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courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme · 3 months

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Return to Oz (1985, Walter Murch)

02/02/2024

Return to Oz is a 1985 film directed by Walter Murch, an unofficial sequel to the famous film The Wizard of Oz directed by Victor Fleming and produced by MGM in 1939. The film earned an Oscar nomination for best special effects.

Several months have passed since the events of The Wizard of Oz, and Dorothy Gale is melancholy because she continues to do nothing but dream of her magical adventure, and that Uncle Henry and Aunt Emma don't believe her.

Later, Dorothy discovers to her horror the Yellow Brick Path in ruins and, running along it with Billina, finds the Emerald City, Grey, desert, largely destroyed and with petrified inhabitants, including the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion.

The film was produced by Walt Disney Pictures without the collaboration of MGM, or Warner Bros., the studio that currently holds the rights to the 1939 film.

The film's screenplay is based on L. Frank Baum's second and third novels, The Marvelous Land of Oz and Ozma of Oz, both sequels to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

George Lucas, Murch's friend and colle8, had to personally intervene, guaranteeing the studio that he would act as executive producer or even director in case of problems.

The soundtrack of the film was entrusted to the composer and musical writer David Shire, also know for numerous TV soundtracks, theater musical and for many films including Saturday Night Fever. The entire musical sequence from Dorothy's Theme to the Rag March of the final scene is accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra.

The Italian dubbing of the film was directed by Renato Izzo, Gruppo Trenta.

On home video, in Italy, the film was released in VHS format by Walt Disney Home Video in 1986. The DVD was released in 2013 in the Disney Family Classics series.

Writer Joan D. Vinge adapted the film's screenplay into a novel.

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clemsfilmdiary · 8 months

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Old Boyfriends (1979, Joan Tewkesbury)

8/22/23

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onenakedfarmer · 10 months

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Currently Playing

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER The Original Movie Sound Track

Bee Gees

Yvonne Elliman, Walter Murphy, Tavares, David Shire, Kool and The Gang, KC and The Sunshine Band, MFSB, and The Trammps

You can tell by the way I use my walk: I'm a woman's man. No time to talk.

#Bee Gees #Yvonne Elliman #Walter Murphy #Tavares #David Shire #Kool and The Gang #KC and The Sunshine Band #MFSB #The Trammps #soundtracks #disco

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paperback-writer0807 · 7 months

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We watched The Conversation (1974, dir. Francis Ford Coppola), and the biggest takeaway was that it cemented David Shire as one of our favorite film composers.

The whole soundtrack is wonderful, as are all the other scores I’ve heard from him.

Great stuff. 👏🏻👏🏻

#The Conversation #1970s cinema #David Shire #film scores #soundtracks #I’m a sucker for piano driven film scores #Spotify

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muppet-facts · 2 years

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Muppet Fact #377

Kenneth Ascher and Paul Williams were nominated for Best Original Song at the 52nd Academy Awards for "Rainbow Connection," but lost to David Shire and Norman Gimbel for their song "It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae.

Sources:

"Ryan Murphy Is Still Haunted by The Muppet Movie's Best Song Oscar Loss" Halle Kiefer. Vulture. February 22, 2017.

52nd Academy Awards. Wikipedia.

#jim henson #the muppets #muppets #muppet facts #muppet facts oc #fun facts #Kenneth Ascher #Paul Williams #rainbow connection #Halle Kiefer #vulture #it goes like it goes #norma rae #david shire #norman gimbel #academy awards

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rastronomicals · 4 months

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2:10 AM EST December 14, 2023:

David Shire - "The Taking Of Pelham 123 (End Title)" From the Soundtrack album The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three (1996)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

#David Shire #The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three #The Taking Of Pelham 123 (End Title)

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cyberpunkplaylist · 6 months

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David Shire - Farewell, My Lovely (Marlowe's Theme)

This is Marlowe’s theme. Phillip Marlowe, the noir detective, not the blade runner in Blade Runner: Black Lotus. This kind of mournful but swanky jazz kind of epitomizes the whole feel of the noir genre. Maybe helped to define it. But you’ve got a mission like this in 2077. Johnny the asshole even helps. Hell with him tho. Love is a noble fuckin’ emotion and he doesn’t quite understand that shit. Still… It all began with a dame. She bought me a drink down at Lizzie’s after I found myself barkin’ up the wrong barkeep. One look at that outfit and the deets she linked me and I knew she was trouble. The kinda trouble this city serves up on the regular with a side of bullets and cyanogen. The kind of tasty that makes you take a big bite anyway. She was going to be the death of me. And maybe that wouldn’t be a bad way to go.

BONUS: Here's the trailer for the movie.

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#cyberpunk 2077 #cyberpunk #cyberpunk 77 #cp77 #playlist #Noir #David Shire #Farewell My Lovely #Phillip Marlowe #Raymond Chandler #Youtube

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radiomax · 1 year

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Saturday, April 29, 2023 2pm ET: Number One Album of 1978: Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack (1977)

Saturday Night Fever is the soundtrack album from the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta. The soundtrack was released on November 15, 1977. It is one of the best-selling albums in history, and remains the second-biggest-selling soundtrack of all time, after The Bodyguard, selling 40 million copies worldwide (double-disc album). In the United States, the album was certified 16×…

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#Bee Gees #David Shire #Feature LP #KC & The Sunshine Band #Kool & The Gang #MFSB #RadioMax #Saturday Night Fever #Tavares #Trammps #Walter Murphy #Wikipedia #Yvonne Elliman

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reckon · 2 years

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1 hour of late night driving doomer jazz

#music #jazz #Scott W halgren #chet baker #miles davis #gil evans #bill evans #bernard herrmann #bohren & der Club of Gore #manet #David shire #the seatbelts #massimo catalano #Andrew hale #jerry goldsmith #Youtube

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rptv-tolkien · 3 months

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Middle Earth - Cover

by David Wenzel

#the hobbit #JRR Tolkien #David Wenzel #tolkien #middle earth #fantasy art #gandalf #bilbo #shire #bagshot row

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antiqueanimals · 2 years

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Know About Horses. Written by Edward Holmes. Illustrated by David Nockels. 1975.

#equids #horses #shire horses #David Nockels

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stanweirdosalliance · 8 months

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This is what Jason said about his mom in 1999 on David Letterman "She's hot". This full video no longer exist but glad I recorded this cause it's weird. He might now regretted saying it

#jason schwartzman #talia shire #david letterman #WTF #schwartzman

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onenakedfarmer · 3 months

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Currently Playing

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER The Original Movie Sound Track

Bee Gees

Yvonne Elliman, Walter Murphy, Tavares, David Shire, Kool and The Gang, KC and The Sunshine Band, MFSB, and The Trammps

#The Trammps #Yvonne Elliman #Tavares #Kool and The Gang #Walter Murphy #KC and The Sunshine Band #MFSB #currently playing #Bee Gees #David Shire

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bookloure · 1 year

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It's a wrap! ✨

I've really become that person who reads more than 10 books monthly. Lol.

But I realized this is who I really am as a person. And I'm grateful for all my parasocial relationships that raised my reader self back from the dead.

Here's a wrap-up and stats of all the books I finished in April!

5⭐

📖 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

📖 The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

📖 The House at Pooh Corner by AA Milne

📖 The World of Christopher Robin: The Complete When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six by AA Milne

4.5⭐

📖 The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

4.25⭐

📖 Shiver: Collected Stories by Junji Ito

4⭐

📖 Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

📖 Ways of Seeing by John Berger

📖 A Bottle of Storm Clouds: Stories by Eliza Victoria

📖 David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

3.75⭐

📖 Winnie-the-Pooh by AA Milne

📖 Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World by Pádraig Ó Tuama

3.5⭐

The Dark Interval: Letters on Loss, Grief, and Transformation by Rainer Maria Rilke

Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris

3⭐

📖 Stuart Little by E.B. White

📖 Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire

💭 Fave reads are Jane Eyre and Catcher in the Rye; my least fave is Bless the Daughter.

💭 Some of my favorite characters are Jane Eyre and Rochester; Holden and Phoebe Caulfield; Aunt Betsey; and Saloni.

💭 Definitely interested in reading future works of Parini Shroff! I enjoyed her debut novel so much. (:

#bookblr #booklr #reading wrap up #charlotte bronte #jd salinger #aa milne #parini shroff #taylor jenkins reid #john berger #eliza victoria #charles dickens #padraig o tuama #rainer mari #david sedaris #eb white #warsan shire

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krispyweiss · 2 years

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Quarter Notes: Blurbs & Briefs from Sound Bites

- In this edition, musicians for abortion rights, Black Violin, Cass Elliot, Rage Against the Machine

VARIOUS ARTISTS SUPPORT ABORTION RIGHTS: A various-artists compilation titled Good Music to Ensure Safe Abortion Access to All will be available for one day - Oct. 7 - on Bandcamp to benefit non-profit organizations supporting abortion rights.

Pearl Jam, David Bryne, Bob Weir, Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell are among the participating musicians.

FORMER BLACK VIOLIN DRUMMER DIES: Beatdown, the first drummer to play with Black Violin, has died, a “devastated” Kev Marcus and Wil B. said.

The drummer’s given name, age and date and cause of death were not available.

“He lived every day to the fullest without apology and we were blessed to know him,” Black Violin said.

CASS ELLIOT GETS A STAR: The late Cass Elliot received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during an Oct. 3 ceremony that included Elliot’s fellow Mama Michelle Phillips and John Sebastian.

NO RAGE IN 2023: Rage Against the Machine canceled all 2023 North American concert dates as singer Zack de la Rocha continues to rehabilitate a torn Achilles tendon.

“It’s not simply a question of being able to perform again, but extends to basic functionality going forward,” de la Rocha said in a statement.

Refunds will be issued.

10/4/22

#quarter notes #bandcamp #good music to ensure safe abortion access to all #pearl jam #david byrne #talking heads #bob weir #grateful dead #jason isbell #amanda shires #black violin #cass elliot #the mamas and the papas #michelle phillips #john sebastian #the lovin' spoonful #rage against the machine #zack de la rocha #tom morello

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garadinervi · 2 years

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Grapevine. Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, Michael Frimkess, John Mason, Ron Nagle, Peter Shire, Curated by Ricky Swallow, Photography by Fredrik Nilsen, Design by Sinisa Mackovic & Robert Milne, Rainoff, Amsterdam / David Kordansky Gallery, New York, NY, 2014 [Exhibition: David Kordansky Gallery, New York, NY, July 13 – August 17, 2013] [BOOKS@RET]

#graphic design #art #sculpture #exhibition #ricky swallow #magdalena suarez frimkess #michael frimkess #john mason #ron nagle #peter shire #fredrik nilsen #sinisa mackovic #robert milne #rainoff #david kordansky gallery #2010s

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