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Ultimate Flint Collection (Our Man
Flint/In Like Flint)
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So many
films and TV shows were inspired by the James Bond films that many are still
not available on DVD or have even been shown on TV in decades.Ā All are a hoot, intentionally or not, but
some are standouts and no set of feature films did a better job in showing the
response and Hollywood attitude to Bond at the time than the Derek Flint films
20th Century Fox made starring James Coburn.Ā Issued several times before, the new Ultimate Flint Collection offers both Our Man Flint (1966) and In Like Flint (1967) at the peak of the
Spy Craze.
Flint is
an expert ace agent who is simply not active at the time a new crisis
arises.Ā When his spy agency Z.O.W.I.E. (Zonal
Organization World Intelligence Espionage) needs him, spymaster Lloyd Cramden
(a great set of performances by Lee J. Cobb) reluctantly calls Flint back to
duty in Our Man Flint.Ā The evil Galaxy organization has their hands
on a weather machine and they intend to hold the world ransom and will
permanently damage the polarity and atmosphere if their demands are not met.
Led by
Malcolm Rodney (Edward Mulhare perfect to play a stuck-up elitist villain),
Galaxy will stop at nothing unless something or someone can stop him.Ā Due to their leadership, Z.O.W.I.E. is
unprepared to do anything about this, but Flint has a few ideas that just might
work and the one-man army goes to work.
In Like Flint has the U.S. President kidnapped
and Flint called in to find him.Ā This
leads him to an all-womenÆs organization who have their won crazy plan to take
over the world.Ā At least a minor genre
classic like the previous film, both produced by the late Saul David (LoganÆs Run), the films (along with the
1967 comedy version of Casino Royale)
inspired the Austin Powers films and look very good for their age.Ā Fox did put some money into them, more than
just about any Bond-like film of the time.
One of
the reasons the films work is simply because CoburnÆs comic performance,
underplayed while still being the good guy taking things seriously, something
producer David would try later with Ron Ely in Doc Savage with less success.Ā
Based on Hal FimbergÆs Flint books, Fimberg did the screenplay
adaptations himself, with Ben Starr also working on the first one.Ā Though not taking the spy genre too
seriously, the films have their amusing action moments.
Credit to
the directors of each should be noted, with Daniel Mann establishing the world
of Flint very well and the underrated Gordon Douglas pulling off a very
interesting sequel.Ā Both know how to
direct and do good things with the material.Ā
What may have seem dated to some a few years ago suddenly seems ageless
since the Austin Powers films and fashion itself have brought back some of the
more interesting items here.
supporting casts are pretty good, with Gina Golan, Benson Fong, Sigrid Valdis
and Michael St. Clair adding to the fun in the first film, while Anna Lee, Jean
Hale, Andrew Duggan, Herb Edelman, Deanne Lund and Yvonne Craig (soon to be the
first and best live action Batgirl on the final season of Batman) add fun and spice to the already manic situations in both
While the
Bond films were just becoming larger and larger productions that would influence
commercial cinema worldwide, David, Fox, Fimberg, Coburn and company found more
than just a niche.Ā However, Coburn was
smart enough to know this did not have the endless source material Bond had and
quit before the bottom fell out.Ā A third
film never emerged and the craze started to slowly peter out.Ā However, they are very entertaining films and
were only rivaled by the jokier Dean Martin/Matt Helm series at Columbia and
British Bulldog Drummond revival (Deadlier
Than The Male in 1967 and Some Girls
Do in 1969) with Richard Johnson taking a character that influenced Bond
and trying to make him into Bond.
With the
Bonds out in expanded special editions and eventually in Blu-ray, Fox has
decided to go all out for the Flint films with the best playback copies to date
and a nice set of extras.
anamorphically enhanced 2.35 X 1 image on both films look good and were among
the last major Fox productions shot in the CinemaScope format.Ā While the Bonds beginning in 1965 were shot
in Panavision, Fox was still using the older system to the end.Ā Both processed in DeLuxe color, they look
good and were shot by cinematographers who knew how to shoot for a big screen:
Daniel L. Fapp (West Side Story, One, Two, Three, Ice Station Zebra) and William H. Daniels (Von RyanÆs Express, Valley
Of The Dolls) both looking very good for their age here.
The sound
is only Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono for both films, though we thought the music was
originally recorded in stereo.Ā Composer Jerry
Goldsmith already created a favorite in the genre with the theme to the hit TV
spy series The Man From U.N.C.L.E., but
managed to create another classic in his theme and scoring of both films.Ā It is one of the biggest factors that
separated them from all other Bond spoofs and imitators.Ā Also, the sound effects as fun as they are
iconic.Ā Goldsmith is one of the great
composers and his work here is very good.
are terrific and include two feature length audio commentary tracks by film
scholar/fans Lee Pfeiffer and Eddie Friedfeld that are among the most hilarious
and informative commentaries of the year.Ā
If you are sick of commentaries that play like animated radio passively
describing every scene, but also are not a fan of ōfacts-onlyö commentaries
that sometimes do not work, youÆll love these.Ā
Be sure to watch the films first.
The DVDs
of the films themselves also include trailers to both films, plus the lame
version of the Fathom trailer
(instead of the politically incorrect sexy one) and one to the awful Modesty Blaise film.Ā Those trailers are repeated on the third
bonus DVD with The Magus, Peeper, Deadfall, Quiller Memorandum
and The Chairman trailers, most of
which you will find reviewed elsewhere on this site.
bonus DVD also includes a terrible, failed 1976 TV movie pilot to revive Flint called
Dead On Target that was dead on
arrival, but is amusing to watch.Ā There
are also extras for each film in their own sections on the disc.Ā Our
Man Flint includes an extended trailer and four new featurettes: Spy-er-rama, A GentlemanÆs Game, Spy Style
and The Perfect Bouillabaisse.Ā The In
Like Flint section includes two brief on-camera interviews with Coburn and
Cobb by Art Linkletter at the premiere in Puerto Rico, Deanne Lund screen test
for the film, original promo featurette ōTake
It Offö, and five new featurettes: The
MusicianÆs Magician, Future Perfect,
Spy School, Spy Vogue and Feminine Wiles.
All in
all, this is a solid set for some good films that have become better with
time.Ā More studios should give this kind
of treatment to their spy movies, no matter how big or small, because who knows
what kind of materials are in the vaults.Ā
With the huge hit success of the new Casino Royale, we may just be on
the verge of a new boost in Spy cinema.Ā The Ultimate Flint Collection pretty
much lives up to its name.
-ĀĀ Nicholas Sheffo


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Marsha and I have arrived at Fort Myers Beach, Florida. We drove, which provided us the opportunity to see up close that mysterious part of the country called The South. Here is my brief report.
There is a surfeit of sushi, but plenty of fried food. At Buffalo's ,a restaurant outside of Macon, Georgia, we were offered fried cheesecake for desert. We passed lest we have to buy a teeshirt from the store down the road that advertised sizes up to XXXXXL. I almost bought one to use as a blanket if it got cold.
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text: LINE: Hiring in Manufacturing, Service Sectors to Hit High Mark in May By SHRM Online staff 5/1/2014 Permissions Hiring will reach a four-year high in the manufacturing sector and a three-year high in the service sector in May 2014, according to the Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM) Leading Indicators of National Employment (LINE) survey released May 1. Layoffs will continue to decline in both sectors compared to a year ago. The report examines four key areas: employers' hiring expectations, new-hire compensation, difficulty in recruiting top-level people and job vacancies. SHRM collects LINE data through a monthly survey of HR executives at more than 500 manufacturing and more than 500 service-sector firms—together, these sectors employ more than 90 percent of the nation's private-sector workers. Indices for the report are not seasonally adjusted. Survey responses are weighted using the proportion of total employment represented by the respondent's industry and calculated using the annual benchmark revisions that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released Feb. 11, 2011. Employment Expectations, Job Vacancies In May, the hiring rate is expected to climb 10 percentage points for manufacturing and nearly 2 percentage points (1.8) for the service sector compared with the same time last year. Slightly more than one-half (52.9 percent) of manufacturers are expected to add jobs in May, and 4.1 percent will cut jobs. More than one-third (38.9 percent) of service-sector companies are expected to add jobs in May, and 7.7 percent will cut jobs. In April, for the fifth consecutive month, fewer manufacturers reported an increase in openings for salaried jobs compared with the previous year, dropping 15.2 percentage points compared with April 2013. 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'Pretty in Pink' Cast Reunites 24 Years Later
As part of their reunion-centric double-issue, Entertainment Weekly put together a summit for Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer and Annie Potts to reflect on the John Hughes-penned 1986 classic 'Pretty in Pink.'
Ringwald, now 42, remembers Jon Cryer's lip-syncing dance scene: "I was so stunned! Duckie turned into Mick Jagger! It's such a fantastic scene, and it really holds up. My 6-year-old daughter hasn't seen any of my movies, but I did show her that scene on YouTube. And she agrees."
After the jump, see the video and hear where the actors bet their characters wound up! Also check out Michael J. Fox reunited with Lea Thompson from 'Back to the Future.'
Cryer, 45, Potts, 57, and Ringwald still seem to have fantastic chemistry together, chatting warmly and putting together a great photo shoot for EW.
Cryer and Ringwald were reunited earlier this year under sadder circumstances when they helped memorialize John Hughes at the Academy Awards. Hughes died of a heart attack in 2009. He was 59. "I was really glad that everybody seemed to recognize what an incredible contribution he made to filmmaking," Ringwald says. "He had a very love/hate relationship with Hollywood, and I think it would have really meant a lot to him. Just the effect that he's had on countless teenagers and people coming of age throughout the world is pretty phenomenal. I have women come up to me saying the line, 'I just want them to know that they didn't break me,' with tears in their eyes, saying how much that line meant to them."
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- Friday 15 OctoberBy Joe in JT
If Molly isn't considered one of the "rat pack" she should be. All the actors in St.Elmo's Fire are, so should Molly. It's amazing how much I like all her movies from the 1980's. I guess we all knew a Molly Ringwald in high school, she's cool.
- Friday 15 OctoberBy islandwalkerHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Joe- It was the "Brat Pack" and she is considered one of them as were most of the actors who starred in Hughes films at the time and St. Elmo's.
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Ok, is it just me or does Molly look like a drag queen now?
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Just you. I think she looks great.
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No, it's not just you...poor Molly Ringworm has not aged well.
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It's just you, carolineakagod.
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No, I actually think she does..bad plastic surgery will do that. She was very pretty...then.
- Friday 15 OctoberBy Babs
That sure takes me back...Pretty in Pink was one of my favorite movies way back then!
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It looks like Annie Potts hasn't aged more than 15 minutes!!! I can only hope I age half as well as she has!
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Ringwald looks freaking awesome....
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Where are Andrew McCarthy and James Spader??
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Zvi Plesser.
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The annual Voice of Music Festival in the Upper Galilee, also known as Kfar Blum Festival, takes place this year July 23 – 28. In the last three days, July 26 – 28, there will be an additional festival in the same location with programs oriented for the entire family.The chamber music festival, which was founded by pianist and music events organizer Idit Zvi, is now headed by Zvi Plesser who, in addition to being one of this country's leading cellists, organizes musical events that are attractive to the general public.Last year's festival was a great success. A mini-festival that took place this spring at the same location and served as a preview for the summer event was enjoyable and intriguing.There is no doubt that those who attend the Upper Galilee festival this month will not be disappointed either."Most of the chamber music repertoire, the important pieces that are loved by the audience, already exist, and there's nothing much that we can really add or change about it," says Plesser in regard his approach to creating the festival programs."But we can play lesser-known pieces, as well as those that were recently composed.And above all, I really enjoy presenting familiar pieces in a slightly different angle. It makes us think about them in a new way."Last year the programs were mostly built around the concept of metamorphosis: theme with variations."This year I have opted for the concept of time in music. On one hand, time is close and important to everybody, while on the other hand nothing but music can capture this elusive element," he says."More often than not, I perceive entire musical pieces or a movement as a drama that unfolds within a period of time. Like life, it starts, lasts and comes to its end."Plesser goes on to says that there are many intriguing aspects about the concept of time in music."It could be a piece that has to do with a clock, like a piece written by Mozart for a mechanical clock or The Clock Symphony by Haydn and others. But there is also physical time, like hours of the day, so we have a Night Concert in our program, which features Schubert's Night Flute Concerto or Mozart's Little Night Music or Schoenberg's Transfigured Night and other pieces that show what night meant for each of these composers."Plesser notes that memories are also a form of time."Memories are our past," he says, "and under this category are pieces based on travel, like Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence or Dvorak's American Quartet."But time not only flies, it can also be endless, "like in Schubert's Quintet or Messian's Quartet for the End of Time. And there also is time that exists and does not exist – that of fairy tales," he says.Musing on the theme of time in music, Plesser says that composers who looked back at the music of the past also related to the concept of time in their own way."A neo-Baroque concerto grosso by Bloch or Serenade, a new piece by Yan Radzinsky, as well as pieces by Brahms – at least that is how I always perceive them," he says.In addition to that are two special productions – The Fairy Queen by Purcell "with excellent singers and David Stern as conductor. In many ways, the piece has a lot to do with time. Also Savitri, an amazing little-known chamber opera by Gustav Holst, speaks about death," he says.This is just part of the rich and intriguing program that will be performed by fine Israeli artists, many of them building impressive careers abroad but never miss an opportunity to perform at home.Among the international stars is one of the world's leading musicians, flutist Emmanuel Pahud, who will play pieces by the Bach family.For more details, visit www.kolhamusica.org.il. For reservations: (03) 604-5000Follow @JPost_Lifestyle
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Garden shed organization - seed packets on ribons/string would be perfect. It might stop me buying seeds I already have, too :-|
A simple ribbon organizer helps keep track of what should be planted when. More shed storage ideas: http://www.bhg.com/gardening/yard/tools/garden-shed-stoage-secrets/#page=1 (cute idea, maybe a way to adapt without attaching actual seed packets, printables? prefer to keep seeds safely stored, but this is very cute)
you can easily turn a small space on your wall into a simple planting calendar. Find some ribbon and some clothespins, and arrange your seed packets by month. By hanging this handy "calendar" in your potting shed or garage (make sure it's a space that stays relatively cool and shaded), you'll always see at a glance which seeds you should be sowing next.
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Crisis Management Process document sample
Stages of Crisis & Crisis Management Objectives • Describe stages of crisis process • Identify key principles of crisis intervention • Application to classic Tylenol poisonings case The ―stage‖ approach: Segmenting complex processes • Stages refer to relatively distinctive segments of a more complex or lengthy process • Stages are differentiated by identifying the beginning or end of some important event, reaction, or process • Stages enable the user to communicate clearly about change over time, adapt interventions to what is needed at each stage, & monitor progress across stages. • Stages also imply development from one stage to another; this enables changing outcomes at a later stage by intervening at an earlier one Stages of Crisis Management Like most human events, crises can be described in terms of stages, or relatively identifiable sequences of events and reactions. Stages enable planners to monitor risks, progress, target stakeholders, and take strategic action appropriate to the stage. There are many models; below are two prominent ones: Fink's Crisis Lifecycle Prodromal Crisis breakout Chronic Resolution Risk cues that Triggering event with Lingering Crisis no longer a potential crisis can resulting damage effects of crisis concern to emerge stakeholders Mitroff's Five Stages of Crisis Management Signal Probing & Damage Recovery Learning detection prevention containment Return to Review & critique Warning signs & Search risk Keep from normal CM efforts for efforts to prevent factors & reduce spreading to operations asap improvements potential for uncontaminated damage areas The long view… Ecomap of Stakeholders An ―ecomap‖ or ecological map of stakeholders can help to identify all involved parties in the crisis. Concentric circles are used to set parameters on Primary Effect primary or direct stakeholder involved, secondary or ―spillover‖ effected, and tertiary or very indirect affected. These help prioritize response to them and ensure that no one is Secondary (Vicarious) Effect left out of consdieration. Tertiary Effect Regardless of the crisis model used, crisis management involves four strategic considerations, or the ―Four C's.‖ All plans should include at least these aspects. Classic Crisis Case: J&J's 1982 Tylenol Tampering In this presentation you will cover: • stages of the crisis • key considerations for intervention • constructing an ecomap • description of the case • impact of the case on the industry Case Overview • what was learned When the Johnson & Johnson Company faced the Tylenol poisonings in 1982 they applied the Four C's quite effectively. They relied on the value and strength of their culture credo which also identified the stakeholders Four responsibilities: • To the customers • To the employees • To the communities they serve • To the stockholders Tylenol Case Analysis Background • In the mid 1950's Tylenol became a needed and popular substitute for aspirin for such conditions as flu and chicken pox, since aspirin was related to Reyes Syndrome (liver degeneration, brain edema, 20-30% fatality) • Large market: 100 million users, 19% of corp profits, 13% of year to sales growth, 37% market share of painkillers, outselling other top analgesics combined • J&J was one of the ―Best 100‖ companies to work for • Tylenol became a product trusted by physicians and families alike • Numerous other Tylenol products were developed for an active market • J&J strong ―family‖ corporate culture Tylenol Case The Crisis Begins… • September 1982 Extra Strength Tylenol bottles of at least 6 pharmacies and food stores were opened, & capsules were filled with cyanide (10,000 x fatal dose) • Media reporter asked PR Asst. Dir Andrews about poisoned Tylenol– then it hit the news! • 7 people died in the Chicago area • CEO James Burke refers to the Credo, alerts to the danger, & assigns team to discover the source • Formed 7-member strategy team • Stop the killings • Reasons for the killings • Provide protection & assistance to people …and snowballs! • Police drove through streets with loudspeaker warnings • Chicago hospital received >700 calls in one day • Immediate stories in major magazines and newspapers • Over 100,000 separate news stories ran in US papers • Hundreds of hours of national and local TV coverage • >90% of Americans had heard of the Chicago deaths • Widest coverage since Kennedy assassination & Viet Nam • Copycat tampering– 270 reported incidents (36 true) Tylenol, killer or cure? -- Washington Post • J&J stock fell 7 points • Market share dropped from 37% of pain-reliever market to 7%; from $400 million in annual revenue to $70 Initial Response– Phase 1 Crisis response • Immediate alert to consumers not to use any type Tylenol product or resume use until extent determined • Live TV satellite feed of press conferences; media exposure via 60 Minutes, Donahue, etc. • 800# Hotline for customers (30,000 calls in Oct-Nov) • Toll-free phone for news organizations; pre-taped messages and updated statements for distribution • Strict production, different lot $, & crisis only in Chicago indicated post-production tampering • Withdrew bottles from Chicago area; ordered recall of >31 million bottles nationally at a cost of >$100 million (against FDA & FBI) • It temporarily ceased all production of capsules • High public profile and repeated reassurance by Burke • Working relationship with law enforcement agencies • Notification of health professionals nationwide & FDA Initial Response—Phase 2, PR Rebound Five-Point Plan 1. Replaced them with tamper-resistant caplets (triple safety seal within 6 months) 2. Incentives: free replacement of caplets for capsules, special coupons ($2.50 off) easily obtained 3. New pricing program: discounts up to 25% 4. New advertising program: national 1 minute commercial, News & talk shows, 5. New presentations by 2250 sales personnel made to medical stakeholders • positive press articles regarding J&J, products, & safety • indications of regaining market share • held up as positive example of ethics & responsibility • 450,000 e-mail messages Strategies Most public recovery strategies incorporate the following five components: • Forgiveness: win forgiveness from stakeholders and create acceptance for the crisis • Sympathy: portray organization as unfair victim of attack by outside persons; willing to accept losses • Remediation: offer compensation for victims and families (counseling & financial assistance) • Rectification: take action to reduce recurrence (triple sealed & increased random inspection) • Effective leadership: clear, visible, consistent role-modeled message from beginning by CEO Employee Response • Strong family-oriented culture, "we care about our employees" • Open and current communication with employees; 4 video programs on the unfolding process • Emphasizing plant workers were innocent • CEO speech in a week to employees, "We're coming back" (wearing buttons) • Idle employees given tasks to keep involved & reduce rumoring and boredom • Indications of market recovery bolster spirits • Congruence and consistency in demonstrating the Credo Consequences– Lessons learned • J&J showed that they were not willing to risk public safety even at excessive cost • J&J could be trusted all the way to the top– they lived their Credo & having a functional credo worked • J&J set a new standard for protection thereby requiring competitors to expensively follow suit • J&J was viewed as a co-victim of the crime • Stakeholder involvement and relationships is essential • One must anticipate and prepared for crises; expect the unexpected • Cynicism: Be aware that 75% of people don't believe companies take responsibility for crises or tell the truth • "No matter what you do in the beginning, in the end you will have to tell the truth" • React fast, openly and decisively • 1983 Tylenol Bill by Congress made malicious tampering of consumer products a federal offense • 1989 federal legislation to make consumer products tamper resistant (learning cont'd) • Report your own bad news– don't wait for reporters to root it out • Speak with one voice • Gather facts and disseminate from one info center • Be accessible to the media so they won't go to other sources • Target communications to those most affected by the crisis, and can affect the media • If you can't discuss something, explain why • Provide evidence for your statements • Record events via video and documents so you can later present your side of the story ―Déjà vu all over again‖ In 1982 FDA estimated 270 product tampering cases. Following the Tylenol crisis, several other tamperings plagued other companies. Impact could have been reduced by learning from J&J's experience. Copycat tamperings: • Lipton Cup-A-Soup (1986) • Exedrin (1986) • Tylenol again (1986) • Sudafed (1991) • Goody's Headache Powder (1992) The Tylenol comeback (and how they did it)
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