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Movie of the Week
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Sorry for the delay on posting the new Movie of the Week, my new job has thankfully left me not much spare time. Check back tonight!
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Movie Of The Week - 6
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I will be caught up with this one until the day before I start work, so everyone has a lot of movies to watch, I hope that you all enjoy them!
This weeks movie is...
Now you didn't think that you could go every week without running into my awesome taste for horror did you? These films are a little harder to find than most, but well worth the search!
Synopsis:
The corpse of Waldemar Daninsky [Paul Naschy] bears the mark of the werewolf (a pentagram on his chest), so two disbelieving coroners remove the silver bullets to prove to themselves that there are no such things as werewolves. Of course, the werewolf is immediately revived and kills the two coroners on his way out the door.
Back in Paris, college students Elvira [Gaby Fuchs] and Genevieve [Barbara Capell] are completing their "final thesis." They've tracked down the tomb of the a 15th century Countess Wandessa d'Arville de Nadasdy, a supposed witch and vampire. The Countess's tomb is said to lie near a small village somewhere in northern France, so the girls load up their car and go in search of the place. Short on gas, daylight, and directions, however, they accept an invitation to stay at the rustic (meaning 'no lights, no phone, no motorcar') countryhouse of writer Waldemar Daninsky. Over a dinner of cold cuts and wine, Waldemar reveals that he's writing a book about the history of gothic churches and monuments, but he falls silent when Elvira mentions her search for Wandessa.
Directed By:
León Klimovsky
Cast:
Paul Naschy
Gaby Fuchs
Barbara Capell
Yelena Samarina
Some Interesting Trivia:
All of Naschy's films take place on Walpurgis night...if you live here in the States you have no idea what this is. Walpurgis Night is like Halloween, it is celebrated in several countries in northern and central Europe on the night of April 30. Festivities include setting large bonfires and playing pranks on neighbors and strangers. It was also, according to belief, was the night when the devil was abroad-when the graves were opened and the dead came forth and walked.
Naschy almost wasn't cast in his most famous role of Waldemar Daninsky, which he had played in all his other Noche "night" films. The German producers of the film stepped in and demanded Naschy reprise his role.
This was the first film Leon Klimovsky did with Paul Naschy.
Patty Shpard regretted taking the role of vampire, Countess Wandesa Darvula de Nadasdy. She was concerned about how a significant role in a horror film would look on her growing credits.
After an initial screening Naschy told Klimovsky he was dissatisfied with the production. However this is Naschy most successful film in Spain to date.
After seeing the film people would call out greetings to Naschy when they saw him on the street shouting "Senor Walpurgis"!
One day Naschy was taking a stroll in his wolfman make-up while waiting for a shot to be set up in a cemetery. Absentmindedly he stepped out from behind a headstone where an old lady was laying some flowers. She let out a scream of terror and almost had a heart attack on the spot. She even tried to sue the producers.
This film was released over in the states as Werewolf Vs The Vampire Woman
Trailer:
This weeks movie is...
Now you didn't think that you could go every week without running into my awesome taste for horror did you? These films are a little harder to find than most, but well worth the search!Synopsis:
The corpse of Waldemar Daninsky [Paul Naschy] bears the mark of the werewolf (a pentagram on his chest), so two disbelieving coroners remove the silver bullets to prove to themselves that there are no such things as werewolves. Of course, the werewolf is immediately revived and kills the two coroners on his way out the door.
Back in Paris, college students Elvira [Gaby Fuchs] and Genevieve [Barbara Capell] are completing their "final thesis." They've tracked down the tomb of the a 15th century Countess Wandessa d'Arville de Nadasdy, a supposed witch and vampire. The Countess's tomb is said to lie near a small village somewhere in northern France, so the girls load up their car and go in search of the place. Short on gas, daylight, and directions, however, they accept an invitation to stay at the rustic (meaning 'no lights, no phone, no motorcar') countryhouse of writer Waldemar Daninsky. Over a dinner of cold cuts and wine, Waldemar reveals that he's writing a book about the history of gothic churches and monuments, but he falls silent when Elvira mentions her search for Wandessa.
Directed By:
León Klimovsky
Cast:
Paul Naschy
Gaby Fuchs
Barbara Capell
Yelena Samarina
Some Interesting Trivia:
All of Naschy's films take place on Walpurgis night...if you live here in the States you have no idea what this is. Walpurgis Night is like Halloween, it is celebrated in several countries in northern and central Europe on the night of April 30. Festivities include setting large bonfires and playing pranks on neighbors and strangers. It was also, according to belief, was the night when the devil was abroad-when the graves were opened and the dead came forth and walked.
Naschy almost wasn't cast in his most famous role of Waldemar Daninsky, which he had played in all his other Noche "night" films. The German producers of the film stepped in and demanded Naschy reprise his role.
This was the first film Leon Klimovsky did with Paul Naschy.
Patty Shpard regretted taking the role of vampire, Countess Wandesa Darvula de Nadasdy. She was concerned about how a significant role in a horror film would look on her growing credits.
After an initial screening Naschy told Klimovsky he was dissatisfied with the production. However this is Naschy most successful film in Spain to date.
After seeing the film people would call out greetings to Naschy when they saw him on the street shouting "Senor Walpurgis"!
One day Naschy was taking a stroll in his wolfman make-up while waiting for a shot to be set up in a cemetery. Absentmindedly he stepped out from behind a headstone where an old lady was laying some flowers. She let out a scream of terror and almost had a heart attack on the spot. She even tried to sue the producers.
This film was released over in the states as Werewolf Vs The Vampire Woman
Trailer:
Movie Of The Week - 5
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The next movie of the week is one that is so good I'm surprised how few people have seen it. I've actually had its theme running through my head for the past few days because David Black used it as his main track in his remake of the song Hypnotize.
This weeks movie is...
I love this film so much, mostly because I love Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen, I mean she was my first celebrity crush...Hello Raiders of the Lost Arc!
Directed By:
John Carpenter
Cast:
Jeff Bridges
Karen Allen
M.C. Gainey
Tagline:
He has traveled from a galaxy far beyond our own. He is 100,000 years ahead of us. He has powers we cannot comprehend. And he is about to face the one force in the universe he has yet to conquer. Love.
Some Interesting Trivia:
Jeff Bridges' character (Starman) walks in and buys a Cadillac "cash". In the 1974 film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Bridges character (Lightfoot) exclaims that one day he would like to walk up and buy a Cadillac with cash.
This script was being developed at Columbia at the same time as another script about an alien visitation. The studio did not want to make both, so the head of the studio had to choose which film to make; he decided to make this one and let the other script go to a rival studio. The other script was for _E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)_.
The only John Carpenter film to have an Academy Award nomination (Jeff Bridges, Best Actor).
The role of Starman originally went to Kevin Bacon.
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This weeks movie is...
I love this film so much, mostly because I love Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen, I mean she was my first celebrity crush...Hello Raiders of the Lost Arc!Directed By:
John Carpenter
Cast:
Jeff Bridges
Karen Allen
M.C. Gainey
Tagline:
He has traveled from a galaxy far beyond our own. He is 100,000 years ahead of us. He has powers we cannot comprehend. And he is about to face the one force in the universe he has yet to conquer. Love.
Some Interesting Trivia:
Jeff Bridges' character (Starman) walks in and buys a Cadillac "cash". In the 1974 film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Bridges character (Lightfoot) exclaims that one day he would like to walk up and buy a Cadillac with cash.
This script was being developed at Columbia at the same time as another script about an alien visitation. The studio did not want to make both, so the head of the studio had to choose which film to make; he decided to make this one and let the other script go to a rival studio. The other script was for _E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)_.
The only John Carpenter film to have an Academy Award nomination (Jeff Bridges, Best Actor).
The role of Starman originally went to Kevin Bacon.
Trailer:
Movie Of The Week - 4
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Let's step away from some of the depressing and indie films for a bit and throw a classic out there...a classic which I am watching as I post.
This weeks movie is...
Goblins, crying babies, and David Bowie...I can't think of a more perfect movie.
Synopsis:
Young Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) is left home alone by her parents and she has to babysit her little brother Toby. But the baby keeps crying and Sarah, while telling him a story to make him sleep, inadvertently conjures from a fantasy world the Goblin King (David Bowie) who steals the child and brings him to his castle in the middle of a labyrinth. Sarah has to rescue him before midnight, or the baby will became a goblin...
Director:
Jim Henson
Cast:
David Bowie
Jennifer Connelly
Toby Froud
Some Interesting Trivia:
The full costume for Hoggle was lost for some time. It turns out that it was lost on an airplane and later bought from the airline by 'The Unclaimed Baggage Center', a store in Scottsboro Alabama. It is now on display in their museum.
The sources of the characters can be seen in Sarah's bedroom at the beginning of the movie. She has a stuffed animal that looks like Sir Didymus on her dresser, a doll that looks like Ludo on the shelves next to her door, a Firey doll on a shelves next to her bed, bookends with with Goblins reminiscent of Hoggle on her dresser, and figurine of Jareth on the right hand side of her desk. In addition, the dress that she wears in the ballroom scene can also been seen adorning the miniature doll in her music box, and a wooden maze game on her dresser next to her books is reminiscent of the hedge section of the Labyrinth. There is also a small painting on her wall that depicts a contraption much like the one operated by the "Cleaners" that Sarah and Hoggle had to escape from.
Cheryl McFadden, one of the choreographers, also goes by the name Gates McFadden. McFadden plays Dr. Beverly Crusher in the TV series "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) and in the Star Trek movies: Star Trek: Generations (1994); Star Trek: First Contact (1996); Star Trek: Insurrection (1998); and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).
David Bowie was one of the three choices for Jareth. The other two were Michael Jackson and 'Sting'.
To help the puppeteer inside him to see, there was a miniature video camera in Ludo's right horn that fed to a small television monitor mounted inside the puppet's stomach.
The various things that Jareth does with the crystal balls (rolling them around his arms and in his hands and so forth) are not camera tricks or any other kind of special effect. They are actually done by choreographer Michael Moschen, who is an accomplished juggler.
The upside-down room in the Goblin City is directly inspired by a drawing by M.C. Escher (entitled "Relativity") - which can been seen in Sarah's room at the beginning of the film.
The owl in the title sequence is computer generated - the first attempt at a photo-realistic CGI animal character in a feature film.
Trailer:
This weeks movie is...
Goblins, crying babies, and David Bowie...I can't think of a more perfect movie.Synopsis:
Young Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) is left home alone by her parents and she has to babysit her little brother Toby. But the baby keeps crying and Sarah, while telling him a story to make him sleep, inadvertently conjures from a fantasy world the Goblin King (David Bowie) who steals the child and brings him to his castle in the middle of a labyrinth. Sarah has to rescue him before midnight, or the baby will became a goblin...
Director:
Jim Henson
Cast:
David Bowie
Jennifer Connelly
Toby Froud
Some Interesting Trivia:
The full costume for Hoggle was lost for some time. It turns out that it was lost on an airplane and later bought from the airline by 'The Unclaimed Baggage Center', a store in Scottsboro Alabama. It is now on display in their museum.
The sources of the characters can be seen in Sarah's bedroom at the beginning of the movie. She has a stuffed animal that looks like Sir Didymus on her dresser, a doll that looks like Ludo on the shelves next to her door, a Firey doll on a shelves next to her bed, bookends with with Goblins reminiscent of Hoggle on her dresser, and figurine of Jareth on the right hand side of her desk. In addition, the dress that she wears in the ballroom scene can also been seen adorning the miniature doll in her music box, and a wooden maze game on her dresser next to her books is reminiscent of the hedge section of the Labyrinth. There is also a small painting on her wall that depicts a contraption much like the one operated by the "Cleaners" that Sarah and Hoggle had to escape from.
Cheryl McFadden, one of the choreographers, also goes by the name Gates McFadden. McFadden plays Dr. Beverly Crusher in the TV series "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) and in the Star Trek movies: Star Trek: Generations (1994); Star Trek: First Contact (1996); Star Trek: Insurrection (1998); and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).
David Bowie was one of the three choices for Jareth. The other two were Michael Jackson and 'Sting'.
To help the puppeteer inside him to see, there was a miniature video camera in Ludo's right horn that fed to a small television monitor mounted inside the puppet's stomach.
The various things that Jareth does with the crystal balls (rolling them around his arms and in his hands and so forth) are not camera tricks or any other kind of special effect. They are actually done by choreographer Michael Moschen, who is an accomplished juggler.
The upside-down room in the Goblin City is directly inspired by a drawing by M.C. Escher (entitled "Relativity") - which can been seen in Sarah's room at the beginning of the film.
The owl in the title sequence is computer generated - the first attempt at a photo-realistic CGI animal character in a feature film.
Trailer:
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Phew, sorry about that incredibly long delay everyone...details to follow. About 3 weeks ago I was reading The Watchmen comics to get myself pumped for the movie (from which what now is almost looking like a pipe dream), when I got a call informing me that my godfather had died. So a day later my family and I had packed up some clothes and made our way to Illinois. The funeral was hard, then again what funeral is easy. So, once all was said and done with that I was helping my grandparents around the house when I totally freaked out about working. The whole weekend I had Morgan Freeman's quote from "The Shawshank Redemption" running through my head, you know the one "Get busy livin', or get busy dyin." Now, if you don't know my sob story all the way through yet, I've been looking for work for 6 months and living with my parents...not the greatest way to live my life, so I started applying for jobs in Chicago...and got one!
Things have been so busy since then. There has been drama everywhere and money spent on new things (which is the most fun), I've had to figure need vs want for my move, and also tried to figure out Chicago's transit system. It's been one hell of a week and I'm mega excited to start my job on Monday. Which is so weird, because my last job working as a Hyperion Administrator started August 25, 2007...my new job starts on August 25, 2008 exactly one year later to the day. Weird shit like this happens to me all the effing time.
So if you were wondering, "when is that douchebag gunuh put up another film for me to watch?", well now you know the story and are up to speed on my stress. I will post the make up ones today.
Things have been so busy since then. There has been drama everywhere and money spent on new things (which is the most fun), I've had to figure need vs want for my move, and also tried to figure out Chicago's transit system. It's been one hell of a week and I'm mega excited to start my job on Monday. Which is so weird, because my last job working as a Hyperion Administrator started August 25, 2007...my new job starts on August 25, 2008 exactly one year later to the day. Weird shit like this happens to me all the effing time.
So if you were wondering, "when is that douchebag gunuh put up another film for me to watch?", well now you know the story and are up to speed on my stress. I will post the make up ones today.
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