“Assault on Precinct 13” Print by Martin Ansin
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Category: Movies
The Trailer for “War for the Planet of the Apes” is Here!
Here’s the trailer for War for the Planet of the Apes!
I’m a sucker for The Planet of the Apes movies.
Crossfire (1947) / Z-View
Crossfire (1947)
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Screenplay: John Paxton adapted from the novel by Richard Brooks
Stars: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan and Gloria Grahame
The Pitch: “Hey, let’s make a novel based on the novel Crossfire.”
Tagline: Hate Is Like A Loaded Gun!
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
Homicide Detective Finlay [Young] investigates the murder of a man. Evidence points to one of a group of soldiers on leave but something just doesn’t feel right…
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Knock Knock (2015) directed by Eli Roth, starring Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo & Ana de Armas / Z-View
Knock Knock (2015)
Director: Eli Roth
Screenplay: Eli Roth & Nicolás López & Guillermo Amoedo
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, Ana de Armas, Aaron Burns and Colleen Camp.
Tagline: ONE NIGHT CAN COST YOU EVERYTHING
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
Evan decides to stay home to get caught up on work while his wife and two young children take a weekend trip. Working late, Evan is surprised when two young women show up at his door. They were dropped off for a party, had the wrong address and are soaked. Evan calls a cab but it will be forty-five minutes.
He allows them to wait inside. Despite his best efforts one thing leads to another and Evan learns that all is not what it seemed and “one night can cost you everything.”
Thoughts…
Knock Knock is a remake of Death Game (1977), which co-starred Colleen Camp and Sondra Locke. Camp and Locke co-produced Knock Knock. Colleen Camp also had a role in this remake.
Co-star Lorenza Izzo was Director Eli Roth’s wife at the time. Keanu Reeves said this made filming the nude scenes awkward.
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Jail Busters (1955) / Z-View
Jail Busters (1955)
Director: William Beaudine
Screenplay: Edward Bernds and Elwood Ullman
Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and Bernard Gorcey
The Pitch: “Hey, let’s put the boys in prison. That ought to be funny!”
Tagline: It’s Real Stir-Crazy!
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
When a reporter friend of the boys gets put in the hospital by the mob, the boys decide to get the scoop by getting sent to prison to sort out the corruption.
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Cabin Fever 3: Patient Zero (2014) / Z-View
Cabin Fever 3: Patient Zero (2014)
Director: Kaare Andrews
Screenplay: Jake Wade Wall
Stars: Sean Astin, Currie Graham and Ryan Donowho
The Pitch: “Hey, let’s make another Cabin Fever movie!”
Tagline: The BIRTH OF FEAR.
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
A group of young friends get dropped off on a remote island for a weekend of fun. Sadly, a flesh-eating virus has escaped from the island research facility. And they thought sun burn was the worst of their worries.
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The Blob (1958) / Z-View
The Blob (1958)
Director: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. and Russell S. Doughten Jr. (uncredited)
Screenplay: Theodore Simonson and Kay Linaker
Stars: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut and Earl Rowe
The Pitch: “Hey, let’s make a monster movie that will appeal to teenagers!”
Tagline: The management of this theatre disclaims any responsibility for heart attacks or damage to nerves.
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
When a couple of teenagers discover that a blob-like alien life form has landed on Earth and is consuming people, no one in town believes them… until it is too late.
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The Great Race (1965) / Z-View
The Great Race (1965)
Director: Blake Edwards
Screenplay: Arthur A. Ross from an original story by Blake Edwards & Arthur A. Ross
Stars: Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O’Connell, Vivian Vance, Larry Storch, Ross Martin and Denver Pyle.
The Pitch: “Hey, let’s make a big budget comedy that’s a throwback to the old comedies!”
Tagline: THE GREAT LAUGH SHOW OF ALL TIME!
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
When the popular daredevil, The Great Leslie [Curtis] proposes a global car race, he finds himself pitted against his arch-rival the evil Dr. Fate [Lemmon].
The Great Race is a classic comedy that works. There are sight gags, pie fights, slapstick and just good fun. It’s a joy to watch and re-watch.
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Mr. Majestyk (1974) / Z-View
Mr. Majestyk (1974)
Director: Richard Fleischer
Screenplay: Elmore Leonard
Stars: Charles Bronson, Linda Cristal and Al Lettieri.
The Pitch: “Hey, Charles Bronson wants to be Mr. Majestyk!”
Tagline: He didn’t want to be hero… until the day they pushed him too far.
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
Vince Majestyk [Bronson] just wants to get his watermelon crop harvested. When a run-in with a local hood lands him jail, Majestyk stops a hitman’s escape. Now the hitman and the mob are out to kill Majestyk.
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Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015) / Z-View
Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015)
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Screenplay: Christopher McQuarrie
Stars: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames and Alec Baldwin.
The Pitch: “Hey, it’s time for another Mission Impossible!”
Tagline: Desperate Times. Desperate Measures.
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
When a senate committee moves to disband the IMF, Ethan Hunt [Cruise] and his team go rogue in an effort to bring down a secret organization known as The Syndicate.
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation has the right mix of action and humor. Special props to Tom Cruise for the plane stunt.
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Dirty Grandpa (2016) / Z-View
Dirty Grandpa (2016)
Director: Dan Mazer
Screenplay: John Phillips
Stars: Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch and Dermot Mulroney.
The Pitch: “Hey, Robert DeNiro wants to play the Dirty Grandpa!”
Tagline: This is Jason. He’s a little worried about his grandpa.
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
A young, soon-to-be-married preppy agrees to drive his recently widowed grandfather to Florida. Lowbrow vulgar humor that’s not very funny ensues.
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15 Hardboiled Facts About “Cool Hand Luke”
Roger Cormier and Mental_Floss present 15 Hardboiled Facts About Cool Hand Luke. Here are three of my favorites…
1. IT WAS WRITTEN BY AN EX-CON.
While in the Merchant Marine, Donn Pearce was caught counterfeiting money and thrown in a French prison. He escaped, returned to the U.S., and became a safe-cracker. A waitress ratted him out and he spent two years on a prison road gang where he heard about a Luke Jackson—someone who was an excellent poker player, a banjo expert, and who had once eaten 50 boiled eggs for a bet. He wrote about him in his book Cool Hand Luke, which was published in 1965. Pearce sold the movie rights to Warner Bros. for $80,000, and got an additional $15,000 to write the screenplay.
But it was his first time trying to write a screenplay, and Frank Pierson was later hired to rework the draft. Pearce appeared in the movie as the convict Sailor and was the production’s technical adviser. He punched someone out on the final day on set and was not invited to the film premiere.
2. JACK LEMMON OR TELLY SAVALAS COULD HAVE PLAYED LUKE.
Jack Lemmon’s production company, Jalem Productions, produced the movie, so Lemmon had first dibs on playing the lead, but he recognized that he wasn’t right for the part. Telly Savalas was then cast as Luke, but he was in Europe filming The Dirty Dozen, and since he refused to fly, the production had to look elsewhere for the starring role to get started on time.
7. BETTE DAVIS WAS THE ORIGINAL CHOICE TO PLAY LUKE’S MOTHER.
Bette Davis turned down the chance to play Luke’s mother, Arletta, which was a one-scene role. It went to Jo Van Fleet (East of Eden) instead, even though she was only 11 years older than Newman. For her single day of shooting, Van Fleet sat on a tree stump, 200 yards from everyone else, looking over her lines. Harry Dean Stanton recalled that Van Fleet asked him to sing to her before her take, and it made her cry.
The Leopard Man (1943) / Z-View
The Leopard Man (1943)
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Screenplay: Ardel Wray and additional dialogue by Edward Dein based on the novel by Cornell Woolrich
Stars: Dennis O’Keefe, Margo and Jean Brooks
The Pitch: “Hey, let’s get Jacques Tourneur to direct The Leopard Man!”
Tagline: A shriek in the night–another victim torn to pieces by claw and fang! Is it man-like beast or beast-like man that picks only beauty as prey–and why?.
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
When a sideshow leopard escapes women begin turning up bitten and clawed to death… but evidence starts to suggest it might not be the leopard.
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Black Sabbath (1963) / Z-View
Black Sabbath (1963)
Director: Mario Bava
Screenplay: Mario Bava and Alberto Bevilacqua
Stars: Michèle Mercier, Lidia Alfonsi and Boris Karloff
The Pitch: “Hey, let’s have Mario Bava direct Boris Karloff!”
Tagline: This is the night of the nightmare…
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
Boris Karloff introduces a trio of horror tales and stars in one. In the first, a woman preparing a corpse for burial steals the dead woman’s ring… and comes to regret it. In the second a young woman receives terrorizing phone calls from a man watching her. In the third Boris Karloff plays an old man returning home from battle with vampire… but did he win?
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