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Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts) Thu Aug 14, 2014, 11:25 AM Aug 2014

Toys 1992 - Innovative Vomit

Always loved how they weaved an anti-war theme into a toy factory. One of my favorite scenes.

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Toys 1992 - Innovative Vomit (Original Post) Shankapotomus Aug 2014 OP

A noble but notorious misfire for both Williams and Levinson RufusTFirefly Aug 2014 #1

Perhaps Shankapotomus Aug 2014 #2

RufusTFirefly

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1. A noble but notorious misfire for both Williams and Levinson

Reply to Shankapotomus (Original post)

Thu Aug 14, 2014, 11:35 AM

Aug 2014

This was supposed to be Barry Levinson's first movie, but he couldn't sell it. So he wound up getting green-lighted for a humbler project about a close-knit group of friends who hang out at a Baltimore eatery.

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)

2. Perhaps

Reply to RufusTFirefly (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 14, 2014, 11:59 AM

Aug 2014

it was waiting for the right actor. Robin Williams could not have been well known when Toys was first conceived. Interesting.

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