A guy who avoids falling pianos in a circus. During spare time he writes on TV & films. His name is in a couple of things used to prop up pieces of furniture.
This month on the blog - Francis Durbridge in France and Abder Isker, one of the most important French TV directors of the 20th century. My article on Mélissa (ORTF, 1968): https://t.co/OBRMwkbokR
❌🪛 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎 𝐂𝐆𝐓𝐕. 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐢 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐬 : 𝟒𝟎 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐬'𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐨𝐧𝐭, 𝟏𝟖 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞́𝐬
La société de production @bangumiofficiel traverse une importante phase d'économies. Près de vingt postes vont disparaître et l'émission #Quotidien va être retouchée.
👉 https://t.co/TeLHMMUAju
CGTV vous dévoile tous les détails, tant ceux économiques que ceux éditoriaux, et notamment ceux concernant le vendredi de @Qofficiel, que Yann Barthès a un temps voulu supprimer.
Mais TMC et Bangumi ont trouvé un accord... et l'animateur devrait céder sa place à l'un de ses chroniqueurs ! CGTV vous dit tout dans une enquête aux petits 🧅
👉 https://t.co/TeLHMMUAju
On this day in 1980, O Canada officially became Canada's national anthem.
First performed for a Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony in 1880, it was composed by Calixa Lavallée with words by Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier.
From 1939 to 1980, it was the de facto national anthem.
"The Apple Dumpling Gang" premiered in theaters today in 1975.
BITE-SIZED FACT | The film notably launched the legendary comedic pairing of Tim Conway and Don Knotts and was a box office hit bringing in $37 million at the box office.
On this date in 2000, “The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle” starring Robert De Niro, Rene Russo, and Jason Alexander debuted in theaters.
BITE-SIZED FACT | Despite an ambitious budget of $76 million, the slapstick comedy struggled at the box office, grossing roughly $35.1 million worldwide.
My big beef with THE PRISONER is that it meant that we missed out on a full season of DANGER MAN in colour. The two episodes that were made in 1967 suggest that such a season could have been incredibly interesting.
My review of the colour episodes: https://t.co/flfWa5eipI
June 29, 1932: Actor Sun Tek-Oh is born in Mokpo, Chōsen (now South Korea). Among his vast number of film & TV credits (including alongside fellow Bond alum Jack Lord in "Hawaii 5-0"), he played Thai Secret Service operative Lt. Hip in "The Man With The Golden Gun" (1974).
📺 June 26, 1983: “Loving” debuted on ABC. The half-hour daytime drama, which featured such notable actors like Bryan Cranston, ran through Nov. 10, 1995 and was replaced by spin-off “The City”. https://t.co/M8mztgqrUF
Vous l’avez adoré lors de sa diffusion, CAROLCO UN RÊVE HOLLYWOODIEN est enfin disponible en vidéo ! 🎉
L’extraordinaire histoire de ce studio à l’origine des plus grands films vous attend dès aujourd’hui, alors foncez ! 👉 https://t.co/9308y7GrOL
Happy to get drenched. Patrick McGoohan in Not So Jolly Roger (Danger Man) and Many Happy Returns (The Prisoner). Partly filmed at Red Sands Sea Fort, Thames Estuary and coastal waters near Abersoch, Gwynedd respectively.
Our latest podcast - on Return of the Saint - can be found on YouTube or Podbean. Next up, Episode 25 will see us finally making it into The Village (yet to be recorded).
It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a bomb.
WB’s SUPERGIRL landed with an $18M thud on Friday (including previews) and is likely to debut with less than $40M this weekend.
Int’l numbers are even worse—$5.7M on 40,000+ screens.