Mort Drucker’s Stars of the 1980s
Mort Drucker’s drawing of Stars of the 1980s cried out to be shared. How many of the stars can you name? If you’d like to see a much larger version, click over to The Bristol Board.
Category: Celebs
Burt Reynolds has No Intention of Going Gentle into that Good Night.
Burt Reynolds was recently interviewed for A24: Burt Reynolds has No Intention of Going Gentle into that Good Night. A lot of folks here are going to dig the interview.
‘Thief’: How Michael Mann’s Cinema Debut Stole the World’s Attention
Thief: How Michael Mann’s Cinema Debut Stole the World’s Attention. That’s right, amigos, Michael Mann’s Thief gets the Cinephilia & Beyond treatment.
Click on the link and you’ll find…
- Mann’s final draft script for Thief
- Thief the first heist video
- James Caan on Thief
- Omar Ahmed’s video essay on Michael Mann’s Thief
- Michael Mann on Filmmaking (video)
- An Evening with Michael Mann (video)
- Many Behind-the-Scenes Photos
- and more!
Staz Johnson Teams Rambo and John Matrix!
Folks here are going to dig Staz Johnson’s take on Rambo and John Matrix (Commando)! It was a commission request, and surprisingly not by me. Whoever came up with the idea came home with a winner!
In Praise of Burt Reynolds: The Last Good Ol’ Boy Movie Star
Dan Epstein created an excellent profile of Burt Reynolds for Rolling Stone. In Praise of Burt Reynolds: The Last Good Ol’ Boy Movie Star is well worth a read. Here’s a few tidbits…
…even at the height of his fame, Reynolds was never really taken seriously as an actor. Part of the problem, perhaps, was that he was so damned good-looking…
Nobody had more onscreen or offscreen swagger in his stride or a more knowing twinkle in his eye. He was Cary Grant crossed with Tom Jones – funny, sharp, self-aware and surprisingly unpretentious…
And maybe his natural inclination towards fun was part of the problem. Even in his prime, well before all the Cannonball Runs and Stroker Aces and Rent-a-Cops began piling up like a trash strike, he paid scant attention to “building his brand” as a serious actor. The man preferred instead to do whatever happened to strike his fancy at the time…
Now, thanks to Rifkin, Reynolds is back with what’s arguably his best performance since Boogie Nights…
Source: Al Bundy’s Socks.
Miller & Wheeler’s “Cursed” Picked Up by Netflix!
About a week ago it was announced that Frank Miller will provide the art and team with writer Thomas Wheeler for Cursed, a young adult novel that…
…tells the story of King Arthur from the point of view of Nimue, the 16-year-old girl who first wielded Excalibur and ultimately became the Lady of the Lake.
Although the book won’t be out until 2019, Netflix has decided to pick it up as a series! For full details check out Netflix Orders TV Series ‘Cursed’ From Frank Miller & Tom Wheeler Based On Book Reimagining King Arthur Legend at Deadline.com.
Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’ Got the Cinephilia and Beyond Treatment!
Stanley Kubric / The Shining / Horror fans are going to love it that Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’ Got the Cinephilia and Beyond Treatment!
Click on the link and you’ll find…
- Kubrick’s Original Treatment for The Shinning
- A rare interview with Kubrick
- Rare Behind the Scenes Footage
- Another rare Kubrick Interview
- The Visions of Stanley Kubrick Video
- View from The Overlook Video
- Kubrick Talks About The Shining Video Interview
- and much more!
“Creed 2” Poster by Gerardo Moreno!
How about this sweet Creed 2 poster made by Gerardo Moreno? Moreno’s Jedi skills at poster-making are strong!
Jason Edminston’s “Rocky IV” Print
Jason Edminston‘s Rocky IV print was featured this week in JoBlo’s Awesome Art We’ve Found Around the Net. It was too nice not to share here!
“Ronnie Coleman: The King” Trailer is Here!
The trailer for Ronnie Coleman: The King is here. What a price he paid.
Marilyn Monroe’s Response
This is one of those stories that if it isn’t true, it should be.
In 1951, Marilyn Monroe wore a low-cut red dress to a party.
The next morning, a columnist complained that Marilyn Monroe was “cheap and vulgar,” and would have looked more decent in a potato sack.
Marilyn’s response was the photos above.
Source: Anthony Oliveira.
The Many Collaborations of Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins
Max Allan Collins was recently interviewed by Michael Barson about Collins’ friendship and collaborations with Mickey Spillane. If you’re a fan of Collins and/or Spillane, you won’t want to miss it.
Source: Crime Spree Mag.
“The Godfather, Part II” Art by Steranko!
Here’s something you don’t often see — Steranko art for The Godfather, Part II. You can see a bigger version at Cool Comic Art on Twitter.
11 Dizzying Facts About “Vertigo”
Tara Aquino and Mental Floss present 11 Dizzying Facts About Vertigo. Here are three of my favorites…
1. ALFRED HITCHCOCK BLAMED JIMMY STEWART FOR VERTIGO’S FAILURE.
Marred by mixed reviews, the $2.5 million Vertigo did comparatively less than Hitchcock’s previous movies, and was widely recognized as a failure. Frustrated with its reception, Hitchcock partly blamed star Jimmy Stewart’s aging appearance. At the time of filming, Stewart—who had starred in Hitchcock’s three previous films—was 50 years old which, according to the director, was too old to convincingly play then-25-year-old Kim Novak’s love interest.5. AN UNCREDITED CAMERAMAN CAME UP WITH THE FAMOUS “VERTIGO EFFECT.”
According to associate producer Herbert Coleman, it wasn’t Hitchcock who came up with the film’s famous camera technique (which essentially involves zooming forward while pulling the camera backward); rather, it was an uncredited second unit cameraman, Irwin Roberts. “He didn’t get screen credit on Vertigo because they gave the screen credit to another close friend of ours [Wallace Kelley] who did all the process work on the stage,” Coleman said.9. ALFRED HITCHCOCK CHANGED THE SETTING FROM PARIS TO SAN FRANCISCO.
The French source novel, D’entre les Morts, was set in Paris, but Hitchcock believed that San Francisco was more interesting. As noted by Auiler, with the city’s vertiginous streets and hilly landscape, the location perfectly matched the film’s themes. In a city where there were such extreme physical highs and lows, awful for anyone with acrophobia, Scottie’s vertigo became a character in and of itself.
The “Mask” Trailer is Here!
Here’s the trailer for Mask. Charles Mask Lewis was the visionary behind Tapout. From all accounts, Lewis was a generous kind human being who died way too young.
