My best friend tells a story of Val Kilmer opening a show doing his Mark Twain "impression" for the singer Ryan Adams (not Bryan) at the Hollywood Bowl several years ago. He was boo'd off the stage. I then did some research to see if I could find footage of Kilmer as Twain, which is apparently a project the actor has been working on. It was truly terrible and worth booing. I booed as I watched alone at my desk. Here's a story: http://www.laweekly.com/music/val-kilmer-as-mark-twain-anybody-trying-to-find-a-point-in-this-will-be-shot-2408861 Best, Tracy On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 12:43 PM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > In addition: do not waste any of your festive holiday time on Bigfoot > (2012): in which two rivals (Danny Bonaduce, Barry Williams) try to > capture the legendary creature in South Dakota. I give it 2.5 stars for > effort and casting. > > ps: in case you think I made this up, guess again. > pps: I'm not sure how this is relevant to this LIST, other than as a > burlesque. > > happy holidays! -hb > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Clay Shannon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Val Kilmer's 2013 movie, "Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn" is a train >> wreck= >> and a travesty. Don't waste your time, unless you enjoy the feeling of >> bei= >> ng sick at your stomach. If Val Kilmer's intent was to portray Twain as an >> = >> evil idiot, he succeeded. I wanted to not just yell at the tv, but also >> chu= >> nk a hunk of lead at it. The story is a weird kaleidoscopic, topsy-turvy >> am= >> algamation of Twain tales; Kilmer looks creepy in his zombie-esque makeup, >> = >> and the other actors (who are obviously amateurs) speak English with >> Europe= >> an accents (it was filmed in Bulgaria, so I assume they are Bulgarians). >> >> Other than that, it's not too bad. I gave it one star on netflix, which is >> = >> the overall rating it has; was I the only one to rate it? Was I the only >> pe= >> rson to see it (besides my long-suffering wife)? I gave it one star >> because= >> it's not possible to give it zero stars - or negative 44, which is how >> I'd= >> really like to appraise it.=C2=A0- B. Clay Shannon >> > > > > -- > Prof. Harold K. Bush > Professor of English > 3800 Lindell > Saint Louis University > St. Louis, MO 63108 > 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) > <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>