Stan & Ollie

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Based on the lives of the comedy double act Laurel and Hardy, the film stars Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

Have to say I wasn't looking forward to seeing what they had done with the greatest comedy double act of all time, but I have to say Coogan sounds great as Stan and John C. Reilly as Ollie. Hopefully the full film does them justice

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I’ve loved Laurel and Hardy since I taped all their movies off RTÉ when I was a kid. Wasn’t too keen on this but the trailer was better than I thought it would be - Reilly looks the part as Hardy (albeit with heavy prosthetics) and Coogan looks decent as Laurel (looks more the part when he’s performing as Laurel than offstage Laurel)

Will definitely check it out, even if the trailer gives a lot of the plot and structure away.

pixelburp wrote: »

At 1:53 there's a crowd scene at what appears to be Cobh harbour, so looks like the film may partially take place in Ireland.

Looks all right; tbh I've never actually seen a Laurel & Hardy film / sketch in its entirety, so not immediately drawn to what appears to be a fairly cut n' dry biography.

As the film is about their farewell tour I think that gives it an advantage over it just being a standard cut n'dry biography. Hopefully there will be more focus to it.

I'm looking forward to it. Laurel and Hardy were a big part of my life growing up, they've had me in stitches so many times. From all that I've read about them, they seem to have had enormous love and affection for each other and I hope that comes across in the film.

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You beat me to it.

pixelburp wrote: »

At 1:53 there's a crowd scene at what appears to be Cobh harbour, so looks like the film may partially take place in Ireland.

Stan Laurel wrote:

The love and affection we found that day at Cobh was simply unbelievable. There were hundreds of boats blowing whistles and mobs and mobs of people screaming on the docks. We just couldn't understand what it was all about. And then something happened that I can never forget. All the church bells in Cobh started to ring out our theme song "Dance of the Cuckoos" and Babe looked at me and we cried. I'll never forget that day. Never.

All Oliver Hardy's friends called him Babe.

Laurel and Hardy visited Ireland twice. The first time they played two weeks at the Olympia. I remember reading Hugh Leonard's description of it. When "Dance of the Cuckoos" played, just prior to their arrival on stage, the audience went absolutely mental.

The second time they stayed for about a month in Dun Laoghaire but only did one show.

When staying in Dun Laoghaire they got invited to attend a wedding reception. I was certain I had seen a clip from a trailer showing this, but it dosent seem to exist, so I must have imagined it.

yup gonna go watch that.

I'm going to see it tomorrow

Seen it a few days back and loved it.

I think both John C and Steve's performances deserve an accolade or two.

Hard boiled eggs and nuts on standyby.

Laurel & Hardy were incredible performers. They reshot quite a lot of their shows for the overseas market in German & Spanish, which they learnt phonetically, rather than have local actors over dubbing.

Can't see many doing that today.

The bar in the Royal Marine in Dun Laoghaire is called 'Hardy's' after their stay there in the 50s.

two wheels good wrote: »

"He" by Irish author John Connolly. An "imagined" but very factual biography of Stan Laurel.
Excellent book for any fans of the duo. Reveals a lot of the nasty side of Hollywood and Stan's complicated private life.
Don't be put off by the IT's less than complimentary review. (I found the book in the library btw.)

I'm reading 'He' at the moment and was lucky to get tickets to the screening of Stan and Ollie in the Lighthouse cinema tonight where John Connolly will be interviewing the stars of the film.

I'm really enjoying the book. It's a big departure from his detective novels but I think he's a good enough writer to be successful at most types of fiction that he tries.

Pelvis wrote: »

Which screening is this? There are tickets available for both screenings tonight.

It's on at 6:30. I only got tickets as I was on twitter when the Lighthouse tweeted tickets were on sale. I think it sold out very quickly. They're going to be present at the screening.