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    Screen Shot Quiz #144

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    My kids are off for spring break at the moment, so welcome to this weeks theme: READING WEEK.

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  1. Joseph says:
    March 16, 2009 at 7:55 am

    The Hours? Reading always reminds me of Stephen Daldry. :)

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  2. Joseph says:
    March 16, 2009 at 7:56 am

    And on that same note, is is The Reader?

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  3. Shannon the Movie Moxie says:
    March 16, 2009 at 8:07 am

    I know it isn’t the film I’m thinking – but it might come up later in the themed week so I’m keeping mum.

    Man, I miss Reading Week.

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  4. Kurt says:
    March 16, 2009 at 8:14 am

    No, but I’ll say that the person opening the book is NOT HAPPY about the state of the pages.

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  5. swarez says:
    March 16, 2009 at 8:34 am

    Surely this isn’t Cast A Deadly Spell?
    That’s one film that I need on a proper DVD god damn it. Why HBO doesn’t get off their asses and release it when it has a huge well known cast and a hot director, Julianne Moore, Fred Ward, Clancy Brown and directed by Martin (Casino Royal) Campbell. Boggles the mind really.

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  6. Kurt says:
    March 16, 2009 at 9:41 am

    Wow. Never heard of this, Swarez. Awesome. And Yea, I want to see that.

    This screenshot is from a movie that didn’t get much theatrical release (as all of this directors work seems to be afflicted with not-great box office), despite a lot of print/media on the filmmaker, who is more famous for theatre than film. I think it got some love on DVD (as do a lot of the directors work…)

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  7. Lee says:
    March 16, 2009 at 10:04 am

    Cast a Deadly Spell is great. I recently caught up with it on HBO on demand and still found it a charming hybrid of genres. I have a theory about certain actors who dont get the credit or the work they deserve. Fred Ward was born to late, imagine Fred Ward hitting the ground running in the late 60′s, or any decade before the 80′s infact. He just has one of those faces. I loved Remo Williams as a kid also.

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  8. Shannon the Movie Moxie says:
    March 16, 2009 at 10:25 am

    Le Confessionnal?

    Total guess from the theatre vs film comment made me think of Robert Lepage.

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  9. Kurt says:
    March 16, 2009 at 10:41 am

    I’m a fan of Robert LePage (Possible Worlds is even more obscure and underrated than Code 46 – albeit, equally icy.)

    Obscure and silly hint of the day. The film uses my favourite Henry David Thoreau quote in there. Uttered by my favourite on-screen magician. Yea. that’s a pretty terrible and narcissistic hint.

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  10. Shelagh says:
    March 16, 2009 at 11:09 am

    Pleasantville?

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  11. Shannon the Movie Moxie says:
    March 16, 2009 at 1:27 pm

    A narcissistic hint – wow, that’s a new one! Still don’t knwo what the film is!

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  12. swarez says:
    March 16, 2009 at 7:21 pm

    You’ve never heard of Cast A Deadly Spell Kurt? God damn, it’s probably the best H.P. Lovecraft inspired film ever made.

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  13. Kurt Halfyard says:
    March 16, 2009 at 10:02 pm

    Dang. Nope. Not at All Swarez. But I’m happy to hop on board with GOOD Lovecraft adaptations. There are so many middle of the road attempts out there.

    Back to the Quiz at hand. Here is a big hint.

    That book does not contain The Process, the MacGuffin of the film.

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  14. Shelagh says:
    March 17, 2009 at 4:41 pm

    Prospero’s Books?

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  15. Kurt Halfyard says:
    March 17, 2009 at 6:14 pm

    The Greenaway film? Nope. This is a lot more mainstream. In fact it stars Steve Martin. Oi.

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  16. 790 says:
    March 17, 2009 at 9:03 pm

    Evil dead?

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  17. Shelagh says:
    March 19, 2009 at 3:36 pm

    The Spanish Prisoner. AMAZING film!

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  18. Kurt says:
    March 19, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    Leave it to a film-school grad to get this zinger. Indeed it is Shelagh. Although he is only in it for half of the film, Ricky Jay is GOD. Oh, and the Thoreau quote is “Beware of All Enterprises that require new clothes”

    Plus a fabulous Campbell Scott, a playing-it-straight Steven Martin and several of the usual Mamet regulars.

    Definitely worth a look. Or 2.

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