Tim Edge

Writer, rabble-rouser. No direction home.

[DepressedBergman @DannyDrinksWine]

From the beginning, Alfred Hitchcock and Ernest Lehman planned on casting Cary Grant as the leading man in "North by Northwest" (1959) even though James Stewart showed extreme interest in the project despite his ignorance of the plot. When Stewart left to film 'Bell, Book and Candle' (1958), Hitchcock was relieved of the unpleasant task of telling him he didn't get the role.

During the filming, Cary Grant said to Hitchcock, "It's a terrible script. We've already done a third of the picture and I still can't make head or tail of it." The comment greatly amused Hitchcock because, far from being a flaw, that exactly mirrored what Grant's character was feeling as well. Grant thought the movie would be a flop right up until its premiere, where it was rapturously received.

("North By Northwest (1959)", Lang Thompson, TCM, 2005 & IMDb)

P.S: On this day, 67 years ago, "North by Northwest" (1959) premiered in Chicago, Illinois, USA

[DepressedBergman @DannyDrinksWine]

After completing "Some Like it Hot" (1959), Billy Wilder wanted to make a film on the idea he had from around the 1940s. He wanted to make a film about the unseen character in David Lean's "Brief Encounter" (1945) who loans the apartment for the rendezvous of the main characters.

He always thought there was a funny and touching character there to explore. He wanted to work with Jack Lemmon again after "Some Like it Hot" and thought he would be perfect for this role. According to Jack Lemmon, he was offered the role by Wilder, when they were on the way to a private screening of "Some Like it Hot" in a car.

("On Sunset Boulevard: The Life and Times of Billy Wilder", Ed Sikov, 1998)

P.S: On this day, 66 years ago, "The Apartment" (1960) New York City & San Francisco, USA.

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Very sad. Labour through and through, a fine mind and gifted writer, a loyal and hard working deputy to Neil at a vital time in Labour history, and a critical friend to New Labour. Sheffield Wednesday to the very end! RIP Roy

[Gavin Barwell @GavinBarwell]

Editor's note:

Yes Reform won the most seats

But its national equivalent vote share was 27%. That's LOWER than last year

And come a general election it will face widespread tactical voting because many voters really don't want Farage as PM

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

I am at a loss to understand why the government has done nothing to reform @ofcom which is not fit for purpose and has allowed Farage UK to have its own TV news channel; nothing to push back on the relentless bias and untruthfulness of most of our press; and nothing to respond to the capture of the BBC political coverage by the Gibb brigade.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Stellan Skarsgård reflects on his worldview :

"My father told me something when I was very small to instill confidence in me: 'Nobody in the world is worth more than you, but nobody’s worth less.' It is an egalitarian view that I’ve carried around in my life. That’s why I am for free schools, free universities, free health care, and free babysitting. Because our society could afford it"

"In America, people think social democracy is some kind of communism. They think capitalism is freedom. It’s not. It’s only freedom to exploit people"

(via @vulture)

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

The Vatican is two weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon.

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

You don’t get penguins in the Arctic 🙄

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Trump applying stronger sanctions on the genocidal Russian dictatorship, an active enemy of the US and its allies? No, he’s raising taxes on Americans to punish European allies over the vast irrelevancy of Greenland in order to destroy NATO to benefit Russia.

[Tim Edge @TimEdgeWriter]

Message to European Governments: DUMP US TREASURY BONDS.

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

Starmer’s US policy lies in tatters. Trump is now punishing the UK and NATO allies just for doing the right thing.

Time for the PM to stand firm against the bully in the White House, and work with European and Commonwealth allies to make him back down from this reckless plan.

[Stephen King @StephenKing]

All this crap generated about Greenland and Venezuela is just to distract from the Epstein Files, which have still not been released. In defiance of the law, might I add.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.

[Martina Navratilova @Martina]

Machado made a mockery of herself and the Nobel Peace Prize.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

Thank you Nancy Pelosi for 39 Years of service to this nation.

And My favorite part...

[Tim Edge @TimEdgeWriter]

What is the point of The Stage? They claim to represent the industry, yet hide their content behind a paywall. How can that work?

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Republicans can’t win on their policies, so they are trying to dodge accountability by rewriting the rules. These lawmakers are going out of their way to silence the will of the people and deliberately undermine our democracy.

[Tim Edge @TimEdgeWriter]

Some context for all you flag wavers: Mo Farah, Dua Lipa, Freddy Mercury. Sigmund Freud, Rita Ora. Just saying.

[Tim Edge @TimEdgeWriter]

Babylon.

[DepressedBergman @DannyDrinksWine]

Name a movie that the critics were completely wrong about.

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

Nearly half the British public seems to think that illegal migrants outnumber those here legally. In fact legal migration outnumbers illegal migration by at least 10 to 1.

[Carl Woodward @mrcarl_woodward]

I do not want to read another article gaslighting theatregoers - we are all sick of it

[Tim Edge @TimEdgeWriter]

@theartistj_p__ Anyone I know??