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Post by marianne48 on Aug 22, 2024 11:40:30 GMT
This screenwriting team was initially stumped by the problem of coming up with a decent denouement for a climactic scene in a film adaptation they were working on (the scene had a different outcome from the original story). According to one of the writers, they were stopped at a traffic light when they suddenly turned to each other and, in unison, burst out the iconic line that was used in the film (well, of course they did). Who were the screenwriters, and what was the film?
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Post by Doghouse6 on Aug 22, 2024 11:56:45 GMT
Casablanca Howard Koch and b-day boy Julius Epstein (whom I heard with my own ears, say in my very presence, "Ugarte doesn't say the letters of transit were signed by General DeGaulle, he says 'General Weygand'").
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Post by marianne48 on Aug 22, 2024 12:29:31 GMT
CasablancaHoward Koch and b-day boy Julius Epstein (whom I heard with my own ears, say in my very presence, "Ugarte doesn't say the letters of transit were signed by General DeGaulle, he says 'General Weygand'"). Correct line, but Julius Epstein recalled saying it to this guy...who said it back. |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Aug 22, 2024 12:36:09 GMT
CasablancaHoward Koch and b-day boy Julius Epstein (whom I heard with my own ears, say in my very presence, "Ugarte doesn't say the letters of transit were signed by General DeGaulle, he says 'General Weygand'"). Correct line, but Julius Epstein recalled saying it to this guy...who said it back. His brother Philip, then? |
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Post by marianne48 on Aug 22, 2024 13:08:29 GMT
Correct! Julius J. And Philip G. Epstein had the synchronous rapport of identical twins that had them speaking for each other, finishing each other's sentences, etc. In the original play, Rick gets arrested, but that outcome was changed for the film as it was too much of a downer, and Renault really wanted a wingman.
IMDb refers to them as the "first" twins to win an Oscar. Were there others?
Happy Birthday to Philip and Julius Epstein!
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Post by Doghouse6 on Aug 22, 2024 13:15:15 GMT
I'd actually forgotten they were twins. Oh, what a dummy am I.
Happy b-day to Phil.
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Post by marianne48 on Aug 22, 2024 13:38:53 GMT
I'd actually forgotten they were twins. Oh, what a dummy am I. Happy b-day to Phil. IMDB seems to have forgotten, too, as in some of the trivia, they repeatedly refer to the brothers as "Julius J. Epstein and his brother, Julius J. Epstein," leaving out Philip's name entirely. |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Aug 22, 2024 15:25:31 GMT
I'd actually forgotten they were twins. Oh, what a dummy am I. Happy b-day to Phil. IMDB seems to have forgotten, too, as in some of the trivia, they repeatedly refer to the brothers as "Julius J. Epstein and his brother, Julius J. Epstein," leaving out Philip's name entirely. |
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