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Date: 23 Feb 2007 11:14:07
From: John Everett
Subject: Breaking Away - Where are they now?
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The Chicago Tribune had an article this morning about the cast of
"Breaking Away". It was prompted by Jackie Earle Haley (Moocher) being
up for an Oscar. You can find it (sans the pictures that were in the
paper) at:
http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/news/celebrity/mmx-0702230067feb23,0,2644248.story?coll=mmx-celebrity_heds
or: http://tinyurl.com/2eeh9g
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jeverett3<AT >sbcglobal<DOT>net (John V. Everett)
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Date: 25 Feb 2007 10:55:20
From: Rick
Subject: Re: Breaking Away - Where are they now?
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On Feb 23, 6:23 pm, sally <s...@sally.com > wrote:
> SparkoHe...@gmail.com wrote in news:1172277547.941015.18520
> @h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
>
> > Since we are breaking away from the thread anyway, I was just recently
> > wondering what ever happened to Rae Dawn Chong. She appeared in lots
> > of movies in the 80s and then seemed to disappear up in smoke.
>
> Probably the same thing that happened to Debra Winger or Julia Roberts or Meg
> Ryan or Sandra Bullock. There are very few great leading movie roles for
> women over 30 and they have enough money saved up that they don't have to
> take minor roles if they don't want to.
Hmmm, 3 of the 5 nominees for Best Actress Oscars this year are over
50 (Helen Mirren, 61; Judi Dench, 72; Meryl Streep, 57). That argues
there are good roles for mature women. Look at Virginia Madsen; she
was considered the hot young actress in the early 80's, fizzled, but
is getting a number of leading roles at the age of 45. I am sure that
if Julia Roberts had an interest in doing some work that there would
be a leading lady role for her; in her case the major reason she seems
to be off screen at the moment is she is interested in doing the
'mommy track'.
- rick
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Date: 24 Feb 2007 06:24:33
From: Qui si parla Campagnolo
Subject: Re: Breaking Away - Where are they now?
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On Feb 23, 10:35 am, sally <s...@sally.com > wrote:
> John Everett <jevere...@sbcglobal.DEFEAT.UCE.BOTS.net> wrote innews:2u7ut2pg413sleti94ovlrv0811d882j52@4ax.com:
>
> > The Chicago Tribune had an article this morning about the cast of
> > "Breaking Away". It was prompted by Jackie Earle Haley (Moocher) being
> > up for an Oscar. You can find it (sans the pictures that were in the
> > paper) at:
>
> For a small independent movie, they did get a real high quality set of
> actors. The one that suprises me the most is Dennis Christopher, who starred
> in 2 Oscar-winning movies early in his career, then pretty much disappeared.
Just saw him in a SciFi channel miniseries called the 'Lost room'...
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Date: 24 Feb 2007 06:23:35
From: Qui si parla Campagnolo
Subject: Re: Breaking Away - Where are they now?
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On Feb 23, 11:38 am, Just A User <k...@up-yours-spammer.net > wrote:
> John Everett wrote:
> > The Chicago Tribune had an article this morning about the cast of
> > "Breaking Away". It was prompted by Jackie Earle Haley (Moocher) being
> > up for an Oscar. You can find it (sans the pictures that were in the
> > paper) at:
>
> >http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/news/celebrity/mmx-0702230067feb23...
>
> > or:http://tinyurl.com/2eeh9g
>
> I don't want to get away from your thread, but it's still kind of on
> topic, what about the guy that played the younger brother in "American
> Flyer"? I don't know his name but I thought he was pretty good in that
> flick.
>
> Ken
He was in 'Air America' with Mel Gibson.
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Date: 23 Feb 2007 22:23:44
From: Sir Ridesalot
Subject: Re: Breaking Away - Where are they now?
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On Feb 23, 1:38 pm, Just A User <k...@up-yours-spammer.net > wrote:
> John Everett wrote:
> > The Chicago Tribune had an article this morning about the cast of
> > "Breaking Away". It was prompted by Jackie Earle Haley (Moocher) being
> > up for an Oscar. You can find it (sans the pictures that were in the
> > paper) at:
>
> >http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/news/celebrity/mmx-0702230067feb23...
>
> > or:http://tinyurl.com/2eeh9g
>
> I don't want to get away from your thread, but it's still kind of on
> topic, what about the guy that played the younger brother in "American
> Flyer"? I don't know his name but I thought he was pretty good in that
> flick.
>
> Ken
Hi there.
The only other film I ever saw him (David shall Grant aka David
Grant) in was Bat-21 where he played part of a helicopter crew. He was
forced to walk through a mine strewn rice paddy.
He was in The Deil Wears Prada (2006).
You can read more about his career at:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0335344/bio
Peter
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Date: 23 Feb 2007 16:39:08
From:
Subject: Re: Breaking Away - Where are they now?
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On Feb 23, 11:38 am, Just A User <k...@up-yours-spammer.net > wrote:
> John Everett wrote:
> > The Chicago Tribune had an article this morning about the cast of
> > "Breaking Away". It was prompted by Jackie Earle Haley (Moocher) being
> > up for an Oscar. You can find it (sans the pictures that were in the
> > paper) at:
>
> >http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/news/celebrity/mmx-0702230067feb23...
>
> > or:http://tinyurl.com/2eeh9g
>
> I don't want to get away from your thread, but it's still kind of on
> topic, what about the guy that played the younger brother in "American
> Flyer"? I don't know his name but I thought he was pretty good in that
> flick.
>
> Ken
Since we are breaking away from the thread anyway, I was just recently
wondering what ever happened to Rae Dawn Chong. She appeared in lots
of movies in the 80s and then seemed to disappear up in smoke.
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Date: 24 Feb 2007 02:23:32
From: sally
Subject: Re: Breaking Away - Where are they now?
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SparkoHeaps@gmail.com wrote in news:1172277547.941015.18520
@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
> Since we are breaking away from the thread anyway, I was just recently
> wondering what ever happened to Rae Dawn Chong. She appeared in lots
> of movies in the 80s and then seemed to disappear up in smoke.
Probably the same thing that happened to Debra Winger or Julia Roberts or Meg
Ryan or Sandra Bullock. There are very few great leading movie roles for
women over 30 and they have enough money saved up that they don't have to
take minor roles if they don't want to.
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Date: 23 Feb 2007 21:55:43
From: David L. Johnson
Subject: Re: Breaking Away - Where are they now?
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sally wrote:
> SparkoHeaps@gmail.com wrote in news:1172277547.941015.18520
> @h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
>> Since we are breaking away from the thread anyway, I was just recently
>> wondering what ever happened to Rae Dawn Chong. She appeared in lots
>> of movies in the 80s and then seemed to disappear up in smoke.
>
> Probably the same thing that happened to Debra Winger or Julia Roberts or Meg
> Ryan or Sandra Bullock. There are very few great leading movie roles for
> women over 30 and they have enough money saved up that they don't have to
> take minor roles if they don't want to.
Sorry, but all of these women are still bringing in audiences to watch
their movies. Just being over 30 is not the kiss of death any longer
for a woman in film, and to suggest that it is is blaming others (men?)
for someone's lack of movie roles.
It may be that Rae Dawn Chong has no more need for movie roles to make
her complete, but that is not because she turned 30. It's easy to blame
Hollywood's fetish with young girls, but that is not the whole story
here. Julia Roberts has appeared in lots of movies over the last 10
years, and she is turning 40 now -- not that 40 is old.
--
David L. Johnson
The lottery is a tax on those who fail to understand mathematics.
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Date: 23 Feb 2007 16:06:36
From: Matt O'Toole
Subject: Re: Breaking Away - Where are they now?
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Our bike club showed Breaking Away last month at a local theater. We had
over 150 people and signed up 15 new members.
We had a trivia contest after the movie -- a quiz about silly things in
the movie, especially all the continuity mistakes.
Great writing trumps all though. No one cares about low production values
when the story is good. Breaking Away is as good today as it was in 1979.
Matt O.
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Date: 23 Feb 2007 14:25:38
From: Diablo Scott
Subject: Re: Breaking Away - Where are they now?
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Matt O'Toole wrote:
> Our bike club showed Breaking Away last month at a local theater. We had
> over 150 people and signed up 15 new members.
>
> We had a trivia contest after the movie -- a quiz about silly things in
> the movie, especially all the continuity mistakes.
>
> Great writing trumps all though. No one cares about low production values
> when the story is good. Breaking Away is as good today as it was in 1979.
>
> Matt O.
>
My favorite trivium: Dennis Christopher's original name was Dennis
Carrelli. He was an Italian kid who was best known for his role in
which he pretends to be an Italian kid.
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Date: 23 Feb 2007 23:21:22
From: nash
Subject: Re: Breaking Away - Where are they now?
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"Diablo Scott" <DiabloScottNOSPAM@terra.es > wrote in message
news:45df69a9$0$29784$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
> Matt O'Toole wrote:
>> Our bike club showed Breaking Away last month at a local theater. We had
>> over 150 people and signed up 15 new members.
>>
>> We had a trivia contest after the movie -- a quiz about silly things in
>> the movie, especially all the continuity mistakes.
>>
>> Great writing trumps all though. No one cares about low production
>> values
>> when the story is good. Breaking Away is as good today as it was in
>> 1979.
>>
>> Matt O.
>>
>
> My favorite trivium: Dennis Christopher's original name was Dennis
> Carrelli. He was an Italian kid who was best known for his role in which
> he pretends to be an Italian kid.
So he pretended to pretend? ; )
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Date: 23 Feb 2007 13:38:45
From: Just A User
Subject: Re: Breaking Away - Where are they now?
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John Everett wrote:
> The Chicago Tribune had an article this morning about the cast of
> "Breaking Away". It was prompted by Jackie Earle Haley (Moocher) being
> up for an Oscar. You can find it (sans the pictures that were in the
> paper) at:
>
> http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/news/celebrity/mmx-0702230067feb23,0,2644248.story?coll=mmx-celebrity_heds
>
> or: http://tinyurl.com/2eeh9g
>
>
I don't want to get away from your thread, but it's still kind of on
topic, what about the guy that played the younger brother in "American
Flyer"? I don't know his name but I thought he was pretty good in that
flick.
Ken
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Date: 23 Feb 2007 17:35:51
From: sally
Subject: Re: Breaking Away - Where are they now?
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John Everett <jeverett3@sbcglobal.DEFEAT.UCE.BOTS.net > wrote in
news:2u7ut2pg413sleti94ovlrv0811d882j52@4ax.com:
> The Chicago Tribune had an article this morning about the cast of
> "Breaking Away". It was prompted by Jackie Earle Haley (Moocher) being
> up for an Oscar. You can find it (sans the pictures that were in the
> paper) at:
For a small independent movie, they did get a real high quality set of
actors. The one that suprises me the most is Dennis Christopher, who starred
in 2 Oscar-winning movies early in his career, then pretty much disappeared.
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Date: 23 Feb 2007 12:55:31
From: Curtis L. Russell
Subject: Re: Breaking Away - Where are they now?
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On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:35:51 +0000 (UTC), sally <sally@sally.com >
wrote:
>For a small independent movie, they did get a real high quality set of
>actors. The one that suprises me the most is Dennis Christopher, who starred
>in 2 Oscar-winning movies early in his career, then pretty much disappeared.
He pops up pretty regularly, just not a star. Sort of a major
secondary role in this and that. Of course, he's a lot older and you
have to know what he looks like now.
Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...
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Date: 23 Feb 2007 19:40:07
From: sally
Subject: Re: Breaking Away - Where are they now?
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Curtis L. Russell <curtis@md-bicycling.org > wrote in
news:vhaut2h10o7ucn03bdkj9ssa0gnjksdn71@4ax.com:
>>For a small independent movie, they did get a real high quality set of
>>actors. The one that suprises me the most is Dennis Christopher, who
>>starred in 2 Oscar-winning movies early in his career, then pretty much
>>disappeared.
>
> He pops up pretty regularly, just not a star.
As far as I know, only as a guest character in 2nd rate TV shows. He no
longer does major movies.
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