The Last of Sheila: Sondheim's Movie- Page 2
The Last of Sheila: Sondheim's Movie
#25re: The Last of Sheila
Posted: 3/11/07 at 3:54pmI have also heard that to walk inside of Sondehim's apartment you will see a collection of every type of game dating back to the turn of the century to a collection of vintage Parker Brother board games.Sondehim is also a crossword puzzle fan. Was James Coburn's charachter suppose to be Sondheim?
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#27re: The Last of Sheila
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:42pmIn it's day it was a very good film. A little dated by today's standards, but still highly enjoyable...
#28re: The Last of Sheila
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:48pm
Unfortunately, most of those fantastic game boards Sondheim used to have as wall paper were destroyed in a fire many years ago. He still has some pretty cool games lying around.
He used to write crosswords for New York Magazine. They were beyond HARD! as you might imagine.
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
#29re: The Last of Sheila
Posted: 3/11/07 at 5:07pm
Does anyone know if theres a book just on his partys? I found this and thought I would share.
http://www.sondheim.org/php/news.php?id=450
#30re: The Last of Sheila
Posted: 3/11/07 at 5:26pm
Unfortunately, his poodle Max (such a sweetie) also was killed in the fire.
One of my favorite game parties at Sondheim's is "Camouflage":
Each guest is paired off and given a list of items (i.e., "Office Supplies--compass, rulers, erasers, etc"). The items will be in plain view but carefully camouflaged. For example, a silver thumbtack might be stuck onto a silver cribbage board to look like a rivet. The point of the game is for each team to convey to the game master what and where they found the item and to NOT let anyone else know where or if they found it!
This can make for very interesting party dynamics. Don't forget, booze, etc. should flow freely during the game.
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
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#31re: The Last of Sheila
Posted: 3/11/07 at 5:28pmDidn't he and Perkins write another screenplay that was never produced?
#32re: The Last of Sheila
Posted: 3/13/07 at 6:15pmThe Last of Sheila is a great movie. I really loved it before I knew it was a Sondheim movie, a fact that makes me enjoy it even more. It is one of the rare movies in which the audience has a legitimate chance of figuring out who the villain is, but is also very entertaining outside of the mystery aspect. The mystery part is very clever, and Joan Hackett and James Mason are both fantastic. I only wish that Sondheim and Perkins had written more screenplays -- I would have loved to have seen what else they would have come up with.
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#33re: The Last of Sheila
Posted: 3/13/07 at 6:21pmOn Amazon.com you can buy or rent the movie as a download.
#34re: The Last of Sheila
Posted: 5/15/09 at 5:27pmThought I would bump this. Having some friends over this weekend and I think I will show this on my new HD tv.God, I LOVE this movie so much!Why oh why did Sondheim not write more screenplays?
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