Gary Jr., the Corpse Groom ([info]garyjr) wrote,
@ 2006-04-25 10:04:00
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Current mood: jubilant
Current music:DJ Dena - "Mommie Dearest" (Club Mix)

"The rage, the debilitating strain & the terrifying descent into alcoholism & child abuse..."
oh. my. god.

Paramount Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Mommie Dearest: Hollywood Royalty Edition for 6th June 2006. Outrageous and controversial, this is the story of legendary movie star Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway) as she struggles for her career and battles the inner demons of her private life. This torment was manifested in her relationships with her adopted children, Christina (Diana Scarwid) and Christopher (Xander Berkeley). The public Crawford was a strong-willed, glamorous object of admiration, but Mommie Dearest reveals the private Crawford, the woman desperate to be a mother, adopting her children when she was single and trying to survive in a devastating industry that swallows careers thoughtlessly. The rage, the debilitating strain, and the terrifying descent into alcoholism and child abuse are graphically - and unforgettably – depicted in this film, based upon Christina Crawford's best-selling book.

the description looks like they're selling it as a serious drama but the cover art and commentary suggest otherwise. it's not from joanie's incarnate faye dunaway but from john waters who will most likely camp all over the damn thing. hehe. there are also three documentaries, "The Revival of Joan", "Life with Joan" and "Joan Lives On".

i seriously think i have this movie memorized backwards and forwards. aside from the obvious comparisons to my own upbringing, it's just plain silly and over-the-top. in my more bitter days i had a page on my website called "mommie dearest" where i posted the letter my mother sent me telling me she was cutting me out of her life for being gay. it was filled with terrible things like the how i would die of aids and exactly what aids does to the body and how much i would suffer. lovely huh? anywho, i can't wait to see this movie, from great tragedy always comes a little lot of black humor.

ps. i can handle the socks.


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[info]jaytini
2006-04-25 02:52 pm UTC (link)
i KNOW you have heard this: http://popculturehipster.com/img/faye-1-long.mp3

if not, listen to it often, it cheers me up.

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brando, brando, brando! why mommie, why?!
[info]garyjr
2006-04-25 03:08 pm UTC (link)
oh. my. god. i've never heard this. i knew she was very anti-mommie dearest but this clip reallllllly makes her sound craaaaaaaaazy.

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Re: brando, brando, brando! why mommie, why?!
[info]jaytini
2006-04-25 03:09 pm UTC (link)
i KNOW! i love it!!!!!

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[info]thespos
2006-04-25 03:15 pm UTC (link)
Aren't you glad that we're all your FANS???!!!

:-)

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most definitely.
[info]garyjr
2006-04-25 03:18 pm UTC (link)
thank god i already had my vitamins today...pills!

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[info]gypsy1526
2006-04-25 03:30 pm UTC (link)
6-6-06? ooooooh that can't be good

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the same day the new omen comes out!
[info]garyjr
2006-04-25 04:25 pm UTC (link)
hahahaha.

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[info]defy_gravity99
2006-04-25 03:49 pm UTC (link)
Okay, of course, I just bought the regular DVD a few months ago and NOW the special edition is coming out. Damnit!

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doh.
[info]garyjr
2006-04-25 04:26 pm UTC (link)
that's why it was only $5.99. haha.

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Re: doh.
[info]defy_gravity99
2006-04-25 05:12 pm UTC (link)
For real. Keith is excited as he's a huge John Waters fan. I'm actually excited to hear the commentary as well, though.

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[info]jts81081
2006-04-25 04:53 pm UTC (link)
That is so ironic! I just watched this Saturday night for the first time in SO long and thought of you throughout the picture.

There were so many other classic lines that I had completely forgotten.

I still laugh out loud when Mommie describes what the family will do on Christmas Eve. ("Christmas carols...") LOL! So many memories.

PS - Barbara Bennett says hi.

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barbara please! please barbara!
[info]garyjr
2006-04-25 05:05 pm UTC (link)
hahaha. i still owe you that mommie thing i got! i gotta mailllllll it! did you click on that audio link that guy posted in one of the comments. it's faye dunaway going off on some guy who wanted to write an article about her but insisted on asking her mommie-related questions. you know how she hates that. it's freaking hilarious!

ps. did you have your vitamins today?

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Re: barbara please! please barbara!
[info]jts81081
2006-04-25 09:34 pm UTC (link)
I had heard of that Faye Dunaway thing, but I haven't listened to it yet. Maybe when everyone's out of the office this week.

I have this episode of her on "The Late Late Show" with Tom Snyder from like 1994. She was promoting something and the first on-air caller they took asked her about "Mommie." I think you could literally see the blood draining from her face.

CALLER: Can you tell me how you prepare for your role in "Mommie Dearest"?
FAYE: Don't you EVER speak that way me, Missy! Who do you think you're talking to? I'll tell you what you're gonna do. You're gonna march yourself upstairs to your room and you'll stay there until I come for you.
TOM: Uh, Faye, honey. It was just an honest question.
FAYE: (Takes a moment) Tom. I'm not mad at the caller. I'm mad at the dirt.

OK - So it really didn't go like that. But I do have the episode on tape. Priceless.

PS - There's a liquor store to the right.

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Re: barbara please! please barbara!
[info]garyjr
2006-04-25 09:51 pm UTC (link)
omg i. love. you. that's hilarious. i miss you.

ps. when you were a kid that made you look sexy, now it just makes you look drunk.

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Re: barbara please! please barbara!
[info]jts81081
2006-04-25 09:58 pm UTC (link)
Mail that "Mommie" thing you have for me. I don't know what it is, but don't tell me.

PS - Whoa, OK!

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Re: barbara please! please barbara!
[info]jts81081
2006-04-25 09:59 pm UTC (link)
PPS - Did I mention that the caller on Tom Snyder was Battista himself?

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battista you say?
[info]garyjr
2006-04-26 02:08 pm UTC (link)
hA! well i'll try not to hawk it then.

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[info]in_taberna
2006-04-25 05:15 pm UTC (link)
You. Are. So. Gay. (he says as he secretly rejoices).

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i had my vitamins today, pills!
[info]garyjr
2006-04-25 05:29 pm UTC (link)
pot. kettle.

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Re: i had my vitamins today, pills!
[info]in_taberna
2006-04-25 05:30 pm UTC (link)
you're mean.

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smart aleck back talk!
[info]garyjr
2006-04-25 05:32 pm UTC (link)
i'm sending you to chadwicks school for girls!

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Re: smart aleck back talk!
[info]in_taberna
2006-04-25 05:34 pm UTC (link)
please don't Gary sir! I promise I'll be good! I promise! Give me another chance?

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Re: smart aleck back talk!
[info]garyjr
2006-04-25 05:37 pm UTC (link)
i should've known you'd know where to find the boys and the booze.

ps. have you finished your christmas card list yet?

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Re: smart aleck back talk!
[info]in_taberna
2006-04-25 05:40 pm UTC (link)
what? lol. What the hell is that supposed to mean.

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Re: smart aleck back talk!
[info]garyjr
2006-04-25 05:42 pm UTC (link)
you obviously have not seen the movie or paid close attention enough to understand what the hell i'm saying.

go to your room until i come for you.

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Re: smart aleck back talk!
[info]in_taberna
2006-04-25 05:44 pm UTC (link)
all right...fine...(hangs head in shame)....let me just put this shirt on a hanger. On a wire hanger......
....

....

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Re: smart aleck back talk!
[info]in_taberna
2006-04-25 05:56 pm UTC (link)
you know...id imaging you'd be a parent something like Joan Crawford. Maybe it's best you didn't fall in love with me.

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Re: smart aleck back talk!
[info]garyjr
2006-04-25 05:59 pm UTC (link)
oh god. i'd be nothing like that bitch.

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Re: smart aleck back talk!
[info]in_taberna
2006-04-25 06:00 pm UTC (link)
thats right...you would beat your kids with wooden hangers. :-P

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Re: smart aleck back talk!
[info]garyjr
2006-04-25 06:06 pm UTC (link)
i was beaten. i would never beat anyone.

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Re: smart aleck back talk!
[info]in_taberna
2006-04-25 06:08 pm UTC (link)
im sorry babe :(

I heart you.

By the way...when do you want me to come to Boston...im trying to figure out my next month and the sooner i know the better. Let me know when you're free.

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[info]tray22nc
2006-04-25 05:35 pm UTC (link)
I've actually never ever seen this movie, but will have to check it out soon. The only think I've ever heard about this movie, is something about a wire hanger? But I thought came from Madea: Diary of a Mad Black Woman?

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gay movies!
[info]garyjr
2006-04-25 05:39 pm UTC (link)
lol. ummm. no wire hangers is from mommie dearest. hahaha. omg it's the gayest movie ever without any gay people in it, with the exception of valley of the dolls which is also finally coming out on dvd stateside.

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Re: gay movies!
[info]tray22nc
2006-04-25 05:41 pm UTC (link)
Never seen that one either. Of course, I am not from here....BUT I do know lots of movies!! I've just never seen them. :o) lol

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Re: gay movies!
[info]garyjr
2006-04-25 05:43 pm UTC (link)
what planet are you from?

*eats brains*

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[info]aussie_bryce
2006-04-25 06:38 pm UTC (link)
Didst thou get moist when you saw that? :) Hee hee!

Hope yer going well, Gary!

Mwah,

Bryce

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[info]kaijuman
2006-04-25 10:35 pm UTC (link)
Cool beans! I love the cover!
I'm still yet to see that film in it's entirety.

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why tina why!?
[info]garyjr
2006-04-27 02:45 pm UTC (link)
what?! omg. get on it! i'm sure it's tons more fun with a head injury! haha.

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(Anonymous)
2006-04-26 01:58 am UTC (link)
The description looks like they're selling it as a serious drama but the cover art and commentary suggest otherwise.

Probably because they know the only people who will buy it are gay men who want it for theme parties.

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[info]varsitynj
2006-04-26 01:59 am UTC (link)
oh, that was me. Damn browser.

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[info]veetor
2006-04-26 02:49 am UTC (link)
June 6 is my burfday! I will ask for that as a burfday gift.

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evvvvvvvvvil.
[info]garyjr
2006-04-26 02:09 pm UTC (link)
hahaha. so your birthday is 6/6/06!?

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Jubilant
[info]jinghuayuan
2006-04-26 03:27 am UTC (link)
Dear Gary,

What I like the most about this post is that your mood is JUBILANT. That is what I wish for your every day!

XO Pedro

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my vitamins, plus finished everything on my plate!
[info]steven_swm
2006-04-26 05:36 am UTC (link)
Why…Why…Why…couldn’t they have done some little play-on-words in, The Rules of Attraction???! How cute would it have been to hear Ian Somerhalder refer to Faye as Mommie Dearest in the restaurant? (with Faye getting a startled look on her face) Or when she walked in on Ian and that other guy in the hotel bedroom, she could have said, “I should've known you'd know where to find the boys and the booze.” Haa…the “boys” part would have been even funnier in this case. Ok, I’m getting carried away here…but speaking of Mommie Dearest and Movies…you wouldn’t happen to still have…broadway damage (NEW, SEALED): $13.00 Starring Christina from Mommie Dearest. ??? I’ll take it if you do. No, not because of Christina…I just liked the movie. Just let me know and I'll Paypal you.

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Re: my vitamins, plus finished everything on my plate!
[info]garyjr
2006-04-27 02:44 pm UTC (link)
lol. actually that movie isn't sealed i watched it a couple of times but paypal me $15.00 including shipping and i'll send it out to you tomorrow.

faye is very anti-mommie she never wants to hear or talk about the film again so i doubt she's be open to the idea of using quotes from the movie no matter how funny it would be for the rest of us. haha.

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