pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on wed 13 sep 06
Hi Eleanora, all...
I have not watched the Tee-Vee in about nine or
ten years now ( except to watch that 'twin-tower'
mischief some years back with old Dan Rather
looking like a bad 'Yoda' impersonator) , but had
I known that was going to
be on, I would have plugged the thing in, grabbed
the Windex for the screen-dust, and
watched it.
Having missed it, of course I could not venture
any opinions about how authentic it was, but from
your description, it sounds like it may have been
pretty faithful.
I find myself thinking though, even though I know
next to
nothing about it of course, that it would have
been
fun if in some part of the story, they could have
had Rod Steiger just stopping by
evening-time to comment on the weather being
'warm' or something, or especially 'warm' next to
that Kiln while it is fireing, and getting Mr.
Poitier's
character's name messed up somehow where he then
could have stood
especially straight and tall for a moment, paused,
and
said "They call me 'Mr. Bricks'.."
Then gone back to whatever he was doing...
...if I had been the screenwriter, I would have
for sure fit that in someplace...just for fun...
Phil
Las Vegas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eleanora Eden"
> Hi all,
>
> There was a TV movie on the other night called
The Last Brickmaker starring
> an elderly and still compelling Sidney Poitier
as the maker of all
> the brick in a
> small town near Springfield, MO.
> Eleanora
> --
> Bellows Falls Vermont
Eleanora Eden on wed 13 sep 06
Hi all,
There was a TV movie on the other night called The Last Brickmaker starring
an elderly and still compelling Sidney Poitier as the maker of all
the brick in a
small town near Springfield, MO.
The process of making bricks in the old-fashioned way was depicted using a
donkey to turn the clay mixer. Way cool was the process of building and firing
the wood-fired kiln that was composed of all the brick that had to be
fired with
a mortar layer on the outside.
Adjustments had to be made on the damper on the roof of the kiln
during the firing
and he had these wooden sandals to put on over his shoes to walk on the roof.
Whoa!
Anybody see this and have any opinions about how accurate it was?
I really enjoyed it.
Eleanora
--
Bellows Falls Vermont
www.eleanoraeden.com
LindaC on wed 13 sep 06
Dear Elenora, I saw the show a while back and thoroughly enjoyed it and
felt that it was most likely accurate. Sidney Poitier is so wonderful and
Denzel Washington has aspired to act in the same fashion using Poitier as
his mentor. It was a good and gentle story and I wish there were more of
them made without the usual language, sex, and violence that is added to
fill the movie industries perceived notion that that is what the public
wants....If anyone else out there gets a chance to see "the Last Brickmaker"
do! It'll probably come out in video one of these days. Best, Linda/Ohio
John Connolly on thu 14 sep 06
FYI. The movie ran recently on the Hallmark channel. They frequently rerun material, so it might be a good place to look.
John Connolly in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET wrote:
Hi Eleanora, all...
I have not watched the Tee-Vee in about nine or
ten years now ( except to watch that 'twin-tower'
mischief some years back with old Dan Rather
looking like a bad 'Yoda' impersonator) , but had
I known that was going to
be on, I would have plugged the thing in, grabbed
the Windex for the screen-dust, and
watched it.
Having missed it, of course I could not venture
any opinions about how authentic it was, but from
your description, it sounds like it may have been
pretty faithful.
I find myself thinking though, even though I know
next to
nothing about it of course, that it would have
been
fun if in some part of the story, they could have
had Rod Steiger just stopping by
evening-time to comment on the weather being
'warm' or something, or especially 'warm' next to
that Kiln while it is fireing, and getting Mr.
Poitier's
character's name messed up somehow where he then
could have stood
especially straight and tall for a moment, paused,
and
said "They call me 'Mr. Bricks'.."
Then gone back to whatever he was doing...
...if I had been the screenwriter, I would have
for sure fit that in someplace...just for fun...
Phil
Las Vegas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eleanora Eden"
> Hi all,
>
> There was a TV movie on the other night called
The Last Brickmaker starring
> an elderly and still compelling Sidney Poitier
as the maker of all
> the brick in a
> small town near Springfield, MO.
> Eleanora
> --
> Bellows Falls Vermont
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