Stripes

Stripes

Summary
-Due to bad luck and jobs obviously going nowhere, John convinces Russell they should enlist in the Army, to get in shape, thinking it will be like a health spa. Only, once they enter boot camp, it's totally different. John, being the wiseguy, runs afoul of the drill sergeant, Sgt. Hulka, and is made the leader of his platoon, consisting of misfits. By some miracle, they make it through graduation and when their platoon is behind enemy lines in Czechoslovakia, it's up to John. Sgt. Hulka, Russell and their dates to rescue the platoon

Cast
-Bill Murray: John Winger
-Harold ramis: Russell Ziskey
-Warren Oates: Sgt. Hulka
-P.J. Soles: Stella
-Sean Young: Louise
-John Candy: Ox
-John Larroquette: Capt. Stillman
-Lance LeGault: Col. Glass
-Roberta Leighton: Anita
-Gino Gotarelli: Russian officer
-Gene Scherer: Russian officer
-Conrad Dunn: Francis 'Psycho' Soyer

Did You Know?
-The climax of the movie is set in Czechoslovakia. Director Ivan Reitman was born in this country
-The Basic Training scenes were filmed at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Fort Knox is home to the U.S. Army Armor Center, which trains new tank crewmen and armored cavalry troopers
-The song "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" is constantly being sung in the movie. It was originally recorded by The Exciters in the U.S.  in late 1963. During the "British Invasion" of the mid 1960s, it was covered by Manfred Mann and went to #1 on the U.S. pop charts in July 1964. The song is used in the military for keeping rhythm in marching
-John Larroquette was drunk in many of his scenes

Monty Python's Life of Brian

Monty Python's Life of Brian

-British comedy made in 1979
-Directed by the Monty Python team
-Tells the story of Brian Cohen(Graham Chapman), a young Jewish man who is born on the same day as, and next door to, Jesus Christ and is mistaken for him.
-The film contains themes of religious ideas that were considered controversial, drawing blames of blasphemy and protests from religious groups.
-In the UK, it got bans or imposed X ratings.
-The film was the 4th highest grossing movie in the UK in 1979 and the highest of any British film in the US that year. This is the first Monty Python movie to get an R rating in the US

Did You Know?
-6 cast members played over 40 characters
-Eric Idle originally recorded the song "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" in his normal singing voice. After he thought it was not right, he re-recorded it with a Cockney accent, singing the new version in a hotel room with mattresses against the wall.
-Originally financed by EMI, they backed out when they thought the script was blaspehmous. EMI was sued by the Pythons and was settled out of court. But then, to the rescue, came George Harrison, who paid for the movie to be made, with the film company Handmade Films for the movie. And as a reward, George Harrison got a small cameo role in the movie.
-Keith Moon, drummer for The Who, was originally supposed to be in the movie. Moon was selected to play a street prophet in the scene where Brian hides among them. Eric Idle saw Moon the night of his death and remembers him being excited about the role, which went to Terry Gilliam instead. The film is dedicated to Moon
-During the Mr. Papadopoulous scene(played by George Harrison), Michael Palin's son Tom appears in the movie uncredited. (Tom Palin was the only Python child that wanted to be in the movie.) Michael Palin later joked that at least his son would be able to tell people that he appeared in a scene with both the Pythons and a Beatles member.
-In the movie, Stan(Eric Idle) wants to be a woman and insists on being called Loretta. As a member of The Beatles, producer George Harrison performed the song "Get Back", which includes the lyrics "JoJo was a man who thought he was a woman" and "Get Back, Loretta".

Plot
-Brian Cohen(Graham Chapman) is born in a stable a few doors down from the one Jesus was born in. It initially confuses the 3 Wise Men(Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, John Cleese), who have come to bring gifts to the son of God. Brian grows up a young man hating the Roman occupation of Judea. While attending Jesus's Sermon on the Mount, Brian falls for an attractive young woman, Judith(Sue Jones-Davies). His desire for her and hatred for the Romans lead him to join the People's Front of Judea(PFJ), one of many groups who spend more time fighting each other than the Romans.

-After several misadventures, and escaping Pontius Pilate(Michael Palin), the fugitive winds up in a lineup of mystics and prophets who bother the crowd in a plaza. Forced to come up with something in order to blend in, Brian babbles religious things and quickly attracts a group in front of him. Guards passing him pass by without as much as a glance and when it's clear, but he does not realize he has started a movement. He grows annoyed when he finds that people have followed him, with even the slightest unusual occurrence of being hailed as a "miracle". After escaping from the mob, Brian runs into Judith, and they spend the night together. He opens the curtains to find a huge amount of people outside his house, all claiming he is the Messiah. Annoyed, Brian is helpless to change their minds so everything he says is useless

-Brian goes to the PFJ headquarters, where he finds people demanding miracle cures. After sneaking out, Brian finally is captured and scheduled to be crucified. Elsewhere, a huge crowd has assembled outside the palace. Pilate tries to get rid of the feeling of revolution with the announcement of granting them the decision of who gets pardoned. The crowd simply shouts out names containing the letter "R", in order to mock Pilate's lisp. Judith appears in the crowd and calls Brian's name, which the crowd starts yelling.

-Then, towards the end, as he is on the cross, every one of the characters starts shouting "I'm Brian" as a homage to the movie Spartacus. They start singing "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life".

Cast

• Graham Chapman – Brian, Biggus Dickus, 2nd wise man
• John Cleese – Reg, the High priest, Centurion of the Yard, Deadly Dirk, Arthur, 1st wise man
• Terry Gilliam – Another person further forward (at Mount – "Do you hear that? 'Blessed are the Greek'!"), Blood and Thunder prophet, Geoffrey, Gaoler, Frank
• Eric Idle – Mr Cheeky, Stan/Loretta, Harry the Haggler, Culprit woman who casts first stone, Intensely dull youth, Otto, Gaoler's assistant, Mr Frisbee III.
• Terry Jones – Mandy, Colin, Simon the Holy Man, Saintly passer-by, Bob Hoskins (man in crowd)
• Michael Palin – Mr Big Nose, Francis, Mrs A, Ex-leper, Ben, Pontius Pilate, Boring Prophet, Eddie, Nisus Wettus, 3rd wise man
• Kenneth Colley – Jesus Christ
• Neil Innes – A weedy Samaritan
• Gwen Taylor – Mrs Big Nose, Woman with sick donkey, young girl
• Terence Baylor – Gregory, Dennis
• Carol Cleveland – Mrs Gregory, Elsie
• Charles McKeown – Man further forward (at Mount), Stig, Blind Man, False Prophet, Giggling Guard
• Sue Jones-Davies – Judith Iscariot
• John Young – Matthias
• Bernard McKenna – Stoner's Helper, Parvus
• Spike Milligan – Spike
• George Harrison – Mr Papadopoulos (uncredited)

Several characters are never named during the film but do have names that are used in the tracklisting for the soundtrack album and elsewhere. There is no mention in the film of the fact that Eric Idle's ever-cheerful joker is called 'Mr. Cheeky', or that the Roman guard played by Michael Palin is named 'Nisus Wettus'.

Spike Milligan had an unplanned cameo as a prophet ignored because his acolytes are chasing after Brian. By coincidence he was visiting his old World War II battlefields inTunisia where the film was being made. The Pythons were alerted to this one morning and he was promptly included in the scene that just happened to be being filmed. He disappeared again in the afternoon before he could be included in any of the close-up or publicity shots for the film.^[6]

British Slang

I know I did a post on this already, but I'm reposting it to see if someone out there actually reads my posts, more curiosity than anything, really.

Brit Slang

All mouth and no trousers
-All talk and no action, braggart

All to cock
-Unsatisfactory, mixed up, screwed up

Arse
-Buttocks; someone who acts in a disapproving manner

arse bandit
-Homosexual(offensive, derogatory)

Bang to rights
-Caught in the act

Bent
-Dishonest, corrupt; homosexual(mildly derogatory)

Bang up
-Lock up in prison; inject lethal drug

Berk
-Idiot, stupid person

Bird
-Girl, woman

Bizzie
-Policeman

Blighty
-Britain, used by British troops serving abroad

Bloke
-Any man or man of authority

Blow off
-Fart

Blimey
-Blah blah blah; worthless talk

Blooming
-Another way of saying "Bloody"

Bogtrotter
-Derogatory term for Irishman

Bollocks
-Vulgar term for male genitals; also used to describe something as useless

Bristols
-Female breasts

Bugger off
-Go away

Cheesed off
-Fed up, angry

Chippy
-Carpenter

Codswallop
-Nonsense

Conk
-Hit on the head

Copper
-Policeman

Crackers
-Insane

Darbies
-Handcuffs

Donkey's years
-Very long time

Eating irons
-Cutlery

Flasher
-One who indecently exposes himself

Fag
-Cigarette

Flick
-Film

Fuzz
-The police

Gassed
-Drunk

Gander
-Usually preceded by 'to have a' or 'take a'. To look

Geezer
-Man, an old one

Git
-Stupid, incompetent, annoying

Gob
-Mouth; spit

Gogglebox
-TV

Hard cheese
-Bad luck

Headbang
-To nod/shake one's head violently to rock music

Headbanger
-One who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music

Honk
-Vomit

Hook
-Steal

Hooter
-Nose

Hump
-To carry; have sex with

Idiot Box
-TV

Jack up
-Inject drug

Jag
-Drug taking, binge; period of uncontrolled activity

Jessie
-Term for effeminate man or one that is weak or afraid

Knackered
-Exhausted, tired

Knob jockey
-Homosexual

Knockers
-Breasts

Loo
-Lavatory(bathroom)

Mick
-Derogatory term for Irishman

Mental
-Crazy/insane

Moniker
-Nickname, signature, mark

Nick
-Steal; police station or prison; arrest

Nobble
-Disable

Nonce
-Sex offender

Nookie
-Sex. My mom likes this word, makes her laugh!!!

Off one's nut
-Crazy, foolish

Pickled
-Drunk

Pig
-Derogatory term for police

Pillock
-Stupid or annoying person

Plastered
-Extremely drunk

Queer as a clockwork orange
-Odd indeed; homosexual

Rozzer
-Police

Shag
-To have sex

Shiner
-Black eye

Scouser
-Someone from Liverpool

Sod off
-Go away

Take the piss(out of)
-To mock

Tart
-Shortened version of sweetheart

Tube
-The London Underground

British words not widely used in the US

Anorak
-In the US, a type of hoodless jacket. In the UK, a nerd, a dork
Adder
-Viper

Baby minder
-Babysitter

Banger
-Sausage; type of small firework; stock car racing

Banknote
-Paper money issued by central bank

Barrister
-Only type of lawyer qualified to argue a case in both high and low courts

Black pudding
-Aka blood sausage

Bleeder
-Derogatory term for bloke(what's the stupid bleeder done now?)

Blimey
-Exclamation of surprise

Boardies
-Long shorts used for surfing or beachwear

Bobby
-Police officer

Boffin
-Scientist, engineer

Bonnet
-Hood of a car

Boot
-Trunk of car

Brass monkeys
-Cold(cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey)

Brekkie
-Synonym for breakfast

Brolly
-Umbrella

Brown bread
-Dead. (You're brown bread, mate!)

Bugger
-Word for alarm, frustration

Car hire
-Car rental

Cheeky
-Impertinent

Cheerio!
-Friendly exclamation of farewell

Chimney pot
-Smoke stack on top of a house

Chip shop
-Fish and chip shop

Chuck
-Throw

Cobblers
-Shoemakers

Daft
-Odd, eccentric

Dibs
-Cash

Dodgems
-Bumper cars

Fairy Lights
-Christmas lights

Fish fingers
-Fish sticks

Fiver
-5 pound note(bill)

Fortnight
-Period of 14 days or 2 weeks

Funfair
-Traveling carnival

Gaol
-Prison

Headmaster, Headmistress
-Person in charge of a school

High street
-Primary business/shopping street

Holidaymaker
-Person on vacation

Ice lolly
-Popsicle

Jam sandwich
-Police car

Knickers
-Ladies undergarments

Letter box
-Slot in wall/door in which mail comes in.

Lollipop man/woman
-School crossing guard

Lorry
-Large motor vehicle

Motorway
-Controlled access highway

Newsagent
-Store owner that sells strictly newspapers

Panda car
-Police car

Petrol
-Gasoline

Phonebox
-Phone booth, payphone

Pillar box
-Tall, red box on street for outgoing mail.

Parcel
-Package

Pram
-Victorian England term for baby carriage

Prat
-Fool, idiot

Quid
-Pound sterling monetary unit

Randy
-Horny, made popular by the Austin Powers movies

Row
-Fight; argument

Rubbish
-Trash; worthless

Salad dodger
-Overweight person

Skive off
-Sneak off, avoid work

Snog
-Kiss

Spiv
-Unemployed person who lives by their wits; someone who deals in black market goods

Telly
-TV

Totty
-Sexually alluring woman

Yonks
-A long time

Zebra crossing
-Crosswalk

British Slang

I was inspired by Child of the Sixties post about 60s slang, so I thought I would do one on Brit slang, because in 1997, the movie The Full Monty came to American theatres and most of them were issuing brochures to translate the British slang used in the movie. Also included will be words used in both England and the US that have different meanings in both England and the US. Sorry, but some of these words are kinda funny, especially if someone is saying one in surprise with an accent to go with it.


So that people don't think I'm stealing!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_words_not_widely_used_in_the_United_States

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_words_having_different_meanings_in_British_and_American_English:_A–L
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_words_having_different_meanings_in_British_and_American_English:_M-Z


A&E
US: US TV channel
England: accident and emergency department of a hospital

Ace
US: to perform outstandingly, best starting pitcher on baseball
England: good, excellent(1980s slang)

Amber
US. English: orange-yellow color
England: traffic light color

Anorak
US: Hooded, rainproof jacket with out zipper
England: parka; a socially awkward person interested in something to the level of obsession(i.e. geek, nerd, dweeb, etc)

Arse
US: behind
England: your behind

Asian
US: East Asia, southeast Asia
England: originating from Pakistan, Bangladesh, or Sri Lanka

Athletics
US: sports
England: sports comprising of track and field, cross country and walking

Balmy
US: hot and humid
England: insane, aka barmy

Banger
US: particularly club friendly beat or song, a gang member
England: type of sausage, i.e. bangers and mash, an old car in disrepair (in US aka a beater)

Batty
US: crazy, nuts
England: homosexual

Bender
US: binge drinking, bending over to puke
England: derogatory term for gay man, for the act of bending over to have anal sex.

Bill
US: paper money
England: the police, aka banknote

Bird
US: avian creature, derogatory gesture of flipping the middle finger up, i.e. flipping someone the bird
England: one's girlfriend, female slang

Biscuit
US: type of quick bread served with savory foods. In the UK, it is similar to a scone
England: baked sweet or cake like item which is hard when baked and softened over time

Blinkers
US: lights on a car to indicate direction
England: leather  flaps on a bridle to restrict a horse's lateral vision

Bloody(this one for some reason cracks me up if I hear someone say it, I die laughing!)
US: covered in blood
England: used in place of the f word i.e Bloody hell, bloody nightmare. People say this in place of saying f---. A bad word used to express anger.

Blow Off
US: not to show up and meet someone
England: break wind

Bog
US: partially flooded farmland used to grow cranberries
England: toilet

Bogey
US: unidentified aircraft
England: dried nasal mucus- yuck!!

Bonnet
US: hat worn over the head
England: hood of the car

Boot
US: type of shoe
England: trunk of car

Bent
US: not straight
England: gay

Callbox
US: emergency phone
England: telephone booth

Canteen
US: cafeteria
England: where you get food

Chaps
US: leather leggings worn by cowboys and designed to protect against thorns.
England: men or boys

Chips
US: long cuts of deep fried potato, aka French fries
England: Crisps

Commissioner
US: political head of police department
England: head of Metropolitan Police Service and City of London Police

Constable
US: peace officer in a township without organized police department
England: police officer of any rank

Faggot
US: derogatory term for gay man
England: type of meatball

Flapjack
US: pancake
England: flat oak cake

Flat
US: flat tire,  level and smooth
England: apartment

Frock
US: type of jacket worn as outer garment that goes to the knee
England: shirt

Geezer
US: old person(derogatory)
England: gangster, man(in Cockney accent)

Gob
US: large amounts of
England: mouth, spit

Hole in the Wall
US: out of the way place, i.e. restaurant, can be used as a compliment
England: automatic teller machine

Homely
US: plain, ugly
England: cozy, comfortable

Hooker
US: prostitute
England: rugby position

IRA
US: Individual Retirement Account
England: Irish Repbulican Army

Knickers
US: pants
England: pants, ladies underwear

Knock Up
US: impregnate
England: practice tennis

Mad
US: enraged
England: crazy

Make Out
US: kissing
England: snog, to kiss

Nick
US: small cut, sometimes someone's name
England: to steal, police station

Panda
US: cute little black and white bear
England: police car

Shag
US: type of furry looking carpet
England: to have sex

Smashed
US: extremely drunk
England: destroyed beyond reasoning

Tart
US: sour flavored
England: female prostitute

Tea
US:
England: afternoon snack, sometimes called high tea.

Underground
US: subterranean
England: train system, like in London

Yankee
US: player for the New York Yankees baseball team
England: name for someone from the US


British slang

Baby Minder
England: baby sitter

Barrister
England: judge

Blimey
England: expression of suprise

Bobby
England: police officer

Boffin
England: scientist/engineer

Bollocks
England: talking weird, lies, crazy talk

Brekkie
England: synonym for breakfast

Bristols
England: breasts on a woman

Fortnight
England: period of 14 days and nights or 2 weeks

Git
England: idiot, annoying person

High Street
England: primary business and shopping street

Lollipop Woman/Man
England: school crossing guard

Loo
England: toilet

Lorry
England: in US truck, but in England, a large moving van

Nobble
England: sabotage

Petrol
England: gasoline

Pillar Box
England: for getting outgoing mail, in England these are the tall red mailboxes with black tops on them.

Pillock
England: foolish person, used in northern England

Postie
England: nickname for a postman/woman

Pub
England: bar

Prat
England: incompetent, fool, idiot

Quid
England: money, monetary unit, probably coins

Randy
England:  Horny; used in the Austin Powers movies, along with shag

Rozzers
England: police, male genitals

Rubbish
England: worthless unwanted material

Rucksack
England: backpack

Rug Muncher
England: lesbian

Sod Off
England: go away, get lost, buzz off, or another one, piss off

Spiv
England: unemployed person who lives by their wits

Telly
England: Television

Totty
England: sexually alluring ladies, in 19th century a term for prostitutes