Friday, January 21, 2011

Everything You Ever Need To Know About Life...

... you can learn from:

Soapdish (1991)



Celeste Talbert (Sally Field) David! David! David, David, David, David, David!
David Barnes (Robert Downey Jr.): Hey, great scene with Bolt.
Celeste: I realize I'm not a young woman; however...
David: What do you mean, you're not...
Celeste: ...could you PLEASE point out to our new costume designer whose name I don't quite have yet...
Tawny Miller (Kathy Najimy): Tawny Miller, Miss Talbert.
Celeste: ... How do you do. [to David] ... That I don't feel quite right in a turban. What I feel like is GLORIA FUCKING SWANSON! What am I, 70, David? Am I 70? Why don't you just put me in a walker? Buy a goddamn walker and put me in it!
David: [to Tawny] You're fired.
Tawny: Oh God.
David: I'm just kidding. [into PA system] Attention: no turbans for Miss Talbert!

Our current banner of the Mademoiselle (Catherine Bégin) from Martyrs suddenly caught my eye earlier and I chuckled as the image of her stylish turban sent me off on an unexpected Soapdish tangent. Oh how I adore Soapdish! I even like Robert Downey Jr. in Soapdish so you know it's something special.

Anyway being reminded of this hilarious scene it only seemed appropriate to ask the natural question...
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By the way thanks to Nathaniel at The Film Experience for the images; he'd given this scene some love on his own back in July.
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

On V a few eps back, Anna walks into that dungeon-like place and greets Diana, "Hello Mother." I first thing I thought of was Nurse Nan.

Unknown said...

OK Seriously... I was looking at your banner earlier today, and it freaked me right the fuck out. That movie freaks me out. Maybe freaks me out more than any other.

P>S> totally agree with you on Soapdish!

Jason Adams said...

Sean - Ha! That's delightful. And I can totally hear the way Nurse Nan says it, too. That's the trouble with it whenever I bring up Soapdish - it takes me a long while to stop thinking about Soapdish and a million lines from it cloud up my brain. I'm gonna have to watch it now, for the thousandth time.

Damion - the highest compliment you can give me is letting me know I freaked you out, so thanks! I strive to make each banner as creepy as possible. But yeah I just looooooove Martyrs. "Keep doubting."

DancerInDC said...

I adore that movie. I may have to watch it this weekend.