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Bruce Willis joins the crew of OCEAN'S ELEVEN!!!
Hey there ay, Harry here. I've just gotten back from watching them hosers in STRANGE BREW with a packed house at the Alamo Drafthouse ay. Twas some great stuff ay. Sorry... I'm sorry... I'm trying to shake it ay! Fuck! Oh sorry. I've been trying to get this baby confirmed for the past week. On Tuesday I got the first clue that BRUCE WILLIS was possibly heading for OCEAN'S ELEVEN, but he wasn't on the dotted line yet. But luckily Sir Etch-A-Sketch at Disney's Promotional Lab... well, I'll just turn it over to this hoser. Spray away Etch...
Hello Fearless One,
I was rather shocked to hear from you about OCEAN'S ELEVEN, since that's a Warner Brothers project, but when you asked if I heard anything from THE KID or O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU. Harry, it just made me smile. Drawing lines from one project through in-breeding to another.
Yesterday, I poked around here at the office, talking with some of the folks handling THE KID promotion, and believe it or not. You got lucky. Turns out one of these folks said that the Bruce Willis/OCEAN'S 11 deal just went through, though it was unspecified as to which character he was going to be playing.
Continuing my line,
Sir Etch-A-Sketch
Hey folks, Harry here again ay! Anyway ay, I just thought I'd tell you who is now confirmed (by me with multiple agents) as being on board OCEAN'S ELEVEN. As of this moment... the signed talent is: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, Julia Roberts, Michael Douglas and Don Rickles. There are still many other people that have been up for roles... but hasn't nailed them down yet. Still, that cast... as is.... is simply amazing. And with Soderbergh at the helm, and the great script that I've seen... This movie is going to be a shitload of fun.
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but I'm afraid I have no idea of the plot, and you haven't helped Harry. Anyone else know?
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This is sounding better every darn day Harry. Can't wait. Nice Battlefield Earth animation by the way.
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Harry, it's "eh," not "ay" ... please.
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Thanks alot, Harry. This is some of the best news I've heard out of H'wood in quite a while. You have to figure the story's got to be pretty good to get this many celebs interested. Seems I was just saying the other day that H'wood needed to return to those days when movies didn't have just one over-paid, over-hyped lead; but a mega-cast of characters. We've all got our favorites: "Guns of Navarone", "The Longest Day", "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World", "The Ten Commandments". All of them with a cast that would knock your socks off. I'm hoping this film will be a success and usher back in those days. Wouldn't everyone?
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Remember Thin Red Line? "Staring George Clooney" Yeah right, he was in it for about 2 minnutes.
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This movie sound it's gonna be big, so I'm off to make sure I get the registration rights to OCEAN'sELEVEN.com and WarnerBros can have if for free if they give a walk on part...with Julia Roberts could be good.
No really...rarly do we have movies with about a dozen A-list actors, Go on Steven make us a classic. -
Harry, you have no idea what you are talking "aboot" when it comes to speaking (American perspective stereotypical) "Canadian". It's spelled "eh?" not "ay"... get it right... so shove off ya hoser!
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May 20, 2000 9:36:23 AM CDT
It's always so sad when producers can't put together the cast th
by hootdad
hehehe...
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Who could forget their hilarious cameo at the end of The Player? Anyway, Michael Douglas is in this too or is the reporter confusing this with Soderbergh's other film Traffic? I think Mark Wahlberg was also supposed to be in the cast, he and Clooney seem to be inseparable now.
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Ahh, indeed. What planet are you living on? What planet are any of us living on? How do we know we're living on a planet? Have you ever SEEN this alledged planet yourself? Define what 'planet' means to you? I'm glad to see the AICN crowd are open to a little philosophical debate. Allow me to add, by the way, that 'ay' ain't cockney neither. Just accept that Harry lent on the keyboard or something. Ay, canadians are so sensitive... oh, lawks a'mercy, I'll be late for the guv'nor, sw'elp me!
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Pitt made Ay Irish in Devil's Own. HE said it about 34098 times.
This Ocean's Eleven is gonna rock.
Good line above by Miss Saucy... this film will shut down Hollywood....wait. Travolta will still be shooting the sequel to Battlefield Earth. My bad. -
I'm just pissed off because I'm a Canadian in Austin and I didn't even know that Strange Brew was playing at the Alamo Drafthouse last night.
I missed the Kids in the Hall when they were in town, too.
I should relinquish my stocks of maple syrup for these mistakes.
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Regarding how much screen time each actor will get - In the Premiere 100 hot list, the Julia Roberts section claimed she'd only be filming for a week.
Could Julia Roberts role be a George Clooney like role seen in Thin Red Line!? -
...take off, eh?!
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The REAL news is that Don Rickles has signed to be in Oceans 11. I think we may have a new action hero.
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A permanent, constantly updated, page of ALL the Harry GIFs. Do not deny us!
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May 20, 2000 12:06:56 PM CDT
This is going to ruin that whole six degrees of Kevin Bacon game
by whosyourdaddy
thats all I wanted to say
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Ever heard of the IMDB? Ever noticed they offer concise plot synopses for all major films? See, Harry operates on the assumption (no fair quoting Sam Jackson from LONG KISS GOODNIGHT re: "assumptions") that most people who visit this site are steeped in "cool" film lore; ergo, to rehash the plot everytime he posts regarding a particular project would bore the torn corduroy slacks off of us geeks. As long as I'm operating as Harry's apologist this dreary afternoon, I'd also like to offer up my take on that belabored "parody" of AICN on the allegedly humorous "lostbrain" site. I, uh..... "belabored," "allegedly humorous....." yes, that should do. Hey, I'd *like* to see a decent parody of AICN, but I'd also like to see the material consist of something more substantial than lazy, lay-up satire.
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...and since we are in such a good mood, we would like to say peace back at you, Amazing Larry. I apologise to cool geek mrbeaks. While at the time I did not see my question as unreasonable, I have now visited IMDb and educated myself about the film. I hope your torn corduroys are still secured on your person in an upright position.
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Anybody else getting those Casino Royale vibes. No? Okay, just me then.
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I like da ideea uhv dis moovy. Bruce Willis iz a modrn dae moovy lejend and won uhv da gratest akters arownd. Wif da rest uhv da kast, dis moovy shood ROK!!
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'Eh' is Canadian. 'Aye' is Irish. 'Ay' is what the Fonz said. 'Ah' is how Cartman pronounces 'I'. The cockney equivalent is in fact 'wot'. Any questions? Class dismissed. Speaking of the Onion, I would like to take this opportunity to mourn the passing of Kid Rock, so sadly taken from us by the evil that is Napster. How many of our young and talented must die in abject poverty before those bastards are shut down?
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May 20, 2000 1:15:56 PM CDT
Ahh yes, this has all the ingredients to be Cannonball Run 2000.
by mully4ever
My question is whose ego would win out in the actors listed?
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Don Rickles would eat those hockeypucks for breakfast. And Beaks, you got to admit that some of that LostBrain AICN stuff is pretty damn funny ( i.e. "Harry Drinks a Bottle of Tequila, Makes Up Stuff About Spiderman Movie & "Lord Of the Rings Signs Exclusive Deal With AICN: Now, Only We Can Publish Doctored Photos Of The Set!") , although they could use a lot of help with their web design.
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Okay, so there's the Sinatra role (Clooney?), the Dino role (Pitt? Willis?), the Lawford role (Willis? Pitt?), the Cesar Romero role (Douglas? Willis?), etc. ad infinitum. Who else? Rickles as the guy with a stripper for a wife or as Joey Bishop? And is Roberts going to play the Angie Dickinson role (Ocean's wife) or the Shirley MacLaine drunken bimbo role? Personally, I'd like to see Sean Penn in the Richard Conte role -- just imagine him having a heart attack as he crosses the Strip, all the while mumbling, "Never the luck -- never the luck..." I also think they should throw Duchovny and Goldbum in there somewhere. This is going to be HUGE...
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Isn't Don Cheadle supposed to be in this? And even though he was "passing" in the original, Henry Silva (the somewhat slimy Roger Corneil) is Puerto Rican, so let's get some hottie Latino in there, too!
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The AICN parody looked the part, but was missing the attitude. It came off as something some real jealous person would come up with to prove they were better than AICN. It was all spite, no bite.****The pull-down menu with the Darth was kind of amusing though.
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I'm throwing in my comment that Bruce Willis is perfect for this movie just to stay "on topic."***Overall, I think the AICN parody site is ok. It got the look mostly right: you have to scroll way down to get to the poll, the Harry gif in the corner (not a bad one, BTW), the tons of I'm Firsts on Talk Back and the way Harry calls Moriarty a bastard on the article intro. Not bad overall, but they take the low road with the humour. It's too easy to make fun of Harry's elipses, his fascination with the female form and his use of the word "shit." Of course, you have to make fun of that if you're going to parody AICN, but stating it as an obvious thing ("Watch as I use elipses....") is not funny. I do like the whole "contract with Satan renewed, going to be on Ebert" thing. See, THAT'S funny. But I think someone needs to spend a little more time paying attention to what they're making fun of because it's really tacky to say something about Harry's grandmother being worried about him driving home when she's passed away. Plus, if you're going to make fun of Coaxial, you can't say there aren't any articles there anymore. You could make fun of Hercules putting in overtime or spoiling shows, but you can't say there's nothing there. To sum up: I think that the only people who could do a really good parody of AICN are those that come here. I also don't think, as it was mentioned on roughcut.com where I first found the lostbrain link, that the site will be taken down because of Harry. If it is...well, then Harry can't take a bad joke.
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Harrry I know you've already been corected on this but it just really bothers me.I'm Canadian and I should say that you sound really stupid using so many's "ay's", by the way it is pronounced EH
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May 20, 2000 4:28:25 PM CDT
Ocean's Eleven. The Sixth Sense. 12 Monkeys. Four Rooms. The
by darwin nyc
Bruce Willis is going to run out of numbers soon.
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Harry, I'm Canadian; so are the characters in the movie Strange Brew'. Now, far be it for me to correct a font of information such as yourself, but... the phrase you keep looking for (misquoting) is not spelled 'ay', but 'eh?'
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All stars worth watching must work with Steven Soderbergh. It is God's will.
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We made it up! We made it UP! Sweet jesus, we made the WHOLE THING UP!
Oh, forget it.
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Geez, how many more movie stars can climb aboard this project? And WHY is everyone jumping aboard? I mean, it was good enough with the original big names (Pitt, Roberts, Clooney, etc) but now it seems like everyone wants in. Who's next? DiCaprio, Damon...and is Jesus available too? Too many ingredients spoils the recipe. I don't know about this one.
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Its a fantasy, but would it be great if Bruce sings this under his breath when they're knocking over the casino? OUT.
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The original was on AMerican Movie Classics (in letterbox, no less) just last weekend, so I caught it for the first time. I must say that I enjoyed it.
Of course, now that I enjoyed the original, I might have to sit around complaining about the things they change when they get the remake to the screen.
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