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2 episodes with Arnold Vosloo
2 episodes with Arnold Vosloo
2 episodes with Arnold Vosloo
2 episodes with Arnold Vosloo
The 11th entry in the Sniper franchise landed on Netflix last week, and this week it lands on The Bulletproof Podcast! Join Chris the Brain, Ryan Campbell, and "The Toyman" Chris DePetrillo as they discuss 2025's Sniper: The Last Stand! The greatness of Chad Michael Collins, the storytelling structure used in the film, the added bonus of Arnold Vosloo, the return of Zero, the introductions of Brandon Beckett's teammates, seeds being planted for future Sniper films and walkout songs are among the talking points. Plus, the guys rebook the film with G.I. Joe characters! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Die toneelstuk Liefdesbriewe, met die bekroonde akteurs Arnold Vosloo en Elzabé Zietsman, word tydens die 29ste Klein-Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees opgevoer. Hierdie Afrikaanse verwerking van A.R. Gurney se Love Letters vertel die ontroerende verhaal van Melissa en André, wie se lewenslange verhouding deur vyf dekades se briewe, kaartjies en nota's ontvou. Dit is die eerste keer in dekades dat Vosloo op 'n Suid-Afrikaanse verhoog te sien is, en is ook sy hereniging met Zietsman ná hul laaste samewerking in 1982. Vosloo verduidelik hoekom hy besluit het om deel te wees van die produksie:
This was Universal's 3rd time making The Mummy. Originally from 1932, then 1959, then 1999! 3rd times a charm indeed. We will never EVER speak of the 2017 version. AND NEITHER WILL YOU. In this episode, we discuss the 1999 movie, The Mummy. Directed by Stephen Sommers. Starring Brenden Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, and John Hannah. It is available on Hulu and Disney Plus. Every movie we discuss will be available on either: Netflix, Hulu, HBO MAX, Youtube, Tubi, Freevee, Apple TV, or Amazon Prime. You can request movies by emailing us at specrapular@gmail.com Go follow our Youtube channel where ALL of our episodes are posted now: Specrapular (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0ppqS8Japy4yT4cVfcGEKw) The next movie we are going to discuss is Whiplash, from 2014. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser, and Melissa Benoist. It is available on Netflix. Intro music by: Luis Find more music from Luis at: instagram.com/breatheinstereo Season 7 Episode 11
Obsession can be your downfall. The way the characters are in this movie is horrible, they can't just let things go. But we get it. Some day, Mike and Brandon will solve the Riemann Hypothesis. YOU'LL SEE! Sorry, no video this week, Brandon fucked up the recording. In this episode, we discuss the movie, Heat, from 1995. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Val Kilmer, Ashley Judd, and Tom Sizemore. It is available on Disney Plus and Amazon Prime. Every movie we discuss will be available on either: Netflix, Hulu, HBO MAX, Youtube, Tubi, Freevee, Apple TV, or Amazon Prime. You can request movies by emailing us at specrapular@gmail.com Go follow our Youtube channel where ALL of our episodes are posted now: Specrapular (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0ppqS8Japy4yT4cVfcGEKw) The next movie we are going to discuss is The Mummy, from 1999. Directed by Stephen Sommers. Starring Brenden Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, and John Hannah. It is available on Hulu and Disney Plus. Intro music by: Luis Find more music from Luis at: instagram.com/breatheinstereo Season 7 Episode 10
1999's The Mummy - Directed by Stephen Sommers; Starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Jonathan Hyde and Arnold Vosloo stars as Imhotep: a resurrected sorcerer with incredible powers of destruction. The Mummy is a throwback to early adventure films of early Hollywood, like we hadn't seen since Indiana Jones: And the Last Crusade fitting a mold that is a great blend of grand adventure with the supernatural we hadn't seen in over 10 years. One of the top 10 grossing films in the US of 1999, The Mummy is left with a legacy of uneven sequels and spinoffs (including the debut of Dwayne Johnson: Movie Star), and a remake to undo it entirely, but let none of that stop you from having a great time with this one.
On the newest episode of Comics and Chronic the guys discuss The Mummy. The Mummy is a 1999 American action-adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers, starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, and Arnold Vosloo in the title role as the reanimated mummy. It is a remake of the 1932 film of the same name. The film follows adventurer and treasure hunter Rick O'Connell as he travels to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, with librarian Evelyn Carnahan and her older brother Jonathan, where they accidentally awaken Imhotep, a cursed high priest with supernatural powers. The guys also discuss how Anthony will save us from AI. They talk about how hot the cast is and all of the cast's illustrious careers. Was Imhotep antisemitic? What were the conditions like on set? Would we survive this movie? Does this feel like an early MCU movie? Who would we cast as 90's MCU? Find out on the newest episode of Comics and Chronic! Check out Superguy on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mrtonynacho/superguy-1 Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ComicsandChronic Check out our website: https://www.comicsandchronic.com/New episodes every THURSDAYFollow us on social media!Bluesky // Instagram // Twitter // TikTok : @comicsnchronicYouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC45vP6pBHZk9rZi_2X3VkzQE-mail: comicsnchronicpodcast@gmail.comCody Instagram // Bluesky: @codycannoncomedyTwitter: @Cody_CannonTikTok: @codywalakacannonJakeInstagram // Bluesky: @jakefhahaAnthonyBluesky // Instagram // Threads // Twitter // TikTok: @mrtonynachoYouTube: youtube.com/nachocomedy
Flüche, Mumien, Abenteuer, exotische Landschaften, schnelle Action, guter Humor, tolle Darsteller... Die Mumie ist einfach das ganze Paket des filmischen Eskapismus. Und auch 25 Jahre später immer noch ein toller Film.
From our sister podcast, THE CON GIRLS, comes this celebration a Brendan Fraser classic. The 1999 blockbuster THE MUMMY bares little resemblance to its 1932 predecessor... It starred Brendan Fraser as adventurer and treasure hunter Rick O'Connell, along with Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, and Arnold Vosloo in the title role as the Mummy. But this time, the mummy iss more than a creeping reanimated corpse... it's the powerful Imhotep, a cursed high priest with supernatural powers who pursues the heroes in an adventure straight out of the Indiana Jones playbook. On this episode, we look at the enduring legacy of this film.
Send us a textThis week Rob and Liam take a look at mullet action royalty that is Hard Target. Directed by John Woo and even though shackled the Wooness shines through. With scene stealing performances by Lance Henrickson, Arnold Vosloo and Wilfred Brimley. Hard Target's second half delivers on what we are promised an all out action extravaganza one that is surely not to be missed. Oh and Van Damme is in this too.
Welcome to the Horror Project Podcast. Join hosts Laura and Phil as they review The Mummy (1999).This week on the podcast we join adventurer Rick O'Connell, Egyptologist Evelyn, and her clumsy brother who accidentally awaken a cursed mummy, Imhotep, Pharaoh Seti I's high priest, while excavating the ancient city of Hamunaptra. Can Laura overlook the outdated special effects when watching for the first time? We're also loving Rachel Weisz's character Evelyn, and having trouble pronouncing Imhotep's girlfriend's name.We hope you enjoy the show, thanks for listening!Email - Horrorprojectpodcast@hotmail.com X (Formerly Twitter) - @TheHorrorProje1Instagram - horrorprojectpodcastTikTok - @horrorprojectpodcastSay Hi - Send The Horror Project a Message!
Couch Potato Theater: The Mummy (1999) Watch the video version of this Couch Potato Theater episode on the Fandom Podcast Network YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FandomPodcastNetwork Welcome to Couch Potato Theater here on the Fandom Podcast Network! On Couch Potato Theater we celebrate our favorite movies! On this episode we celebrate one of the most fun action comedy movies of the 90's, The Mummy (1999)! The Mummy (1999) celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2024. The Mummy is a 1999 American action-adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers, starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah and Arnold Vosloo in the title role as the reanimated mummy. It is based on the 1932 film of the same name. The film follows adventurer Rick O'Connell as he travels to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, with librarian Evelyn Carnahan and her older brother Jonathan, where they accidentally awaken Imhotep, a cursed high priest with supernatural powers. Fandom Podcast Network Contact Information - The FANDOM PODCAST NETWORK YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/FandomPodcastNetwork - Master feed for all FPNet Audio Podcasts: http://fpnet.podbean.com/ - Couch Potato Theater Audio Podcast Master Feed: https://fpnet.podbean.com/category/couch-potato-theater - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fandompodcastnetwork - Email: fandompodcastnetwork@gmail.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fandompodcastnetwork/ - X (Twitter): @fanpodnetwork / https://twitter.com/fanpodnetwork - Tee Public Fandom Podcast Network Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/fandom-podcast-network #FandomPodcastNetwork #FPNet #FPN #CouchPotatoTheater #TheMummy #TheMummy1999 #TheMummyMovie #StephenSommers #JerryGoldsmith #BrendanFraser #RachelWeisz #JohnHannah #ArnoldVosloo #KevinJOConnor #JonathanHyde #OdedFehr #ErickAvari #BernardFox #PatriciaVelasquez #StephenDunham #OmidDjalili #CoreyJohnson #TucWatkins #CarlChase
From a Ken Doll in fatigues to "action figures" with kung fu grip to an afterschool cartoon and finally to... a live action theatrical release! It's 2009's G.I. JOE: RISE OF CORBA. The fictional President is nameless, but is he also faceless? (Well...technically, yes, in a way, but we'll get to that...) THE MUMMY'S Stephen Sommers directs a cast of literally thousands (of names). Every character (except for The President) has at least two names, some have three. It's needlessly complicated. But is the nefarious plan of Joseph Gordon-Levitt's The Doctor aka Cobra Commander aka Rexford "Rex" Lewis also needlessly complicated? (Yes, yes it is. Very much so.) Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Rachel Nichols, Sienna Miller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dennis Quaid, Lee Byung-hun, Arnold Vosloo, Ray Park, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and an uncredited Brendan Fraser star alongside Sir Jonathan Pryce as the faux potus. Find us on most social media sites at "Fake_Presidents." Or email us at fakepresidents [at] gmail.com if you want to be in the next mail bag. (And you do!) 00:00 Intro 2:32 - Background 10:47 - The Channing Tatum Game 16:45 - The Plot 33:18 - What is the movie trying to tell us? 40:35 - What do we know about this POTUS? 43:36 - Approval Ratings 49:54 - Closing 51:39 - Post-Credits Bit
Mike and Tristan are back from the dead to talk about the blockbuster hit “The Mummy”The MummyDirector Stephen SommersProducerKevin JarreScreenwriterNina Wilcox Putnam, Richard Schayer, John L. Balderston, Stephen Sommers, Lloyd Fonvielle, Kevin Jarre, Stephen SommersStaring:Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Kevin J. O'Connor, Jonathan Hyde, Oded Fehr, Erick Avari Studio: Universal PicturesRatingPG-13GenreAdventure, Action, FantasyRelease Date (Theaters)May 7, 1999
Prepare to journey into the heart of ancient Egypt as we unearth the secrets and sorcery of the 1999 blockbuster film 'The Mummy.' Join hosts Jon and Brittney as they delve into the sands of time to revisit this beloved adventure film and uncover its enduring charm.In this episode, we'll embark on a thrilling expedition with Rick O'Connell and his intrepid companions as they face off against the wrath of Imhotep, the ancient mummy awakened from his centuries-old slumber. From breathtaking action sequences to spine-tingling moments of suspense, we'll explore how 'The Mummy' captivated audiences with its blend of high-octane adventure and supernatural intrigue.Join us as we discuss the film's charismatic characters, including the swashbuckling Rick O'Connell played by Brendan Fraser, the fearless Evelyn Carnahan portrayed by Rachel Weisz, and the sinister Imhotep brought to life by Arnold Vosloo. From the exotic locales of Cairo to the treacherous depths of Hamunaptra, we'll journey through the film's stunning set pieces and dazzling visual effects.But the mysteries don't end there! We'll also delve into the film's enduring legacy, discussing its impact on the action-adventure genre and its place in cinematic history. From memorable quotes to iconic moments, we'll celebrate everything that makes 'The Mummy' a timeless classic.So dust off your fedora, pack your bags, and join us for a thrilling expedition into the world of 'The Mummy.' Whether you're a fan of adventure, horror, or just a good old-fashioned romp through the desert, this episode promises to be a journey you won't soon forget.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-rewind--5864735/support.
On this week's Episode Will. Ian and Nora open a tomb, an ancient tomb. A curs-ed tomb, the tomb of the year 1999! And from that tomb they pull- THE MUMMY (1999) Directed by: Stephen Sommers. Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo, John Hannah, Keven J. O'Connor, Jonathan Hyde, Erick Avari, Patricia Velasquez, Oded Fehr and Many Other Talented People! 01:30- First Thoughts 05:30- Whatcha Been Watchin'? (Will- The Roast of Tom Brady, Star Wars: Tales of the Empire- Ian- The Mummy Returns, The Scorpion King, Knuckles. Nora- Constellation, Shogun, Return to Me, My Next Guest, Vanderpump Rules) 17:00- THE MUMMY (1999) 53:30- Totals! 56:30- Next Week/Bye Next Week: The Fall Guy
Send us a Text Message.Join us, with Actor/Writer/Director/Puppeteer/FAMILY (family...) member Ben Burris, as we dive into the annals for a deep inspection of "The Mummy," (Dir. Stephen Sommers 1999) Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and Arnold Vosloo. Enjoy this whopping 2hr 25min MOTHER OF ALL EPISODES! Really, it's mostly just special effects talk, Mr. T rapping, and a drop in from a very special guest. Happy Mother's Day!Plot: At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love.Recorded 5/232hr 25mins**All episodes contain explicit language**Artwork - Ben McFaddenReview Review Intro/Outro Theme - Jamie Henwood"What Are We Watching" Theme - Matthew Fosket"Fun Facts" Theme - Chris Olds/Paul RootLead-Ins Edited/Conceptualized by - Ben McFaddenProduced by - Ben McFadden & Paul RootConcept - Paul Root
This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Mummy.A "remake" of the 1932 Boris Karloff Universal Monsters classic, Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo, John Hannah, and Oded Fehr star in the action-packed update that was a massive hit in 1999 and spawned sequels, a spin-off franchise, a theme park ride, and an animated series. Zach and Chris talk about how the curse to punish Imhotep makes him an unstoppable evil force, try to figure out what crime Rick committed that would get him hanged, the outstanding balance of action, humor, and horror, if there's one too many greedy weasely characters and more.You can watch The Mummy on Peacock or rent it from various digital services. Next week, we're returning to the Monsterverse's beginning and talking about Godzilla (2014) as it celebrates its 10th anniversary.We want to hear your comments and feedback. Send them all to contact@everythingaction.com. Also, let us know your suggestions for movies for us to discuss.Please subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts. You can also find the podcast on YouTube.Check us out on Twitter (@evaction), Facebook (www.facebook.com/everything.action), and Instagram (@everything.action).
This week, no harm ever came from reading a book, and we test out if the same is true of watching a movie as we discuss 1999's The Mummy on the day it returns to theatres for a 25th anniversary re-release. The Mummy is written and directed by Stephen Sommers, and stars Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Patricia Velasquez, Oded Fehr, Kevin J. O'Connor and Erick Avari. Hayley has put this one up for canon consideration, as it is once again the last Friday of the month and we just might be adding another title to the illustrious pod pantheon. It's a movie that did big business on home video, and may just do decent business at the weekend box office again 25 years later this weekend. If you'd like to watch The Mummy before listening to our discussion, it is currently streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Tubi and Starz at the time of publication. Not sure how! But it is. Other films discussed on this episode include Defending Your Life, The Good Place, Live By Night, Veronica Guerin, The Fifth Estate, BlackBerry, Bon Cop Bad Cop, Stronger, The Exorcist: Believer, Valkyrie, Inglourious Basterds, Oblivion, Knight & Day, The Beekeeper, Suicide Squad, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Blast From The Past, Stargate, The Mummy Returns, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Batman ('89), The Amazing Spider-Man, The Rocketeer, Mr. Deeds, Daredevil, Speed Racer and Spider-Man 2. We'll be back next week to kick off a new month, as David Leitch's TV adaptation The Fall Guy hits the big screen. And you know what else falls? Domino...s. Yes, we're going back to the well with our man Tony Scott as we watch his 2005 thriller Domino, starring Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke and Edgar Ramirez, which is sadly not streaming anywhere. Until then, we'll see you at the movies!!
This week we watched the 1999 action adventure film The Mummy. Directed by Stephen Sommers, in a remake of the 1932 film of the same name, and follows adventurer Rick O'Connell as he travels to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, with a librarian and her older brother, where they accidentally awaken Imhotep, a cursed high priest with supernatural powers. It stars Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah and Arnold Vosloo. Come join us!!! Website : http://tortelliniatnoon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tortelliniatnoonpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TortelliniAtNoon Twitter: https://twitter.com/PastaMoviePod
The Mummy: Episode 273 - Rise! Rise! Rise from your tombs, Normies! We read from the book of the dead and summon a real scaredy-cat on a very special episode of Normies Like Us as we discuss The Mummy (1999). Topics include just how good looking the lead actors are and what a fun film this is. Click below, if you daaaaaare. Insta: @NormiesLikeUs https://www.instagram.com/normieslikeus/ @jacob https://www.instagram.com/jacob/ @MikeHasInsta https://www.instagram.com/mikehasinsta/ https://letterboxd.com/BabblingBrooksy/ https://letterboxd.com/hobbes72/ https://letterboxd.com/mikejromans/
My gas vandag in die ateljee is die legendariese akteur en Suid-Afrikaanse skat, Arnold Vosloo! As jy nie weet wie hy is nie, vermoed ek jy is nie regtig Afrikaans, Suid-Afrikaans, of selfs bewus van die internet nie. Arnold het vir die afgelope 33 jaar in die VSA gebly en Hollywood aan die praat gehad met treffers soos "The Mummy" en "Blood Diamond." Gelukkig vir ons is sy plan om elke jaar vir ‘n paar maande te kom draai in Suid-Afrika om aan verkieslik “Afrikaanse projeke” te werk, se hy. Ons gesels oor sy grootwordjare, sy filmloopbaan, sy lewe in Amerika en sy nuutste drama, "Plan B”, wat geïnspireer is deur boekkarakters van Deon Meyer.
Mark and David Cross (Itsmedavidcross on X) attempt to wrap their heads around the 2001 film The Mummy Returns. Directed by Stephen Sommers, and starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, Patricia Velasquez, John Hannah and lots of VFX creations, the movie focuses on some nonsense about Dwayne Johnson returning and laying the smackdown on the world. In this episode, they also talk about sand armies, intricate plots, and Action Hero Rachel Weisz. Enjoy!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3382899/advertisement
May 7, 1999. Rick, Evy, and Jonathan fight against the forces of evil (or maybe just a man desperately in love). They accidentally bring a mummified man back to life and all he wants is to bring back his one true love, and destroy the world who took her from him. Along the way our heroes meet many friends and a few foes, including Ardeth Bay, a group of Americans, Beni, and a prison warden. Will they be able to stop what they have resurrected? Does The Mummy hold up? Join us and we will have a *very* good time! Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Kevin J. O'Connor, and Oded Fehr. Directed by: Stephen Sommers. Rated PG-13. Thanks for listening. Please support us other places by clicking the links below. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doesitholdu... Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@does_it_hold_up Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doesitholdup13/ Subscribe to our YouTube for new movie revies and weekly entertainment news: https://www.youtube.com/@DIHUpodcast
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We review the modern classic starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and Arnold Vosloo
Un despropósito absoluto de episodio. Posiblemente el peor de toda la temporada. Eso es lo que pasa cuando Oscar elige la peli... Encima parece que es una de sus favoritas, lo cual dice mucho de sus instintos cinematográficos y su edad mental en general. En el esperpéntico pase de esta semana comentamos los revolucionarios efectos especiales de esta película del 99 que recuerda sospechosamente al videojuego de Tomb Raider. Celebramos el resurgir de Brendan Fraser con quien Virginia desarrolló una fuerte obsesión platónica de pequeña. Oscar propone un vestido hecho de gatos. Dani tiene la voz como un tabernero bielorruso que se baña en el Dniéper y fuma 3 cajetillas de Ducados al día. Año: 1999. Duración: 2h 4min. Dirección: Stephen Sommers. Guión: Stephen Sommers, Lloyd Fonvielle, Kevin Jarre. Reparto: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo. Sinopsis Para Gente Normal: En una excavación arqueológica en la antigua ciudad de Hamunaptra, un estadounidense despierta accidentalmente a una momia que comienza a causar estragos mientras busca la reencarnación de su amor perdido. Web ➔ https://www.pelisypanolis.com Instagram ➔ https://www.instagram.com/pelisypanolis Twitter ➔ https://twitter.com/pelisypanolis El Episodio Perdido ➔ https://www.pelisypanolis.com/regalo Club VIP ➔ https://www.patreon.com/pelisypanolis Arte ➔ https://www.instagram.com/CarabiasDibuja Revista Ilustrada Gratuita de Cine Español ➔ https://carabiasdibuja.com/pelis-y-panolis/ Música ➔ https://pixabay.com/es/users/grand_project-19033897 Los derechos de propiedad intelectual sobre nombres comerciales, marcas registradas, logotipos, fragmentos de música, audio e imágenes de las películas comentadas en este podcast pertenecen a sus respectivos propietarios.
PATREON MOVIE DISCUSSION: This movie was selected by our Patreon Supporters over at the Cinematic Doctrine Patreon. Support as little as $3 a month and have your voice heard!In this episode, Melanie & Melvin are discussing The Mummy (1999)! Branden Frasier is back in the mix with his popular Oscar-winning performance in The Whale, but we're traveling back over two-decades to a time long ago; one of adventure, excitement, and endless sand!Topics:(PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 53-minutes discussing "modesty", both its literal definition and it's ever-changing, inconsistent, and convoluted cultural usage. Melanie & Melvin each approach the topic from different angles, challenging both cultural and biblical understandings as the two talk comfortably and freely. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)Before discussing The Mummy (1999), Melvin gives some background on The Mummy (1932).When Melvin watched the staple Universal Monster Movies in 2022, he noticed that The Mummy (1932) seemed the most edgy and sensational among them. The Mummy (1999) carries some of that spirit with its borderline punk-rock nature.Melanie downright loves The Mummy (1999), and explains what it is that makes the film so magical for her. Melvin thought it was just okay, and stepped away thinking the movie was exceptionally well-paced.Evelyn stands out as a particularly well-written example of a strong female companion, especially among a cast of fairly simple, albeit fun characters.Melanie ponders where adventure films have gone, and whether or not the genre has migrated solely to the mini-series or television series format.Briefly discussing the sequels in the franchise.Melvin shares some insight into how he decides what movies to discuss, when to discuss them, and how, because not every movie is made equal, and not every movie produces interesting or engaging discussion.Recommendations:Ju-On: Black Ghost (2009) (Movie)Doctor Sleep (2019) (Movie) Support the showSupport on Patreon for Unique Perks! Early access to uncut episodes Vote on a movie/show we review One-time reward of two Cinematic Doctrine Stickers Social Links: Threads Website Instagram Facebook Group
Leaving the world of DTV sequels behind them, Andrew and Dave turn their attention to the franchise that was not meant to be: Odd Thomas, the 2013 film from writer-director Stephen Sommers! Why don't you remember Odd Thomas? Who does Arnold Vosloo show up as this time? Was this ever meant to be a YA film? Tune in and find out!Next Episode: The most controversial film of 1988 that didn't deserve any controversy!All music by Andrew Kannegiesser. Editing by Dave Babbitt
Andrew and Dave leave the world of mega-budget action cinema behind for a look at mini-budget action cinema! That's right, the podcasting duo are taking a look at director Bradford May's 1996 DTV sequel Darkman III: Die Darkman Die, starring Arnold Vosloo and Jeff Fahey! What do the pair make of this sequel to the cult classic Darkman? Exactly how Canadian is this Toronto shot film? And why does Dave remember so many short lived '90s sci-fi television shows? Tune in and find out!Next Episode: Things get a little... Odd.All music by Andrew Kannegiesser. Editing by Dave Babbitt.
This week Brian and Hahn take a look at the GHOST WHO WALKS in the 1996 DC Comics film THE PHANTOM. Not a masterpiece to some, but nostalgic gold to others - the 90's flick holds some interesting and amusing choices if nothing else. *Arnold Vosloo and Billy Zane are in fact different people. We love you both, please don't hate us.Ep 15https://instagram.com/the_study_podcast?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==
#489 - We weren't born on the bayou, but we know the next best thing is watchin and talking about 1993's Hard Target! Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Yancey Butler, Arnold Vosloo, Wilford Brimley, and Sven-Ole Thorsen! HSF Rating Alex-6, Scott-5, Jeff-3 Please follow and contact us at the following locations: Patreon: http://patreon.com/hansshotfirst Facebook: Hans Shot First Twitter: http://twitter.com/hansshot1st Email: hansshotfirst@outlook.com iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hans-shot-first/id778071182 Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I5q2th5tzsucvpzgmy3kmzgtd44?t=Hans_Shot_First iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-hans-shot-first-30934202/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ityvhlXhdtoXFJFOO1cvA
The guys FINALLY get to the sequel GI Joe: Retaliation years after covering the first film. And much like the first adventure with the Joes, they have brought back Matthew Pettifer to help break it all down! After Matt schools the movie on all the inaccuracies, they also discuss Duke's (and many other characters) early exit from the film, Jonathan Pryce's campy performance and much more. Next week: a sexy offer! What We've Been Watching: The Night House "Mayans MC" "Diablo" (videogame) Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd G.I. Joe Retaliation stars Dwayne Johnson, Adrianne Palicki, Lee Byung-hun, Jonathan Pryce, Elodie Young, Ray Stevenson, D.J. Cotrona, Ray Park, Luke Bracey, Walton Goggins, Arnold Vosloo, RZA and Channing Tatum; directed by Jon M. Chu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
AMY. ADAMS. No, we didn't get her but she was absolutely stunning in this episode. So was Arnold Vosloo. We love everything about Murphy's Luck... Hope you do too. Please help support this podcast by considering becoming a patreon member at patreon.com/hoh You'll get access to early drops, bonus content, videos, live Q&A's and so much more. Right now we are offering a FREE 7 DAY TRIAL so you can give it a test drive. And to our HoH producers - NO WORDS. ALL LOVE. YOUR SUPPORT IS EVERYTHING. -Stephanie A -Kendra Ashley -Mel Ardolino -Cindy Bahl -Emma Bantleman -Michaela Barnes -Messaoud Barrault -Kelley Baxter -Marybeth Berry -Drew Bissonnettee -Patricia Cameron -Kevin Carr -Chris Cedrone -Sandy Celine -CharmedandDangerous -CharmedCuriosity -Bex Chesson -Carissa Chrissy -Felisha Cliff -Aisling Clifford -Ryan Crosby -Alysa Curtis -Cybelldine -Lorie D -Cindi Groh Damon -Steve Dausey -Kevin Dean -Andi Denton -Céline Deveux -Larry Doyle -Milor Echasse -Christoper Fenwick -Elisha Forrest -Kevin Gadzalinski -Sarah Garliss -Mary Gazis -Georgii -Roanne Grech -Mela Green -Miss Rebecca Goldfinch -Patty Grijalva -Morgan Hinkle -Kerri Hogue -Taylor Holbrook -Katey Huss -Isil Hussein -Lee Israel -Ashley Jacoby -Jodi January -Cindy Johns -Joshua Johnson -Jeremy Joyner -Jordan Kinnett -Christopher Krohe -Andrew Landin -Erica Laramie -Karen Lark -Allan Laversane -Aurit Lazerus -Dorrit Lind-Madsen -Fabian Maciel -Maleya Makayla -Erin Marie -Rebecca McFayden-Jarrells -Michael Medina-Kathuria -Kate Mejia -Melinda -Melissa -Ashley Mollet -Carlos Monteagudo -Maggie Morris -Stacey Murphy -Neoshia -Janine Noble -Victoria O'Brien -Mal Omari -Tyler Peavey -Tyler Pike -Manon Pinchon -Emilio Polanco -Jay Polvadore -Charito Rangel -Elenora Rentsch -Brianna Roberts -Aaron Robertson -Robby Roby -Lara Romary -Camille Romero -Rylee Rowe -Patrick Ruth -Lucia Salas -Jose G Salgado -Sandro -Kristie Schilling -Samantha Sebuck -Dean Selet -Rebecca Sherman -Mitchell Smith -Maia Singletary -Gloria Strait of Juan de Fuca -Alexandra Stockdale-Haley -Jenna Sawnnell -Megan Sweet -Tom Swenson -TikisAngel -Charli Turton -Mar Valenti -Stephanie V -Jerred Volden -Kelsey Warmsbecker -Jade Watson -Karen Watt -Rachel Wear -Natasha Wilkins -Maria Wilson -Casey Wingler -WOOGYMAN -Nadia Zomorodian The House of Halliwell is Executive Produced by Dani Cipolla
It's Die Hard in New Orleans! For this very special episode, Phil is joined by the very person whom he had previously declared to be his “dream guest”: Kyle Brandt! The host of Good Morning Football on the NFL Network and an avowed action movie super-fan! Together, these two enthusiastic action aficionados discuss their feelings about HARD TARGET, on the cusp of its 30th anniversary. Liam was on paternity leave during the recording of this episode, but don't worry - he still makes a cameo appearance! The film's plot is thus. When he agrees to help Natasha Binder (Yancy Butler), a young woman searching for her missing father on the streets of New Orleans, Cajun sailor Chance Boudreaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) stumbles on an organized business that facilitates the hunting of the homeless for wealthy clients. In the process, Chance becomes the cabal's latest target, but he quickly turns the tables…and soon the hunters become the hunted! Kyle recalls his vivid memories of seeing this film upon its initial release, and no time is spared addressing the elephant in the room - JCVD's hair - which quickly leads to a spirited discussion about the best and worst mullets in movie history (listen closely NFL fans!). The guys then work their way through their respective histories with Mr. Van Damme, and talk about his wider filmography, as they debate whether this is in fact his best film (and perhaps his best role). HARD TARGET – whose origins trace back to the classic novella ‘A Most Dangerous Game' – was also the first American film to be directed by action maestro John Woo, making it a rare and decidedly prestigious entry in the JCVD canon. Phil and Kyle also discuss their thoughts on this movie's incredible villains, played to perfection by Lance Henriksen and Arnold Vosloo, and Kyle rhapsodizes about his childhood hero Wilford Brimley, who delivers a memorable turn here as the colorful Cajun Uncle Douvee. The ‘Die Hard Oscars' provide plenty more entertainment value, and Kyle finishes on a high with an incredible performance in the ‘Double Jeopardy' trivia quiz! HARD TARGET trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pzx4IeYYFg This episode was produced by Mike Mayer and Olivia Aylmer! At the time of release, HARD TARGET is streaming on Tubi, and is available to rent or buy through Amazon Prime Video, Apple/iTunes, YouTube, RedBox, Vudu, DirectTV and all the usual platforms. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/die-hard-on-a-blank/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Travel through the multiverse where Jonnie Sea and Keithie Langston are looking for worlds of pop culture variants! This month, KETHIE RETURNS, and to celebrate, Jonnie has concocted a TOURNAMENT of movies that feature a Sports Entertainer! The boys will debate the merits of each film until only one remains! Now keep in mind, this isn't so much about defining the best, as it is about which of these movies you would rather throw on during a rainy day! Plus: Ladies and Gentlemen, I can GUARANTEE (there's that word again) this is THE ONLY podcast you will ever listen to that will contain as much love for, and as many impressions of… Arnold Vosloo and Sven-Ole Thorsen!
"You better think of something fast, because if he turns me into a mummy, you're the first one I'm coming after"We check out 1999's "The Mummy" where an ancient evil is unleashed upon the world as an intrepid adventurer (Brendan Fraser) and a librarian (Rachel Weisz) must race against time to stop the malevolent mummy's (Arnold Vosloo) dark reign and protect humanity's future. Released:May 4, 1999Featuring: Bob Rudenborg, Jon MarekEditing: Jon MarekTheme: Brian Adams-Find Us Across the Web: https://www.thebutchandthebi.com/links
“Oh he's not a giggler. He's a very serious boy” The panel of peril stand back and admire their collection of Arnold Vosloo DVDs before popping The Mummy (Stephen Sommers, 1999) into their PS2. Rick (Brendan Fraser), Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) and Jonathan (John Hannah) are on the hunt for the buried treasures of Hamunaptra but fail to take account of the dangers ahead. Ancient mummy Imhotep (played by our fave actor Arnold Vosloo) is roused from his slumber when the book of the dead is read from and he is cranky, let me tell you. Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7oKxlaUBac ********PLOT SPOILER ALERT******** Imhotep's grand plan is to resurrect his main squeeze Anck Su Namun (Patricia Velasquez) using said book and Evelyn as the vessel for her soul. Can our daring heroes stop the rampaging bandage boy, or will the world succumb to the ancient plagues of Egypt? What did the heck panel think of this week's movie? How in all that is holy can they improve upon the villain's masterplan? And which evil schemer will be christened this week's most diabolical? And which Arnold Vosloo film should we watch next? Music by PianoAmor from Pixabay Sound Effect from Pixabay Sound Effect by SamuelFrancisJohnson from Pixabay The Yeti assaults Hulk Hogan! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScmU67uwZGc
Lauren the Gothic Bookworm opens the tomb of maybe-classic The Mummy from 1999 as we discuss action movie tropes, Orientalism in Hollywood, the golden age of Egyptology in the popular imagination, and Arnold Vosloo. Digressions include: -The horror-centric directions the film almost went in -The lure of the ‘golden age of Egyptology' in Western storytelling -Creative use of dodgy CGI -The mummy as an Indiana Jones clone, and Orientalism in lost race fiction -Inconsistent geography in the movie LINKS -the gothic bookworm on Twitter -Mummy Mania Mondays on Twitter -The Anatomy Shelf on Twitter -International Society For The Study of Egyptomania
Follow the homies Cam (Cameron Cox) and Dylan (Dylan Hernandez) two former AMC Theater employees as they take a nostalgic trip back in time to rewatch films that mean the most to them! The film we are discussing in this Season 2 Episode is "The Mummy" The Mummy is a 1999 American action-adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers. It is a remake of the 1932 film of the same name, starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah and Arnold Vosloo in the title role as the reanimated mummy. The film follows adventurer Rick O'Connell as he travels to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, with a librarian and her older brother, where they accidentally awaken Imhotep, a cursed high priest with supernatural powers. Now in the Famous words of that Pig from Shrek "Play the movie.. Yeah PLAY" Wanna ask us something?!? Hit us up at Xtrabutta@gmail.com or our Instagram https://instagram.com/xtrabuttapodcast?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= ALSO Follow the homie Dylan on his fantastic Podcast "The Hernandez Variety Show" https://open.spotify.com/show/58pVAOZ5sSK4ti563o5fWn?si=BjR3hTyjR9mjfKIh6itDuw
Diane and Sean discuss Stephen Sommer's re-imagining of the classic Hollywood horror creature, The Mummy. Episode music is, "Camel Race", by Jerry Goldsmith from the OST.- Our theme song is by Brushy One String- Artwork by Marlaine LePage- Why Do We Own This DVD? Merch available at Teepublic- Follow the show on social media:- Tumblr: WhyDoWeOwnThisDVD- Follow Sean's Plants on IG: @lookitmahplantsSupport the show
Fraser returns as Ricochet O'Connell in the 2001 sequel to the 1999 action-packed blockbuster The Mummy! The sequel to the film that skyrocketed Fraser's stardom is also rejoined by stunning Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo, John Hannah, Oded Fehr, and introducing a brand new face you have never seen on screen before.... DWAYNE THE ROCK JOHNSON!?!?!? That's right. Jeff, Stuart, and first time guest Jill Sweeney get to deep dive into The Rock's cinematic introduction as the scorpion king as well discuss the good, the bad, and the decayed in this Stephen Sommers Monsters Universal Sequel.
Happy anniversary to us and all of you that have shared this journey with us! We can't believe it has been two years since we first cursed the world with our voices! We've been through so much with you all and we can't express our love and gratitude enough. In celebration we are re-recapping The Mummy Returns! In the episode we unwrap Rachel Weisz's Anne Taylor Loft costumes, Arnold Vosloo's twice a day shaving routine on set, and the blasé nature of the O'Connells when their son is kidnapped by the undead!Zach realizes that Sloane has been getting her hair cut at a rockabilly chop shop, Sloane tries to explain what life is like with a Clitoris, and Zach finally brings his rivalry with Freddie Boath (Alex O'Connell) to the forefront.All of this and more on the anniversary episode of Mummy Dearest!Support the show
This is an amazing episode because Arnold Vosloo boards the mothership! You know him as Imhotep in the Mummy franchise starring Brendan Frasier. He now appears in Condor's Nest as an evil Nazi commander. We discuss working with Frasier and learning new languages. #Arnoldvosloo #brendanfrasier #themummy #imhotep #condorsnest
This is an amazing episode because Jorge Garcia boards the mothership! You know him as Hurley on Lost. He now appears in Condor's Nest - a new film releasing soon starring Arnold Vosloo and Jeremy Ironside. Enjoy! #Lost #Jorgegarcia #Hurley #Actor #Condorsnest
The first of a two-part series on the short-lived 80s American distribution company responsible for Dirty Dancing. ----more---- The movies covered on this episode: Alpine (1987, Fredi M. Murer) Anna (1987, Yurek Bogayevicz) Billy Galvin (1986, John Grey) Blood Diner (1987, Jackie Kong) China Girl (1987, Abel Ferrera) The Dead (1987, John Huston) Dirty Dancing (1987, Emile Ardolino) Malcolm (1986, Nadia Tess) Personal Services (1987, Terry Jones) Slaughter High (1986, Mark Ezra and Peter Litten and George Dugdale) Steel Dawn (1987, Lance Hook) Street Trash (1987, Jim Muro) TRANSCRIPT From Los Angeles, California, the Entertainment Capital of the World, it's The 80s Movies Podcast. I am your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today. Have you ever thought “I should do this thing” but then you never get around to it, until something completely random happens that reminds you that you were going to do this thing a long time ago? For this week's episode, that kick in the keister was a post on Twitter from someone I don't follow being retweeted by the great film critic and essayist Walter Chaw, someone I do follow, that showed a Blu-ray cover of the 1987 Walter Hill film Extreme Prejudice. You see, Walter Chaw has recently released a book about the life and career of Walter Hill, and this other person was showing off their new purchase. That in and of itself wasn't the kick in the butt. That was the logo of the disc's distributor. Vestron Video. A company that went out of business more than thirty years before, that unbeknownst to me had been resurrected by the current owner of the trademark, Lionsgate Films, as a specialty label for a certain kind of film like Ken Russell's Gothic, Beyond Re-Animator, CHUD 2, and, for some reason, Walter Hill's Neo-Western featuring Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe and Rip Torn. For those of you from the 80s, you remember at least one of Vestron Pictures' movies. I guarantee it. But before we get there, we, as always, must go back a little further back in time. The year is 1981. Time Magazine is amongst the most popular magazines in the world, while their sister publication, Life, was renowned for their stunning photographs printed on glossy color paper of a larger size than most magazines. In the late 1970s, Time-Life added a video production and distribution company to ever-growing media empire that also included television stations, cable channels, book clubs, and compilation record box sets. But Time Life Home Video didn't quite take off the way the company had expected, and they decided to concentrate its lucrative cable businesses like HBO. The company would move Austin Furst, an executive from HBO, over to dismantle the assets of Time-Life Films. And while Furst would sell off the production and distribution parts of the company to Fox, and the television department to Columbia Pictures, he couldn't find a party interested in the home video department. Recognizing that home video was an emerging market that would need a visionary like himself willing to take big risks for the chance to have big rewards, Furst purchased the home video rights to the film and video library for himself, starting up his home entertainment company. But what to call the company? It would be his daughter that would come up with Vestron, a portmanteau of combining the name of the Roman goddess of the heart, Vesta, with Tron, the Greek word for instrument. Remember, the movie Tron would not be released for another year at this point. At first, there were only two employees at Vestron: Furst himself, and Jon Pesinger, a fellow executive at Time-Life who, not unlike Dorothy Boyd in Jerry Maguire, was the only person who saw Furst's long-term vision for the future. Outside of the titles they brought with them from Time-Life, Vestron's initial release of home video titles comprised of two mid-range movie hits where they were able to snag the home video rights instead of the companies that released the movies in theatres, either because those companies did not have a home video operation yet, or did not negotiate for home video rights when making the movie deal with the producers. Fort Apache, The Bronx, a crime drama with Paul Newman and Ed Asner, and Loving Couples, a Shirley MacLaine/James Coburn romantic comedy that was neither romantic nor comedic, were Time-Life productions, while the Burt Reynolds/Dom DeLuise comedy The Cannonball Run, was a pickup from the Hong Kong production company Golden Harvest, which financed the comedy to help break their local star, Jackie Chan, into the American market. They'd also make a deal with several Canadian production companies to get the American home video rights to titles like the Jack Lemmon drama Tribute and the George C. Scott horror film The Changeling. The advantage that Vestron had over the major studios was their outlook on the mom and pop rental stores that were popping up in every city and town in the United States. The major studios hated the idea that they could sell a videotape for, say, $99.99, and then see someone else make a major profit by renting that tape out fifty or a hundred times at $4 or $5 per night. Of course, they would eventually see the light, but in 1982, they weren't there yet. Now, let me sidetrack for a moment, as I am wont to do, to talk about mom and pop video stores in the early 1980s. If you're younger than, say, forty, you probably only know Blockbuster and/or Hollywood Video as your local video rental store, but in the early 80s, there were no national video store chains yet. The first Blockbuster wouldn't open until October 1985, in Dallas, and your neighborhood likely didn't get one until the late 1980s or early 1990s. The first video store I ever encountered, Telford Home Video in Belmont Shores, Long Beach in 1981, was operated by Bob Telford, an actor best known for playing the Station Master in both the original 1974 version of Where the Red Fern Grows and its 2003 remake. Bob was really cool, and I don't think it was just because the space for the video store was just below my dad's office in the real estate company that had built and operated the building. He genuinely took interest in this weird thirteen year old kid who had an encyclopedic knowledge of films and wanted to learn more. I wanted to watch every movie he had in the store that I hadn't seen yet, but there was one problem: we had a VHS machine, and most of Bob's inventory was RCA SelectaVision, a disc-based playback system using a special stylus and a groove-covered disc much like an LP record. After school each day, I'd hightail it over to Telford Home Video, and Bob and I would watch a movie while we waited for customers to come rent something. It was with Bob that I would watch Ordinary People and The Magnificent Seven, The Elephant Man and The Last Waltz, Bus Stop and Rebel Without a Cause and The French Connection and The Man Who Fell to Earth and a bunch of other movies that weren't yet available on VHS, and it was great. Like many teenagers in the early 1980s, I spent some time working at a mom and pop video store, Seacliff Home Video in Aptos, CA. I worked on the weekends, it was a third of a mile walk from home, and even though I was only 16 years old at the time, my bosses would, every week, solicit my opinion about which upcoming videos we should acquire. Because, like Telford Home Video and Village Home Video, where my friends Dick and Michelle worked about two miles away, and most every video store at the time, space was extremely limited and there was only space for so many titles. Telford Home Video was about 500 square feet and had maybe 500 titles. Seacliff was about 750 square feet and around 800 titles, including about 50 in the tiny, curtained off room created to hold the porn. And the first location for Village Home Video had only 300 square feet of space and only 250 titles. The owner, Leone Keller, confirmed to me that until they moved into a larger location across from the original store, they were able to rent out every movie in the store every night. For many, a store owner had to be very careful about what they ordered and what they replaced. But Vestron Home Video always seemed to have some of the better movies. Because of a spat between Warner Brothers and Orion Pictures, Vestron would end up with most of Orion's 1983 through 1985 theatrical releases, including Rodney Dangerfield's Easy Money, the Nick Nolte political thriller Under Fire, the William Hurt mystery Gorky Park, and Gene Wilder's The Woman in Red. They'd also make a deal with Roger Corman's old American Independent Pictures outfit, which would reap an unexpected bounty when George Miller's second Mad Max movie, The Road Warrior, became a surprise hit in 1982, and Vestron was holding the video rights to the first Mad Max movie. And they'd also find themselves with the laserdisc rights to several Brian DePalma movies including Dressed to Kill and Blow Out. And after Polygram Films decided to leave the movie business in 1984, they would sell the home video rights to An American Werewolf in London and Endless Love to Vestron. They were doing pretty good. And in 1984, Vestron ended up changing the home video industry forever. When Michael Jackson and John Landis had trouble with Jackson's record company, Epic, getting their idea for a 14 minute short film built around the title song to Jackson's monster album Thriller financed, Vestron would put up a good portion of the nearly million dollar budget in order to release the movie on home video, after it played for a few weeks on MTV. In February 1984, Vestron would release a one-hour tape, The Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller, that included the mini-movie and a 45 minute Making of featurette. At $29.99, it would be one of the first sell-through titles released on home video. It would become the second home videotape to sell a million copies, after Star Wars. Suddenly, Vestron was flush with more cash than it knew what to do with. In 1985, they would decide to expand their entertainment footprint by opening Vestron Pictures, which would finance a number of movies that could be exploited across a number of platforms, including theatrical, home video, cable and syndicated TV. In early January 1986, Vestron would announce they were pursuing projects with three producers, Steve Tisch, Larry Turman, and Gene Kirkwood, but no details on any specific titles or even a timeframe when any of those movies would be made. Tisch, the son of Loews Entertainment co-owner Bob Tisch, had started producing films in 1977 with the Peter Fonda music drama Outlaw Blues, and had a big hit in 1983 with Risky Business. Turman, the Oscar-nominated producer of Mike Nichols' The Graduate, and Kirkwood, the producer of The Keep and The Pope of Greenwich Village, had seen better days as producers by 1986 but their names still carried a certain cache in Hollywood, and the announcement would certainly let the industry know Vestron was serious about making quality movies. Well, maybe not all quality movies. They would also launch a sub-label for Vestron Pictures called Lightning Pictures, which would be utilized on B-movies and schlock that maybe wouldn't fit in the Vestron Pictures brand name they were trying to build. But it costs money to build a movie production and theatrical distribution company. Lots of money. Thanks to the ever-growing roster of video titles and the success of releases like Thriller, Vestron would go public in the spring of 1985, selling enough shares on the first day of trading to bring in $440m to the company, $140m than they thought they would sell that day. It would take them a while, but in 1986, they would start production on their first slate of films, as well as acquire several foreign titles for American distribution. Vestron Pictures officially entered the theatrical distribution game on July 18th, 1986, when they released the Australian comedy Malcolm at the Cinema 2 on the Upper East Side of New York City. A modern attempt to create the Aussie version of a Jacques Tati-like absurdist comedy about modern life and our dependance on gadgetry, Malcolm follows, as one character describes him a 100 percent not there individual who is tricked into using some of his remote control inventions to pull of a bank robbery. While the film would be a minor hit in Australia, winning all eight of the Australian Film Institute Awards it was nominated for including Best Picture, Director, Screenplay and three acting awards, the film would only play for five weeks in New York, grossing less than $35,000, and would not open in Los Angeles until November 5th, where in its first week at the Cineplex Beverly Center and Samuel Goldwyn Pavilion Cinemas, it would gross a combined $37,000. Go figure. Malcolm would open in a few more major markets, but Vestron would close the film at the end of the year with a gross under $200,000. Their next film, Slaughter High, was a rather odd bird. A co-production between American and British-based production companies, the film followed a group of adults responsible for a prank gone wrong on April Fool's Day who are invited to a reunion at their defunct high school where a masked killer awaits inside. And although the movie takes place in America, the film was shot in London and nearby Virginia Water, Surrey, in late 1984, under the title April Fool's Day. But even with Caroline Munro, the British sex symbol who had become a cult favorite with her appearances in a series of sci-fi and Hammer horror films with Peter Cushing and/or Christopher Lee, as well as her work in the Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, April Fool's Day would sit on the proverbial shelf for nearly two years, until Vestron picked it up and changed its title, since Paramount Pictures had released their own horror film called April Fools Day earlier in the year. Vestron would open Slaughter High on nine screens in Detroit on November 14th, 1986, but Vestron would not report grosses. Then they would open it on six screen in St. Louis on February 13th, 1987. At least this time they reported a gross. $12,400. Variety would simply call that number “grim.” They'd give the film one final rush on April 24th, sending it out to 38 screens in in New York City, where it would gross $90,000. There'd be no second week, as practically every theatre would replace it with Creepshow 2. The third and final Vestron Pictures release for 1986 was Billy Galvin, a little remembered family drama featuring Karl Malden and Lenny von Dohlen, originally produced for the PBS anthology series American Playhouse but bumped up to a feature film as part of coordinated effort to promote the show by occasionally releasing feature films bearing the American Playhouse banner. The film would open at the Cineplex Beverly Center on December 31st, not only the last day of the calendar year but the last day a film can be released into theatres in Los Angeles to have been considered for Academy Awards. The film would not get any major awards, from the Academy or anyone else, nor much attention from audiences, grossing just $4,000 in its first five days. They'd give the film a chance in New York on February 20th, at the 23rd Street West Triplex, but a $2,000 opening weekend gross would doom the film from ever opening in another theatre again. In early 1987, Vestron announced eighteen films they would release during the year, and a partnership with AMC Theatres and General Cinema to have their films featured in those two companies' pilot specialized film programs in major markets like Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston and San Francisco. Alpine Fire would be the first of those films, arriving at the Cinema Studio 1 in New York City on February 20th. A Swiss drama about a young deaf and mentally challenged teenager who gets his older sister pregnant, was that country's entry into the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar race. While the film would win the Golden Leopard Award at the 1985 Locarno Film Festival, the Academy would not select the film for a nomination, and the film would quickly disappear from theatres after a $2,000 opening weekend gross. Personal Services, the first film to be directed by Terry Jones outside of his services with Monty Python, would arrive in American theatres on May 15th. The only Jones-directed film to not feature any other Python in the cast, Personal Services was a thinly-disguised telling of a 1970s—era London waitress who was running a brothel in her flat in order to make ends meet, and featured a standout performance by Julie Walters as the waitress turned madame. In England, Personal Services would be the second highest-grossing film of the year, behind The Living Daylights, the first Bond film featuring new 007 Timothy Dalton. In America, the film wouldn't be quite as successful, grossing $1.75m after 33 weeks in theatres, despite never playing on more than 31 screens in any given week. It would be another three months before Vestron would release their second movie of the year, but it would be the one they'd become famous for. Dirty Dancing. Based in large part on screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein's own childhood, the screenplay would be written after the producers of the 1980 Michael Douglas/Jill Clayburgh dramedy It's My Turn asked the writer to remove a scene from the screenplay that involved an erotic dance sequence. She would take that scene and use it as a jumping off point for a new story about a Jewish teenager in the early 1960s who participated in secret “Dirty Dancing” competitions while she vacationed with her doctor father and stay-at-home mother while they vacationed in the Catskill Mountains. Baby, the young woman at the center of the story, would not only resemble the screenwriter as a character but share her childhood nickname. Bergstein would pitch the story to every studio in Hollywood in 1984, and only get a nibble from MGM Pictures, whose name was synonymous with big-budget musicals decades before. They would option the screenplay and assign producer Linda Gottlieb, a veteran television producer making her first major foray into feature films, to the project. With Gottlieb, Bergstein would head back to the Catskills for the first time in two decades, as research for the script. It was while on this trip that the pair would meet Michael Terrace, a former Broadway dancer who had spent summers in the early 1960s teaching tourists how to mambo in the Catskills. Terrace and Bergstein didn't remember each other if they had met way back when, but his stories would help inform the lead male character of Johnny Castle. But, as regularly happens in Hollywood, there was a regime change at MGM in late 1985, and one of the projects the new bosses cut loose was Dirty Dancing. Once again, the script would make the rounds in Hollywood, but nobody was biting… until Vestron Pictures got their chance to read it. They loved it, and were ready to make it their first in-house production… but they would make the movie if the budget could be cut from $10m to $4.5m. That would mean some sacrifices. They wouldn't be able to hire a major director, nor bigger name actors, but that would end up being a blessing in disguise. To direct, Gottlieb and Bergstein looked at a lot of up and coming feature directors, but the one person they had the best feeling about was Emile Ardolino, a former actor off-Broadway in the 1960s who began his filmmaking career as a documentarian for PBS in the 1970s. In 1983, Ardolino's documentary about National Dance Institute founder Jacques d'Amboise, He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin', would win both the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Entertainment Special. Although Ardolino had never directed a movie, he would read the script twice in a week while serving on jury duty, and came back to Gottlieb and Bergstein with a number of ideas to help make the movie shine, even at half the budget. For a movie about dancing, with a lot of dancing in it, they would need a creative choreographer to help train the actors and design the sequences. The filmmakers would chose Kenny Ortega, who in addition to choreographing the dance scenes in Pretty in Pink and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, had worked with Gene Kelly on the 1980 musical Xanadu. Well, more specifically, was molded by Gene Kelly to become the lead choreographer for the film. That's some good credentials. Unlike movies like Flashdance, where the filmmakers would hire Jennifer Beals to play Alex and Marine Jahan to perform Alex's dance scenes, Emile Ardolino was insistent that the actors playing the dancers were actors who also dance. Having stand-ins would take extra time to set-up, and would suck up a portion of an already tight budget. Yet the first people he would meet for the lead role of Johnny were non-dancers Benecio del Toro, Val Kilmer, and Billy Zane. Zane would go so far as to do a screen test with one of the actresses being considered for the role of Baby, Jennifer Grey, but after screening the test, they realized Grey was right for Baby but Zane was not right for Johnny. Someone suggested Patrick Swayze, a former dancer for the prestigious Joffrey Ballet who was making his way up the ranks of stardom thanks to his roles in The Outsiders and Grandview U.S.A. But Swayze had suffered a knee injury years before that put his dance career on hold, and there were concerns he would re-aggravate his injury, and there were concerns from Jennifer Grey because she and Swayze had not gotten along very well while working on Red Dawn. But that had been three years earlier, and when they screen tested together here, everyone was convinced this was the pairing that would bring magic to the role. Baby's parents would be played by two Broadway veterans: Jerry Orbach, who is best known today as Detective Lenny Briscoe on Law and Order, and Kelly Bishop, who is best known today as Emily Gilmore from Gilmore Girls but had actually started out as a dancer, singer and actor, winning a Tony Award for her role in the original Broadway production of A Chorus Line. Although Bishop had originally been cast in a different role for the movie, another guest at the Catskills resort with the Housemans, but she would be bumped up when the original Mrs. Houseman, Lynne Lipton, would fall ill during the first week of filming. Filming on Dirty Dancing would begin in North Carolina on September 5th, 1986, at a former Boy Scout camp that had been converted to a private residential community. This is where many of the iconic scenes from the film would be shot, including Baby carrying the watermelon and practicing her dance steps on the stairs, all the interior dance scenes, the log scene, and the golf course scene where Baby would ask her father for $250. It's also where Patrick Swayze almost ended his role in the film, when he would indeed re-injure his knee during the balancing scene on the log. He would be rushed to the hospital to have fluid drained from the swelling. Thankfully, there would be no lingering effects once he was released. After filming in North Carolina was completed, the team would move to Virginia for two more weeks of filming, including the water lift scene, exteriors at Kellerman's Hotel and the Houseman family's cabin, before the film wrapped on October 27th. Ardolino's first cut of the film would be completed in February 1987, and Vestron would begin the process of running a series of test screenings. At the first test screening, nearly 40% of the audience didn't realize there was an abortion subplot in the movie, even after completing the movie. A few weeks later, Vestron executives would screen the film for producer Aaron Russo, who had produced such movies as The Rose and Trading Places. His reaction to the film was to tell the executives to burn the negative and collect the insurance. But, to be fair, one important element of the film was still not set. The music. Eleanor Bergstein had written into her script a number of songs that were popular in the early 1960s, when the movie was set, that she felt the final film needed. Except a number of the songs were a bit more expensive to license than Vestron would have preferred. The company was testing the film with different versions of those songs, other artists' renditions. The writer, with the support of her producer and director, fought back. She made a deal with the Vestron executives. They would play her the master tracks to ten of the songs she wanted, as well as the copycat versions. If she could identify six of the masters, she could have all ten songs in the film. Vestron would spend another half a million dollars licensing the original recording. The writer nailed all ten. But even then, there was still one missing piece of the puzzle. The closing song. While Bergstein wanted another song to close the film, the team at Vestron were insistent on a new song that could be used to anchor a soundtrack album. The writer, producer, director and various members of the production team listened to dozens of submissions from songwriters, but none of them were right, until they got to literally the last submission left, written by Franke Previte, who had written another song that would appear on the Dirty Dancing soundtrack, “Hungry Eyes.” Everybody loved the song, called “I've Had the Time of My Life,” and it would take some time to convince Previte that Dirty Dancing was not a porno. They showed him the film and he agreed to give them the song, but the production team and Vestron wanted to get a pair of more famous singers to record the final version. The filmmakers originally approached disco queen Donna Summer and Joe Esposito, whose song “You're the Best” appeared on the Karate Kid soundtrack, but Summer would decline, not liking the title of the movie. They would then approach Daryl Hall from Hall and Oates and Kim Carnes, but they'd both decline, citing concerns about the title of the movie. Then they approached Bill Medley, one-half of The Righteous Brothers, who had enjoyed yet another career resurgence when You Lost That Lovin' Feeling became a hit in 1986 thanks to Top Gun, but at first, he would also decline. Not that he had any concerns about the title of the film, although he did have concerns about the title, but that his wife was about to give birth to their daughter, and he had promised he would be there. While trying to figure who to get to sing the male part of the song, the music supervisor for the film approached Jennifer Warnes, who had sung the duet “Up Where We Belong” from the An Officer and a Gentleman soundtrack, which had won the 1983 Academy Award for Best Original Song, and sang the song “It Goes Like It Goes” from the Norma Rae soundtrack, which had won the 1980 Academy Award for Best Original Song. Warnes wasn't thrilled with the song, but she would be persuaded to record the song for the right price… and if Bill Medley would sing the other part. Medley, flattered that Warnes asked specifically to record with him, said he would do so, after his daughter was born, and if the song was recorded in his studio in Los Angeles. A few weeks later, Medley and Warnes would have their portion of the song completed in only one hour, including additional harmonies and flourishes decided on after finishing with the main vocals. With all the songs added to the movie, audience test scores improved considerably. RCA Records, who had been contracted to handle the release of the soundtrack, would set a July 17th release date for the album, to coincide with the release of the movie on the same day, with the lead single, I've Had the Time of My Life, released one week earlier. But then, Vestron moved the movie back from July 17th to August 21st… and forgot to tell RCA Records about the move. No big deal. The song would quickly rise up the charts, eventually hitting #1 on the Billboard charts. When the movie finally did open in 975 theatres in August 21st, the film would open to fourth place with $3.9m in ticket sales, behind Can't Buy Me Love in third place and in its second week of release, the Cheech Marin comedy Born in East L.A., which opened in second place, and Stakeout, which was enjoying its third week atop the charts. The reviews were okay, but not special. Gene Siskel would give the film a begrudging Thumbs Up, citing Jennifer Grey's performance and her character's arc as the thing that tipped the scale into the positive, while Roger Ebert would give the film a Thumbs Down, due to its idiot plot and tired and relentlessly predictable story of love between kids from different backgrounds. But then a funny thing happened… Instead of appealing to the teenagers they thought would see the film, the majority of the audience ended up becoming adults. Not just twenty and thirty somethings, but people who were teenagers themselves during the movie's timeframe. They would be drawn in to the film through the newfound sense of boomer nostalgia that helped make Stand By Me an unexpected hit the year before, both as a movie and as a soundtrack. Its second week in theatre would only see the gross drop 6%, and the film would finish in third place. In week three, the four day Labor Day weekend, it would gross nearly $5m, and move up to second place. And it would continue to play and continue to bring audiences in, only dropping out of the top ten once in early November for one weekend, from August to December. Even with all the new movies entering the marketplace for Christmas, Dirty Dancing would be retained by most of the theatres that were playing it. In the first weekend of 1988, Dirty Dancing was still playing in 855 theaters, only 120 fewer than who opened it five months earlier. Once it did started leaving first run theatres, dollar houses were eager to pick it up, and Dirty Dancing would make another $6m in ticket sales as it continued to play until Christmas 1988 at some theatres, finishing its incredible run with $63.5m in ticket sales. Yet, despite its ubiquitousness in American pop culture, despite the soundtrack selling more than ten million copies in its first year, despite the uptick in attendance at dance schools from coast to coast, Dirty Dancing never once was the #1 film in America on any weekend it was in theatres. There would always be at least one other movie that would do just a bit better. When awards season came around, the movie was practically ignored by critics groups. It would pick up an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature, and both the movie and Jennifer Grey would be nominated for Golden Globes, but it would be that song, I've Had the Time of My Life, that would be the driver for awards love. It would win the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Original Song, and a Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. The song would anchor a soundtrack that would also include two other hit songs, Eric Carmen's “Hungry Eyes,” and “She's Like the Wind,” recorded for the movie by Patrick Swayze, making him the proto-Hugh Jackman of the 80s. I've seen Hugh Jackman do his one-man show at the Hollywood Bowl, and now I'm wishing Patrick Swayze could have had something like that thirty years ago. On September 25th, they would release Abel Ferrera's Neo-noir romantic thriller China Girl. A modern adaptation of Romeo and Juliet written by regular Ferrera writer Nicholas St. John, the setting would be New York City's Lower East Side, when Tony, a teenager from Little Italy, falls for Tye, a teenager from Chinatown, as their older brothers vie for turf in a vicious gang war. While the stars of the film, Richard Panebianco and Sari Chang, would never become known actors, the supporting cast is as good as you'd expect from a post-Ms. .45 Ferrera film, including James Russo, Russell Wong, David Caruso and James Hong. The $3.5m movie would open on 110 screens, including 70 in New York ti-state region and 18 in Los Angeles, grossing $531k. After a second weekend, where the gross dropped to $225k, Vestron would stop tracking the film, with a final reported gross of just $1.26m coming from a stockholder's report in early 1988. Ironically, China Girl would open against another movie that Vestron had a hand in financing, but would not release in America: Rob Reiner's The Princess Bride. While the film would do okay in America, grossing $30m against its $15m, it wouldn't translate so easily to foreign markets. Anna, from first time Polish filmmaker Yurek Bogayevicz, was an oddball little film from the start. The story, co-written with the legendary Polish writer/director Agnieszka Holland, was based on the real-life friendship of Polish actresses Joanna (Yo-ahn-nuh) Pacuła (Pa-tsu-wa) and Elżbieta (Elz-be-et-ah) Czyżewska (Chuh-zef-ska), and would find Czech supermodel Paulina Porizkova making her feature acting debut as Krystyna, an aspiring actress from Czechoslovakia who goes to New York City to find her idol, Anna, who had been imprisoned and then deported for speaking out against the new regime after the 1968 Communist invasion. Nearly twenty years later, the middle-aged Anna struggles to land any acting parts, in films, on television, or on the stage, who relishes the attention of this beautiful young waif who reminds her of herself back then. Sally Kirkland, an American actress who got her start as part of Andy Warhol's Factory in the early 60s but could never break out of playing supporting roles in movies like The Way We Were, The Sting, A Star is Born, and Private Benjamin, would be cast as the faded Czech star whose life seemed to unintentionally mirror the actress's. Future Snakes on a Plane director David R. Ellis would be featured in a small supporting role, as would the then sixteen year old Sofia Coppola. The $1m movie would shoot on location in New York City during the winter of late 1986 and early 1987, and would make its world premiere at the 1987 New York Film Festival in September, before opening at the 68th Street Playhouse on the Upper East Side on October 30th. Critics such as Bruce Williamson of Playboy, Molly Haskell of Vogue and Jami Bernard of the New York Post would sing the praises of the movie, and of Paulina Porizkova, but it would be Sally Kirkland whom practically every critic would gush over. “A performance of depth and clarity and power, easily one of the strongest female roles of the year,” wrote Mike McGrady of Newsday. Janet Maslim wasn't as impressed with the film as most critics, but she would note Ms. Kirkland's immensely dignified presence in the title role. New York audiences responded well to the critical acclaim, buying more than $22,000 worth of tickets, often playing to sell out crowds for the afternoon and evening shows. In its second week, the film would see its gross increase 12%, and another 3% increase in its third week. Meanwhile, on November 13th, the film would open in Los Angeles at the AMC Century City 14, where it would bring in an additional $10,000, thanks in part to Sheila Benson's rave in the Los Angeles Times, calling the film “the best kind of surprise — a small, frequently funny, fine-boned film set in the worlds of the theater and movies which unexpectedly becomes a consummate study of love, alienation and loss,” while praising Kirkland's performance as a “blazing comet.” Kirkland would make the rounds on the awards circuit, winning Best Actress awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the Golden Globes, and the Independent Spirit Awards, culminating in an Academy Award nomination, although she would lose to Cher in Moonstruck. But despite all these rave reviews and the early support for the film in New York and Los Angeles, the film got little traction outside these two major cities. Despite playing in theatres for nearly six months, Anna could only round up about $1.2m in ticket sales. Vestron's penultimate new film of 1987 would be a movie that when it was shot in Namibia in late 1986 was titled Peacekeeper, then was changed to Desert Warrior when it was acquired by Jerry Weintraub's eponymously named distribution company, then saw it renamed again to Steel Dawn when Vestron overpaid to acquire the film from Weintraub, because they wanted the next film starring Patrick Swayze for themselves. Swayze plays, and stop me if you've heard this one before, a warrior wandering through a post-apocalyptic desert who comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by the leader of a murderous gang who's after the water they control. Lisa Niemi, also known as Mrs. Patrick Swayze, would be his romantic interest in the film, which would also star AnthonY Zerbe, Brian James, and, in one of his very first acting roles, future Mummy co-star Arnold Vosloo. The film would open to horrible reviews, and gross just $312k in 290 theatres. For comparison's sake, Dirty Dancing was in its eleventh week of release, was still playing 878 theatres, and would gross $1.7m. In its second week, Steel Dawn had lost nearly two thirds of its theatres, grossing only $60k from 107 theatres. After its third weekend, Vestron stopped reporting grosses. The film had only earned $562k in ticket sales. And their final release for 1987 would be one of the most prestigious titles they'd ever be involved with. The Dead, based on a short story by James Joyce, would be the 37th and final film to be directed by John Huston. His son Tony would adapt the screenplay, while his daughter Anjelica, whom he had directed to a Best Supporting Actress Oscar two years earlier for Prizzi's Honor, would star as the matriarch of an Irish family circa 1904 whose husband discovers memoirs of a deceased lover of his wife's, an affair that preceded their meeting. Originally scheduled to shoot in Dublin, Ireland, The Dead would end up being shot on soundstages in Valencia, CA, just north of Los Angeles, as the eighty year old filmmaker was in ill health. Huston, who was suffering from severe emphysema due to decades of smoking, would use video playback for the first and only time in his career in order to call the action, whirling around from set to set in a motorized wheelchair with an oxygen tank attached to it. In fact, the company insuring the film required the producers to have a backup director on set, just in case Huston was unable to continue to make the film. That stand-in was Czech-born British filmmaker Karel Reisz, who never once had to stand-in during the entire shoot. One Huston who didn't work on the film was Danny Huston, who was supposed to shoot some second unit footage for the film in Dublin for his father, who could not make any trips overseas, as well as a documentary about the making of the film, but for whatever reason, Danny Huston would end up not doing either. John Huston would turn in his final cut of the film to Vestron in July 1987, and would pass away in late August, a good four months before the film's scheduled release. He would live to see some of the best reviews of his entire career when the film was released on December 18th. At six theatres in Los Angeles and New York City, The Dead would earn $69k in its first three days during what was an amazing opening weekend for a number of movies. The Dead would open against exclusive runs of Broadcast News, Ironweed, Moonstruck and the newest Woody Allen film, September, as well as wide releases of Eddie Murphy: Raw, Batteries Not Included, Overboard, and the infamous Bill Cosby stinker Leonard Part 6. The film would win the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Picture of the year, John Huston would win the Spirit Award and the London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director, Anjelica Huston would win a Spirit Award as well, for Best Supporting Actress, and Tony Huston would be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. But the little $3.5m film would only see modest returns at the box office, grossing just $4.4m after a four month run in theatres. Vestron would also release two movies in 1987 through their genre Lightning Pictures label. The first, Blood Diner, from writer/director Jackie Kong, was meant to be both a tribute and an indirect sequel to the infamous 1965 Herschell Gordon Lewis movie Blood Feast, often considered to be the first splatter slasher film. Released on four screens in Baltimore on July 10th, the film would gross just $6,400 in its one tracked week. The film would get a second chance at life when it opened at the 8th Street Playhouse in New York City on September 4th, but after a $5,000 opening week gross there, the film would have to wait until it was released on home video to become a cult film. The other Lightning Pictures release for 1987, Street Trash, would become one of the most infamous horror comedy films of the year. An expansion of a short student film by then nineteen year old Jim Muro, Street Trash told the twin stories of a Greenpoint, Brooklyn shop owner who sell a case of cheap, long-expired hooch to local hobos, who hideously melt away shortly after drinking it, while two homeless brothers try to deal with their situation as best they can while all this weirdness is going on about them. After playing several weeks of midnight shows at the Waverly Theatre near Washington Square, Street Trash would open for a regular run at the 8th Street Playhouse on September 18th, one week after Blood Diner left the same theatre. However, Street Trash would not replace Blood Diner, which was kicked to the curb after one week, but another long forgotten movie, the Christopher Walken-starrer Deadline. Street Trash would do a bit better than Blood Diner, $9,000 in its first three days, enough to get the film a full two week run at the Playhouse. But its second week gross of $5,000 would not be enough to give it a longer playdate, or get another New York theatre to pick it up. The film would get other playdates, including one in my secondary hometown of Santa Cruz starting, ironically, on Thanksgiving Day, but the film would barely make $100k in its theatrical run. While this would be the only film Jim Muro would direct, he would become an in demand cinematographer and Steadicam operator, working on such films as Field of Dreams, Dances with Wolves, Sneakers, L.A. Confidential, the first Fast and Furious movie, and on The Abyss, Terminator 2, True Lies and Titanic for James Cameron. And should you ever watch the film and sit through the credits, yes, it's that Bryan Singer who worked as a grip and production assistant on the film. It would be his very first film credit, which he worked on during a break from going to USC film school. People who know me know I am not the biggest fan of horror films. I may have mentioned it once or twice on this podcast. But I have a soft spot for Troma Films and Troma-like films, and Street Trash is probably the best Troma movie not made or released by Troma. There's a reason why Lloyd Kaufman is not a fan of the movie. A number of people who have seen the movie think it is a Troma movie, not helped by the fact that a number of people who did work on The Toxic Avenger went to work on Street Trash afterwards, and some even tell Lloyd at conventions that Street Trash is their favorite Troma movie. It's looks like a Troma movie. It feels like a Troma movie. And to be honest, at least to me, that's one hell of a compliment. It's one of the reasons I even went to see Street Trash, the favorable comparison to Troma. And while I, for lack of a better word, enjoyed Street Trash when I saw it, as much as one can say they enjoyed a movie where a bunch of bums playing hot potato with a man's severed Johnson is a major set piece, but I've never really felt the need to watch it again over the past thirty-five years. Like several of the movies on this episode, Street Trash is not available for streaming on any service in the United States. And outside of Dirty Dancing, the ones you can stream, China Girl, Personal Services, Slaughter High and Steel Dawn, are mostly available for free with ads on Tubi, which made a huge splash last week with a confounding Super Bowl commercial that sent millions of people to figure what a Tubi was. Now, if you were counting, that was only nine films released in 1987, and not the eighteen they had promised at the start of the year. Despite the fact they had a smash hit in Dirty Dancing, they decided to push most of their planned 1987 movies to 1988. Not necessarily by choice, though. Many of the films just weren't ready in time for a 1987 release, and then the unexpected long term success of Dirty Dancing kept them occupied for most of the rest of the year. But that only meant that 1988 would be a stellar year for them, right? We'll find out next episode, when we continue the Vestron Pictures story. Thank you for joining us. We'll talk again next week. Remember to visit this episode's page on our website, The80sMoviePodcast.com, for extra materials about the movies we covered this episode. The 80s Movies Podcast has been researched, written, narrated and edited by Edward Havens for Idiosyncratic Entertainment. Thank you again. Good night.
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In 1999, Universal rebooted one of their classic monster movies The Mummy. Writer/Director Stephen Sommers took on the challenge and brought us a humorous, adventure filled take on the story. Featuring perhaps a career defining performance for Brendan Fraser and Arnold Vosloo, the film also features future-Oscar winner Rachel Weisz. But does the movie hold up after 23 years? Check out the episode to find out and let us know what you think of The Mummy! Cinema Heroes YouTube Instagram Twitter
We watched The Mummy from 1999 with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz and were reminded of a simpler time, when unlimited double handguns were the solution to all of life's little problems. @dgoebel00 on Instagram provided this amazing artwork. Follow him and check out his website. https://youtu.be/fZE8jD6fiZg Synopsis In a story as old as time, grave robbing, gold digging, westerners invade the ancient city of Hamunaptra and steal the life and death savings of a napping Egyptian Pharaoh. The Pharaoh, played by a man who should be named Billy Zane, but who is actually named Arnold Vosloo gets re-animated and seeks to re-animate his girlfriend so they can fuck from beyond the grave. Brendan Fraser has guns, a dashing smile, and a seething hatred of unspent shells. Rachel Weisz is a bookish librarian who is swept up in this action romp and soon gets more mummy than she bargained for. Review You've probably heard of Indiana Jones and Die Hard - well what if I was to tell you those movies birthed a third, superior movie starring Brendan Fraser? You would say, “Fill me up, daddy!” Then I would slam The Mummy into your VHS player and smack your mother in the face before I sent you to the underworld of ecstasy by hitting the “Play” button. The Mummy doesn't give a shit what you think about reality. It sends an army of the undead and a swarm of Egyptian beetles called scarabs to eat you. Scarabs don't eat you alive by burrowing under your skin, but The Mummy doesn't give a shit. It wants you to sit down, shut up, and have a blast - and by god you will. It's a movie that keeps it simple in the most impressive way possible. Any braindead dumb dumb can follow this plot, and that's not a bad thing. Fraser makes funny faces, and is so handsome that I am unsure of my sexuality. Watch The Mummy (1999)Buy or Rent on AmazonClick here to Watch Weisz reaffirms my sexuality by speaking Hebrew while showing bountiful cleavage. Beni makes for an appropriate slime ball helper to evil incarnate. There's blazing guns, exploding mummies, sexy mommies, bugs that eat you from the inside out, angry Americans, ugly Americans, and CGI from 1999. What kind of red blooded white female would I be if I scored this any lower than a 10/10? Score 10/10 Disc Review Check out Max's podcast on Youtube.
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This week Jackie and Danielle are taking on mummies again with the 2001 film The Mummy Returns with our pal Sam from Four Mins To Podcast. Ten years after the events of the first film, Rick and Evelyn O'Connell are settled in 1935 London, where they are raising their son. When a chain of events finds the corpse of Imhotep resurrected, the O'Connell's go on a desperate race to save the world from unspeakable evil and to rescue their son before it is too late. Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, Patricia Velásquez, Freddie Boath, Alun Armstrong and Dwayne Johnson ·Season 2 Episode 14· --- No More Late Fees --- Four Minutes To Twitter Four Minutes To Instagram --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nomorelatefees/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nomorelatefees/support --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nomorelatefees/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nomorelatefees/support
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