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Just seen the St Trinians 2007 version with Rupert Everett
did nt really work did it ? wonder what it did in the box office ? 2 mill ? Can't think that they ever bothered to dist in US ...or did they ? There was no real glam in the cast and no quality cameo parts like .. Dora Bryan in former times. A bit of glam finally appeared on screen right at the very end in the shape of 'Girls Aloud' ... but blink and you missed them. But worst of all... Rupert Everett just did nt hack it.. they did nt even try to glam him up as a woman.. he just looked stupid with that scarf on his head ! The scenes with Stephen Fry and Russel Brand picked things up a little but basically the film did n't hack it.... let down by a weak script ... the girls stealing a poxy painting ....yawn... Looks like the St Trinians film industry is finally in the scrap yard.. along with the 'Carry Ons' and 'Hammer Horror'.. there ll never be a reprise... ( poor Peter Rogers passed away last week too ) ah well... they had a good run..... . |
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Its Gerald Thomas not Peter and Peter Rogers it was who died last week.
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thats wot I said
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Let's be honest - the St. Trinians films are all pretty dire.
But worth sitting through once just to catch an occasional glimpse of the older girls like Dilys Laye (remember her?!) flashing their suspenders and showing their fully-fashioned stockings. - TD |
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On the 'honesty' trip I'd admit they now - as an adult - appear dire, but as an adolescent watching them on school holiday kids tv - remember that - they were superb! That glimpse of stocking tops and suspender belt was as close as we got to smut - until we got the bottle to walk into the newsagents and buy a wank mag - but thats another story!
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Strange to think what starts off these Movie and TV series...
for Doctor Who... it was HG Wells and his novel ... The Time Machine... For the Carry On movies it was a TV show... The Army Game For St Trinians it was some cartoons a guy drew whilst he was being held prisoner by the Japanese in WW2 For Hammer Horror... not sure what inspired those guys... was it Quatermas on the telly ? |
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Take care boys...............
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The guy you refer to is Ronald Searle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Searle I just wonder what the authorities would make of it today-a middle aged man drawing anarchic sketches of schoolgirls-and quite possibly making look a lot sexier-he actually drew them in cartoon form with big eyes, glasses and Beano-style comedy but the way things go these days and the sort of ANIME style(big breasts and shapely legs) thats around I think it would be unacceptable in this country at least. I think the idea that six formers wore stockings and suspenders was probably a device he disproved of but when I got to my sixth-form it was nothing like those shapely six-formers-damn it!!
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