I am watching an interesting movie from 1989 called "Valmont". It has Henry Thomas in it! Yes, little (well, not so little anymore) Henry from "E.T." I knew I saw him somewhere, so I checked the Internet Movie Database.
Ok, I am a IMDB junkie.
For all who don't know:
http://www.imdb.com/
I can get stuck on it forever... you check one movie for actors, before you know it it's been 2 hours and you are reading up on minuscule actors from the 1980's.
Anyway, back to the movie. It's kinda cute. I am a sucker for historical films. Precious. Colin Firth plays the flirtatious Valmont, who has quite a Casanova-esque reputation. It's romantic, comedic and dramatic. Apparently it was nominated for Oscars at the time.
The actual synopsis is as follows:
"Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as he will. However, in the process of seducing the married woman, Valmont falls in love. Based on the same novel as 'Dangerous Liaisons'."
The acting is well done and the costumes are to die for!!!!!
It's beautiful. Check it out. :)
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I love historical films too. (and books) I'm going to rent that it sounds good. Thx. I know what you mean about IMDB. Logged on to check a fact on Gone With The WInd, kept clicking away for 2 hours learning how everybody died! Crazy!
ReplyDeleteYeah check it out! It gets a little racy, but great acting!... oh btw, I love your name, "Jedi Mama". :)
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