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12 Action Stars Who Still Kicked Butt After 60

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On February 24, 2014, The Playlist ran an article by Gabe Toro titled 12 Action Stars Who Still Kicked Butt After 60.  The nicely written piece features Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steven Seagal, Takeshi Kitano, Samuel L. Jackson, Danny Trejo, Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Christopher Lee and Sylvester Stallone.

Here’s a bit of what Toro had to say about Sly…

His Career Pre-60: Stallone rose to fame as the Italian Stallion, achieving immortality as “Rocky,” using the underdog sports story to launch an unmatched career in action films…

As Rocky, Stallone is slipping on a warm coat, and this is easily his most touching, low-key performance.

Emboldened by the success of “Rocky Balboa,” Stallone jumped at the chance to return to the world of leading men, uniting the shiniest action stars of yesterday by kick-starting “The Expendables” as a franchise, where Stallone would rub shoulders with legends like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris.

Stallone remains in improbable action hero shape, ready to impress once again in this summer’s “The Expendables 3.”

I really enjoyed Toro‘s article and my only question is, “Why No John Wayne?”

Alfred Hitchcock or Saul Bass: Who Directed the “Psycho” Shower Scene?

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Who directed the Psycho shower scene?

Most folks would say, “Alfred Hitchcock” since Hitchcock is the director credited with directing Psycho.  Add to the fact that Hitchcock says he directed the scene and it would seem like case closed.

Ah, but things are seldom that easy, are they?

You see Hitchcock hired Saul Bass, the famous graphic artist, to storyboard the shower scene.  And Bass was on the set for the seven days it took to shoot the scene.  And Bass claims he directed the scene.

Vashi Nedomansky lays out a case to show that whether or not Bass directed the scene…

…it’s quite clear that the Saul Bass storyboards were followed explicitly to create the indelible images that made this spectacular scene.

Nedomansky’s Who Directed the PSYCHO Shower Scene? should be required reading for all movie fans.

Well done, Vashi.

Adrian Brody is Harry Houdini

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The February 21, 2014 issue of Entertainment Weekly presented a First Look at Adrian Brody as Houdini.  Brody will play Houdini in a four hour mini-series that will premiere in May on the History Channel.

I’m looking forward to this.  I like Houdini (who doesn’t) and Brody is an interesting actor.  Brody is also a Houdini fan (who isn’t) and said Houdini is…

“…probably the original superhero.  Nobody (else) dared to do the things he dreamed up.” 

Sources: Entertainment Weekly and Wild About Houdini

Thomas Boatwright’s Rocky Balboa Watercolor

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Thomas Boatwright is back again this week [just as promised]!

Thomas recently ran a watercolor sketch sale and I jumped on board for a couple.  Thomas came up with the idea of bookending the Rocky series.  Here is his take on Rocky.  The watercolor above is his riff on Rocky Balboa.  Great idea by Thomas and I love the way the art turned out.

If you’d like to see more of Thomas Boatwright’s art check out his blog and his DA site. Send him some love.

If you get commissions, you should consider a piece from Thomas. He keeps you totally in the loop on his progress, finishes his commissions on or ahead of schedule, has very reasonable prices, is a fantastic artist and always gives you more than you’re expecting!   – Craig

Thomas Boatwright’s Rocky and Adrian

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Thomas Boatwright is back!

Thomas recently ran a watercolor sketch sale and I jumped on board for a couple.  Thomas came up with the idea of bookending the Rocky series.  Here is his take on Rocky.  I’ll be back next week with his riff on Rocky Balboa.

If you’d like to see more of Thomas Boatwright’s art check out his blog and his DA site. Send him some love.

If you get commissions, you should consider a piece from Thomas. He keeps you totally in the loop on his progress, finishes his commissions on or ahead of schedule, has very reasonable prices, is a fantastic artist and always gives you more than you’re expecting!   – Craig

19 Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Pretty Woman

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Did you notice the title on the movie poster above?

You were probably expecting to see Pretty Woman the title the movie was released as.  Did you know that the movie was originally titled $3,000?  It was because the was the price for a night with Julia Roberts’ character.

Well, she was a high-priced hooker, you know.

Studio execs didn’t think that their movie if titled $3,000 set the tone of the romantic comedy that they wanted to sell.  So the title changed to Pretty Woman.

Did you know Christopher Reeve, Denzel Washington and Daniel Day-Lewis were reportedly considered for the lead male role… Al Pacino, Albert Brooks and Sylvester Stallone were offered the role as well and turned it down before it went to Richard Gere

You’ll learn all that and a lot more if you check out Buzzfeed’s 19 Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Pretty Woman.