According to Sophia Loren, when she was making Boy On A Dolphin with Ladd, they had to dig a hole for her stand in when she did her scenes with him so she wouldn't tower over him. In her prime, Sophia was 5'9".
Is it? In theory, awards shouldn't have anything to do with popularity but quality though unfortunately that is not always/usually the case. The best film of 1956, John Ford's masterpiece The Searchers didn't get a single Oscar nomination! There are better films from 1956 than the five best...
Unlikely! David Fincher's acclaimed and Oscar nominated Mank (a Netflix film) from 4 years ago still hasn't seen a physical media release. Criterion has licensed a few Netflix films but they're usually from directors like Scorsese, Jane Campion and Noah Baumbach who Criterion has/had a...
For some of us, knowingly buying a bootleg is not an option. I say knowingly because early in my collecting days, I just assumed if it were being sold by Amazon it must be legitimate so yes, I have a few (very few) boots in my collection but immediately replace them when a legitimate version...
It's not a critic's job to bow at the feet of a so called "great" director and massage his ego. It's their job to critique and call a spade a spade. Kael's remark (if indeed she made it and I hope she did) of "Oh, we'll let you have color" is hilarious! If Lean was upset then clearly he has no...