Mass media musings and pop culture nonsense filtered through the brainpan of yours truly, with a special focus on the line of dialogue most used in film!
Robert Ridgely would have - and no one would dare dispute that. Because of that and the date - we're choosing this one for tonight...
I thought this drama about the adult film industry in the 1970's was marvelous. A huge ensemble cast brings to the screen a story somewhat inspired by John Holmes. Burt Reynolds got an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor playing porn director Jack Horner. Unfortunately, it was the same year Robert Forster was nominated for playing Max Cherry in Jackie Brown. I wanted them both to win - but that improbability did not come to pass as Robin Williams took the statue home for Good Will Hunting. (Yawn.)
But I digress.
The movie is dynamic, and manages to be solid remaining an R Rated movie that's about X Rated movies. It also features a memorable New Year's Eve, which makes it just perfect for viewing tonight. I have it in the video vault on a fine DVD presentation, and we could be watching Dirk use his Diggler at any time - even this very evening, if you'd like to boogie over to my place.
Until 2017, you Can Poke Me With A Fork, Cause I Am Outta Here!
Okay - let's cast a look back at another older post from LGOOH that shows little traffic - and no comments, more's the pity. This time out it's a Buddha Man post as he reviews a Trick and a Treat...
Three posters - and this time I've seen and really like all three movies...
Lady in the Lake (MGM, 1947)
Considering what a wild visual experiment this movie was for 1947 - I'm truly amazed this movie isn't held in higher regard than it is. In this movie, the camera takes the place of Robert Montgomery as the hard boiled detective - and he is only seen a few times when the detective looks into a mirror. Otherwise it's all first person as he talks to people - chases them - fights them. Who cares if the story is standard issue detective fodder? This is Hardcore Henry done almost 70 years before that movie was made!
Deathstalker (New World Pictures, 1983)
While I do feel the sequel - made by other filmmakers led by this blog's pal - director Jim Wynorski - is the better of the two flicks, this is a fun sword and sorcery entry from the early 80's.
Cast Away (20th Century Fox, 2000)
This is an entertaining movie in and of itself - but the behind the scenes production is really cool. They had Tom Hanks put on weight so he starts the movie a chunky monkey, then after he gets stranded on the desert island and time passes he is shown to have lost weight. To facilitate this they shot the first half of the movie, then they took a break to let Hanks go off and slim down.
While on this downtime they didn't want the crew to go on to other shows, so director Robert Zemeckis had another script standing by and they proceeded to make What Lies Beneath with Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer before coming back to finish this movie with skinny Minnie Tom Hanks.
Lastly, this movie has my good buddy Nick Searcy who is third billed but is, according to him, "upstaged by a damn volleyball."
Until next post, you Can Poke Me With A Fork, Cause I Am Outta Here!
It may be the start of a work week, but at least you can check out three movie posters too!
Abattoir (Dark Web Productions, 2016)
I don't often feature newer posters due to the fact that they're not usually all that great anymore - but this one looks good, as does the movie it promotes.
Star Crystal (New World Pictures, 1986)
Certainly looks like yet another Alien clone - but it's one I've never seen, I'm pretty sure I've got the VHS in the video vault, though.
Employees' Entrance (Warner Bros., 1933)
No idea what this one is, but I've seen Warren William playing the Lone Wolf and he's pretty cool, so...
Until next post, you Can Poke Me With A Fork, Cause I Am Outta Here!
Jay Underwood allegedly would - while I find out for sure, this will be tonight's choice...
When I heard about a low budget Fantastic Four movie being produced in the mid 90's, I was intrigued. Would they pull it off?
Marvel did not have a great theatrical track record up to this point - I'd watched Stan Lee touting the crap out of the Captain America movie he was saying was coming out to celebrate Cap's 50th anniversary in 1989. Then he said it was going to come out later due to reshoots - not that anything was wrong with the movie - the filmmakers just wanted to pack it with even more action and awesome stuff. He then stopped talking about the movie altogether. The movie never opened anywhere near me - and I was shocked when I saw it at long last as a VHS new release in 1994 or thereabouts. I thought it was awful. (That fact didn't prevent me from buying the movie on Blu-Ray).
So here comes a Fantastic Four movie in the mid 90's as CGI is in its infancy on a Roger Corman budget. Still hopeful I kept an eye out for the movie to be released. Then it wasn't. Once again the movie just disappeared without a trace.
Years pass, and I have a friend who lives in New York. He calls me up one day and asks me if I'd like to buy a copy of the never-released Fantastic Four movie for $20 which he'll send me in the mail? I tell him hell yes and not too much later a VHS copy shows up.
What I thought of the movie isn't important here. What this new documentary is about is what we're here to chat about. Twenty-plus years later, nearly everyone involved has gotten together to tell the real story of why this movie was made, how this movie was made - and why it was never officially released and is still only available in those bootleg editions.
I know the story and find it fascinating - but if you don't I don't want to spoil it in any way. I have not watched the documentary yet - but my crowdfunding got me a fine DVD and we could be checking out one of the few movies Roger Corman ever had shelved - even this very evening - if you care to come off your shelf and come check it out with me.
Until next post, you Can Poke Me With A Fork, Cause I Am Outta Here!
