John Landis made his first dent in Hollywood with this hilarious parody of Z-grade monster movies, and it was big enough to launch a film career. The kudos go to Landis’ comic monkey-man performance, wearing a Schockthropus ape suit by the 20 year-old self taught makeup whiz Rick Baker. Only monster movie fans will understand, but they’ll be charmed. This foreign edition is stacked with schlock-thropic extras.
Schlock
Blu-ray + DVD
Turbine Media Group
1973 / Color / Region Free / 1:78 widescreen (Blu-ray); 1:37 Academy (Ntsc DVD) / 79 min. / Available from Rakete Shop (De) / Street Date April 27, 2018 / Euros 29.99
Starring: John Landis, Saul Kahan, Eliza Garrett, Joseph Piantadosi, Enrica Blankey (Harriet Medin), Forrest J. Ackerman, Jack H. Harris, Donald F. Glut, John Chambers, Ivan Lepper.
Cinematography: Robert E. Collins
Film Editor: George Folsey Jr.
Makeup Artist: Rick Baker
Original Music: David Gibson
Produced by George Folsey Jr., Jack H. Harris, James C. O’Rourke
Written and...
Schlock
Blu-ray + DVD
Turbine Media Group
1973 / Color / Region Free / 1:78 widescreen (Blu-ray); 1:37 Academy (Ntsc DVD) / 79 min. / Available from Rakete Shop (De) / Street Date April 27, 2018 / Euros 29.99
Starring: John Landis, Saul Kahan, Eliza Garrett, Joseph Piantadosi, Enrica Blankey (Harriet Medin), Forrest J. Ackerman, Jack H. Harris, Donald F. Glut, John Chambers, Ivan Lepper.
Cinematography: Robert E. Collins
Film Editor: George Folsey Jr.
Makeup Artist: Rick Baker
Original Music: David Gibson
Produced by George Folsey Jr., Jack H. Harris, James C. O’Rourke
Written and...
- 5/3/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Miami Vice
Season 1, Episode 1: “Brother’s Keeper” (Pilot)
Directed by Thomas Carter
Written by Anthony Yerkovich
Original air date: Sept. 16, 1984
Hey, Tubbs…ever consider a career in Southern law enforcement?” – Crockett
Miami Vice premiered on September 16, 1984 with a two-hour season premiere. The episode titled “Brother’s Keeper” garnered critical acclaim, and the series went on to become a symbol of the times. Legend has it that NBC President Brandon Tartikoff started the ball rolling after he scribbled “MTV Cops” on a napkin, and then went looking for someone at NBC to produce the show. However the series was actually the brainchild of scriptwriter-turned-director Michael Mann (coming off the critical success of Manhunter), and Hill Street Blues writer-producer Anthony Yerkovich, who was already drafting the idea based by news stories about the thriving drug trade in Florida. But regardless what Yerkovich brought to the table, the show’s most dominant creative force was Michael Mann.
Season 1, Episode 1: “Brother’s Keeper” (Pilot)
Directed by Thomas Carter
Written by Anthony Yerkovich
Original air date: Sept. 16, 1984
Hey, Tubbs…ever consider a career in Southern law enforcement?” – Crockett
Miami Vice premiered on September 16, 1984 with a two-hour season premiere. The episode titled “Brother’s Keeper” garnered critical acclaim, and the series went on to become a symbol of the times. Legend has it that NBC President Brandon Tartikoff started the ball rolling after he scribbled “MTV Cops” on a napkin, and then went looking for someone at NBC to produce the show. However the series was actually the brainchild of scriptwriter-turned-director Michael Mann (coming off the critical success of Manhunter), and Hill Street Blues writer-producer Anthony Yerkovich, who was already drafting the idea based by news stories about the thriving drug trade in Florida. But regardless what Yerkovich brought to the table, the show’s most dominant creative force was Michael Mann.
- 7/4/2013
- by Ricky da Conceição
- SoundOnSight
Miami Vice
Season 1, Episode 1: “Brother’s Keeper” (Pilot)
Directed by Thomas Carter
Written by Anthony Yerkovich
Original air date: Sept. 16, 1984
Hey, Tubbs…ever consider a career in Southern law enforcement?” – Crockett
Miami Vice premiered on September 16, 1984 with a two-hour season premiere. The episode titled “Brother’s Keeper” garnered critical acclaim, and the series went on to become a symbol of the times. Legend has it that NBC President Brandon Tartikoff started the ball rolling after he scribbled “MTV Cops” on a napkin, and then went looking for someone at NBC to produce the show. However the series was actually the brainchild of scriptwriter-turned-director Michael Mann (coming off the critical success of Manhunter), and Hill Street Blues writer-producer Anthony Yerkovich, who was already drafting the idea based by news stories about the thriving drug trade in Florida. But regardless what Yerkovich brought to the table, the show’s most dominant creative force was Michael Mann.
Season 1, Episode 1: “Brother’s Keeper” (Pilot)
Directed by Thomas Carter
Written by Anthony Yerkovich
Original air date: Sept. 16, 1984
Hey, Tubbs…ever consider a career in Southern law enforcement?” – Crockett
Miami Vice premiered on September 16, 1984 with a two-hour season premiere. The episode titled “Brother’s Keeper” garnered critical acclaim, and the series went on to become a symbol of the times. Legend has it that NBC President Brandon Tartikoff started the ball rolling after he scribbled “MTV Cops” on a napkin, and then went looking for someone at NBC to produce the show. However the series was actually the brainchild of scriptwriter-turned-director Michael Mann (coming off the critical success of Manhunter), and Hill Street Blues writer-producer Anthony Yerkovich, who was already drafting the idea based by news stories about the thriving drug trade in Florida. But regardless what Yerkovich brought to the table, the show’s most dominant creative force was Michael Mann.
- 7/4/2013
- by Ricky da Conceição
- SoundOnSight
A mystery billboard in Wyoming, Minn. is attracting lots of buzz today, in part because everyone wants to talk about it, but no one, it seems, knows much about it yet. (Seriously: For a great lesson on news in the virtual age, witness the initial speculation that the shot was a digital fake. Then when Minnesota NPR's Bob Collins blogged that he had driven past it on I-35, he wrote that he immediately got calls from Fox News and MSNBC asking him to appear and talk about the billboard. He declined incredulously, because the only thing he had to offer...
- 2/9/2010
- by Kerrie Mitchell
- EW.com - PopWatch
All similarities to the contrary, this is Not Steve McQueen...Love your website, although I have one question regarding your banner. Who is the guy pointing the gun (the guy between Raquel Welch and Christopher Lee)? I used to think it was Dr. Cornelius from Planet of the Apes... Is it McQueen? If it is McQueen it's a very unflattering picture... It's driving me crazy.
Other than that, your website is great. RomuloRetro responds: First, thank you for your kind words and for being a loyal reader. In fact, the image of the guy pointing the gun in our masthead graphic is indeed Steve McQueen, as depicted on a European release poster for Bullitt. Now, Romulo, we will admit it might not be the most life-like portrait of the iconic star...and we can understand confusing the image with that of another actor--but frickin' Cornelius from Planet of the Apes?...
Other than that, your website is great. RomuloRetro responds: First, thank you for your kind words and for being a loyal reader. In fact, the image of the guy pointing the gun in our masthead graphic is indeed Steve McQueen, as depicted on a European release poster for Bullitt. Now, Romulo, we will admit it might not be the most life-like portrait of the iconic star...and we can understand confusing the image with that of another actor--but frickin' Cornelius from Planet of the Apes?...
- 11/27/2009
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Bob Collins, former director general of RTÉ, has been chosen as the chairman of the new Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (Bai). The Bai is to take over the functions of the previous Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and the Broadcasting Complaints Commission. The Bai is to take over the functions of the previous Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and the Broadcasting Complaints Commission, as well as the functions of the RTÉ Authority and the board of Teilifís na Gaeilge (TG4). The Authority will comprise nine members. Five members have been appointed by Government on the nomination of the Minister and a further four will be appointed following the nomination of the Joint Oireachtas Committee for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.
- 10/1/2009
- IFTN
Thanks for the story about all time boxoffice champs. As a former theatre manager, I've always said that you don't rank movies from different eras by their boxoffice gross, you rank them by the number of paid admissions. Inflation may inflate the gross, but an admission is still an admission - and that levels the playing field. The $2.00 admission price of 1968 can't compete with the $10 admission price of 2009. Considering today's ticket prices, what current movie wouldn't out-gross a picture from 40 years ago? They could do it with just 20% to 25% of the admissions of the earlier movies.
One could argue that older movies like Gone With The Wind had several re-issues to bolster their all time gross and that's true. But by the same token, older movies did not have alternative markets like home video or pay per view for the first several decades of their existence. - Bob Collins Retro responds: You're right,...
One could argue that older movies like Gone With The Wind had several re-issues to bolster their all time gross and that's true. But by the same token, older movies did not have alternative markets like home video or pay per view for the first several decades of their existence. - Bob Collins Retro responds: You're right,...
- 7/8/2009
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Our report on the upcoming remake of Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs has united Cinema Retro readers in opposition to the project. Bob Collins, subscriber and voice-over artist extraordinaire, vents his opinion, which is typical of the reaction we've seen.
Lee,
One more log on the fire that Hollywood has lost all creativity. Even if they wanted to set this in England, why remake it at all Of course we know the answer. No talent hack writers. As a Yankee transplanted in the south, this does offer some possibilities:
Max Baer stars in the David Warner role as Jethro Bodean actually becomes the village idiot.
Morgan Freeman can star as the movie is retitled, "Driving Miss Daisy To Trencher's Farm"
Best,
Bob Collins
bobvox.com and bobcollins.voice123.com
Retro responds: Right you are, Bob. I wonder if someone is getting Clifton James to reprise his Sheriff J.W. Pepper character...
Lee,
One more log on the fire that Hollywood has lost all creativity. Even if they wanted to set this in England, why remake it at all Of course we know the answer. No talent hack writers. As a Yankee transplanted in the south, this does offer some possibilities:
Max Baer stars in the David Warner role as Jethro Bodean actually becomes the village idiot.
Morgan Freeman can star as the movie is retitled, "Driving Miss Daisy To Trencher's Farm"
Best,
Bob Collins
bobvox.com and bobcollins.voice123.com
Retro responds: Right you are, Bob. I wonder if someone is getting Clifton James to reprise his Sheriff J.W. Pepper character...
- 4/27/2009
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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By Bob Collins
There was a time in the grand era of movie palaces where the theater we saw a movie at was as important as the film itself. Names like Marcus Loew and William Fox built and operated theater palaces that were created to give the common man a feeling of royalty, even if only for a couple of hours while they were entertained by the latest fare from Hollywood. Studios, too, built monuments to showmanship where the movies they made could be seen in all their splendor.
Many of these theaters still exist; Grauman’s Chinese in Hollywood, The Loew’s Jersey in Jersey City, the Fox Theatres in Atlanta and Detroit, among others. Some are now performing arts centers, but a few still operate the way they were originally conceived – as movie theaters.
Washington, D.C. does not come...
By Bob Collins
There was a time in the grand era of movie palaces where the theater we saw a movie at was as important as the film itself. Names like Marcus Loew and William Fox built and operated theater palaces that were created to give the common man a feeling of royalty, even if only for a couple of hours while they were entertained by the latest fare from Hollywood. Studios, too, built monuments to showmanship where the movies they made could be seen in all their splendor.
Many of these theaters still exist; Grauman’s Chinese in Hollywood, The Loew’s Jersey in Jersey City, the Fox Theatres in Atlanta and Detroit, among others. Some are now performing arts centers, but a few still operate the way they were originally conceived – as movie theaters.
Washington, D.C. does not come...
- 1/28/2009
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Lee and Dave:
I loved the story on Castle Films. As kids, my best friend and I would show our collection of Castle Films in our backyards to the neighborhood kids. We ran (poorly) synchronized classical music on reel-to-reel tape with each movie. We even had two projectors so the show would never stop. Just like the real movie theatres had.
I've attached pictures of some of the Castle Films I have. I still have every title I ever bought. I started collecting the Universal Horror movies but branched out into other areas as time went on.
May I suggest a very good reference book, "Castle Films: A Hobbyists Guide" by
Scott McGilvery? It lists every Castle Films title ever released.- Bob Collins
Retro responds: Thanks a lot, Bob- it just whets my appetite for those days when seeing even a fraction of a film in B&W without...
I loved the story on Castle Films. As kids, my best friend and I would show our collection of Castle Films in our backyards to the neighborhood kids. We ran (poorly) synchronized classical music on reel-to-reel tape with each movie. We even had two projectors so the show would never stop. Just like the real movie theatres had.
I've attached pictures of some of the Castle Films I have. I still have every title I ever bought. I started collecting the Universal Horror movies but branched out into other areas as time went on.
May I suggest a very good reference book, "Castle Films: A Hobbyists Guide" by
Scott McGilvery? It lists every Castle Films title ever released.- Bob Collins
Retro responds: Thanks a lot, Bob- it just whets my appetite for those days when seeing even a fraction of a film in B&W without...
- 12/31/2008
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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