bIG_wAvE_Dave
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Reno, NV
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Posted on Nov 13 2008 04:15 PM
I agree with all the enthusiasts on this thread. I've talked about it many times and love it as one of the best cult music movies ever done.
The point I like to make is that the movie is a treasurechest of cultural idiosyncracies of those times.
For musicians, the subtle changeover from Silvertone to Fender equipment does not go unnoticed 
It is well known that Tom Hanks is an avid instro Surf music fan. I hope to see him do other "period" pieces where there may be a need for Surf as background. Who knows?
bIGwAvE Dave
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Bill_Ashton
Joined: Nov 15, 2008
Posts: 124
Massachusetts
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Posted on Nov 22 2008 02:26 PM
I am aware that History for Hire, a big prop-house in North Hollywood provided amps, drums and mics for the film, from Jim's large collection of incredible "artifacts." He is not sure exactly which scenes his equipment was used in.
Interestingly, they had bought all the china when "the hotel that Lucy and Ricky stayed in" was closed...and it all was used again in the scenes depicting that site in the movie.
— Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most...
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ziv
Joined: Jul 17, 2006
Posts: 56
dayton, ohio
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Posted on Nov 22 2008 06:20 PM
Yeah - super cool flick. I love the scene where you know they've made it because the lead player has a Jaguar, the rhythm player has a Rickenbacker and the bass player has, uh, either a Fender Jazz bass or a Precision. Also, the bass player's name is never mentioned in the movie and in the creits he's called T.B. Player. I think that's a subtle jab referencing the old joke that nobody ever remembers bass player's names.
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Icetech
Joined: Dec 16, 2006
Posts: 892
Macomb Mich
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Posted on Nov 22 2008 06:27 PM
Love that movie.. Steve zahn cracks me up with the "my first boy/girl thing.. was about you..." or whatever... loved it:)
— I wanna play just like him when i grow up...
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ziv
Joined: Jul 17, 2006
Posts: 56
dayton, ohio
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Posted on Nov 22 2008 06:35 PM
Hanks wrote Lovin' You Lots And Lots - that wonderful/horrible Mitch Miller sounding song that opens the movie. He cowrote Mr. Downtown, Hold My Hand - Hold My Heart, My World Is Over and most importantly Voyage Around The Moon. He recreated that mid 60s world with such affection and such accuracy that it has become one of my guilt-free pleasures. I love it. I was in my first bands in that era and i played in Battle of the Bands/ Talent (?) Shows not unlike the one in the movie. My first band - The Nameless - we couldn't think of a name and that sounded sort of mysterious. Our big showstopper (ha ha - we sucked) was going from The Who's Can't Explain right into Just Like Me by Paul Revere and the Raiders so the last chord of the first song was the first chord of the second song. We amazed ourselves (but no one in the audience) with that one.
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Icetech
Joined: Dec 16, 2006
Posts: 892
Macomb Mich
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Posted on Nov 22 2008 06:36 PM
mr. downtown is my favorite song in the movie.... its just.... smooooooth...
— I wanna play just like him when i grow up...
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ziv
Joined: Jul 17, 2006
Posts: 56
dayton, ohio
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Posted on Nov 22 2008 07:05 PM
"The man with the badge in the night.
The man with the badge in the fight"
"What's his name?!?"
"Mister Dowwwntowwwn.
Mister Dowwwntowwwn."
I think the TV show The Wonders play at the end "The Hollywood Television Showcase" is a take off on "The Hollywood Palace" show from the 60s. I remember seeing the Stones on that show and Buffalo Springfield. It was a Saturday night variety show like Ed Sullivan's show but it had a different host every week.
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Icetech
Joined: Dec 16, 2006
Posts: 892
Macomb Mich
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Posted on Nov 22 2008 09:32 PM
i love that hank's old bosom buddies co star was hosting the one show:) peter scallia or something like that?
— I wanna play just like him when i grow up...
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synchro
Joined: Feb 02, 2008
Posts: 4464
Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
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Posted on Nov 23 2008 10:06 AM
That is definitely one of my favorite movies and they absolutely NAIL the spirit of the time. There is a newer release of the DVD that has a number of added scenes which fill in some gaps and ties up some loose ends.
— The artist formerly known as: Synchro
When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.
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Richard
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 1683
Georgia
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Posted on Nov 23 2008 07:04 PM
Did Tom Hanks co-write Voyage Around The Moon?
— The Mystery Men?
El Capitan and The Reluctant Sadists
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moondevil
Joined: Sep 10, 2006
Posts: 250
Lancaster, CA
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Posted on Nov 23 2008 08:02 PM
Richard
Did Tom Hanks co-write Voyage Around The Moon?
According to the liner notes of the soundtrack cd: T. Hanks, G. Goetzman and M. Piccirillo.
Incidently, this thread made me pop in the DVD saturday. It really never gets old. 
— Dean(aka Moondevil)
deanmatherly.com
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Stormtiger
Joined: Dec 12, 2006
Posts: 2684
Ventura, CA
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Posted on Nov 25 2008 01:14 PM
This thread made me actually watch part of the movie last weekend. I don't get it. They sound a lot like the Beatles but this was supposed to be pre-British Invasion? Why is the singer posing like John Lennon?
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Icetech
Joined: Dec 16, 2006
Posts: 892
Macomb Mich
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Posted on Nov 25 2008 02:16 PM
it was during the british invasion.. some reporters ask them if they like the beatles or not even:)
Best part of the movie is rita wilson's breasticles all hiked up when shes the waitress....
— I wanna play just like him when i grow up...
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Stormtiger
Joined: Dec 12, 2006
Posts: 2684
Ventura, CA
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Posted on Nov 25 2008 02:31 PM
Icetech
it was during the british invasion.. some reporters ask them if they like the beatles or not even:)
Best part of the movie is rita wilson's breasticles all hiked up when shes the waitress....
I guess I missed both of those scenes, but since they copied the Beatles so much it seems a little ridiculous to ask them if they like them. Oh well, it's just a fantasy.
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Icetech
Joined: Dec 16, 2006
Posts: 892
Macomb Mich
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Posted on Nov 25 2008 03:09 PM
Actually he was asking why they didnt have long hair like the beatles, then asked if they didnt like the beatles:)
— I wanna play just like him when i grow up...
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Pyronauts
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1133
Northern CA
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Posted on Nov 25 2008 03:27 PM
Icetech
breasticles
Way to ruin a beautiful thing. "Breasticles????" Really?!?
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Icetech
Joined: Dec 16, 2006
Posts: 892
Macomb Mich
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Posted on Nov 25 2008 03:43 PM
Pyronauts
Icetech
breasticles
Way to ruin a beautiful thing. "Breasticles????" Really?!?
Suprised you have never heard that before...
— I wanna play just like him when i grow up...
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Killers_From_Space
Joined: Dec 04, 2006
Posts: 131
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Posted on Nov 26 2008 09:13 AM
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Richard
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 1683
Georgia
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Posted on Nov 26 2008 11:43 AM
Pyronauts
Icetech
breasticles
Way to ruin a beautiful thing. "Breasticles????" Really?!?
Agreed.
— The Mystery Men?
El Capitan and The Reluctant Sadists
SSS Agent #31
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Slingerland61
Joined: Sep 04, 2006
Posts: 225
PacNW (Portland)
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Posted on Nov 26 2008 01:09 PM
Love that movie.
A lot of it was filmed in the City of Orange, and that's where Kyle Verbtone is from (his parents still live there). When we (The Verbtones) were in there in 2006 we did a walking tour of the main street in the film and stopped in the place where they were having breakfast, the Army Surplus store where the bass player came out of, but couldn't find Patterson's Appliance Store (let it burn, let it burn) or any parking meters to fall over.
Get the recent DVD with the cut out scenes. It's a better movie, AND has lots more Charlize Theron (I like Liv & Rita, but Charlize... hubba hubba!)
— Steve
The Apollo Four 2012-present
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The Verbtones 2002-2012
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