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Mad Men at the Movies 1.1

10 August 2009 4:33 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

A truism: In New York City, people are often engaged in the arts. They talk movies, theater, books. One of my favorite things about Mad Men, Matt Weiner's fascinating series about the men and women of "Sterling Cooper" a mid level Manhattan ad agency, is how it references the arts of the 50s and 60s. In most filmed entertainment, other arts are generally only used in facile ways to underline themes, tell contemporary (and instantly dated) jokes or crudely reference an era. Mad Men weaves them in as smartly as the rest of its period details (costuming, sets, politics) to steep you in the world the characters are actually living in or the world they wish they were living in.

With Season 3 debuting this weekend it's a good a time to begin looking at the series' cinematic shout outs. It's also a sneaky way to work a great television series into The Film Experience. »

- NATHANIEL R

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Gidget The Remake

29 July 2009 11:27 AM, PDT | ScreenStar | See recent ScreenStar news »

Here is one couple that I never saw coming: Zac Efron and Miley Cyrus. Two of Disney's brightest stars are in talks to star as a couple in the remake of the 1959 movie Gidget. Teen Queen Miley Cyrus is set to play Gidget, a role that was played by both Sandra Dee and Sally Field while Zac Efron will play the love interest. Fan favorite Brittany Snow is also slated to appear in the film which at this point is only rumored to be in the works. For those of you who has no idea what or who a Gidget is, let us take you back in time when surfing and sunshine ruled the world. At the time in 1957, Gidget was based off creator's Frederick Kohner's teenage daughter Kathy. The film adaption followed Gidget as we surfed and hung around with her friends in Malibu. After the movie debuted »

- cjoyce@corp.popstar.com (Colleen Joyce)

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Miley Cyrus and Zac Efron to Co-Star in Gidget Remake?

29 July 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | Celebuzz.com | See recent Celebuzz news »

Wow, apparently Miley Cyrus really is looking to expand her acting résumé. Moviehole reports that the Hannah Montana sensation may be starring in a proposed series of Gidget movies, with Cyrus in the surfer-girl title role popularized by Sandra Dee in the 1959 film and Sally Field in the 1960s TV series. What's more, Zac Efron and Brittany Snow have apparently been approached for the flicks as well. Whoa; will Efron be playing Moondoggie to Miley's Gidget? Let us know in the comments section: Do you think Miley Cyrus would make a good Gidget? »

- Celebuzz

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Snow & Efron Set To Join Cyrus In Gidget?

28 July 2009 3:06 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Hairspray stars Zac Efron and Brittany Snow are set to reteam for a remake of cheesy surf movie Gidget, according to new industry reports.

Miley Cyrus is on board as waverider Gidget in the project, with Efron slated to play her love interest, according to MovieHole.net.

Sandra Dee originated the role of Gidget in Paul Wendkos’s 1959 original and Sally Field took over the role of Gidget in a short-lived TV series. »

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Real Or Imagined: Homoeroticism In 60S Beach Movies

13 April 2009 10:30 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

By Tom Lisanti

To get in a warm weather mood with summer not approaching fast enough, here is a look at Hollywood surf movies from a different and albeit biased perspective.  Gay men are always looking for gay subtext in movies and TV, and I am no exception.  Am I reading more into these films? Probably—but it was sure a lot of fun doing the research.

The Sixties beach movie craze began with Gidget (1959) starring Sandra Dee and James Darren, a fictionalized look at teenager Kathy Kohner’s surfing escapades in Malibu during the mid-Fifties.  It was groundbreaking as the movie contributed to the mass dissention of surfers on the beaches of Malibu and started a series of surf-theme films such as Gidget Goes Hawaiian and Ride the Wild Surf.  The surf movie soon morphed into the beach-party film, whose heyday was from 1963 through 1965, where surfing was only used »

- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)

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