even see The Sound of Music until I was 20--and that was because the drama queens I was living with then were aghast when they found this out and they rented it for us to watch post-haste.

One of my closest friends has the Julie Andrews aversion, too.

Speaking of The Sound of Music, one of the art house theaters in Madison was being torn down a few years ago, and the last film they showed was the first film that ran at that theater in the 60s - The Sound of Music.

I loved that theater. I saw The Sound of Music, Oliver!, Finian's Rainbow, and a ton of other movies there.

I'm not sure what initially drove my mom's dislike for Julie Andrews, but I do know this: Once Julie bared her breasts in S.O.B., she killed any chance she ever had of winning my mom over. I can still remember my mom's reaction when it started making news in '82: "That...that...that horrible woman!"

Efan said:

Genesia said:

One of my closest friends has the Julie Andrews aversion, too.

Speaking of The Sound of Music, one of the art house theaters in Madison was being torn down a few years ago, and the last film they showed was the first film that ran at that theater in the 60s - The Sound of Music.

I loved that theater. I saw The Sound of Music, Oliver!, Finian's Rainbow, and a ton of other movies there.

I'm not sure what initially drove my mom's dislike for Julie Andrews, but I do know this: Once Julie bared her breasts in S.O.B., she killed any chance she ever had of winning my mom over. I can still remember my mom's reaction when it started making news in '82: "That...that...that horrible woman!"

How did she feel about Victor/Victoria?

Please tell me you've seen that movie.