Cary Grant Retrospective – An Affair to Remember Review

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So we are back at it for this Cary Grant retrospective

winding down We only have this and one more film

to go before we kind of conclude this little,

I guess, feels like a small retrospective after

the Hitchcock one, even though we have covered

a number of films, but I feel like it's like

half the size of the other one we did. So it

feels like it's gone by somewhat quick. So today

we're going to be covering the 1957 American

romance film. An affair to remember and before

we get the facts from Dan Dan What is your experience

with an affair to remember going into this? I

had no experience going into this. This is I

never watched it before Didn't know much about

I knew of it like it's you know It's a classic

movie and you've seen it's one of those movies

like when you see award shows and stuff like

that You'll see clips of it and things like that

But I didn't really know much about the plot

didn't know much about the story. So kind of

went in They just trying to know at least as

least as I can And that was my experience with

it. How about yourself? Yeah, the same. Like

I went in this one knowing that the title was

the name of a movie and knowing that Cary Grant

must be in it since we're covering it during

this retrospective. And that was about it. I've

never even heard anybody's take on it, opinions

on it, anything. I didn't know if it was well

received, not well received. So went in as about

as blind as you can possibly go in to a movie.

So since we're both. somewhat uneducated on this

film. Why don't you fill us in with some facts

and then we'll come back after we watch it with

our opinions. Well, you won't forget this one.

An Affair to Remember was released in 1957, directed

by Leo McCary, starring Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr,

Richard Denning, Debbie Peterson, and Kathleen

Nesbitt. The story follows Nicky Ferdinand, a

charming, sophisticated playboy and painter,

and Terry McKay, a beautiful nightclub singer.

They meet aboard a transatlantic ocean liner

traveling from Europe to New York. Both are engaged

to other people, but over the course of the voyage,

they fall deeply in love. To test the sincerity

of their feelings and avoid scandal, they greet

Amit again in six months on the top of the Empire

State Building, provided they manage to end their

current relationship and build independent lives.

However, tragedy strikes on the day of their

planned reunion. Terry is hit by a car and left

paralyzed, ashamed of her condition. She doesn't

tell Nicky what happened, and he believes she

simply lost interest. Months later, fate brings

them together again in a powerful emotional finale

that reveals the truth. An Affair to Remember

is one of Hollywood's most beloved romantic films

and has been noted as an influence by countless

romantic dramas and comedies, including Sleepless

in Seattle. Grant often said this was one of

his favorite roles in films, partly because of

how sincere and emotional he was. Deborah Kerr's

singing voice was dubbed. Her songs were performed

by Mamie Nixon, who is famous for dubbing the

singing voices of other actresses, including

Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, and Natalie Wood

in West Side Story. The film received four Oscar

nominations, including cinematography, costume

design, original song, and original score, and

is on AFI's Top 100 Greatest Love Stories of

All Time, ranking number five. Cary Grant was

known for his perfection and subtle control over

his performance. During the filming, he suggested

small changes to dialogue and blocking to make

the scenes feel more natural. The director trusted

his instincts, granted he often rephrased his

lines and matched his elegant conversational

style, helping to create the film's smooth, romantic

tone. Was it all worth it? Does it deserve that

reputation all these years later? And how does

it fit into Cary Grant's overall career? Back

to Kevin and myself to discuss. All right, now

that we got all of the facts laid out and we've

had a chance to watch the film, Dan, it looks

like from my brief research that an affair to

remember goes one of two ways. In reading some

of the critiques on this film, I've seen such

words as ridiculously childish. absurd, too thick,

unbelievably foolish, and also got a 67 % on

Rotten Tomatoes. And then on the flip side of

that, I see that it got nominated for four Academy

Awards, is listed on AFIs. Top 100 romances of

all time as well as a number of other substantial

lists I think the thousand one movies you need

to see before you die has been redone and and

referenced in a number of different films like

sleepless in Seattle and things of that nature

so my question to you is in which group do you

reside do you reside in the in the Not believable

aspect and the 67 % fresh which I know is still

fresh But it feels like a low number compared

to some of the other classic films we see or

or do you line up with? This is one of the most

romantic films of all time Yes percent that's

I would thought would be higher than that I feel

like I'd be interested to see like the percentage

of those reviews that are negative how many of

them or Within the last, you know certain years

like of the time Compared to when it first came

out I do feel like watching this and it was interesting

because I was watching it and my wife's like

you're watching a fair to remember I'm like,

you know this movie. He's like, yeah, it's like

my mom's favorite movie Like I think that is

a tagline to this. It's like it's it's your mom's

favorite movie It's like it is and then I don't

think my mom ever watched it. I mean this does

feel like a movie It would our generation. It

is a very simplistic story. There's no No denying

that it is, you know, very straightforward in

his approach then it has it's interesting because

we like Skip so much time because you know, obviously

we we watched some of the previous films during

the like in the 50s during the Hitchcock retrospective

But there's it's like night and day when it looks

at like how the female characters are of trade

and some of the 40s films like did we did like

his girl Friday and You know, yeah, baby where

the back and forth between characters like Captain

Hathburne and Cary Grant, they both had a very

antagonistic towards one another in that way.

This didn't really have nearly as much of that.

Everything was kind of sweet and pristine, which

is not necessarily a bad thing. This is a very

earnest movie, and something about that is charming.

I just found that aspect of it. Like I mentioned,

it's like your mom's favorite movie. It's a movie

that is... Very pleasant to watch. It might be

simplistic. But also I really found myself being

kind of memorized by like Cary Grant's performance

in this because it felt like, you know, mentioned

like being getting this huge time jump, like

meeting up with a friend from high school after

a long time. And maybe you like them in high

school, maybe they're okay, but they're a little

bit like, like, all right, man, like you got

to you got to grow up a little bit like you're

and Did you feel like Cary Grant has grown up

in his performance? He's a bit more restrained.

He feels like he is being more retrospective

in the way he approaches things in a way, the

way he internalizes. He's much more dramatic

within this. He has some of his quips here and

there, but it is not a comedic performance, first

and foremost. So I completely get where those

individuals who would say it's kind of dumb or

whatever you want to, however you want to categorize

it. But I guess I found that element of it. I

found it quaint and I guess in a world where

We're so so filled with cynicism and things like

that. It was it was a nice escape To get something

like this, you know, we usually turn the turn

your brain off type of entertainment or something

like Transformers but I think you can kind of

apply that to this in a way in the sense of Like

it's you know, it's you know where it's going,

you know how it's ending but I just it had that

like Maybe just because it did remind me like

watching classic films with my parents that I

did enjoy that experience But I get where those

criticisms and criticisms are coming from for

yourself I think I was reading some of the stuff

after the after the fact I try not to look at

anything beforehand going blind and then I after

I watched it I try to at least get some knowledge

of like what people were saying about it and

things of that nature which is obviously where

some of those critiques come from and Then when

I was also just doing a quick scan over like

even like just the Wikipedia page I see that

the director has a comment here And his quote

is, Hollywood films all seem to be trying to

find a trick way of saying, I love you. What

are they trying to prove? Love is the oldest

and noblest emotion. And I feel like that resonates

with me somewhat because it's exactly what you're

saying. It's like they stripped away everything

else. Like, yes, there's nothing too complicated

or complex. It's pretty straightforward and simple.

But in a way like that works for me because it's

just getting out of the way. Let two people Two

performers perform in a way and there's a lot

of also from McCary that's about improvisational

so he encouraged his actors and actresses to

do as much improv as they could and you know

Captured what he could and used it for the film

So there's a lot of lines in here and a lot of

moments that are improvised But I think that

adds to that that same notion of like just get

out of the way and let these folks Truly perform

and tell this story whether it's Don't know I

guess some of them were saying it's not believable

and this that and the other I didn't necessarily

Find that as something I got tripped up on while

I was watching it, but I found myself just generally

Enjoying my time with the movie if that makes

sense like I can't exactly describe why You know

what I mean? It's not like it was like this super

clever I'm not saying the dialogs bad like some

of it is clever some of its you know funny and

and endearing and things like that, but it's

not like it's written by like some type of Super

clever genius that you're just like, oh, I just

really like the clips back and forth. You're

right. It's not like super comedic. So there's

not like, oh, I was just laughing the whole time.

There's not these complicated twists and turns.

So like you're left with I was left with a feeling

of, hey, I just really enjoyed my time with this

film, but I'm not 100 percent sure why. So it's

like and I think maybe some of it boils down

to the fact that. We've seen a lot of different

sides of Cary Grant like we've seen like the

James Bond esque Cary Grant in the Hitchcock

films that we watched we've seen the very comedic

side of him in even a North by Northwest or His

Girl Friday bringing up baby things of that nature.

We've seen him do more of a dramatic effect role

with Penny Serenade and to a point I guess with

the last film we covered as well This one to

me is a side we've seen in a lot of his other

roles, but it's never been more the focus than

it seems like it is in this one where it's just

literally the smooth side of Cary Grant. Like

I know we've seen that in other things, but it's

like everything else is stripped away. We're

not running away from helicopters. We're not

trying to crack jokes. It's like, let me take

all of that away and just show you how like convincing

I am as somebody that could like Win somebody

else over like and just be romantic and and all

of that like I feel like he's like if you were

to describe different traits of Cary Grant He

he would have this for sure You would you would

describe him as kind of that Rico Suave guy and

like if I was gonna point to a movie that Demonstrates

that I feel like this is it So like to me that

worked a lot to be able to see him even though

he's not as comedic I still think he has like

the lines that you're like you're just kind of

like oh you slick little guy like or you know

like oh you know i i see what you're doing here

and she's gonna fall for that or this that and

the other so like i just really enjoyed my time

with it and i was shocked when i when i saw that

it only had a 67 i was like oh this is gonna

be one of those it's like number you know five

on everybody's list and it's like a 98 percent

on rotten tomatoes and all this other stuff i'm

like oh maybe i'm the only one that liked this

movie a lot so um but no i i really enjoyed enjoyed

it but i do agree that it is a different Set

up than what we've had like we basically went

with the because all the Hitchcock stuff was

in the middle We kind of went from early Cary

Grant to now us I guess what we could call later

Cary Grant And it does seem like we've jumped

in the way that you know The females are being

depicted and some of that nature so I get some

of that as well But I'm not shocked that this

is you know listed on some of the the most romantic

movie lists of all I mean, and that's the thing

they they certainly like you talk about man's

like when it comes to ultimately chemistry and

that's all you need that and that was certainly

there like they had that and you know as simple

as a month sound I was you know rooting for them

to get together and like and like seeing them

kind of work through this and I just find it

interesting like where She has this accident

of course and she is paralyzed but they can't

like directly say it and I was trying to figure

out if there was there was there something like

they like had I Couldn't show someone in a wheelchair.

It was just interesting the way that that was

approached But but yeah, I think on the romance

side like they worked all together like they

had that back and forth like it wasn't it was

different than some of the previous performances,

but I said it did feel like a more adult relationship

where Some of the other ones were more like,

you know, you know, antagonistic here. They felt,

you know, they started there, but they kind of

grew and you could see why they would care for

each other as much as they did. I mean, again,

was it the most complex or expertly written?

No, but also they did like how like so much of

their interaction was. Depicted based on like

how well were they be perceived by everyone like

you know cuz they're they had so many eyes on

them because of who they were and i think that

even speaks to today in a lot of ways because

you know it's different but if you're someone

in the limelight like peanut there's that that

high school mentality that exists now we even

you know back then clearly it did as well where

people are just looking for looking for drama

to talk about and spread. Yeah, it almost seems

like it was ahead of its time, but obviously

that probably you know existed to some extent

You know throughout time as well. It just seems

like it's more elevated in our time I'm curious

on your take of this movie is basically to me

divided into like two halves I know movies have

acts and whatnot and you know, typically it's

three acts But I feel like it's also this movie

somewhat like one half and the second half like

the first half is everything that happens on

the boat With them kind of getting to know each

other and trying to explore if they're gonna

actually, you know do anything with their Feelings

for each other etc. And then you have the second

half in my opinion Which is once they disembark

and they kind of go their separate ways with

this plan to meet back up on a certain day at

a certain time but what was it at the top of

the Eiffel Tower or somewhere? No the Empire

State Building yeah, we're in the wrong country

So, you know with this whole plan and we got

to see like how that's gonna work out and whatnot

Did you have a preference? Did you prefer one?

The first half over the second half or or did

you kind of feel like they all flowed together?

Well, everything enjoyed the first half more

because like that that second half does I say

You know, it's it's them being apart. You don't

have that back and forth as much. You don't have

right. It's it's about more more so It's purposely

more depressing because it's all about like,

okay, they're not you know, making you lead to

belief Okay, this isn't happening and it does

it does I don't say drag a bit but it is it is

interesting too. This was a time and place where

We're just going to insert musical performances

that I don't know if they really pertained to

much beyond the fact that we need to have a song

now. But yeah, I definitely enjoyed the boat

sequence the most because I think that's when

we really got to see them at that relationship

blossom. And then when he gets to off the boat

and you're just waiting for the inevitable, it's

not that I disliked it, but it wasn't as compelling.

Yeah, I feel like it's it's interesting because

you would think the opposite right like you would

think some people like hey We're gonna just spend

the first half all in a boat and it's literally

just gonna be these two people getting to know

each other and Exploring that relationship. Yeah,

a lot of people would kind of be like well that

sounds kind of boring I'm with you. I prefer

that like I like to see the the inner workings

of a relationship like that and then you would

think like the rest of it like the setup here

they're both gonna go their separate ways they're

both engaged or have significant others they

have to decide if they're gonna break that off

or not they're supposed to meet together will

one of them like not meet up will one of them

decide to stay with her you know whatever we

obviously have the the wrench thrown in the mix

that on her way she gets into this accident so

it's like She doesn't show up, but he doesn't

know why and that is that she was headed there

like so it seems like, hey, there's all this

interesting stuff in the second half, but I'm

with you. I actually prefer the the boat section

of this film and and getting to see like and

I get some I get some of it because obviously

when you separate the two leads, they're not

going to be able to play off of each other. So

you have to like somewhat be able to take them

each independently and who they're interacting

with and things like that. I do think, you know,

it is the typical. I'm not saying that in a bad

way, but you do have like the romantic movie

-esque thing where the accident happens to prevent

her to, you know, the whole unknown thing where

it's like the Romeo and Juliet thing, right?

Like, you know, you don't know that she's not

dead type deal or whatever the case may be. So

I do, you know, I kind of like that, even though

it does happen a lot in all the romantic movies.

But you're like, ah, you could just scream through

the screen and tell everybody what's going on.

This could be solved much easier. And things

of that nature. So But I did enjoy the section

on the on the boat for sure Outside of maybe

the simplicity. Did you have any other drawbacks

that you had for the film in your experience?

Musical performances, I don't think they were

bad, but I didn't it wasn't like these are songs

I was I can't listen wait to listen to again

I mean the voices were the voices were good like

the you know, obviously got like people to you

know I've been for Deborah Kurtz voice, but I

don't know they're not this wasn't the sound

of music or something like that where it's like

that was a strong suit and The fact that they

like these are full performing, you know, it's

like these are gonna get I get the all that we're

getting all the verses to this song with her

being a teacher and I get like that's part of

her character, but And obviously, you know, this

was the time when musicals were huge. So that's

like probably why a lot of people were going

to it. So you're going to same way like you have

an action film focus on on the action that you

want to give people to come in with all the musical

performances. But those are ones where I just

like it doesn't really do much for me on that

end. I don't think it's something that I would

like remember afterwards. I can't even tell you

how the song goes right now, even though they

play it like it seems like incessantly throughout

the whole film. It did get an Academy Award nomination

for best scoring and best song. And since you

brought up the dub aspect of the voice, you have

Deborah Kerr who plays the main lead female character

here is dubbed over by Marnie Nixon, which is

an interesting story because she also dubs over

Deborah Kerr in The King and I. And she also

was the vocals for Hepburn and My Fair Lady.

Like she does all the songs in that. She appeared

in, she does the songs for one of the characters

in the West Side Story. She does some voiceover

work in Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Mary

Poppins, and she's also one of the sisters in

Sound of Music. So like she was all over the

place. And even in 1998, she appeared the vocals

for grandmother fa in Mulan and did the some

work on the song honor to us all so like Hats

off to Marnie Nixon for appearing in so many

different like well -known musicals, even though

she didn't get credit for half of them another

thing I wanted to bring up is obviously this

is a remake of a another film done by the same

exact director I Thought it was interesting that

this film the director made and it was with I

believe Irene done And I'm going to say the wrong

person. But he did the film once with a different

name, and it was called Love Affair. And then

Cary Grant, apparently after he appeared with

this director in An Awful Truth, didn't really

care for how much improv he kind of did and his

style. So he didn't really make any attempts

to do anything with that Love Affair movie. But

then he kind of came around and wished that he

had starred in it so he eventually convinces

the director to redo the film with him as the

lead and just call it a different name and they

use the same screenplay written by the same folks

and it's like a shot for shot remake just with

different people which which which i don't know

you know how how much that would go over these

days but obviously back then uh maybe it was

something that you can get away with uh more

frequently the guy that did the screenplay on

it for just kind of trivial purposes also did

a philadelphia story Was one of the two people

listed he didn't get credit because he was blacklisted

But he was one of the screenwriters so and then

they do this movie like, you know again later

on in Like 19 I'm gonna get the wrong Year, but

they they do it later on like ten or twenty years

later, you know And they go back to the name

of love affair on that one. So yeah, 1994 gotcha

So have you seen either the other versions? I

have not no That's interesting, yeah. The power

of Cary Grant where it's like... It definitely

seems later in his career that he had some sway

and he could get like a movie made if he really

wanted it to and just insert himself into the

starring role. More power to him. You know what?

I really like that movie with a good boy that

was a dog. I wouldn't do that, but I'll be the

dog instead of the dog. We can do this. At least

in this one, even though he is still probably

slightly older than the person... Being played

because I think what's your guess to like what

the character in this movie is supposed to be

age -wise I would say probably This is night.

I'm gonna say Late 20s early 30s, maybe if not,

it's not younger. Yeah and carry carry grants

like 57 in this movie So like he definitely is

older, but it doesn't like it's not as young

as what we saw With you know, the the last oh,

he still has to try I did a little one scene

at the play where he's just sitting there There

was like a girl behind him and it's like, you

know She's like being like they're smiling at

each other because it's just that charming so

you can you get why they wanted him to be James

Bond because he's certainly like He uses that

for the person. Absolutely. What did you think

of some of the I just wanted to bring up a couple

other things we get Couple interactions on the

boat with like the cameraman and like some fans

or a guy that like acts like he's friends with

Nikki Ferrante even though he's not and then

we also get like the stop on the in the port

where Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr go to see Cary

Grant's grandmother And what did you think of

some of those interactions on the boat and at

the stop with his grandmother? This up with his

grandmother's I think what won me over with with

the movie I mentioned it being earnest and that's

like that scene is just like it's so heartwarming.

It is just like this Just people just There's

that the actress played the grandmothers are

so ridiculously sweet and the like okay this

all kind of clicking and if if that scene doesn't

work with you i don't think this movie will.

That's kind of where i bought in and i had to

find the scene with the mentioned the film taking

them out that's almost assault so i mean i know

it's like it's. But I feel like we you hear so

many different stories about like um famous people

and You know people like paparazzi and things

like that. That's kind of where my it's not nearly

like sephiris like punching somebody but still

I could see that like it happens today. It's

a much bigger deal Yeah, absolutely i'm actually

interested to see um, you know, I think the the

grandmother was phenomenal In this I thought

she played, you know a great role. She's actually

in Hitchcock's film family plot 1976, which is

like one of the last ones I've gonna watch so

I'm gonna be interested to see her show up in

that film as well 20 years older than she is

in this film, which She seemed like she was fairly

old in this film. So Well, she says she died

in 1982 at the age of 93, so I think she just

looked older than she was in this film Yeah So

but I'll be interested to see her in a family

plot and see if I can pick her out like when

you realize The actresses and golden girls weren't

as old as they really will be there. Oh my goodness.

Yes It's like what 50 was back when we were growing

up and what 50 is now like bread Well, that's

how things work, I guess sometimes um, so I got

I got some a game I wanted to play with you real

quick and put you on the spot So as I said, I

am dead knew nothing about this going into this.

So that's how I like to spring things up on him

So this was listed on the AFI's 100 years, 100

passions, and it was listed as number five. So

it wasn't just listed on the list, it was literally

top five. So do you have any guesses as to what

one through four may have been? The four most

romantic movies of all time. From Here to Eternity?

Nope. Roman Holiday? Roman holidays number four

that was with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck

The most recent no, it's 19 the other three films

are 1961 1939 and 1942 I'll give you some if

you need actresses, I can give you actresses.

It's trying to think 1940 I don't know Feel like

one of them you'll kick yourself if you don't

get at least at least one of them the other two

I think just romantic coming back in the 1940s

1939 To here is carrying any of the other ones

at all or no? Not in these five, but I will ask

a follow -up question about that in a second

I was trying to think of There's not like a sick

robie on Juliet movie that I'm thinking. Um No,

here's your eternity. I mentioned that I figured

to remember My fair lady Dr. Shavago. Nope Not

in the top five these did some of these did appear

in the top 100, but they're not She's um, oh

it happened one night Not in the top five really

Are these like any romantic comedies or no? I

Would not call these romantic comedies. No, okay.

I mentioned I would call one a music I would

call one a musical and I would call the other

two Romance like this romance school West Side

Story West Side Story is number three with Natalie

Wood and Richard Beamer from 1961. So the other

two are the 39 and the 42 one Lady Eve Oh It's

a classic Oh my god, why can't I think of it's

Casablanca Casablanca is number one 1942 with

Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart. So that leaves

number two, which is 1939 Gone with the wind

gone with the wind Vivian Lee and Clark Gable.

Look at you. You got them all All right. I don't

know. I was thinking like I kept thinking I was

thinking comedy and I think that's where it was

like I guess I think Casablanca and some reason

I don't think of it as a romantic film, but yeah,

it is romantic. I can get that. I can get that.

So you mentioned Cary Grant. You asked if any

of the other top five films were his and I said

no, but I'm curious if you want to throw a dart

at a dartboard here of the top 100 most romantic

films of all time. How many Cary Grant appearances

do you think there were? All right. Out of 100

out of the 100 that made the list. How many were

Cary Grant films? Over 100. I'll go six. Wow.

Dan wins the prize he is exactly in six really

so yes an affair to remember a Notorious the

awful truth bringing up baby to catch a thief

the Philadelphia story. I think that's six I

think I named them all so So yeah, so I don't

I didn't do the math to figure out who had the

most appearances I was hoping it would just tell

me at the end of the list and didn't so I don't

know There may be other people that had more

appearances, but Cary Grant was six is pretty

impressive What was number one? What was number

one? Number one on the whole list or the highest

Cary Grant one? On the whole list. Casablanca

was one. So it was Casablanca, then Gone With

the Wind, then West Side Story, Roman Holiday,

and then Unfair to Remember. So Unfair was his

highest? Yes, that was his highest. And then

I think you said a couple of them. You said,

did you say the way we were? No. No, you said

Dr. Shavago, which was number seven. You said

My Fair Lady, that was 12. From Here to Eternity,

is that the one you said? One that was 20. So

there's quite a few good ones. The other ones

that were notable, It's a Wonderful Life, Love

Story, City Lights, Annie Hall. Then to get like

a fairly, like one from our lifetime, you'd have

to go to Moonstruck, Ghost, Pretty Woman, On

Golden Pond, When Harry Met Sally, those are

some of the newer ones. That were on there at

least in the top half. That's the one they did

like the early 2000s Which one this list they

put it together. Oh, yes. Yes. This list was

done in 2002 Oh, it does tell me at the top.

I should have looked at the top I was looking

at the bottom to see who had the most in the

top It tells me Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn

are tied for the most films in this list six

each feels fair And they co -starred in two of

them, bringing up Baby in the Philadelphia story.

And then Audrey Hepburn was in five. So the Hepburns

are all over. That list is almost 20 years old.

I feel like they should think about revisiting.

Yeah, because I think you do you do that again

and you get some like, you know, the before series

might be involved in that. And, you know, there's

been some other ones, obviously, in the last.

I think the newest this was done in 2002. I think

the newest film I'm seeing on here is 1996, 1995.

Wow, so the English patient from 96 Oh 98 has

Shakespeare in love. So the Shakespeare in love

is the most modern film on yeah I think if you

you do it, I feel like Shakespeare in love has

kind of come and gone Yeah They got Jerry Maguire

in here from 96. That was number 100 There's

hardly any other ones from the 90s really there's

just maybe five or so sense and sensibility Yeah,

I feel like they could definitely add some That's

25 years For sure the you know, all right I know

the New York the New York Times sent there like

100 top 100 movies of the 2020 like of the 2020

not the 2020s of the 2000s or whatever But I

know if I is different so it's only American

movies Right, right. I didn't realize they did

this other thing too where they have like a first

round where there's like somehow they compile

like a list of nominations because there was

a bunch of information in One of the trivia things

I was looking up where it's like, this was one

of the 400 films that was nominated to be on

this list of top 100. I was like, oh, I didn't

know that there was like a stage before that

there's like a much bigger pool that it gets

narrowed down to. And then it gets down to like

the 100 or whatever. So I was like, oh, that's

kind of interesting. So this film got nominated

for a bunch of other AFI lists, but it didn't

quite make it. I think the song though, did get

named in like one of their song lists, like 100

songs or something like that. I don't know that

one as well. So last little kind of fun tidbit

I found in this one. It was like fairly early

in the movie. I think in the beginning they're

kind of showing they're setting up the fact that

there's a very famous like celebrity aspect to

Cary Grant character and his fiance and they

do that by like some different newsreels or it's

like radio people and whatnot and I found it

hilarious that like one of the scenes shows this

guy who's like literally just sitting at a desk

with his feet up like talking into a microphone

and I'm used to like when they reference radio

and things like that of back in this time like

you have the whole setup going Yeah, and I was

like this guy just looks like he's podcasting

Like he's just got his feet up and a microphone

in front of them I'm like this was like the godfather

or the grandfather of podcasts right here I thought

that was kind of an interesting take These so

many years later. I was like, I don't think they

had that ability or capability back then But

any final thoughts for an affair to remember

Dan? No, like I like I do I'm glad we watched

this because it is like you mentioned clearly

it's considered a classic and I do think if you

like the world is on fire right now if you want

something that's a bit more simple and just quaint

and I do think this I don't kids would enjoy

this at all. But if you want it Older adults

your parents like if you have your parents home

for the holidays or whatever and you want something

to watch I think they'll probably enjoy so the

kids might like the music I guess maybe I don't

know. Yeah, you never know. So we have one more

film to cover We're gonna jump into the 1960s.

We started with a screwball comedy. We're gonna

end with a screwball comedy There's also the

word romantic and mystery thrown in for this

one So I don't know what all that is going to

entail, but it's Cary Grant, it's Audrey Hepburn,

and Walter Mathow, James Coburn, George Kennedy.

And it also says, spans three different genres,

suspense thriller, romance, and comedy. So it

feels like it's the perfect ending to a Cary

Grant retrospective. We're gonna get thrilling,

comedy, romance, and that seems to cover everything.

So any experience with Charade, Dan? No, I accept

that it keeps being recommended to me every time

I because we've been watching Cary Grant And

it's not a Hitchcock film, but it's very like

again. It looks like a Hitchcock movie So yeah,

it's just been recommended to me for like every

time on any because it's on a bunch of ass So

it's always like recommended for you. So I'm

glad to finally be able to watch I mean I could

have watched it before but you know what I mean?

So looking looking forward to it, right? Yeah.

Yeah, this is This has definitely been on a list

of films for me to watch for a long time So I'm

gonna be happy to kind of cross that off But

I'm gonna go in as blind as I can besides what

I just read to you. That's all I know about the

film. So So Dan, why don't you let everybody

know how they can get in touch with you or find

you on the interwebs? I just search comic concierge

on most social media platforms and you'll find

me Yeah, and you can search me out at optimus

solo or you can search us out if you search the

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you can find our website where everything is

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