FILM 2021: MURDER MYSTERY

FILM 2021: MURDER MYSTERY

TRIVIA: This movie set a new Netflix record. Netflix claims that, in the first three days, 30,869,863 accounts watched the film: 13,374,914 North American accounts and and an additional 17,494,949 accounts watching from the rest of the world.

Adam Sandler's real life wife, Jackie Sandler, makes a cameo appearance as the flight attendant on the plane. 

Andrea Bendewald, who plays a customer in the salon, is Jennifer Aniston's best friend. Bendewald was maid of honour at her wedding to Brad Pitt and guest starred in the sitcom "Friends."

Luke Evans and Victor Turpin are a couple in real life.

Sorry, I haven’t been posting recently; I’ve been on holiday for two weeks.  For my, wait for it.. 30^th birthday present, my parents paid for me to go to New York. And then off on a cruise to Boston and Portland in America, and St. Johns and Halifax in Canada.

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A CRUISE TO ITALY AND CROATIA

I have been meaning to post about my holiday for a little while (I got back last Thursday) but have been so busy that I just have not had the time.  I went on a cruise to Croatia and Italy; it was a birthday present to my Dad who wanted to go on a family holiday. 

We had five stop offs, we started in Dubrovnik, then onto Rovinj, Trieste, Venice, Zadar, and Split.  I had never been to either of these countries before and had no idea what to expect but I was definitely impressed.  Both countries are very picturesque, with mountains in the distance, beautiful little red roofed buildings, castles, ruins and clear water at the coast. 

My dad took thousands of pictures and walked miles and miles.  Me, my sister and my mum were a little more laid back.  We ate a lot of ice cream, the ice cream in Italy (Venice especially) is the best I’ve ever tasted, I mostly have lemon flavor. 

Venice is one of the most unreal places I’ve ever been and getting up at 6 in the morning to watch the ship go into the Grand Canal was really very special. Here are some photos, and if you are planning to visit any of the places mentioned and you’d like to ask some questions please don’t hesitate…

FILM 1320: AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER

TRIVIA: References to this movie in Nora Ephron's Sleepless in Seattle (1993), revitalized interest in the film, and led to 2 million additional sales of the 1957 classic on VHS.

During filming, Cary Grant's wife, Betsy Drake, had him visiting a hypnotist to help him quit smoking. She also packed him a hamper full of health food for his lunch, though he often finished it before starting filming because without cigarettes he was hungry all the time.

Deborah Kerr's singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon, who also dubbed her in The King and I (1956) the previous year.

During filming cinematographer Milton R. Krasner pointed out to Cary Grant that a lump on his forehead was making it hard to film his close-ups. The lump was the result of a childhood accident, but Grant had been habitually rubbing it for years, leading it to swell. Doctors told him it would take four to six weeks for him to recover from its removal. Instead, he took a few days off, had his wife, Betsy Drake, hypnotize him, and had the procedure performed in the doctor's office under a local anesthetic. He recovered within days with no scarring.