I still covet the TITANIC souvenir cup Paul Suarez bought at the Plaza movie theatre with the wrong release date on it. Can you even imagine how much a cup like that - in mint condition - might fetch on eBay today?
It really doesn't matter because I'd give him twenty lashes with a wet noodle if he ever sold it. TITANIC (HEAT being a close second) is probably the movie that I associate most with Paul. When it came out - more than ten years ago now - we instantly started running lines from the film just about every time we ran into each other whether it was at the Plaza for the midnights or anywhere else. And when Paul escorted me down the steps at La Venta Inn on my wedding day, he even found the perfect line from the movie to whisper to me just before we started walking.
I tried to find my favorite TITANIC moment on YouTube - the moment when Rose looks up at the Statue of Liberty after she's survived everything and is on her way to safety - but it was nowhere to be found. It's funny - and more than a little ironic - that moment contains no dialogue whatsoever but still manages to capture the grandeur, hope and tragedy in the movie for me.
When Dave was running the movie over at The Village he'd let us slip in and watch parts of it here and there. No matter what point I entered the film I was immediately taken up into its story. And there's nothing quite like being able to share something like that with other people who love movies just as much as you do.
Happy Birthday, Paul.
P.S. At least the trailer was online:
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"My fiance. My fian . . .? My FIANCE!! Yes you are! My wife in practice if not yet by law and so you will honor me! You will honor me the way a wife is required to honor her husband. Because I will not me made out a fool, Rose. Is this in any way unclear? Good. Excuse me."
Thanks for your comments, Karen: your reminiscences about the movie, my role in your memories of it and your birthday wishes. I got all verklempt reading that and I feel quite special to have such prominent mention in your favorite films comments.
"You like lamb right, sweet pea?"
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