JANUARY
16, 2007 --
Venus
-- Not entirely a Peter O'Toole vehicle (catch the photo
of him shown near the end of the film -- and the reaction of the
waitress. Leslie Phillips (eight years older than O'Toole) is terrific
and, indeed, his bio on Wikipedia suggests he his life could have
furnished material for the screenplay.
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The Queen
-- Lots of praise for Helen Mirren, but LPR also liked Michael
Sheen as Tony Blair, particularly Blair's brief speech to his staff
defending the royals and noting Diana's behavior towards them.
Alex Jennings, who plays Prince Charles, for LPR, looks more like Charles's great-uncle
David (once the Prince of Wales, then Edward VIII and, finally, the Duke of Windsor).
If Blair were to retire to the colonies and run for the Senate in New
York, LPR would vote for him.
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