Xref: utzoo rec.birds:3753 alt.cult-movies:6126 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!samsung!crackers!m2c!wpi.WPI.EDU!meep From: meep@wpi.WPI.EDU (MEEP) Newsgroups: rec.birds,alt.cult-movies Subject: Re: Ladyhawke Message-ID: <1991Apr1.015952.31253@wpi.WPI.EDU> Date: 1 Apr 91 01:59:52 GMT References: <1991Mar22.190500.9603@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> <8187@skye.cs.ed.ac.uk> Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Lines: 35 In article <8187@skye.cs.ed.ac.uk> nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk writes: >In article <1991Mar22.190500.9603@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>, dragon@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Sam Conway) writes: >> There is a most wonderful film called "Ladyhawke"; for those who have >> not seen it, I'll provide no spoilers, but I do strongly recommend it. > >I do also. Good casting as well (Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer). I'll join in here...this is an EXCELLENT movie. The production values and cast and ... well, everything (with one notable exception, below) are lovely. >I suspect it bombed because of the trashy publicity poster - it just made >it look like some D&D-inspired wizards and magic film, which is a great >shame. > >Good soundtrack as well: Alan Parsons. This is my one complaint. The slow, moody pieces are fine, but the "action" music is (IMHO) pretty awful ... it nearly ruins the mood for me and I have to concentrate hard to ignore it. >As to the hawks - sorry, I'm ignorant... > >Nick Rothwell, Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh. doug __ LIFE IS BUT A DREAM | I MAY TAP YOU ON THE SHOULDER | douglas s. bailey LIFE IS BUT A DREAM | AND WHISPER `GO' IN RED | meep@wpi.wpi.edu LIFE IS BUT A DREAM | STRIP YOUR FEET OF LEAD MY FRIEND | This is the famed LIFE IS BUT A DREAM | STRIP YOUR FEET OF LEAD | rotary .sig file. -- LIFE IS BUT A DREAM | I MAY TAP YOU ON THE SHOULDER | douglas s. bailey LIFE IS BUT A DREAM | AND WHISPER `GO' IN RED | meep@wpi.wpi.edu LIFE IS BUT A DREAM | STRIP YOUR FEET OF LEAD MY FRIEND | This is the famed