Michael Warburton

Grifter (All About Eve to Coronation Street), Cinephile, Drummer. Posting stuff I like, no pandering. Weekly column on Movies at

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In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.

Kurt Vonnegut was the only one to respond.

His reply was a doozy.

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@PeterLionAuthor @MichaelWarbur17 Thanks for the heads up. What a horrible rogue.

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I cannot tell you how IMMENSE Stallone is in

TULSA KING (2022)

Fuck Emmy’s, he should get OSCAR’s for this.
He’s staggeringly good.

And like all the GREAT actors or performances - it’s one part HIM and one part craft talent confidence & experience.

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“Well I hope he likes Spaghetti, they serve it four times a day in the Italian prisons.”

THE ITALIAN JOB (1969)

#NoëlCoward #MichaelCaine
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DEREK AND CLIVE (1978)

“HORSE RACING”

#DudleyMoore #PeterCook
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“And the public gets what the public wants
But I want nothing this society’s got
I'm going underground”

THE JAM

GOING UNDERGROUND (1980)
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William Holden on location in New York filming “Sabrina” in 1954.

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BOGART may have hated every second working on it & made sure everyone knew it, HOLDEN may have had an affair with HEPBURN promising to leave his wife - not - & breaking Hepburn’s heart in the process - but it’s still a great Billy Wilder.

SABRINA (1954)

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John Cleese, Marty Feldman, Graham Chapman & Tim Brooke Taylor performing the iconic

THE FOUR YORKSHIREMEN (1967)

on ‘At Last The 1948 Show’.
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“Kill them, kill them all!”

JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963)

The iconic Skeleton fight scene.

#RayHarryhausen

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“The past is just a story we tell ourselves.”

HER (2013)

One of my favourite films this century.

#JoaquinPhoenix #ScarlettJohansson #SpikeJonze
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“Everything must be destroyed before they reach the lagoon.”

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954)

#JamesMason #KirkDouglas #PeterLorre #JulesVerne
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“Apes don’t read philosophy.”

A FISH CALLED WANDA (1988)

#KevinKline #JamieLeeCurtis
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Bardot in the tub (1958)

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“Why do you hate me, what have I done to you that you should ever hate me so?”

REBECCA (1940)

11 Oscar nominations and winner of 2 including Best Picture.

#JoanFontaine #JudithAnderson #AlfredHitchcock
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“Twist And Shout”

FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF (1986)

#MatthewBroderick
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THE TWO RONNIES and their hilarious 1980 ‘Swear Box’ sketch.

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A fantastic modern poster of THE THIRD MAN (1949)

by Laurent Durieux

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“The name was Lime, Harry Lime.”

THE THIRD MAN (1949)

#CarolReed
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- Jesus!
- Yes
- What?
- What?
- What?
- Yes
- Jesus!

HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART I (1981)

#MelBrooks #JohnHurt
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Notoriously private every chat show host had for decades been trying to get KATHARINE HEPBURN onto their show

One afternoon Hepburn bowled up unannounced at Dick Cavett’s studio had a look around & suddenly said “Why don’t we just go ahead and do it now?”
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