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WI_DEM

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Mon Jun-05-06 05:29 PM
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Poll question: Favorite Elizabeth Taylor film?

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arwalden

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Mon Jun-05-06 05:33 PM
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1. It's A Toss-Up Between "Cat" And "Virginia Woolf"...

... but since I could only choose one, I chose Virginia Woolf. Although I probably have more lines memorized from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

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Placebo

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Mon Jun-05-06 05:36 PM
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2. C L E O P A T R A

I never get tired of watching it.

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Ivan Sputnik

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Mon Jun-05-06 08:32 PM
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13. I voted for "Woolf"

but I also like Cleopatra, which I think is underrated. It's not a perfect film (partly because it was originally supposed to be two movies), but there is some excellent acting in it, and it's historically accurate as movies go. It's an eye-popping visual feast, too. Alex North's music is superb.

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Mon Jun-05-06 05:51 PM
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3. I have to go with Giant

That film had some amazing acting all the way around.

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NNadir

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Mon Jun-05-06 05:55 PM
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4. I'm with you. Ms. Taylor was tremendous in that roll.

She was wholly on another plane.

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NNadir

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Mon Jun-05-06 05:55 PM
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5. I'm with you. Ms. Taylor was tremendous in that roll.

She was wholly on another plane.

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pink-o

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Mon Jun-05-06 06:05 PM
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6. That's a hard one...

I love "Place in the Sun" but more because Monty Clift and Shelly Winters were so good in it. Virginia Woolf has got to be it. Liz has never been afraid to let the world see all her flaws, as that film proves.

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stanwyck

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Mon Jun-05-06 09:48 PM
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16. One of my favorites, A Place in the Sun

Monty is heart-breaking. And Shelly was perfect as the counterpoint to the ethereal Taylor, whose beauty is so over-whelming that it makes the entire story fall into place. I caught the movie again, not long ago, and it holds up. Well acted, well directed, well written. The complete package.
(Winters' visit to a doctor when Clift is urging her to get an abortion is a grim reminder of what women faced in those days. It's a strong scene.)

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Merrick

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Mon Jun-05-06 06:36 PM
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7. Easy: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Quite possibly my favorite movie from the 60s (at least in the top 3)

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PollyH

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Mon Jun-05-06 08:12 PM
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8. E. Taylor

I don't know why, but I liked "Elephant Walk" --- hot steamy jungle and big elephants.

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bridgit

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Mon Jun-05-06 08:16 PM
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9. i said: National Velvet, cause she was cute when she smiled at the...

end with her braces on, plus she jumps that horse following Andy out of town at a full gallop = quite the little gal :thumbsup:

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Sanity Claws

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Mon Jun-05-06 08:18 PM
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10. Didn't she hurt her back on that film while falling off a horse?

I believe that was one of the causes of her life-long health problems.

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bridgit

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Mon Jun-05-06 08:20 PM
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12. could be, that was in the day when the studio boss said 'do it' and...

you did, hollywood star machine and all that...who'da thunk

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Ava

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Mon Jun-05-06 08:20 PM
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11. i LOVE Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

but then again it does have paul newman in it! :loveya:

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blue neen

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Mon Jun-05-06 08:35 PM
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14. Maggie the Cat

...love that performance.

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Tikki

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Mon Jun-05-06 08:46 PM
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15. WOW...I was saying 'Butterfield 8' even before I ....

opened this poll....oh well...

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Capn Sunshine

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Mon Jun-05-06 10:03 PM
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17. Suddenly Last Summer

tour de force acting job, and she spends a lot of time in a bathing suit.

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