Mr. Gorman
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I still have a landline because I live in a rather woodsy area and the cell phone service is ♦spotty♦, to say the least. You really cannot depend upon cell phone service on the side of a mountain (albeit a gently-sloping mountain) with a lot of trees everywhere. And if the power should go out the phone line generally does not so I can still call out because my landline has a cord.
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@Lorna: I remember Bette Midler's appearance on 'The Tonight Show' finale with Johnny Carson. She was wearing some kind of black pantsuit/ jumpsuit-lookin' thing with what looked like yellow tennis balls on the end. So when she moved . . . the tennis balls were swinging around. That 'look' probably dates more now than it did then. And I thought it looked kinda goofy back in May of '92. (EDIT: Maybe those yellow things were bananas on the outfit?)
Also: I would recommend THE CHILDREN (1980) for you, Lorna. Also known as "The Children of Ravensback". Instead of any under-18 young 'uns being involved in sex scenes or otherwise having no clothes on what we have here is a group of messed-up chilluns (due to a nuclear waste leak; the kids have black fingernails) getting chopped up and/or blown away by adults with guns. It's GREAT!
→ You know this movie has The Pedigree Of Quality because it stars Martin Shakar -- who played John Travolta's ex-priest brother in "Saturday Night Fever". So you know it's ♣Ace♣ .
Here's another horror movie with what I thought was another of those botched "Unkillable Killer" endings: THE HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW (1983). I'd luv to have rated the movie higher if not for that stupid ending. The deranged young adult killer seems to have broken his neck falling backwards down a steep 'pull-down' staircase that led to the attic . . . but of course he blinks at the end after the Female Hero has considered him dead and walked off. Except I don't know what the point of that scene was -- the 'bad guy' is all screwed up even if he is somehow still alive. He ain't goin' nowhere! I can suspend my disbelief sometimes, but that 'still living killer bit' doesn't work on every film its tried.
I think it works at the end of the 1st HALLOWEEN movie in '78. And in HALLOWEEN 2, Michael Myers turns into a crispy critter at the end (a burn victim! He was flaming all over at the end while swinging a scalpel and subsequently achieved ♦Proper Deadness♦. Even dem dastardly killers that are hard to kill can't survive being turned into ash! ) ~AMEN~
TATTOO is a fun movie . . . if you enjoy Bruce Dern being a nutcase tattoo artist with his own peculiar ethics about relationships.
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I think the word you meant to use, Mr. Guercio, is 'rude'.
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Does that mean that Howard Hanson wouldn't have been paid any royalty money if the Symphony was used without his permission? I thought people sued other people over stuff like that (i.e. lack of adequate royalty payments).
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I liked the CAPE FEAR remake until the end where the now-clichéd "Unkillable Killer" bit set in with De Niro's character.
Tiresome stuff, but executed on a bigger budget than Michael Myers and Jason Hockey Mask movies . . . and Freddy, too.
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I bought a new copy of GYMKATA on tape years ago. I just had to own it.
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SOFTCORE '70s stuff with Marsha Jordan:
Last Sundown, The (1971) (aka: "6 Women") [Re-titled for video]
Sweet Georgia (1972)
Swingers' Massacre (1974) (aka: "Inside Amy") [Re-titled for video]
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Notable gymnast Kurt Thomas, star of the cult-y 1985 potboiler GYMKATA, died June 5 at age 64 due to complications resulting from a stroke he suffered on May 24. I think TCM has aired "Gymkata" before, btw.
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DON'T JUST STAND THERE! (1968) a Universal Picture
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Eh, is 'Peopletoba' near Manitoba in Canada?
You may call me Mr. Gringo if you so choose, btw.
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I remember BALLS OF FURY! It was about a demon-possessed manufacturer of tennis balls! It was GREAT!
BALLS OF FURY would make a great double-bill with PLAYERS!
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Maybe I'll watch a Western next . . .
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Last night I opened up the shrink wrap on the NOS Warner tape and stuffed POLICE ACADEMY: MISSION TO MOSCOW into the VCR.
There were a couple of previews before the movie started. MISSION TO MOSCOW is no better or worse than Police Academy 2 or 3.
I've not seen POLICE ACADEMY 4, 5 or 6 so I cannot comment on the quality of those in comparison to POLICE ACADEMY's trip to Moscow.
Verdict: What I expected. A few laughs here 'n' there. The on-location filming in Russia is kind of interesting, though.
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Just for the record: JOHN CARRADINE (Feb. 5, 1906 - Nov. 27, 1988). He was 82.
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I would say this about Christopher Lee. He seemed to have a lot of strong opinions which is Ok. However, he also seemed to willingly appear in a number of movies he must have known would not possibly be great pieces of art! ROSEBUD BEACH HOTEL, anyone? I've already mentioned POLICE ACADEMY: Mission To Moscow.
An interesting role for Lee was as a gay biker/businessman in SERIAL (1980). "We're tough dudes, Holroyd!" says Lee to Martin Mull.
Actors who want or need to keep working (bills don't pay themselves!), especially older ones, don't get to be real choosy about the roles they take.
JOHN CARRADINE worked in some awful schlock in his later years but, hey, he stayed busy until the end!
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I remember her. In that bottom picture it looks like Ms. Gleason is channeling Anne Ramsey.
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YELLOWBEARD (1983-Comedy)
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Valdez Is Coming (1971)
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Toward the Unknown (1956)
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EYE OF THE CAT (1969) a Universal Picture
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SOMETHING EVIL (1972-Tvm) This is the made-for-television movie Steven Spielberg directed but does not seem to ever talk about. (I like it well enough).
♦Beware of the crying baby noises from the barn!♠
Next: A movie you didn't expect to like as much as you did!
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BOOGENS, The (1981-Horror)
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Speaking of HAIL . . . I saw that movie for the first time when I was just 16. I'd rented from 'Video-X-Tron' in Lake Worth, FL. I later bought that tape 'Used' with the BIG Monterey Home Video box. I still have that tape upstairs.
Something else: The run time on the box says '85 minutes' and so did the review in the Leonard Maltin Guide that was later removed for space reasons in later editions. The version on the Monterey tape runs 76 minutes. I timed it.
Actor 'Joseph Sirola' is billed fourth and he plays the 'Rev. Jimmy William' yet he's barely in the movie. There's a still of him on the back of the box for a scene you don't see.
If there is a DVD release of HAIL perhaps it will be the 85-minute cut. If it is I would buy the DVD. I don't mind 'double-dipping' if there's a longer cut of a movie on disc!
ANYWAY . . . here's my contribution to the 1-word title:
FYRE (1978) Starring Lynn Theel and Allen Garfield
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I've got one particular song on the brain today:
CAN I SEE YOU TONIGHT? sung by Jewel Blanch, Tanya Tucker and Australian TV host/singer Daryl Somers.
I listened to all 3 versions on YouTube more than once each. Just have this lil' ditty stuck in my head. I like all 3 versions.
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HARRY AND TONTO (1974)
Next: The most over-rated movie you can think of!
→ You know this movie has The Pedigree Of Quality because it stars Martin Shakar -- who played John Travolta's ex-priest brother in "Saturday Night Fever". So you know it's ♣Ace♣ .
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@Nipkow: That just leaves more of an opportunity for HBO Max to air HOT SPELL! I suggest you bombard them with e-mails requesting the immediate purchase of the rights to air HAWT SPEL!
This is something that cannot *wait* -- it MUST be done now! To strike while the iron's hot!
HOT SPELL on HBO Max 24/7.