Post by flummery on Aug 23, 2005 21:02:51 GMT -4
I've seen Straight-Jacket, just recently. If you want to see it, you might want to try netflix.com - they have 2 week free trials, so you can rent it, keep it for a while, and not pay anything.
The IMDB plot outline is this...
"In 1950's Hollywood, movie star Guy Stone must marry a studio secretary in order to conceal his homosexuality. Sally has no idea her marriage is a sham, though, and turns Guy's life upside-down."
I found the movie hilarious and very easy to watch. I'm usually a quiet chuckle type person with movies, but there's a scene where Michael's character, Victor (who is Guy Stone's butler), is serving dinner for Guy and Sally. The meal Sally has cooked is horrible, and Victor walks in with her cake. This is the exchange:
Victor: I thought I'd best serve this before it floats away. [cake slams onto table]
Guy: Boy, doesn't that look good?
Sally: It's my mother's recipe. She always said, "A fat husband can't get far."
Victor: She sounds like an amusing creature.
He's so droll and calm, when he said that first line, I burst out laughing.
The DVD has commentary from...
-Richard Day, Writer/Director.
-Michael Warwick, Producer.
-Carrie Preston, "Sally."
-Matt Lescher, "Guy Stone."
And also a Backlot section with video of some people who were part of the film, including Michael.
In the commentary, there are a few times they mention him.
Another quote, and a mention of it in the commentary:
Victor: Sir, your one true spiritual, intellectual and physical match will not be loitering around some gay bar. He's much harder to find.
Guy: Tell me about it. And I need 5 or 6 of them a week.
Victor: [to Jerry, a woman who is Guy's manager or publicist] I used to think like him. Then, when I was overseas, I met Timothy.
Guy: Your company cook.
Jerry: Somehow I can't picture you in the army.
[Victor grabs her hands, turns her around and puts a piece of silverware to her throat]
Jerry: Okay, go on.
Victor: Timothy shared my passion for opera...cooking...uniforms. He showed me that true love really does exist, even if, tragically, it was not meant to be for the two of us.
Jerry: Was he killed?
Victor: He got fat.
In the commentary:
Michael Warwick: I walked by him sitting outside his trailer, rehearsing that ("He got fat"), and he was saying, "He was killed. He got fat. He was killed. He got fat."
And when you watch when he says that line, it completely makes sense, he said it so seriously. It's so funny.
In the Backlot section, Michael speaks a few times.
He sums up Victor at one point by saying, "I play Victor in Straight-Jacket. Victor is the...gay, Southern, ex-military, martial arts butler." Very true!
Anyway, I definitely recommend renting it, even if it's not from a genre you'd normally watch. It's great comedy.
The IMDB plot outline is this...
"In 1950's Hollywood, movie star Guy Stone must marry a studio secretary in order to conceal his homosexuality. Sally has no idea her marriage is a sham, though, and turns Guy's life upside-down."
I found the movie hilarious and very easy to watch. I'm usually a quiet chuckle type person with movies, but there's a scene where Michael's character, Victor (who is Guy Stone's butler), is serving dinner for Guy and Sally. The meal Sally has cooked is horrible, and Victor walks in with her cake. This is the exchange:
Victor: I thought I'd best serve this before it floats away. [cake slams onto table]
Guy: Boy, doesn't that look good?
Sally: It's my mother's recipe. She always said, "A fat husband can't get far."
Victor: She sounds like an amusing creature.
He's so droll and calm, when he said that first line, I burst out laughing.
The DVD has commentary from...
-Richard Day, Writer/Director.
-Michael Warwick, Producer.
-Carrie Preston, "Sally."
-Matt Lescher, "Guy Stone."
And also a Backlot section with video of some people who were part of the film, including Michael.
In the commentary, there are a few times they mention him.
Another quote, and a mention of it in the commentary:
Victor: Sir, your one true spiritual, intellectual and physical match will not be loitering around some gay bar. He's much harder to find.
Guy: Tell me about it. And I need 5 or 6 of them a week.
Victor: [to Jerry, a woman who is Guy's manager or publicist] I used to think like him. Then, when I was overseas, I met Timothy.
Guy: Your company cook.
Jerry: Somehow I can't picture you in the army.
[Victor grabs her hands, turns her around and puts a piece of silverware to her throat]
Jerry: Okay, go on.
Victor: Timothy shared my passion for opera...cooking...uniforms. He showed me that true love really does exist, even if, tragically, it was not meant to be for the two of us.
Jerry: Was he killed?
Victor: He got fat.
In the commentary:
Michael Warwick: I walked by him sitting outside his trailer, rehearsing that ("He got fat"), and he was saying, "He was killed. He got fat. He was killed. He got fat."
And when you watch when he says that line, it completely makes sense, he said it so seriously. It's so funny.
In the Backlot section, Michael speaks a few times.
He sums up Victor at one point by saying, "I play Victor in Straight-Jacket. Victor is the...gay, Southern, ex-military, martial arts butler." Very true!
Anyway, I definitely recommend renting it, even if it's not from a genre you'd normally watch. It's great comedy.
Sounds great.