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Monday, November 14, 2005

Gay Cowboy Movie

I don't know if y'all have heard, but there's a gay cowboy movie coming out next month. And it's supposed to be absolutely great. Like, Best Picture great. Like, it leaves you emotionally changed, great. Screenplay by Larry McMurtry, directed by Ang Lee (no relation), starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger. Oh, man. Can't wait for the Hollywood Ragnarok, because this film opens on the same day as the Christ allegory The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe! (I think; I really need to check my facts. Same month, anyway.)

Btw, people, those who've seen this film (the gay cowboy movie, that is) say that one shouldn't call it "the gay cowboy movie" because the term is so dismissive. It's supposed to be a beautiful movie. And I'm sure it is. I can't wait to see it. And I lo-o-o-ove Westerns.

Oh, man. Pat Robertson is so going to freak.

P.S. The new Johnny Cash biopic, Walk the Line, opens this weekend (the same weekend as that wizard guy). Now, IMHO, Johnny Cash is the third coolest American of the twentieth century, behind Elvis Presley and Clint Eastwood. (Yes, I'm a white guy. Very white.) So I will be seeing this one, but maybe not 'til Monday. Because that marathon thingy intervenes.

"I'm Johnny Cash."

Btw: Top Ten
T-1: Elvis Presley and Clint Eastwood
3: Johnny Cash
4: FDR
T-5: John Wayne and Jimi Hendrix
7: Humphrey Bogart
T-8: JFK and Louie Armstrong
10: Winston Churchill
HM's: Jimmy Stewart, Bruce Lee

3 Comments:

At 9:48 PM, Blogger Stephanie said...

A British guy made the '10 Coolest Americans' list before a woman did?

 
At 10:18 AM, Blogger tenaciousmcd said...

Sorry, but Elvis Presley is seriously overrated. He's not even the coolest "Elvis," coming behind Costello (who couldn't make the list because he's a Brit), Bill "Bubba"/"Elvis" Clinton (who certainly should have gotten at least an Hon. Mention, you resentful lefty), TortElvis from Dread Zeppelin (Mexican?, I think) and maybe even Elvis Grbek (just for salt in the wound effect).

Harrison Ford should be on too, not just for Han, but for Indy. And maybe Cal Ripken.

 
At 11:23 AM, Blogger tenaciousmcd said...

How did Jack Nickolson and Robert DeNiro get forgotten? Mere oversight, or does Freedom have some commentary? Also, Sam Jackson and John McCain should get at least Honorable Mentions.

 

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