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*Thursday, July 8, 2010 - Arizona Time - 11:00pm, _Where the Boys Are_ (1960)* Connie Francis still knows how to make an entrance! Riding in a vintage red Cadillac convertible, the star of the 1960 classic movie "Where The Boys Are" recently returned to Fort Lauderdale Beach to announce plans for the ?Great American Beach Party,? a major special event scheduled for May 29, 2010 that will celebrate the film?s 50th Anniversary. *CONNIE'S ARRIVAL AND MAYOR SEILER'S PRESENTATION!*

*'The Psycho Legacy' is Coming!* Lawrence P. Raffel Tue., Jul. 6, 2010 FEARnet.com *Just in time for the 50th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, the in-depth documentary The _Psycho Legacy_ is coming to DVD October 19th from Shout Factory. Hit the jump to check out cover art.* We've seen bits and pieces of the doc and we can tell you that director Robert Galluzzo provides fans with an exhaustive look at the entire Psycho series with tons of great interviews and rare stills. We can't wait to check out the finished doc. We don't have any info on disc details just yet but we do expect that info from Shout Factory real soon. In the mean time you can check out The Psycho Legacy DVD cover and teaser trailer below http://www.fearnet.com/news/b19509_psycho_legacy_coming.html

*_The Evil Dead_ Finally Makes Its Blu-ray Debut on August 31st!* July 6th, 2010 You can finally bring home a classic Sam Raimi film home in high definition for the first time this August. The Evil Dead will be released on Blu-ray for the first time on August 31. The two-disc set will be priced at $29.99 SRP and the second disc will be a limited edition standard DVD full of special features. You can take a look at the cover art and all the special features details below. The Evil Dead is one of the most influential, landmark horror films of all time. Five college friends, including Ash (Bruce Campbell), drive to a remote cabin in the woods for a weekend of fun. Little do they realize that their fun will soon turn to fear, as an unstoppable supernatural force has been unleashed, surrounding and trapping them. One by one, they fall victim to the demonic forces at large, resurrected as murderous demons which can only be destroyed by dismemberment. Only Ash is left to combat the evil before it consumes the world. It'll be a fight to the death ... and to the undeath. *_Special Features_:* All-NEW audio commentary with Writer/Director Sam Raimi, Producer Robert G. Tapert and Star Bruce Campbell. A standard DVD contains the following bonus features, many returning for the first time in years, and available only for a limited time: One By One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor The Ladies Of The Evil Dead Meet Bruce Campbell Book of The Dead: The Other Pages Discovering The Evil Dead Unconventional At The Drive-In The Evil Dead was released October 15th, 1981 and stars Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly, Philip A. Gillis, Dorothy Tapert, Cheryl Guttridge. The film is directed by Sam Raimi. http://www.movieweb.com/news/NE6lSd6dszge8f

*Bottom Line: James Bond?s Future Is Uncertain* July 8, 2010 Screen Rant by Kofi Outlaw *There?s a lot of hype about James Bond?s future in light of MGM?s bankruptcy. Time to stop all the rumors and arguments and just state the facts: there is no answer right now.* Ok, so enough is enough. In the last few weeks there?s been a lot of back and forth and back again about the James Bond franchise and its immediate future in light of the ongoing MGM bankruptcy fiasco. A lot of Websites (Screen Rant included) have been reporting what they allege is the latest ?news? or ?updates? about where the Bond franchise is and where it will be in the near future ? but it?s all just talk. The bottom line is this: nobody really knows nothing about Bond?s future in the movie business. Not the studio, or the people involved with the films ? certainly not any reporters or ?trusted sources.? Let?s take a step back from all the hype for a second and retrace our steps. At the start of this year it was business as usual: The next Bond film (tentatively titled Bond 23 until a catchier name is selected) was on schedule. We heard that Frost/Nixon writer Peter Morgan was working on a ?shocking? new Bond script, and when you hear about an Oscar-nominated writer cooking up a thrilling script in a famous action franchise, you have reason to be excited. Next, we heard that Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes was getting involved with Bond 23 ? either as the director or a consultant ? and again, we had good reason to be enthused. James Bond as envisioned by Oscar-caliber writers and directors? YES PLEASE! After that you had the next logical step in James Bond rumoring: who the new Bond girl and villain would be. We heard names like Olivia Wilde and Frieda Pinto tossed around as possible Bond girls, and even heard that Sam Mendes? on-again, off-again girlfriend, actress Rachel Weisz, might play a major Bond villain. Admittedly these were just RUMORS, but they were the usual sort of whisper-round-the-water-cooler fun that comes with the development of any Bond film. As spring transitioned into summer, things took a bad turn. We here at Screen Rant have been keeping careful tabs on the MGM bankruptcy fiasco for a long time, and were always wary of how the studio?s breakdown would affect films like The Hobbit and James Bond ? so it was more a confirmation of our fears than a shocking revelation when it was announced that Bond 23 is being delayed for the time being, until MGM sorts itself out. And that?s where the story ends. Period. .

By Carl Bagh July 8, 2010 *MGM cancels James Bond's license to kill* *James Bond, who overpowered a number of villains, has finally been tamed not by a damsel but by piling debts at MGM studio. The movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has postponed the making of the film due to financial problems.* The new James Bond flick starring Daniel Craig was scheduled for release by 2012. The production had also roped in Oscar winning director Sam Mendes to be part of the project. MGM is short of any gadget developed by Q - Major Boothroyd to counter a $3.7 billion debt. Its hedge fund owners Anchorage Advisors and Highland Capital Management, are ignoring an acquisition offer from Time Warner Inc. and a restructuring plan backed by Chief Executive Stephen Cooper, to pump-up the studio with a $1-billion investment. Rather, the owners are considering a strategic partnership with Summit Entertainment, the independent studio behind the "Twilight" movies, and production and financing company Spyglass Entertainment, as reported by Los Angeles Times in May. Presently the future of James Bond movie seems to be in a state of limbo as attested by the production company EON in a statement: "We do not know when development will resume and cannot comment further at this stage." Hope Bond could stand up to the famous dialogue: "You carry a 00 number, it means you have License to kill, not GET killed!"

conundrum .......... _Memento_ (2000) *NEW WORD: Mirage!*

Hope Lange was in: _Blue Velvet_ (1986) directed David Lynch! *NEW DIRECTOR: David Lynch!*

*_Hollywood Canteen_ (1944) - Jul 16, 2010 @ 06:00AM - Eastern Time - Check Local Time!* *The film received three Academy Award nominations.*

*Paul Thomas _Anderson_* - An American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He has written and directed five feature films: Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), Punch-Drunk Love (2002) and There Will Be Blood (2007). He has been nominated for five Academy Awards?There Will Be Blood for Best Achievement in Directing, Best Motion Picture of the Year, and Best Adapted Screenplay; Magnolia for Best Original Screenplay; and Boogie Nights for Best Original Screenplay.

Sterling Holloway ... In 1942, during World War II, Holloway enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 37 and was assigned to the Special Services. He helped develop a show called "Hey Rookie", which ran for nine months and raised $350,000 for the Army Relief Fund. In 1945, Holloway played the role of a medic assigned to an infantry platoon in the critically acclaimed film _A Walk in the Sun_ directed by Lewis Milestone!. *Celebri-links ............. Lewis Milestone!*

*_That Darn Cat!_ (1965)*

plot twist ............ Body Heat (1981) *NEW WORD: July is known as: National _Ice Cream_ Month!*

Anne Bancroft was in: _Don't Bother to Knock_ (1952) .... This was Anne Bancroft's first film. It was also Marilyn Monroe's 18th film and an attempt to prove to critics that she could act. *NEW STAR: Marilyn Monroe!*

*The film received the BAFTA Award for Best British Film in 1948. It was nominated for the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival in 1947, and nominated for a Best Film Editing Oscar in 1948*.

*_My Sister Eileen_ originated as a series of short stories by Ruth McKenney that eventually evolved into a book, a play, a musical, a radio play (and unproduced radio series), two films, and a CBS television series in the 1960-1961 season.*

*WHICH ONE!?!?*

Elliott Gould was in: 1974 _S*P*Y*S_ directed by Irvin Kershner! *NEW DIRECTOR: Irvin Kershner!*

*Verbinski, Gore* - American film director and writer, best known for directing The Pirates Of The Caribbean trilogy and The Ring.

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*_Halloween_ (1978)*

Elliott Gould was in: (1973) _The Long Goodbye_ (Love this film!) directed by Robert Altman! *NEW DIRECTOR: Robert Altman!*

*_Airplane!_ (1980) - trivia* One of the special thanks in the end credits is Argon Oil Company, a fictional company in another ZAZ movie _Kentucky Fried Movie_. Argon is actually an elemental gas. Deliberate joke, but not one everyone immediately picks up on: Throughout the entire movie when the outside of the plane is shown the sound heard is one of a propeller driven aircraft, yet the one pictured is a jet. Otto the autopilot resided in Jerry Zucker's garage after making the movie, but by 1997 had disintegrated and was thrown out. One of the jobs in the end credits is magic consultant. Charles Dickens' name and his book "A Tale Of Two Cities" appears in the end credits. Director Jim Abrahams has two roles in this movie. The first role was that of the bicycle rider that yells back at Kramer after Kramer hits him on the road. He also plays a role as a solicitor at the airport. He is the one who pauses after seeing how Kramer is treating the other solictors. the end, the plane hits a radio station antenna. The radio station is WZAZ. That's because this was a Zucker Abrams Zucker movie. Film debut of Julie Hagerty. The film cost $3.5 million and only took 34 days to make. Despite featuring a spoof of the beach scene of _From Here to Eternity_ (1953), none of the three directors had actually seen the original film. The music for the love scenes with Elaine and Ted was taken from _The Hunters_ (1958) where Robert Mitchum plays a fighter pilot and May Britt his lover