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Slings and Arrows (2003)
production time
In looking at the copyright dates on the DVD set for "Slings and Arrows" I noticed that the entire series was produced over several years with only six episodes produced each production year. I'd be curious to know if the producers were taking a leaf from the production schedule of one of the all-time great series, John Cleese's "Fawlty Towers", or if this is common practice in Canadian television. In any event, this kind of schedule allows for excellent writing, re-writing and relatively unhurried production unlike US TV which demands delivering a new episode every week even if it isn't as good as it could be. Can anyone enlighten me? In any event, I will be watching this series over and over as I do "Fawlty Towers". Many thanks for this terrific series.
My First Mister (2001)
A breath of fresh air
In reading the previous comments I was amazed to see that this a year-and-a-half-old movie. It just came to our little neighborhood "art" house last night and it comes at a perfect time when getting the taste of "Harry Potter" and other such formulaic movies out of my mouth is a welcome relief. In short, I laughed, I cried. Who could ask for anything more from a move? Terrific performances by Sobieski, Brooks, Kane, McKean, Goodman and all the character actors who provided the spice. It's nice to see that some people know how to make a movie with characters that you care about. Find it.