Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson

[shereads]

Anne Bancroft is dead.



I wanted to be Anne Bancroft when I grew up.

 

[Guest]

:lily:

 

[Guest]

 

[shereads]

She was five years older than Elliot Gould when she played his girlfriend's mother, the lecherous Mrs. Robinson, in The Graduate.

You go girl.

 

[amicus]

A nice tribute to a lovely and talented lady.

It is a strange thing to realize that we connect in so many ways with film stars and rock stars; that when they pass, we feel the loss even though we never knew them.

amicus...

 

[dr_mabeuse]

She was five years older than Elliot Gould when she played his girlfriend's mother, the lecherous Mrs. Robinson, in The Graduate.

You go girl.

You misspeak, my dear. You mean Dustin Hoffman.

Elliot Gould played Barbra Steisand in "Hello, Mamie!"

--Mr. Hollywood

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Wait a minute! Anne Bancroft was married to Mel Brooks!

Ah, now I feel terrible. She must have been something to be married to Mel.

 

[eric shawn listo]

aww, crap...

A for Gittel Mosca.

 

[KarenAM]

 

[minsue]

 

[Guest]

Wait a minute! Anne Bancroft was married to Mel Brooks!

Ah, now I feel terrible. She must have been something to be married to Mel.

When I found that out a few years back, I remember thinking, boy opposites do attract, and women do like men who make them laugh. She seemed so serious, and he is so silly (still is--anyone ever catch him on Mad About You as Paul's uncle?).

Married for 41 years, IMDB.com says "She and Mel Brooks met on the set of a TV talk show, and Mel later paid a woman who worked on the show to tell him which restaurant Anne was going to eat at that night so he could "accidentally" bump into her again and strike up a conversation."

Anyway, I'm sure he's not feeling too silly or funny today. My heart goes out to him today.

Goodbye Mrs. Robinson. So much for the Graduate sequel we saw Buck Henry pitching in "The Player"

Edited to add : There ironically is a Graduate sequel coming out, I remembered after posting. Jennifer Aniston plays a woman who learns that her family was the inspiration for the book and film "The Graduate" -- and that she just might be the offspring of the well-documented event.

"Rumor Has It" opening in December.

Anne Bancroft's films.

 

[Guest]

When I found that out a few years back, I remember thinking, boy opposites do attract, and women do like men who make them laugh.

Do you remember Mel Brook's Silent Movie?

She appeared as herself. Clad in a beautiful evening gown she danced with several male partners for a cheering crowd (Mel among them, searching for talent for his "movie"). Then as the camera did a close-up on her face she moved her eyes independently left and right and then crossed them. She ended with a big smile and as the male dancers carried her away, they slammed her head on the wall, knocking her unconscious.

Perhaps they were not as opposite as we think.

 

[Guest]

Do you remember Mel Brook's Silent Movie?

I haven't seen that one. I must now. - thanks

 

[Guest]

I haven't seen that one. I must now. - thanks

It is good. Very slapstick-y, Chaplin-esque.

And truly a silent picture (except for the one word uttered by Marcel Marceau.)

Silent Movie

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075222/

To Be or Not To Be is another one in which they appeared together. Though a remake, it's quite touching, and to see Brooks dressed up as Hitler is - interesting.

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0086450/

 

[shereads]

You misspeak, my dear. You mean Dustin Hoffman.

Elliot Gould played Barbra Steisand in "Hello, Mamie!"

--Mr. Hollywood

No, I meant Elliot Gould. I was wrong, but I meant it. I also confuse Dustin Hoffman and Al Pacino. They're like Iraq and Iran.

 

[shereads]

Wait a minute! Anne Bancroft was married to Mel Brooks!

Ah, now I feel terrible. She must have been something to be married to Mel.

Yes, I used to think, "There go two people whose DNA shouldn't even recognize the other's as human." But she is said to have had his sense of humor.

The one chick-flick that I truly, shamelessly enjoy is "The Turning Point," which has the unique combination of ballet and a butt-slapping, hair-pulling cat fight between Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft. Bancroft managed to look pulled-together even while hitting someone on the ass with her purse. And she had a great laugh.

 

[shereads]

Mrs. Robinson, Patron Saint of Stockings, enters a state of dishabille while meditating.

http://storage.chatropolis.com/userfiles/shereads/039_9631~Anne-Bancroft.jpg

The people who marketed pantyhose must have died a thousand deaths when they saw this poster.

 

[thebullet]

Anne Bancroft was one of those rare actors who could play any part, and transform herself physically. Often she played frumpy or plain women, yet she could just as easily slip into the siren role such as Mrs. Robinson. In To Be or Not To Be she was just elegant and beautiful. And funny. There is a great little movie she starred in called 84 Charing Cross Road which is well worth seeing.

Anne Bancroft was unique in her generation. I'm kinda thinking that Minnie Driver is picking up the baton from her with the kinds of roles she plays. In A Circle of Friends she played this large, homely girl in love with Chris O'Donnel. Then she turns around in Gross Pointe Blank and becomes this gorgeous thing. My first thought when I saw that flick was: "my God, she's the next Anne Bancroft!"

 

[shereads]

Anne Bancroft was one of those rare actors who could play any part, and transform herself physically. Often she played frumpy or plain women, yet she could just as easily slip into the siren role such as Mrs. Robinson. In To Be or Not To Be she was just elegant and beautiful. And funny. There is a great little movie she starred in called 84 Charing Cross Road which is well worth seeing.

Anne Bancroft was unique in her generation. I'm kinda thinking that Minnie Driver is picking up the baton from her with the kinds of roles she plays. In A Circle of Friends she played this large, homely girl in love with Chris O'Donnel. Then she turns around in Gross Pointe Blank and becomes this gorgeous thing. My first thought when I saw that flick was: "my God, she's the next Anne Bancroft!"

I didn't know until I googled for a photo that Bancroft was stuck in B-movie roles at the beginning of her career.

I first remember her as Helen Keller's teacher in "The Miracle Worker." Even playing opposite a talented scene-stealing kid (Patty Duke), Bancroft had presence. No scenery-chewing; just quiet power.

 

[Guest]

just quiet power.

TheBullet?

 

[Seattle Zack]

and I knew, before I even looked (as soon as I saw the title), that this was a thread you had started, sher.

"The Graduate" was a little before my time but I saw it, and I know the impact it had. As far as film history goes, anyway. What a performance. What a movie.

Although she eschews her perfromance, later in interviews (crabbing about the Oscar thing. Yeah, you were great in the Miracle Worker, but that is Oscar stuff. They love handicapped portrayals. Look at Rain Man.)

She was great in The Graduate. What a scene. What a character, what a movie. I woulda fucked her. Repeatedly.

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Benjamin: Oh my god.
Mrs. Robinson: Pardon?
Benjamin: Oh no, Mrs. Robinson. Oh no.
Mrs. Robinson: What's wrong?
Benjamin: Mrs. Robinson, you didn't... I mean, you didn't expect...
Mrs. Robinson: What?
Benjamin: I mean, you didn't really think I'd do something like *that*.
Mrs. Robinson: Like what?
Benjamin: What do you think?
Mrs. Robinson: Well, I don't know.
Benjamin: For god's sake, Mrs. Robinson. Here we are. You got me into your house. You give me a drink. You... put on music. Now you start opening up your personal life to me and tell me your husband won't be home for hours.
Mrs. Robinson: So?
Benjamin: Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me.
Mrs. Robinson: [laughs]
Benjamin: Aren't you?

 

[Guest]

:Laughs:

 

[shereads]

and I knew, before I even looked (as soon as I saw the title), that this was a thread you had started, sher.

"The Graduate" was a little before my time but I saw it, and I know the impact it had. As far as film history goes, anyway. What a performance. What a movie.

Although she eschews her perfromance, later in interviews (crabbing about the Oscar thing. Yeah, you were great in the Miracle Worker, but that is Oscar stuff. They love handicapped portrayals. Look at Rain Man.)

She was great in The Graduate. What a scene. What a character, what a movie. I woulda fucked her. Repeatedly.

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Benjamin: Oh my god.
Mrs. Robinson: Pardon?
Benjamin: Oh no, Mrs. Robinson. Oh no.
Mrs. Robinson: What's wrong?
Benjamin: Mrs. Robinson, you didn't... I mean, you didn't expect...
Mrs. Robinson: What?
Benjamin: I mean, you didn't really think I'd do something like *that*.
Mrs. Robinson: Like what?
Benjamin: What do you think?
Mrs. Robinson: Well, I don't know.
Benjamin: For god's sake, Mrs. Robinson. Here we are. You got me into your house. You give me a drink. You... put on music. Now you start opening up your personal life to me and tell me your husband won't be home for hours.
Mrs. Robinson: So?
Benjamin: Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me.
Mrs. Robinson: [laughs]
Benjamin: Aren't you?

Give some credit for that scene to the wardrobe supervisor, Zack. With pantyhose instead of stockings, the movie would have bombed.

Some trivia about The Graduate, picked up God-knows-where:

In the closing scene with Benjamin and Elaine on the bus after he breaks up her wedding, the script called for them to be smiling and happy and in love; a focus group ending. But the camera stayed on the actors after they ran out of smile, and began to look restless and uncomfortable. The director saw the extra footage, and decided to leave it in.

They look like they're struggling to hang onto their moment of shared elation, not because they were directed to, but because they're waiting for someone to say "cut." Yet it's the only ending that makes sense. They hardly know each other; he slept with her mother, whose jealousy is now out in the open; they've humiliated her groom and three families, and they don't even know where the bus is going. Their future is as doubtful as his career in plastics. And years from now, at least one fan will still get himn confused with Elliot Gould. What is there to be so happy about?

 

[littleliargirly]

Give some credit for that scene to the wardrobe supervisor, Zack. With pantyhose instead of stockings, the movie would have bombed.

Some trivia about The Graduate, picked up God-knows-where:

In the closing scene with Benjamin and Elaine on the bus after he breaks up her wedding, the script called for them to be smiling and happy and in love; a focus group ending. But the camera stayed on the actors after they ran out of smile, and began to look restless and uncomfortable. The director saw the extra footage, and decided to leave it in.

They look like they're struggling to hang onto their moment of shared elation, not because they were directed to, but because they're waiting for someone to say "cut." Yet it's the only ending that makes sense. They hardly know each other; he slept with her mother, whose jealousy is now out in the open; they've humiliated her groom and three families, and they don't even know where the bus is going. Their future is as doubtful as his career in plastics. And years from now, at least one fan will still get himn confused with Elliot Gould. What is there to be so happy about?

It was the ending that made this a movie to love, for me at least. Youth and passion, stretching the lines of what can or should be done, never thinking things through... Then the moment is over. The drama gone. You have to deal with everything. And still those are the moments you look back on... The moments you had life.
A great actress.

 

[Guest]

and began to look restless and uncomfortable.

No doubt contemplating a lifetime of Thanksgiving dinners with all the family over.