I'm on bee kick apparently. But Bees are my favorite insect. I love them. I don't run away from them in my yard. I actually talk to them. "Hi Bee! How are you today Bee?" I say as we regularly cross paths. I like to see them buzzing around among my flowers. And I am interested in bee culture. I think they have a fascinating social system.
So I am very excited to find out about "Bee Movie" featuring the voices of Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Eddie Izzard, Rip Torn, Ben Stiller, Alan Arkin and Megan Mullally. Great cast including three of my favorite stand-up comedians in an animated movie about an insect that I really love.
So I am very excited to find out about "Bee Movie" featuring the voices of Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Eddie Izzard, Rip Torn, Ben Stiller, Alan Arkin and Megan Mullally. Great cast including three of my favorite stand-up comedians in an animated movie about an insect that I really love.
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As a teenager, one of my favorite books was Arthur Herzog's THE SWARM. I read it over and over until the pages started falling out. Then they made it into a movie, which my parents would NOT drive me to. Fortunately, a neighbor I babysat for took a friend and I for an afternoon movie one day. They thought it was campy & dumb (it was!!), but I loved it. Oh, my droogie, how I loved it so!
http://www.impawards.com/1978/posters/swarm_ver3.jpg
I mean, c'mon! KILLER BEES!!! You get the Dad from MY THREE SONS having an autumal love affair with Melanie from GONE WITH THE WIND. It had one of the twins from THE PATTY DUKE SHOW on it! It had THOSE TWO GUYs that was always in EVERY western ever made! It had Tom Joad in it You get that crazy laughing guy who pushed the lady in the wheelchair down the steps as an Army General who is really tee-d off by these bees, and takes it personally!! F-ing bees!!1!
Yes, it was camp. But it was great camp!
As further proof of my virginity and unpopularity through high school, I was in orchestra and collected movie soundtracks. (This was when one out of every 15 movies would issue a film score on wax.) I consider Jerry Goldsmith's score to THE SWARM to simply "be" one of his finest. I used to listen to that over and over and over. I still have it; its black cover rubbed slightly white from years of sliding it in and out of the stacks.
So, I say, "Keep the bee pics coming!" :-) Whoohooo!
The climax takes place in the Superdome. All the bees have been lured to a VW Beetle which is driven into the Dome. Then they turn down the air conditioner in the Dome to freeze the bees.
It was the talk of the town while it was being filmed here when I was a kid. The Dome was brand new so it was a big deal that it was featured in the movie. And, of course, everyone watched it when it came on TV.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075166/
As still further, continued proof of my extended virginity, I collected movie posters as well. Now, this was in the day when they were IMPOSSIBLE to obtain. Of couse, I had one for THE SWARM, but I also had a great one with John Saxon (I think) in a torn shirt, all buff and shit, while this GINORMOUS bee is desending upon him. It was the Conan of Bee Movies. I'll have to look it up!
**scuttles away**