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Author: Friestad
Date: 2003-07-08 17:55
I am looking for the name of the song that Gertrude was learning to play on her clarinet in the movie Mr. Holland's Opus. Can anyone help?
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2003-07-08 19:22
I'll need to dig out my V T of this good "music in the schools" motion pic, to be sure, but believe "Stranger{s?} on the Shore" is correct, where we all try to match Aker's vibrato and emotion! I suggest that searching for more info on this song and its historical origin will be an interesting challenge!! Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: CPW
Date: 2003-07-08 21:29
I didnt know Mr H played LeBlancs
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Author: ron b
Date: 2003-07-08 23:20
The song, "Stranger on the Shore", was made famous by clarinettist Aker Bilk. For some reason, elusive to me at the moment, I preferred Gertrude's rendition 
- r![[cool]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/cool.gif) n b -
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Author: Bob Schwab
Date: 2003-07-09 01:50
Pete Fountain does a nice rendition as well.
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Author: deepriver27
Date: 2003-07-10 10:51
I've never seen this movie because I can't stand Richard Dreyfus - is it good?
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Author: Dan1937
Date: 2003-07-10 11:18
deepriver27: it's a GREAT movie! (but then, I'm a school band director).![[grin]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie5.gif)
Stranger on the Shore? I always thought it was STRANGLER on the Shore! ![[wink]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie3.gif)
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2003-07-10 12:28
Hi,
To answer deep's question, I think Dreyfus is OK but I thought the story line was just a bit far-fetched and the events were not realistic. I could not seem to relate to many of the small stories with what it is like to be a HS band director (I had 16 years of that).
I thought if people figured this was what it is like to be a band director, they would get the wrong impression. I have never watched the whole movie, just parts (aka movements) because of that.
HRL
Post Edited (2003-07-10 15:52)
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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2003-07-10 13:27
It's a manipulative tear-jerker. Saw it in the theater and the tears were a-fallin' all around me at the ending. I couldn't help but feel band directors deserved better.
For a much better Dreyfuss music movie, get "The Competition." There is some unbelievably convincing piano faking in that flick. And it features my favorite piano concertos -- Beethoven's "Emperor" and Prokofiev 3. Just excuse some of the silly melodrama and the late-70s look prevalent throughout the film. Details at http://www.imdb.com/Title?0080556
Anyway, that's just one guy's opinion..Ã"
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Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.
- Pope John Paul II
Post Edited (2003-07-10 13:40)
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Author: ken
Date: 2003-07-10 14:49
"The Competition" is really a classical musician lover’s movie although pitifully late 70s dated. The story line and actor performances actually take "too much" of a back seat to the music (IMHO)... but it's one of my all time favs. There was talk about a sequel 4-5 years ago among the original producers but never made it to screenplay. Reportedly, Dreyfuss wasn't that interested and Lee Remick, Sam Wanamaker and Philip Sterling are dead.
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2003-07-10 15:53
But Amy Irving was what made the Competition really great!
Post Edited (2003-07-11 03:34)
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Author: Vic
Date: 2003-07-10 17:41
You're right, Hank, but hasn't she more or less retired since she got that huge divorce settlement from Spielberg?
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-07-10 17:51
Vic...I remember reading that her divorce settlement was about $100 million (US) ... GBK
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2003-07-11 03:35
$100 million. Wow!!!!
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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2003-07-11 13:26
I'm leaving my wife for Spielberg.…
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Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.
- Pope John Paul II
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Author: ken
Date: 2003-07-11 13:46
Yea, after taxes about 30-40 million clear....as Ralph Kramden used to say "a mere bag of shells!"
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Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2003-07-11 21:11
Senator Everett Dirksen once said, "A million here, a million there - pretty soon you run into real money."
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Author: Henry
Date: 2003-07-11 21:16
I believe good old Ev was talking about Billions, not Millions when he made that famous statement. In either case, he had a point!
Henry
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2003-07-12 01:04
Henry,
Maybe it was millions which in Dirksen's days was some "real money."
HRL
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Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2003-07-12 01:37
Nope, it was "millions". This was in the early 1960's. The budget was not yet heavy into billions.
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Author: Tom A
Date: 2003-07-12 03:53
Interesting. But I hope new visitors to the BB don't think they should look at the last post on a thread to find the answer to the original question!
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2003-07-12 10:11
William The C,
Diversions happen.
HRL
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Author: Henry
Date: 2003-07-12 18:05
I don't want to overly beat a dead horse but Dirksen DID talk about BILLIONS, not millions. See <http://www.giga-usa.com/gigaweb1/quotes2/ quautdirkseneverettx001.htm>
Just to set the record straight. Even at that time, Dirksen wasn't concerned about puny little millions, especially if it benefitted his own state.
Henry
P.S. Sorry, I can't get the link to work. Go to Google, type in everett dirksen (no quotation marks). It'll be the 9th item down.
Post Edited (2003-07-12 18:26)
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-07-12 19:29
[ This thread has run its full course and is now closed...GBK ]
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