Saturday, June 07, 2014

VOICE-OVERS

I generally dislike voice-overs but sometimes they work. I liked William Holden's voice-over in SUNSET BOULEVARD. What one works for you? THE WONDER YEARS used the voice of the adult Kevin (Daniel Stern) well too.

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17 comments:

  1. Anonymous7:38 AM

    Two excellent examples.

    For me, Woody Allen's voiceover at the beginning of ANNIE HALL worked. It set the tone and made me laugh.


    Jeff M.

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  2. George9:03 AM

    I agree with Jeff on ANNIE HALL. I also think Alex (Malcolm McDowell) and his voice-overs work in THE CLOCKWORK ORANGE.

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  3. Rick Robinson10:00 AM

    Dick Powell in MURDER MY SWEET.

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  4. Deb10:02 AM

    Celeste Holm's voice-over in the beginning of All About Eve.

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  5. Charles Gramlich10:29 AM

    I'm not really sure what a voice over is.

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  6. Naomi Johnson10:34 AM

    Richard Dreyfuss's voiceover in STAND BY ME.

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  7. pattinase (abbott)11:01 AM

    I didn't remember that, Naomi. Have to go look for it. He has a wonderful voice.
    A voice 0ver is when an unseen voice does narration in a movie. It's often the central character later on in life, telling you about an earlier time. In Celeste Holm's case an observer. As with THE GREAT GATSBY and Nick.

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  8. Anonymous12:11 PM

    I'll have to go with Woody Allen in Annie Hall, too.

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  9. Peter DiChellis1:31 PM

    I always liked Ray Liotta's (Henry Hill) voiceover in Goodfellas. Great storytelling, right from the get-go: "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster."

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  10. pattinase (abbott)2:09 PM

    That movie got everything right, didn't it. Ray Liotta never got a better part.

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  11. Steve Oerkfitz3:32 PM

    Jean Shepherd as the adult Ralphie in Christmas Story. Ray Liotta in Goodfellas. Wm Holden in Sunset Boulevard. The little girl in Days of Heaven.

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  12. pattinase (abbott)4:52 PM

    He is my favorite. Have all his books. Wish they would make his old radio broadcasts available.

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  13. Anders E7:11 PM

    Steve Martin in DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID. What a brilliant parody.

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  14. Rick Robinson9:56 PM

    Wish I'd thought of Jean Shepard. He is so great.

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  15. Anonymous10:11 PM

    James Stewart in Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation.

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  16. Cap'n Bob10:12 PM

    Robert Mitchum in The Big Sleep.

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  17. Anonymous10:37 PM

    Some episodes of Maverick were narrated by James Garner in voice-over. One, "Two Beggars on Horseback," was narrated alternately by Garner, Jack Kelly, and Patricia Barry, with each character giving a contradictory (and self-serving) version of the story.

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