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PTM
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6/26/2003 | posted: 6/22/2007 at 1:38:17 AM ET
I can't tell much of anything from the way the trailer looks on my computer. Of course having it download in 5 second increments may have something to do with that. However one of my DVD players is supposed to play discs from all regions. Might be a good time to test that claim. If they spent any money on the DVD release, maybe there will be language options. Of course that won't help if they dubbed Bernadette.
Yahoo Italia Cinema (who knew such a thing existed!) has more photos from the film and a nice one of BP. http://it.movies.yahoo.com/c/come-le-formiche/index-1843687.html
F. Murray Abraham is playing the 60 year old father of the two ladies so unless Abraham speaks Italian, I don't know why he would have been hired. Bernadette is playing, if I'm deciphering the Google translator correctly, a wealthy 50 year old Italian-American from Brooklyn so except for the Brooklyn part, she's perfectly cast. I assumed most of her scenes would be in English with Abraham and that he would speak English with an Italian accent and they could just subtitle those scenes for the Italian audience and that's why they hired an American actress.
PTM
| Scottie
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Edinburgh, Scotland | posted: 6/22/2007 at 5:00:15 AM ET
Interesting to note that F. Murray Abraham is the son of an Italian American mother and a Syrian father, possibly he does speak Italian.
Until the DVD shows up on Amazon or the like ... here is the email address of the production studio: info@studiovezzoli.com
... and for people like myself who don't speak Italian, here's an Italian translation of "Can you please tell me where I can buy the DVD Comme le Formiche - Wine and Kisses" ...
Salve,
Per favore, me dite dove posso comprare "Comme le Formiche" (Wine and Kisses in ingelese)?
grazie mille.
as Bernadette says....just keep moving on.....
|  moljul
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Fav. BP CD: I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Fav. BP Song: Dublin Lady
| posted: 6/22/2007 at 11:46:38 AM ET
PTM, I think I came across the same site you did a few days ago - with the trailer that loaded 5 seconds at a time. The nice thing about it was that it forced me to watch the trailer in slow motion and I was able to take a lot more of it in while not being distracted by a language I didn't understand. And I've come to the conclusion that this might be a very nice movie. It seems to be the story of two sisters (who were always very different and seem to kind of annoy one another) who come together and find a common bond in saving their family's business - the winery. Their father has been widowed for many years and has drawn inward and tries to find solace in his painting giving him no interest in the family business (running it or saving it). It seems Bernadette is this rich American who has come to buy the winery (and I think the idea is that she is going to develop something else on the site which upsets the sisters even more). Over time, the two sisters start to work together better, appreciate one another, grown closer, Bernadette's character starts to appreciate the winery as a winery and a relationship obviously starts with the father enabling him to have romantic feelings for the first time since his wife's death.
If you watch the trailer and mute the sound I think you'll find the scene where they say Bernadette and F. Murrah Abraham's name must be quite funny - typical Bernadette frenzied comedy. She runs up to him explaining she saw something very large (hence her hand gesture). I'm guessing it might have been an ant or some other such bug and he kind of dismisses her because its typical for the property/region. But while they are announcing his name, if you watch Bernadette, you'll see she continues to go on about this awful thing. I don't know, I just found the scene (without sound and that awful dubbing) to be pretty funny.
Well that's what I discovered looking at several websites using the translation option that Google gives you.
"Particular mention must be made of Bernadette Peters, who turns up briefly in a sort of sparkly Glinda the Good costume. She's the reluctant muse sent to help Alice with her writing. The muse is dressed like Oz, sounds like Queens and behaves like a bored student adviser." Alice Film Review, The New York Times, December 25, 1990
"I'm one star away from Dolly Parton ... and Raymond Massey is between us. I hope we don't suffocate him." Bernadette Peters receiving her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, April 24, 1987
| jmslsu01
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northern VA | posted: 6/22/2007 at 2:21:23 PM ET
It does sound like a nice movie-I'd like to see it. I just hope a non-dubbed version will be available.
Jenn
| Scottie
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Edinburgh, Scotland | posted: 7/9/2007 at 8:00:04 AM ET
An update on Come le Formiche's DVD release.... I tracked down the Italian production company of this film and asked them if they could provide me with the ordering information for the DVD. I was amused to receive a rather suspicious reply asking me to fully identify myself and to specify my interest in their film. ..... Blimey! I only want to buy the bloomin' thing!
Now that they've (presumably) passed my personal details to the Italian Secret Service and have double checked my credentials with British Intelligence at MI5's headquarters here in London  -- I am glad to say that they've finally divulged the name of the company who will release the DVD and have given me the website details where we can place orders for the movie.
The DVD will now be released in October by Mondo Home Entertainment and will available to order from here
as Bernadette says....just keep moving on.....
| moljul
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Fav. BP CD: I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
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| posted: 7/9/2007 at 10:39:30 AM ET
Scottie, they came to me for a security reference but I SWEAR I didn't tell them about the 4 people you had killed or your part in the conspiracy to blow up Vatican City. Really!  
Thanks for all your investigating. So now we have to wait until October to get any more info on this film. 
"Particular mention must be made of Bernadette Peters, who turns up briefly in a sort of sparkly Glinda the Good costume. She's the reluctant muse sent to help Alice with her writing. The muse is dressed like Oz, sounds like Queens and behaves like a bored student adviser." Alice Film Review, The New York Times, December 25, 1990
"I'm one star away from Dolly Parton ... and Raymond Massey is between us. I hope we don't suffocate him." Bernadette Peters receiving her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, April 24, 1987
| Karen
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Those four people had it coming! I think we can all agree on that.
"And let me say in all fairness that Bernadette Peters...makes Edith Wharton look like Alfred, Lord Tennyson." Roy Blount, Jr.
| Scottie
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Edinburgh, Scotland | posted: 7/9/2007 at 11:11:08 AM ET
Yeah, they sure did. That'll teach them to give Bernadette lousy reviews!
as Bernadette says....just keep moving on.....
| Scottie
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Edinburgh, Scotland | posted: 11/30/2007 at 8:29:25 AM ET
I could have walked to Italy a couple of times while waiting for my DVD of this film to arrive. I'm still waiting. Will it turn up in time for  ?
Will it turn up when I'm  ?
At this rate it may not turn up until I'm keeping company with the 
Or, worse case scenario, when I'm with the 
"There’s a lot in the world for us to turn our attention to — helping people, helping animals, and helping animals help people." ... Bernadette Peters, August, 2007
|  Starlette228
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Long Island, New York | posted: 11/30/2007 at 12:28:34 PM ET
While I too am despairing that I may never see this DVD, your post made me smile, Scottie. It is much appreciated 
| All About BP
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Scottie where did you place an order for this DVD?
Thanks!
| Scottie
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Edinburgh, Scotland | posted: 11/30/2007 at 6:46:58 PM ET
You can order the DVD from this Italian website mondo
"There’s a lot in the world for us to turn our attention to — helping people, helping animals, and helping animals help people." ... Bernadette Peters, August, 2007
| Joyfullone
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concord, CA | posted: 12/1/2007 at 12:22:52 AM ET
I do no like the fact that she was dubbed that sucks.
Bollywood Rocks!!!!
Preity Zinta, and Raveena Tandon Rule!!!!
| Scottie
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Edinburgh, Scotland | posted: 12/1/2007 at 7:58:13 AM ET
Tell me about it! It's one of those foreign European films, so they might even have used a body double for all of Bernadette's scenes! 
"There’s a lot in the world for us to turn our attention to — helping people, helping animals, and helping animals help people." ... Bernadette Peters, August, 2007
| Starlette228
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Long Island, New York | posted: 12/3/2007 at 12:31:59 PM ET
Out of curiosity, does anyone know how you might go about paying for things on that site from the US (because of the different currency)?
| Scottie
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Edinburgh, Scotland | posted: 12/3/2007 at 6:30:18 PM ET
Try them. Although they are asking for currency in Euros, the site accepted my British (£) Pound ok. Surely they would take your US ($) Dollar? ... But come to think of it, the British Pound is worth a helluva lot more than the American Dollar and the Euro.
 Maybe I've paid too much.
"There’s a lot in the world for us to turn our attention to — helping people, helping animals, and helping animals help people." ... Bernadette Peters, August, 2007
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