rec.arts.movies.past-films

Flasherly wrote in
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> On Oct 26, 1:11 pm, le...@ wrote:
>> On Oct 26, 7:05 am, schu...@ (Richard Schultz) wrote:
>>
>> > In Agent Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > : Travolta's not the right man for this, and they won't do it
>> > : justice. I just watched the original, and it was great, but
>> > : without Robert Shaw, Walter Matthau and Jerry Stiller, they'll
>> > : never capture the original feel. The original was populated with
>> > : New Yorkers, so the accents were perfect. Of course, they'll
>> > : also make it hyperdramatic, which is a recent trend that just
>> > : drives me nuts.
>>
>> > Remind me which roles made Travolta famous, and where the
>> > presentations involved were set.
>>
>> GREASE (1978) - Southern California
>> MOMENT BY MOMENT (1978) - Malibu
>> URBAN COWBOY (1980) - Texas
>> PERFECT (1985) - .
>>
>> And let's not forget Stephen King's small-town . in CARRIE
>> (1976).
>>
>> :DDDDDDDDD
>
> Grease and Urban Cowboy. He caught a ride. Never heard much of the
> others. Oh, yea... and Pulp Fiction. That was something.

Urban Cowboy caused his career to collapse. :(