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Maltin on Movies

Leonard Maltin

Tv & Film, Comedy

4.3666 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2015

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week Leonard and Baron discuss three films adapted from books; two that are great, and one that's just grating. They're captivated by the many grace notes of the John Irving adaptation "The Cider House Rules," and appalled by the bloated, lugubrious "How The Grinch Stole Christmas," before recommending a classic from the 30's that takes you to a remote, exotic land.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, hello, you Princess of Maine, you Kings of New England.

0:10.4

This is Leonard Paulton, and the person chuckling, because he didn't know I was going to say

0:14.9

that, is Baron Vaughn.

0:17.2

He means princes and kings in a gender-neutral sense.

0:20.3

Absolutely.

0:21.6

Yeah. Absolutely.

0:22.6

This is Malton on movies with Baron Vaughn, so you've now met the entire cast of characters.

0:26.6

That's right.

0:27.6

He's the king, I'm the prince.

0:29.6

So don't mean to usurp you, but here we go.

0:32.6

Watch that usurpment.

0:34.6

That's true.

0:35.6

Just careful with that.

0:36.6

Usurp, I serp, he serps.

0:39.6

All right, serps up.

0:40.7

No need to conjugate me further.

0:42.4

Okay, perfect.

0:43.2

Hi, folks.

0:43.6

We're just in a silly mood right now.

0:44.9

We are.

0:45.6

We're also in a good mood because we've seen a couple of really good movies.

0:49.6

Great is the word.

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