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Arkin's Response

posted 14 years ago by !!!deleted!!! (10369637)
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I attended a Q&A with Alan Arkin at my school once, and everyone was asking him about the typical stuff, like "Catch 22" "The In-Laws" and his other, popular films. I had seen "Simon" as a kid, and really loved it, so I got up and asked him "How do you feel about Simon? You never mention that movie." And he looked at me oddly for a moment, and then blinked and laughed. "Simon!?" he said "I forgot all about that movie! Holy *beep*

The whole audience laughed. It was pretty great.

[–] DD-931 14 years ago

Still not clear on whether he felt good or bad about doing SIMON.

I'm hoping he felt good about it. Cause I loved it too.

[–] Little-Mikey 13 years ago

I hope he felt good about it, too, because I loved that movie, too. I first saw it in 1981 on video (VHS) and I thought it was hilarious. It was such a delightfully weird movie. Now I know why THE DONNY AND MARIE OSMOND SHOW ranked on the top of the ratings while shows like FAME got cancelled. It was just a prank on the public, pulled by that reclusive think-tank.

[–] Squeeth2 10 years ago

I really enjoyed it, although admittedly it was from the era when my film criticism always began with "I'd just got back from the pub...."

Marlon, Claudia and Dimby the cats 1989-2005, 2007 and 2010.

[–] nutsberryfarm 9 years ago

never forget simon!

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