Comments on: Thimble Theater http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/thimble-theater/ David Cairns' wilfully eccentric film blog Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:51:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: dcairns http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/thimble-theater/#comment-2061 dcairns Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:02:38 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=359#comment-2061 Yeah, Altman said Duvall's whole personality had changed after working for Kubrick. The movie also has great physical comedian Bill Irwin, who should've been around in the '20s. Yeah, Altman said Duvall’s whole personality had changed after working for Kubrick.

The movie also has great physical comedian Bill Irwin, who should’ve been around in the ’20s.

]]> By: David Ehrenstein http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/thimble-theater/#comment-2058 David Ehrenstein Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:14:55 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=359#comment-2058 I recall Shelley Duvall saying that not only did she feel destined to play Olive -- as so many people said she would just as everyone told Stephen Fry he was destined to play Oscar Wilde -- but she thought that after the greulling shoot of <i>The Shining</i> "where I had to cry all the time," <i>Popeye</i> would make for a nice change. It's not at all uninteresting. Van Dyke Parks (who did the musical arrangements) can be spotted on-screen in the band. This is his first appearance in a movie since he co-starred with Grace Kelly in <i>The Swan</i> I recall Shelley Duvall saying that not only did she feel destined to play Olive — as so many people said she would just as everyone told Stephen Fry he was destined to play Oscar Wilde — but she thought that after the greulling shoot of The Shining “where I had to cry all the time,” Popeye would make for a nice change.

It’s not at all uninteresting.

Van Dyke Parks (who did the musical arrangements) can be spotted on-screen in the band. This is his first appearance in a movie since he co-starred with Grace Kelly in The Swan

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