Happy Birthday, Christopher
Today in New York City Christopher Haden-Guest was born in 1948. (Yes, he's a British peer; his father was a diplomat.) He's better known as Christopher Guest, actor, director, and screen writer. His directorial gems include A Mighty Wind, Waiting for Guffman, This is Spinal Tap, Best in Show, and For Your Consideration (in my preferred order), and his turn as Count Rugen, the six-fingered man, in The Princess Bride was perfect.He dislikes the term "mockumentary" because his films aren't meant to mock but to explore. All I can say to that is, I thought the "mock" was because they were "mock documentaries", that is, fictional, rather than "mocking documentaries". So it's not so bad, eh?
"I rarely joke unless I'm in front of a camera. It's not what I am in real life. It's what I do for a living."
Labels: birthdays, entertainment
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At 2:31 PM, February 05, 2011
Bonnie had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->Who WASN'T perfect in "The Princess Bride"? It's still one of my favorite movies of all time. (And one of the best T-shirts ever is the one with the "Hello, my name is" label on it, with -- of course -- Inigo Montoya written in the space for the name.)
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