Podcast appearances and mentions of Richard Masur

On the latest episode of the podcast, Jamie wonders just how many renaissance faires Keith David performed at early in his career, Doug allows his preferred method of 'intimate murder' slip, and we both wonder just how much hot cocoa Nauls has to make regularly. Grab your old-time prospector's hat, plus in that Commodore 64 to play your dog/alien DNA game, and join us as we revisit Carpenter after being underwhelmed by both They Live! and Escape from New York with The Thing!The Thing is a 1982 film directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Masur, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, Thomas G. Waites & Adrienne Barbeau.Visit our YouTube ChannelMerch on TeePublic Follow us on TwitterFollow on InstagramFind us on FacebookVisit our WebsiteDoug's Schitt's Creek podcast, Schitt's & Giggles can be found here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/schitts-and-giggles-a-schitts-creek-podcast/id1490637008

Todd Muench joins John Landecker in the studio to talk about the Antenna TV Nostalgia Stories Podcast. This time, Todd breaks down some of the May segments and some of the exciting interviews they have coming up in the month, including Peter Asher, Richard Masur, Todd Rundgren, and David Steery.

good morning dear friendsmuch as been written this week about the passing of Pope Francis, in particular the unfortunate timing that saw his Holiness meeting with J.D. Vance just hours before expiring.   It is probably the height of exaggeration to claim Vance's was the last face Pope Francis saw, however it does poses the question, if you were near death, whose face would you like to be the last one you laid eyes upon before transitioning to the great beyond?  I've thought about this long and hard and I've decided the only answer for me is veteran character actor Richard Masur.  I've never met the man and know little about him past his thespian prowess, but in a large percentage of his appearances on the big and small screen, his presence seems imbued with care and empathy.   I know, most of you are making obvious choices like The Great Kat or Ed “Too Tall” Jones, but during _my_ final moments on this metal coil, I'd rather gaze deeply into the eyes of a deeply thoughtful, caring person (even if that person is merely playing the role of a deeply thoughtful, caring person).   I was going to take calls on this subject on today's program, however I've misplaced my telephone.  You'll have to settle for another, mostly-music episode. 

On the Media's Brooke Gladstone was our guest for a live Selected Shorts event, and this week, host Meg Wolitzer presents some of the stories Gladstone chose. They all explore the theme of tales we tell ourselves—and others. The title says it all in Mary Gordon's “My Podiatrist Tells Me a Story about a Boy and a Dog” read by Bebe Neuwirth and Richard Masur. Two imaginative cooks reinvent themselves in a new country in Meron Hadero's “A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times,” read by Chinasa Ogbuagu. And a child imagines an absent parent through her postcards in “Love, Your Only Mother” by David Michael Kaplan, read by Bebe Neuwirth.  

Today, we cover and overlooked gem that had the best cast of actors, doing their best with a pretty dreadful script. It's Scavenger Hunt, a wannabe It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, from 1979! Starring Richard Benjamin, James Coco, Scatman Crothers, Ruth Gordon, Cloris Leachman, Cleavon Little, Roddy McDowall, Robert Morley, Richard Mulligan, Tony Randall, Dirk Benedict, Willie Aames, Stephanie Faracy, Stephen Furst, Richard Masur and cameos from Meat Loaf, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Vincent Price! Directed by Michael Schultz, who also directed Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and The Last Dragon! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegenxfiles/support

John Carpenter's The Thing (1982): Kurt Russel, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, David Clen, T.K Carter, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Bill Lancaster, Larry Franco, Joel Polis, Thomas G. Waites, Charles Hallahan Music: February (mumblemix) this track is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commerical 3.0 Unported License.   https://blocsonic.com/releases/track/bscomp0007-disc-1-6-calendar-girl-february-mumblemix http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/   Podcast cover art by Rodney Holmes with Vecteezy. Michael Combs: Website   Heroes of Science Fiction and Fantasy covers heroes of movies, television, comics, and books, interviews, and commentary. Sci-Fi Talk. doc@heroesofsciencefictionandfantasy.com. Text 510-610-8944. www.heroesofsciencefictionandfantasy.com    

Brent, Nate, and Kate look suspiciously at each other as they watch the 1982 American science fiction horror The Thing directed by John Carpenter and starring: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Joel Polis, Donald Moffat, and Thomas Waites. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Character actor Richard Masur joins Frank Mackay on this episode of The Frank Mackay Show!

Paul Brickman's 1983 capitalist coming-of-age sleek sex comedy, RISKY BUSINESS, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Tangerine Dream's musical score elevating the film, Tom Cruise setting the stage for his entire career, Rebecca De Mornay, character actor Richard Masur, the style and tone, and much more! We also pick our TOP 7 ICONIC 80s MOVIE SCENES in this week's SILVER SCREEN 7. Check out the show, subscribe and become a regular here at THE BROKEN VCR. To watch the LIVE VIDEO RECORDING of BVCR, sign up to the PATREON ($2.99/month) at theturnbuckletavern.com. You'll get the episodes in video form days/weeks early.

ROBIN CARUS (Casting Director) has cast everything from iconic commercials to groundbreaking theatre to independent film and television. Upcoming & Current Projects: Windows (at Lincoln Center), This is Not a Time for Peace (Theatre Row). Selected Regional & Off-Broadway: Pay The Writer (Signature Theatre), Two Jews, Talking (starring Josh Mostel and Richard Masur at Theatre at St. Clement's), The Remarkable Mister Holmes (North Coast Rep), Chicken and Biscuits (Queens Theatre), Pip's Island Film: Urban Ed, The Thursday Night Club, Green Flake Television: Now Hear This (PBS). Robin won Webby, Hermes, Davey and Telly Awards for her contribution to Project Sing Out! Live/Virtual Events: Hadassah International, Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Fair Fight and the Warnock/Ossoff campaigns in Georgia, the Hudson Guild, the New Works Virtual Festival for the Actors Fund, the World Union For Progressive Judaism. For almost 10 years she was the Casting Director for TheatreworksUSA, where she cast over 200 national tours and countless works in development, as well as, their Off-Broadway series at the Lucille Lortel Theatre - including the revival of Seussical. Robin is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Theatre and Speech at CCNY - the City College of New York. Member of the Casting Society of America. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ROBIN CARUS ⌲ IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3445839/ ⌲ IG: https://www.instagram.com/robincarus/?hl=en ⌲ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robincaruscasting/ ⌲ X: https://twitter.com/robincarus?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ The Moving Spotlight Podcast ⌲ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-moving-spotlight/id1597207264 ⌲ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7cjqYAWSFXz2hgCHiAjy27 ⌲ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themovingspotlight ⌲ ALL: https://linktr.ee/themovingspotlight ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ #RobinCarus #RobinCarusCasting #TerryBerland #TerryBerlandCasting #NewYork #NewYorkCasting #NYTheatre #Musical #OffBroadway #Emmys #TVTime #iTunes #Actor #ActorsLife #Believe #Success #Inspiration #Netflix #Hulu #Amazon #HBO #AppleTV #Showtime #Acting #Artist #Theatre #Film #YourBestBadActing #Content #CorbinCoyle #JohnRuby #RealFIREacting #TMS_Pod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-moving-spotlight/support

Katie and Bridget hang out in Antarctica as they re-watch the movie: The Thing! It's a story all about how when you shove a bunch of depressed dudes into an isolated and cold location with no direction on their research, they will begin to all suspect one another are aliens! ...Mainly because yeah one/some/all of them are aliens! Come along as we follow the research team that gets thrust into their very own game of Clue. When a Thing (take a sip) is discovered to have infiltrated their compound, the men attempt to figure out who's been infected and how to defeat it before it's too late. With the help of some X-Files-esq home movies, along with lots of deaths and mutilations of their co-workers, the men discover the Things (take a sip) can be anyone or anyThing but thankfully they can also be set on fire. Will our characters be able to make it out with the help of non-stop Molotov cocktails? Do aliens also have rights according to that one guy (who was at the time, an alien)!? Released in 1982, it was directed by John Carpenter and stars Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, and Richard Masur.

Guest host David Sedaris presents stories that reimagine holiday rituals. In Tobias Wolff's “Powder,” a pre-Christmas snowstorm provides an adventure for a father and son. SELECTED SHORTS' late host and founder Isaiah Sheffer is the reader. A long-established couple turn out to be able to surprise one another in Allegra Goodman's gentle borrowing from an O. Henry classic. Dana Ivey and Michael Cerveris read her “Gifts of the Jewish Magi.” And David Sedaris says English writer Jeanette Winterson captures the city to a “T” in “Christmas in New York,” a modern fairy tale with just a hint of magic, performed by Richard Masur.

This week on Fabulous Film & Friends we're going to analyze a trio of “cult classics” from the actor/director pairing of Kurt Russell and John Carpenter. Starting with 1981's Escape From New York starring Mr. Russell, Donald Pleasance, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau, Isaac Hayes and Season Hubley, on to 1982's The Thing starring Russell, Donald Moffat, Keith David, Richard Dysart, David Clennon, T.K, Carter, Richard Masur, Charles Hallahan and Wilford Brimley, And finally 1986's Big Trouble in Little China starring Russell, Dennis Dun, Kim Cattrall, James Hong, Donald Li, Kate Burton, Suzee Pai and Victor Wong, My two guests are the only pair who would be up for such a comprehensive cinematic showdown : Lit major and lil' Sis Roseanne Caputi and Actor Funnyman Photobug, Alex Robertson. Before we run the gauntlet, the synopses:  In Escape From New Yorkex soldier and current convict Snake Plisskin is forced under the threat of death by government agent Hauk to rescue the President of the United States after a group of insurgents cause Air Force One to crash in New York city which by 1997 has become a walled off maximum security prison.  The Thing  catalogues the paranoia, fear and sheer horror  that ensues when a shape-shifting alien invades an American Antarctic Research Facility.   Big Trouble in Little China follows the mystic, martial-arts laden misadventures of blowhard truck driver Jack Burton, who, on a routine stop in San Francisco's Chinatown wins a bet over   his buddy Wang Chi. In order to collect his money, Jack follows Wang to the airport to meet Wang's beautiful green-eyed betrothed bride Miao Yin who is summarily kidnapped by the evil ancient supernatural gang Lord David Lo Pan. Lo Pan, for his part, inhabits a broken down and decrepit old body and can only move as a spirit in his young and powerful form. In order to attain full strength and fleshly form, Lo Pan  needs Wang's  green-eyed bride to break his century old curse. With the help of lawyer Gracie Law and a troupe of warriors led by magical Egg Shen, Jack and Wang charge into David Lo Pan's compound to stage a daring rescue. Which film rates the highest?Find out!

On this week's HALLOWEEN HORROR Episode, Will & Ian find a Thing. Some sort of Thing! So they discuss, today, on Halloween, a day for horror, and scares, and eeks and AAHs, and also- THE THING (1982) Directed by: John Carpenter. Starring: Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, Richard Masur, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, Thomas G. Waites, Jed the dog and Other Talented People! 00:01:00- Hello and Things 00:03:00- First Thoughts 00:10:30- Whatcha Been Watchin'? (Ian- Scavengers Reign, The Boys, Nate Bargatze: Hello World, The Venture Bros. Will- The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Cliffhanger) 00:27:00- All The Things 00:37:30- THE THING 01:11:30- Totals 01:12:30- Next Week/ Bye Patreon: patreon.com/THELastActionCritics Instagram: @TheLastActionCritics Twitter:     @THE_Lastcritics email:   Thelastactioncritics@gmail.com Next Week: Commando (1985)

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 Thing" The Thing is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster. Based on the 1938 John W. Campbell Jr. novella Who Goes There?, it tells the story of a group of American researchers in Antarctica who encounter the eponymous "Thing", an extraterrestrial life-form that assimilates, then imitates, other organisms. The group is overcome by paranoia and conflict as they learn that they can no longer trust each other and that any of them could be the Thing. The film stars Kurt Russell as the team's helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady, with A. Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, and Thomas G. Waites in supporting roles. Now in the Famous words of that Pig from Shrek "Play the movie.. Yeah PLAY" Austin Hernandez Socials: https://instagram.com/darkofeden?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== 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

"Get the hell away! That's not a dog, it's some sort of thing! It's imitating a dog, it isn't real! GET AWAY, YOU IDIOTS!"Hello and welcome to episode 106 of Once Upon a Nightmare. In this episode I am joined by Raye from Being Bookish where we discuss John Carpenter's The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)The Thing stars Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley and Richard Masur. An American research group working in Antarctica become victims to a shape shifting Alien. For more on Being Bookish - https://linktr.ee/beingbookish Thank you for listening and don't forget to rate and review on iTunes and Podchaser.For updates, reviews and behind the scenes info follow via one or all of the belowoptions:Instagram – @onceuponanightmarepodcast Threads - Once Upon a Nightmare Podcast Linktree - https://linktr.ee/onceuponanightmareEmail - onceuponanightmarepod@gmail.comOnce Upon A Nightmare is hosted, produced, researched, recorded and edited by me, Lorraine.Quotes: The Shining, Carrie, Aliens, Psycho, Scream 2 & The Silence of the Lambs.Music: Sleepless City by Keys of Moon [ Electronica / Synthwave / 80s / Disco ] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao0EQR96Nyg

The Thing is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster. Based on the 1938 John W. Campbell Jr. novella Who Goes There?, it tells the story of a group of American researchers in Antarctica who encounter the eponymous "Thing," an extraterrestrial life-form that assimilates, then imitates, other organisms. The group is overcome by paranoia and conflict as they learn that they can no longer trust each other and that any of them could be the Thing. The film stars Kurt Russell as the team's helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady, with A. Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, and Thomas G. Waites in supporting roles.

Hawkeye is dead! Or at least that's what the US Army thinks, meanwhile the man is alive and kicking. Being “dead” has some perks, like throwing a funeral party and not having to participate in Frank's yoga class. Unfortunately, the end of life celebration can't last for long because the Army has not only stopped Hawkeye's pay and mail, but relayed the misinformation to Hawkeye's poor dad!Notifying Families of Servicemembers' Deaths https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3340619https://www.military.com/spouse/military-life/how-military-conducts-death-notification.html https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2015/02/beyond-i-regret-to-inform-you/#:~:text=During%20World%20War%20II%2C%20Korea,wounded%2C%20or%20killed%20in%20action.Richard Masur https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0557956/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Masurhttps://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/124552%7C0/Richard-Masur/https://performingartslegacy.org/masur/Glen and Les Charles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_and_Les_Charleshttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-16-tv-35836-story.htmlMusic credit: “Feel Good Rock” by Jason Shaw, https://audionautix.com/ Cover Art by M. Cameron https://www.plaguedoctorart.com/Contact the show: mashmouthpod@gmail.comSocials: @valiantlyoffbalance on Instagram @OfficialVOB on Twitter @mashmouthpod on Instagram @EthanWasCool on Instagram and Twitter @unvanesscessary on Instagram

On this jam-packed episode of Praising Kane, our chronological look at the career of Carol Kane continues, starting with brief discussions about a mid-70s Dr. Pepper commercial, as well an early 80s adaptation of Irwin Shaw's The Girls in Their Summer Dresses featuring both Carol Kane and Jeff Bridges! After the break we turn our attention to the surprisingly star-studded drama AN INVASION OF PRIVACY from 1983 featuring Valerie Harper, Richard Masur, Jerry Orbach, Jeff Daniels, Sarah Michelle Gellar (in her screen debut) and - of course - Carol Kane! Some darker subject matter, but a unique episode. Check it out! The post Episode 188 – Praising Kane – An Invasion of Privacy (1983) first appeared on Cinema Smorgasbord.

A film that boldly asks “What if we made a good version of Ferris Buehler's Day Off?” It has all the beats of a John Hughes teen movie—especially that one—while actually saying something about America, capitalism, and class. It's the film that made Tom Cruise a star, and unfortunately is saddled in pop culture memory with one very silly dance scene that has very little to do with what's otherwise a very dark, funny, nervy movie about facing adulthood and disillusionment. A smarter film than expected, it eviscerates the model of “teen goes wild when his parents are away and has to set everything back the way it was before they get home” just as that template was being set for teen comedies. Starring Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Curtis Armstrong, Bronson Pinchot, Joe Pantoliano, and Richard Masur. Written and directed by Paul Brickman.  

GGACP honors striking SAG-AFTRA members by posting this ENCORE of a 2021 interview with Emmy- and Oscar-nominated actor-director -- and former SAG-AFTRA president -- Richard Masur. In this episode, Richard talks about his years as a union leader, his 6-decade acting career, his numerous collaborations with mentor Norman Lear and his role in United Artists' infamous "Heaven's Gate." Also, Francis Ford Coppola welcomes feedback, Jack Nicholson replaces Mandy Patinkin, John Carpenter remakes "The Thing" and Richard shares drinks (and the screen) with GGACP favorite Pat McCormick. PLUS: "Scavenger Hunt”! “Hot l Baltimore"! Remembering Richard Farnsworth (and Ben Johnson)! The wisdom of Robert Preston! And Richard praises co-stars Gene Hackman, Sidney Poitier and Meryl Streep! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will and Kevin have opened the Patreon vault again to share this "All the Best Bits" commentary recorded and released last year for subscribers. Joined by returning special guest Jamie Hannigan (The Damned, Pilgrimage), this is John Carpenter's The Thing.Released in 1982, The Thing is directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster. It stars Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Masur, Charles Hallahan, Richard Dysart, David Clennon, Donald Moffat, Peter Maloney, T.K. Carter, Thomas Waites, and Joel Polis.You can follow Jamie on Twitter @JamiedotdotdotMusic is provided by Epidemic.You can contact the show via bestbitspodcast.com/contact. Please consider leaving a five-star review wherever you get your podcasts if you enjoy this episode. It helps the show grow and allows others to discover it.You can also support the show directly on Patreon and get an extra 70 bonus shows like film reviews, commentaries, and our Mini Bits podcast by clicking this link: patreon.com/bestbitspodcast*Due to a technical mix-up with Squadcast, Kevin's mic was disengaged for this recording.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-best-bits/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Host Meg Wolitzer presents stories chosen by On the Media's Brooke Gladstone. Gladstone was our guest for a live Selected Shorts event in which all the stories explore the theme of tales we tell ourselves—and others. The title says it all in Mary Gordon's “My Podiatrist Tells Me a Story about a Boy and a Dog” read by Bebe Neuwirth and Richard Masur. Two imaginative cooks reinvent themselves in a new country in Meron Hadero's “A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times” read by Chinasa Ogbuagu. And a child imagines an absent parent through her postcards in “Love, Your Only Mother” by David Michael Kaplan, read by Bebe Neuwirth. In addition to Gladstone's on-stage remarks, this episode features backstage interviews with actors Masur, Neuwirth and Ogbuagu.

This week watch a movie with the great Michael Keaton, the excellent Michael Keaton, the awesome Michael Keaton, and the mediocre Michael Keaton. We watched Multiplicity, how does he afford any of this? How does Multiplicity hold up? Host: Nic Panel: Matthew and Nur Directed by Harold Ramis Starring: Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Harris Yulin, Richard Masur, Eugene Levy, Ann Cusack, John de Lancie, Brian Doyle-Murray

In the late '80s renowned television writer Don Reo developed a show based on the novel The Catcher in the Rye. The idea was to create a series about a wise-beyond-his-years, introspective teenage boy. NBC loved the screenplay but had one change, make theain character a girl. From this "Blossom" was born. Mayim Bialik was cast for the lead role and the Pilot episode was aired on July 1990 as a tester and after a little retooling premiered with a full season six months later. The show went on to have a very successful 5 season run. Did Blossom have a hot show right from the first episode or was all the retooling necessary? Listen as we deep dive the show's first episode. www.S1E1POD.com Starring: Mayim Bialik, Barrie Youngfellow, Joey Lawrence, Michael Stoyanov, Jenna von Oÿ, Richard Masur, Debra Stipe, Justin Whalin, & Kelly Packard Instagram & Twitter: @S1E1POD

This week, we finish our three part episode on the 1980s distribution company Vestron Pictures. ----more---- The movies discussed on this week's episode are: The Adventures of a Gnome Named Gnorm (1990, Stan Winston) Big Man on Campus (1989, Jeremy Paul Kagan) Dream a Little Dream (1989, Marc Rocco) Earth Girls Are Easy (1989, Julien Temple) Far From Home (1989, Meiert Avis) Paperhouse (1989, Bernard Rose) Parents (1989, Bob Balaban) The Rainbow (1989, Ken Russell) Wonderland (1989, Philip Saville)   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.   At the end of the previous episode, Vestron Pictures was starting to experience the turbulence a number of independent distributors faced when they had a successful film too soon out of the gate, and the direction of the company seemingly changes to go chasing more waterfalls instead of sticking to the rivers and the lakes they were used to.   Welcome to Part Three of our miniseries.   As we enter 1989, Vestron is seriously in trouble. More money has gone out then has come back in. It seems that they needed one more hit to keep going for a while longer. But if you were to look at their release schedule for the year, which included a pickup from the recently bankrupt DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group, there wasn't really anything that felt like it could be a Dirty Dancing-like break out, except for maybe the pickup from the recently bankrupt DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group.    But we'll get there in a moment.   Their first film from 1989 is a certifiable cult film if there ever was one, but the problem with this label is that the film tagged as so was not a success upon its initial theatrical release. Bob Balaban, the beloved character actor who had been regularly seen on screen since his memorable debut in Midnight Cowboy twenty years earlier, would make his directorial debut with the black comedy horror film Parents.   Bryan Madorsky stars as Michael Laemle, a ten year old boy living in the California suburbs in the 1950s, who starts to suspect mom and dad, played by Mary Beth Hurt and Randy Quaid, might be cannibals. It's a strange but fun little movie, and even Ken Russell would compare it favorably over David Lynch's Blue Velvet during one contemporary interview, but sadly, it would take far more time for the film to find its audience than Vestron could afford.   Opening in 94 theatres on January 27th, the $3m Parents could not overcome a series of negative reviews from critics, and it would only gross $278k in its first three days. Vestron would not strike any additional prints of the film, and would cycle the ones they did have around the country for several months, but after four months, the film could only attract $870k in box office receipts. But it would become something of a cult hit on video later in the year.   In 1992, British filmmaker Bernard Rose would make his American directing debut with an all-time banger, Candyman. But he wouldn't gotten Candyman if it wasn't for his 1989 film Paperhouse, an inventive story about a young girl whose drawings seem to manifest into reality. British actor Ben Cross from Chariots of Fire and American actress Glenne Headly from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels plays the young girl's parents.   Outside of Gene Siskel, who would give the film a thumbs down on his movie review show with Roger Ebert despite acknowledging Rose's talent as a filmmaker and being fascinated by the first two-thirds of the movie, the critical consensus was extraordinary. But it appears Siskel may have never actually written a review of the film for the Chicago Tribune, as the film still has a 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. But the film would only earn $6,700 from its single screen playdate at the Carnegie Hall Cinemas when it opened on February 17th, and the film would get little support from Vestron after that. More single playdates in major cities that added up to a $241k box office tally after fourteen weeks in release.   Marc Rocco's Dream a Little Dream would be the third film in The Two Coreys Cinematic Universe. Corey Feldman plays a high school student who, through one of the strangest plot twists in the whole body switching genre, finds himself switching places with two time Academy Award-winner Jason Robards, playing a professor who is looking for immortality through entering a meditative alpha state. Meredith Salinger and Piper Laurie also find themselves switching bodies as well, while Corey Haim plays the goofball best friend with not a whole lot to do. The supporting cast also includes veteran character actors Harry Dean Stanton and Alex Rocco, the latter who agreed to do the film because it was directed by his son.   When the film opened on March 3rd, it would be Vestron's second widest release, opening on more than 1,000 theatres. But just like the previous year's License to Drive, the pairing of Corey Haim and Corey Feldman did not set the box office on fire, opening in fifth place with $2.57m in ticket sales, compared to the #1 film of the week, the Morgan Freeman drama Lean on Me, which would gross twice as much as Dream a Little Dream while playing in 125 fewer theatres. In its second week, the film would lose 56 theatres and 52% of its opening weekend audience, falling all the way to 13th place with a gross of only $1.25m. By week three, the movie would move to dollar houses, and trudge along for several more months, until it closed in the middle of summer with only $5.55m in the till.   In the late 1970s and early 1980s, writer/director Jeremy Paul Kagan had directed and occasionally written several big ticket movies, including the 1977 Henry Winkler drama Heroes, which also starred Sally Field and, in his first post-Star Wars movie, Harrison Ford, and the 1985 Meredith Salinger/John Cusack adventure film The Journey of Natty Gann. Which makes his Natty Gann follow up, Big Man on Campus, such a head scratcher.   A modern adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Big Man on Campus was written by Allan Katz, who had been working in television for nearly twenty years writing for and producing shows like All in the Family, Sanford and Son, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and MASH. Katz would also star in the movie as the titular hunchback, even though he had never once acted on any of his shows. But at least he had a good cast supporting him, including Gerrit Graham, Melora Hardin, Jessica Harper, Tom Skerritt, and Cindy Williams.   I can only find one playdate for the film ever, in Los Angeles at the American Cinematheque in March 1989, so while this mostly qualifies as a direct to video release, I feel compelled to at least give it a token mention here.   Have you ever heard of a movie called The Fruit Machine? Of course you haven't, because that's a horrible name for a movie, no matter what it's about. When Vestron acquired this British drama about young gay men who go on the run after they witness a murder, the first thing they did was change the title to Wonderland. Not that Wonderland gives you any more of an idea of what the movie is about than The Fruit Machine. But, whatever.   Today, the movie has two things going for it. One, an early role for Robbie Coltrane, playing a transvestite who operates a nightclub for gay men and transvestites called, you guessed it, The Fruit Machine. Second, the musical score was written by Hans Zimmer, in one of his earliest film jobs. Ironically, Wonderland would be the the third movie scored by Hans Zimmer to be released by Vestron in a four month period, after Burning Secret and Paperhouse.   Wonderland would open at the Quad Cinemas in New York City on April 28th, to poor reviews but a decent $11,500 opening weekend. But the film would not be able to maintain much of an audience, and after five weeks, Wonderland was out of the Quad Cinemas, never to play another theatre in America, with just $50k in the till.   Ken Russell's third and final film in his contract with Vestron was The Rainbow, an adaptation of a 1915 novel by D.H. Lawrence, whose 1920 novel Women in Love had been adapted by Russell in 1969. Glenda Jackson, who had won the Academy Award for her role in Women in Love, here plays the mother of the character she played in the other film. Here, she co-stars with Sammi Davis as Ursala, the younger sister of Jackson's Women in Love character, who finds herself attracted to Anton, a young man in town, as well as her gym teacher Winifred.   As one would expect from Ken Russell, the supporting cast is top notch, including future Eighth Doctor Paul McGann, regular Russell collaborator Christopher Gable, and Blowup star David Hemmings. The film would open at the Paris Theatre in New York City on May 5th, where it would gross a very good $22k, spurred on by great reviews from most of the city's major critics, several of which noted the film to be Russell's best in a number of years. So it would be sad that the film would end up being the lowest grossing of the three films he'd make with Vestron, only earning a total of $444k after three months in mostly single playdates in major markets.   In 1985, Geena Davis and Jeff Goldblum would work together on a forgettable horror comedy film called Transylvania 6-5000, whose name was a pun on a popular 1940 song recorded by Glenn Miller. In 1986, the pair would work together again in David Cronenberg's amazing remake of the cheesy 1950s horror film The Fly. In late 1987, shortly after the pair married, they would work together for a third time, on another comedy, and on a movie that was this time based on an actual song.    Earth Girls Are Easy was the name of a song that appeared on comedian Julie Brown's 1984 EP Goddess in Progress, and was originally developed as a movie at Warner Brothers Studio. The studio would get cold feet when Absolute Beginners, the big British musical directed by music video director Julien Temple, failed big time everywhere in the world except for the UK. Temple was slated to direct Earth Girls Are Easy, and Brown, as the co-writer and co-star of the film, was committed to the filmmaker, even if it meant Warners putting the film into turnaround.   Which they did, in 1986.   It would take nearly a year to get the project back on track, after being rejected by every other major studio and production company in Hollywood, until the French banking giant Credit Lyonnais agree to finance the film, provided they could cut the budget from $14m to $10m, and if the filmmakers could make a distribution deal with the bank's preferred distributor, the then newly-formed DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group.   The film, about a manicurist in Los Angeles who helps three aliens blend into human culture after they accidentally crash land their spaceship into her pool, would begin production in Los Angeles in October 1987. Davis played the manicurist, and Goldblum one of the aliens, alongside Damon Wayans and Jim Carrey, while the remaining cast would include a number of great comedic actors like MASH's Larry Linville, Michael McKean, Rick Overton, and Charles Rocket, as well as Los Angeles media personality Angelyne as basically herself.   While the film was nearing completion in early 1988, the DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group would go out of business, leaving Credit Lyonnais in need of a new distributor for their investment. But after Temple turned in his first cut of the film, Credit Lyonnais would send Temple back into his editing bay, where he and his team would spend nearly another five months  winnowing out various scenes and completely excising a big and expensive musical number based on one of the other songs on Brown's 1984 EP, I Like ‘Em Big and Stupid, because it just didn't work for the film. Additional scenes would be shot, and the budget would end up being $11m.    The film would have its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September 1988, and attract attention from a number of distributors including MGM/UA, New World Pictures and Twentieth Century-Fox, but Vestron would end up putting in the winning bid.   The film would originally be set for a February 1989 release, but would get delayed until May 12th. When it finally opened on 317 screens in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philly, San Francisco, Toronto and Washington DC, the film would gross $893k, putting in twelfth place for the weekend, but its per screen average would be the fourth best amongst the films in the top twenty. The film would fall one place in its second week,  losing 35% of its opening weekend audience, grossing $577k. The film would slowly hemorrhage theatres and box office until the plug was pulled in mid-July with only $3.9m in tickets sold.   The sole lasting legacy of the film is that Damon Wayans enjoyed working so much with Jim Carrey that when Damon's brother Kenan Ivory Wayans was putting together a new comedy television show together thanks to the success of his movie I'm Gonna Get You Sucka, Damon would get his brother to give Carrey a chance. In Living Color would make Carrey and the Wayans Brothers stars, and would change the course of comedy. So there's that…   In late June, the Lightning Pictures imprint would release their first movie in nearly two years, Far From Home. The film starred the then-fourteen year old Drew Barrymore as a young girl traveling cross country with her father, who get stuck in a small desert town in Nevada on their way to back to Los Angeles, who must deal with some very strange characters in the trailer park they're staying in, as they slowly discover nothing is as it's supposed to be. Matt Frewer, Max Headroom himself, plays the dad, who must protect his daughter while he figures out how to get the hell out of town alive.   Truth be told, the movie sucks, and it's really creepy in how it sexualizes Barrymore, but there's one hell of a great supporting cast doing their best to keep the joint from totally stinking the place up. Richard Masur, Academy Award nominee Susan Tyrell, Anthony Rapp from Adventures in Babysitting, Jennifer Tilly, and beloved character actor Dick Miller. When Vestron opened the film in four theatres in third-tier regions on June 30th, it was little surprise the film got some very bad notices, although one unnamed reviewer for Variety felt the need to note that Barrymore, who again was only fourteen at the time, had “a baby face, dreamy eyes and a playboy model's body.” The film would gross just $3,763 in its first and only weekend in theatres.   But that wasn't even the worst news of the week for Vestron.   On the same day as they opened Far From Home, Vestron had been informed by Security Pacific Bank in Los Angeles that the $100 million line of credit the company had with them was being terminated. 140 of the approximately 300 Vestron staff members, mostly from the Los Angeles office, were let go, including the President of Production, the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Distribution, and the Vice President of Publicity and Promotion. While Vestron Video would continue for a while, in large part thanks to a $15.7m payoff during a dispute over home video ownership rights to the 1986 Best Picture winner Platoon, the theatrical distribution unit was effectively dead. Some movies, including the Fred Savage/Howie Mandel comedy Little Monsters, the Harry Dean Stanton-led comedy Twister, and the Kathryn Bigelow-directed action thriller Blue Steel with Jamie Lee Curtis, would be sold off to other companies, but the titles left behind would see their planned theatrical releases cancelled and eventually be released direct to video.   Thanks to some of the legacy titles in their video catalog, including Dirty Dancing, Vestron would be able to stave off the inevitable, but in January 1991, the company would file for bankruptcy, their final film being the Stan Winston-directed fantasy buddy comedy The Adventures of a Gnome named Gnorm. Filmed in 1988 as Upward, the film featured Anthony Michael Hall as an Los Angeles Police Detective who has to team up with a gnome, a puppet created by Winston, the effects wizard who also directed the film, to solve a murder. For Winston, it was deja vu all over again, as his previous directorial effort, Pumpkinhead, found itself in limbo for a while when its distributor, the DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group, filed for bankruptcy in 1987 before they could release that film.   In bankruptcy court, Live Entertainment, partially owned by 1990s mega movie production company Carolco Pictures, would purchase all of Vestron's assets for $24m. Live used the assets as collateral to secure a line of credit from industry friendly banks, so they could start their own production and distribution company, of which their only moment of note was helping to finance Reservoir Dogs when no one else would.   Eventually, Live Entertainment would be sold off to Bain Capital, a private investment firm co-founded by Mitt Romney, in 1997, and they would rebrand Live as Artisan Entertainment. Artisan today is best known as the little independent distributor of The Blair Witch Project, but they also would enter into an agreement with Marvel Comics to make movies for 15 of their characters, including Ant-Man, Black Panther, Deadpool, Iron Fist, Longshot, Morbius, Mort the Dead Teenager, and the Power Pack.   Artisan would produce two movies based on Marvel characters, Man-Thing and The Punisher, although neither of those films would be released by Artisan. Artisan would declare bankruptcy in 2003, and Marvel would be one of the companies to place a bid for them. Lionsgate would end up becoming the winning bidder for Artisan's assets, which is how the vast majority of Vestron titles are now owned by a company that didn't even exist when Vestron closed shop.   Today, Lionsgate is the owner of the assets of a number of the companies we've spoken about on this podcast in the past, and will be talking about in the future, including Crown International, the DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group, Embassy Pictures, and New World Pictures. And it's also a major reason why so many of the movies we discuss in these episodes looking back at past companies are completely unknown today. As big as Lionsgate is, with nearly $3.6 billion in revenue in 2022, they aren't going to be able to keep up with the chain of ownership for every movies from every company they've purchased, and they're not going to put the money in to the movies that are barely remembered today. The Film Foundation, the non-profit organization co-founded by Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, which is dedicated to film preservation, estimates the average cost to do a photochemical restoration of a color feature with sound to between $80,000 to $450,000 dollars, not including the cost of a 2k or 4k digital scan. I'm going to have a link in the show notes on our website at The80sMoviePodcast.com to a November 2018 article from the Science History Institute about the process of restoring films. It's not a long read, but it's a fascinating read. I hope you'll check it out.   So there you have it, the end of the line for Vestron Pictures, and many of the movies they helped to make and distribute, most of which you cannot find today in any form.   Thank you for listening.   We'll talk again next week when Episode 105, on the 1985 teen comedy O.C. and Stiggs, directed by Robert Altman, will be discussed.   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.

Let's Talk - MoviesEpisode 30: The Thing (1982) - Just RewatchedJason Connell and Sal Rodriguez revisit the classic movie and talk about John Carpenter's legacy, toys that spawned from the film, and the sheer terror of shape-shifting aliens.Synopsis: A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.Director: John CarpenterCast: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Masur, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, Thomas G. WaitesRecorded: 01-25-23Studio: Just Curious Media https://www.JustCuriousMedia.com/Listen: https://LetsTalkMovies.buzzsprout.com/Watch:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmKGDMnZ6x-ej7LR00QXwiA/Follow:https://www.facebook.com/LetsTalkMoviesPodcast/https://www.instagram.com/LetsTalkMoviesPodcast/Host:https://www.instagram.com/MrJasonConnell/Special Guest:https://www.instagram.com/SalvadorLosAngeles/#justcuriousmedia #letstalkmovies #mrjasonconnell #salvadorlosangeles #cinema #classicmovies #movies #moviereviews #film #filmreviews #studios #producers #directors #writers #actors #moviestars #boxoffice #thething

An American research crew at a base in Antarctica finds they are not alone in the desolate, freezing landscape when a nearby Norwegian team accidentally awakens an alien presence that's been frozen in the ice for a hundred thousand years. As the American crew determines just what the alien's M.O. is, they are overcome by a creeping distrust, and the paranoid group slowly unravels as an unseen, deadly force runs rampant on the base. Intro, Math Club, and Debate Society (spoiler-free) 00:00-31:42 Honor Roll and Detention (spoiler-heavy) 31:43-1:07:36 Superlatives (so. many. spoilers.) 1:07:37-1:26:59 Director John Carpenter Screenplay Bill Lancaster, based on the novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr. Featuring Wilfrid Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Jed, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, Kurt Russell, Thomas Waites Suzanne Keilly is a screenwriter in Los Angeles, known for adapting and reimagining 80s cult genre fare including Slumber Party Massacre, Leprechaun Returns, and “Ash Vs Evil Dead.” Despite her penchant for horror, Suzanne got her start writing and performing sketch comedy and improv at stages across North America including UCB, the Groundlings, Second City, and Just for Laughs. She was most recently a writer on Netflix's cancelled, yet beloved series “Warrior Nun,” and is currently writing a horror whodunnit for Viacom. Our theme music is by Sir Cubworth, with embellishments by Edward Elgar. Music from “The Thing” by Ennio Morricone. For more information on this film, the pod, essays from your hosts, and other assorted bric-a-brac, visit our website, scareupod.com. Please subscribe to this podcast via Apple or Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave us a 5-star rating. Join our Facebook group. Follow us on Instagram. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

It's February, which means it's the month of love! We're getting started with the 1995 romantic comedy Forget Paris starring Billy Crystal and Debra Winger as Mickey and Ellen. In this tale of love, travel, and basketball, a group of friends tells the newest member of their group the whirlwind tale of the romance between an NBA referee and an American-born Parisian airline executive and how a lost dead body kickstarted a romance that spans almost a decade. Costarring Julie Kavner, Joe Mantegna, Richard Masur, Cathy Moriarty, and a slew of mid-90s NBA stars, Forget Paris will have you laughing, scratching your head, and suspending disbelief!Sit back, relax, and listen to the Plotaholics discuss Forget Paris!Support the show

Prison, drugs and gang war touch three friends from the east coast. A guest co-host joins them and learns that the previous co-host was killed by these friends, and he fears the same will happen to him. On Episode 548 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined by EF Contentment for another Patreon Takeover! This time EF has selected the films Blood In, Blood Out from director Taylor Hackford and Unman, Wittering and Zigo from director John Mackenzie for us to discuss! We spend a large portion of this oversized show talking about the highly quotable crime epic Blood In, Blood Out close to the film's 30th anniversary! Orale, grab your copy of Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, expect nothing and get everything, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!Stuff we talk about: Patreon Takeover, MZ's glossy-eyed stare, The Offering, watching the wrong movie, EF Contentment, Cruise Gooseman, going to the theater, Watch/Skip+, Nasty Boys, Blood In Blood Out, Teddy Wilson, Delroy Lindo, Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Michael Pare, Nemesis, Albert Pyun, Taylor Hackford, Benjamin Bratt, Tom Towles, Billy Bob Thornton, descrambled ppv, David Ayer, Harsh Times, Christian Bale, Peace Corps, American Me, Tom Cruz, Heroes, Fame, drug-addicted artist stereotype, Vatos Locos Forever, how you recover from tragedy, Richard Masur, Risky Business, License to Drive, Ving Rhames, The Thing, Thomas F. Wilson, doing the vengeance, John Woo, Bullet in the Head, RRR, Dashcam, Lanny Flaherty, Stuart Gordon, William H. Macy, Edmond, scared straight, Inglourious Basterds, Schindler's List, Helen Mirren is the bridge between worlds, Fast and Furious, True Lies, Unman Wittering and Zigo, John Mackenzie, David Hemmings, Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, Carolyn Seymour, Droogs, A Clockwork Orange, 70s film stock, boarding school kids are dicks, Benedict Cumberbatch, Serpico, spin-offs 50 years later, Hobo with a Shotgun, Kids vs. Aliens, Jason Eisener, Tales from the Territories, Dark Side of the Ring, San Quentin, East LA, racism in the lunch line, Menace 2 Society, Boyz in the Hood, Hollywood Pictures, White Knights, Miklo Ravenshadow, 20/23 Vision, and Hooked on Buttcrack.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradioJoin our Discord Community: discord.trickortreatradio.comSend Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.comVisit our website: http://trickortreatradio.comStart your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzKFB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradioTwitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadioFacebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadioYouTube: http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadioInstagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadioSupport the show

The Thing is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter with a screenplay written by Bill Lancaster based on the 1938 novella Who Goes There?. The film stars Kurt Russell, with Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, and Thomas G. Waites in supporting roles.  The film's score was composed by the late Ennio Morricone.   If you have anything to add to the discussion, please don't hesitate to do so by reaching out to us on social media @TheFilmFlamers, or call our hotline and leave us a message at 972-666-7733!            Watch The Thing: https://amzn.to/3GmY5zP         Out this Month: Week 1: Shooting the Flames Week 2: The Thing From Another World (1951) Week 3: The Thing (1982) Week 4: Break! Week 5: Up In Flames: 2022 in Review Patreon: The Thing (2011)     Coming in February 2023: Heathers The Craft      Get in Touch:  Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheFilmFlamers  Visit our Store: https://teespring.com/stores/thefilmflamers  Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFilmFlamers  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thefilmflamers  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheFilmFlamers/ Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/thefilmflamers/ Our Website: https://www.filmflamers.com  Call our Hotline: 972-666-7733     Our Patrons: #ExiledTexan Ashlie Thornbury BattleBurrito Benjamin Gonzalez Bennett Hunter Brandon Anderson CenobiteBetty Christopher N Dan Alvarez daveisruff Erica Huff Gia-Ranita Pitt Gillian Murtagh GlazedDonut GWilliamNYC James Aumann Jessica E Kimberly McGuirk-Klinetobe Kyle Kavanagh Lisa Libby Loch Hightower Matthew McHenry Mimi Hunter Nicole McDaniel Nikki (phillyenginerd) Orion Yannotti Penelope Nelson Quel Parish random dude Richard Pringle Robert B. Robert E Sean Homrig Senor Sombra Walstrich   Sweet dreams...      "Welcome to Horrorland" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Includes music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

0:00 - Intro & Summary2:00 - Movie Discussion46:44 - Cast & Crew/Awards56:40 - Pop Culture/TV1:09:01 -  Rankings & Ratings To see a full list of movies we will be watching and shows notes, please follow our website: https://www.1991movierewind.com/Follow us!https://linktr.ee/1991movierewind Theme: "sunrise-cardio," Jeremy Dinegan (via Storyblocks)Don't forget to rate/review/subscribe/tell your friends to listen to us!

We kickoff Noirvember 2022 with something a little different; an erotic thriller from 1989. Directed by Meiert Avis, co-written by Tommy Lee Wallace, shot by Paul Miller, and produced by Donald P. Borchers, the film stars Drew Barrymore as Joleen Cox who, along with her father Charley (Matt Frewer) are stranded in a shitty little trailer park in Nevada on their way back to California. She's on the edge of 14 years old and encounters a whole mess of interesting characters… and character actors. There's Susan Tyrell who runs the trailer park, Dick Miller as the local lawman, Richard Masur as a burnt out mechanic, Anthony Rapp as a squirrely little guy named Pinky, and there's some guy named Andras Jones who menaces Joleen and may be murdering people around the park.Andras Jones and Bryan Connolly of The World Is Wrong podcast join Mike to discuss the film and the phenomenon of erotic thrillers.

We kickoff Noirvember 2022 with something a little different; an erotic thriller from 1989. Directed by Meiert Avis, co-written by Tommy Lee Wallace, shot by Paul Miller, and produced by Donald P. Borchers, the film stars Drew Barrymore as Joleen Cox who, along with her father Charley (Matt Frewer) are stranded in a little trailer park in Nevada on their way back to California. She's on the edge of 14 years old and encounters a whole mess of interesting characters… and character actors. There's Susan Tyrrell who runs the trailer park, Dick Miller as the local lawman, Richard Masur as a burnt out mechanic, Anthony Rapp as a squirrely little guy named Pinky, and there's some guy named Andras Jones who menaces Joleen and may be murdering people around the park.Andras Jones and Bryan Connolly of The World Is Wrong podcast join Mike to discuss the film and the phenomenon of erotic thrillers.

Grab your long johns and fire up the flamethrower because Adam is recommending Melanie and special guest Michael (Mel's younger brother) watch John Carpenter's The Thing, Adam's all-time favorite horror film. This movie has it all. Thrills. Chills. Kurt Russell being a badass. Keith David not taking any crap. Wilford Brimley losing his mind with an axe. And some of the greatest practical effects ever put to film. But what will Mel think? Please rate, subscribe, and review. It really helps! You can also check out our back catalog, which includes discussions about Office Space, Legally Blonde, Speed, Encanto, The Fifth Element, and a wild special episode where Adam puts himself through the entire Twilight Franchise. With the tastes of the two hosts combined, there is truly something for everyone. But wait, there's more! We also have videos of Made You Watch… (a podcast) on the Enstarz YouTube Channel if you want to put faces to voices. Join Adam and Melanie as they share their love of movies every Wednesday. You can find Made You Watch... (a podcast) on all music and podcast streaming services. Follow Melanie Weir: Instagram @mel.ohh.dramatic and Twitter @spoopityboop Follow Adam Mock: Instagram @mock_adam and Twitter @Ad_Mock Follow The Show: Twitter @MadeYouWatch Email: feedback@madeyouwatchapodcast.com (We'd love to hear from you!) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/madeyouwatch/support

Grab your long johns and fire up the flamethrower because Adam is recommending Melanie and special guest Michael (Mel's younger brother) watch John Carpenter's The Thing, Adam's all-time favorite horror film. This movie has it all. Thrills. Chills. Kurt Russell being a badass. Keith David not taking any crap. Wilford Brimley losing his mind with an axe. And some of the greatest practical effects ever put to film. But what will Mel think? Please rate, subscribe, and review. It really helps! You can also check out our back catalog, which includes discussions about Office Space, Legally Blonde, Speed, Encanto, The Fifth Element, and a wild special episode where Adam puts himself through the entire Twilight Franchise. With the tastes of the two hosts combined, there is truly something for everyone. But wait, there's more! We also have videos of Made You Watch… (a podcast) on the Enstarz YouTube Channel if you want to put faces to voices. Join Adam and Melanie as they share their love of movies every Wednesday. You can find Made You Watch... (a podcast) on all music and podcast streaming services. Follow Melanie Weir: Instagram @mel.ohh.dramatic and Twitter @spoopityboop Follow Adam Mock: Instagram @mock_adam and Twitter @Ad_Mock Follow The Show: Twitter @MadeYouWatch Email: feedback@madeyouwatchapodcast.com (We'd love to hear from you!) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/madeyouwatch/support

We are honored to welcome actor, director, and writer Richard Masur! You know Richard from movies like The Thing, IT, My Girl, my Girl 2, Multiplicity, Risky Business and so much more. Richard has also acted in numerous legendary TV shows like All In the Family, One Day at a Time, Rhoda, All My Children, and Orange is the new Black. Masur has been active in the theatre with increasing frequency. His Broadway debut was in The Changing Room by David Storey (1973). More recently, Masur returned to Broadway in Michael Frayn's Democracy (2004-05), and, among his many off-Broadway and regional theatre appearances, are recent major roles in A Feminine Ending by Sarah Treem (Playwrights Horizons - 2007), and Mike Leigh's Two Thousand Years (The New Group - 2008). This episode is sponsored by Deadly Grounds Coffee, head over to https://deadlygroundscoffee.com/ and grab a bag if you want to support the show head over to http://tee.pub/lic/xagxfUg22qI and grab a shirt! We are part of The Dorkening Podcast Network https://www.thedorkeningpodcastnetwork.com/ Find out more at https://wicked-horror-show.pinecast.co Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/wicked-horror-show/954a56fc-959b-43f0-a62b-5eb5e9d97960

Check Playlist This episode of The Five Count featured our second exclusive interview with actor Richard Masur. Known for roles in films like The Thing, License to Drive, Stephen King's It, Mr. Boogedy, Risky Business, and My Girl, Richard has been acting steadily since the 1970s. He's also a former president of the Screen Actors Guild. During the show he discussed his memories of making the films Mr. Boogedy and Bride of Boogedy, working on the Netflix show Jigsaw, and his upcoming appearance at Minnesota's Crypticon Convention. Get your tickets now! During the rest of the show we discussed our love for pro wrestler Rick “The Model” Martel, shared out favorite inspirational quotes, and Ton spoiled the ending of the film The Bodyguard. After that, we took a trip to Hickey Town! https://youtu.be/0-oDuzNgpQQ

This week we thaw out Encino Man! Encino Man is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Les Mayfield in his directorial debut, and starring Sean Astin, Brendan Fraser, Mariette Hartley, Richard Masur, and Pauly Shore. Join the conversation! Send us your questions, comments, criticisms, or witticisms at videojunkyardpodcast@gmail.com or send a comment on the socials: Twitter - @videojunkpod Facebook - www.facebook.com/videojunkyardpodcast Instagram -videojunkyardpodcast If you like the podcast, please consider becoming a member of our Patreon family and get some awesome perks for your small donation. www.patreon.com/VideoJunkyardPodcast The music and movie clips are the property of their respective creators. No infringement is intended or implied.

We were back at Motor City Nightmares in Novi, MI to chat with some of their amazing 2022 guests. 00:00 - Cooper Andrews discusses Halt and Catch Fire, The Walking Dead and the Shazam movies. 07:32 - Richard Masur chats about co-starring in The Thing, the original IT mini-series, the cult comedy Scavenger Hunt and the HBO movie 61*. 15:21 - Ve Neill looks back at her academy award winning make-up career starting with the original Star Trek movie, many of the Tim Burton movies and her new make-up school https://legendsmakeup.com/. 19:41 - Stephen Geoffreys shares what it was like playing Evil Ed in the classic 80s movie Fright Night. 23:35 - Kathleen Kinmont talks about starring in Bride of Re-Animator and her new book https://www.amazon.com/Shouldve-Been-Nicer-Quentin-Tarantino/dp/1649458363 30:22 - Character actor Brad Greenquist chats about his make-up heavy roles in the original Pet Sematary and Star Trek: Voyager.

This week I'm losing at chess, rugging up against the cold, and getting a routine blood test, all while discussing the 1982 cult classic horror film ‘The Thing' with the help of the legendary Paul from The Countdown! Find Paul and his great show at @thecountdownpc or at https://thecountdownpc.podbean.com/ The Thing is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster. Based on the 1938 John W. Campbell Jr. novella Who Goes There?, it tells the story of a group of American researchers in Antarctica who encounter the eponymous "Thing", a parasitic extraterrestrial life-form that assimilates, then imitates, other organisms. The group is overcome by paranoia and conflict as they learn that they can no longer trust each other and that any of them could be the Thing. The film stars Kurt Russell as the team's helicopter pilot, R.J. MacReady, and features A. Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, and Thomas G. Waites in supporting roles. We Watched A Thing is supported by Dendy Cinemas Canberra. The best Australian cinema chain showing everything from blockbusters to arthouse and indie films. Find them at https://www.dendy.com.au/ If you like this podcast, or hate it and us and want to tell us so - You can reach us at wewatchedathing@gmail.com Or, Twitter - @WeWatchedAThing Facebook - @WeWatchedAThing Instagram - @WeWatchedAThing and on iTunes and Youtube If you really like us and think we're worth at least a dollar, why not check out our patreon at http://patreon.com/wewatchedathing. Every little bit helps, and you can get access to bonus episodes, early releases, and even tell us what movies to watch.

In this Episode: Our Heroes discuss the cultish classic Multiplicity. It's all Michael Keaton, all the time with this little gem of a film! Plus Andie MacDowell and a legendary ensemble cast including: Eugene Levy, Brian Doyle-Murray, John de Lancie, Richard Masur, and a bunch of other peeps that you totally forgot were in this! Tune in... Follow Us: Our Website Twitter Instagram Facebook Items discussed (links to more info): Note - if the below links don't work in your podcast player please visit the show page at: https://ebd.fm/episodes/165 Otho Ghostbusters 2 Ozark Clear & Present Dagger Q Knight Rider Magnum PI Chips Blind Date Mrs. Doubtfire Waiting Groundhog Day Night Shift Johnny Dangerously Toy Story 3 Gung Ho Beetlejuice Birdman Vulture Batgirl Pattinson Levy stache Addams Family Expanse baby arm Shalhoub MIB Sam Elliott Dr Strange cape Tick mustache Jamie Lee Curtis True Lies Superman stache Maibatsu Thunder Frampton Gunny Highway Martha Stewart Snoop Dre Warren G Old Yeller Weapon of Choice The continental More cowbell Colonel Angus Lovahs Click Dead zone Solo Game Society Pimps Dune Hader puppet Mr Rogers Picture Picture The Fly Grundle Warcraft Kobolds Alien Isolation

Forty years ago, this sci-fi horror thriller was released as director Carpenter's follow-up to Escape From New York and Halloween, both of which were quite popular and pretty groundbreaking for the time.  It was a remake of the horror classic The Thing From Another World directed by the late great Howard Hawks – it has a top-flight cast of veteran actors lead by Kurt Russell including Keith David, Wilford Brimley, Richard Masur, Donald Moffett, and Alan Dysart among others.  It also featured state-of-the-art special effects from modern master Rob Bottin, a hummable score from the legendary Ennio Morricone, and crisp visuals from one of the best cinematographers of this era, Dean Cundey.  Everything about this film was top-of-the-line…..so WHY was it so disliked when it first came out? :o Reviews were relatively bad as was the box office – however over time, this film has become a genuinely beloved cult classic now considered among John Carpenter's best films.  Let's go back to that isolated scientific facility to find out why....Host: Geoff Gershon  Editors: Geoff and Ella GershonProducer: Marlene Gershonhttps://livingforthecinema.com/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/Letterboxd:https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/

“Nobody... nobody trusts anybody now, and we're all very tired.” In this episode, we discuss John Carpenter's horror classic: The Thing! as well as briefly reviewing the films we logged on our Letterboxd dairies in the past week. — TIME CODES: 00:00 - INTRO 01:34 - BASIC FACTS 03:33 - THE MEAT 37:03 - WHAT WE WATCHED — The Thing (1982) MAN IS THE WARMEST PLACE TO HIDE. “In remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks both human beings and canines in the camp and they discover that the beast can assume the shape of its victims. A resourceful helicopter pilot and the camp doctor lead the camp crew in a desperate, gory battle against the vicious creature before it picks them all off, one by one.” Directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, and Thomas G. Waites. Scored by Ennio Morricone, John Carpenter, and Alan Howarth, shot by Dean Cundey, and produced by David Foster, Wilbur Stark, and Lawrence Turman. Find where to stream it here: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/thing-the — OUR LINKS: Recently Logged Main Webpage: https://anchor.fm/recentlylogged Micah's Stuff YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCqan1ouaFGl1XMt_6VrIzFg Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/AkCn Twitter: https://twitter.com/micah_grawey Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/m_grawey_films/ Robbie's Stuff Website: https://robbiegrawey.com — EPISODE CREDITS: Recently Logged Podcast creators - Micah and Robert Grawey Hosts - Micah and Robert Grawey Songs used in episode - Foreign Land (Sting) by Jingle Punks Editor - Robert Grawey Episode art designer - Micah Grawey Episode description - Robert Grawey --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/recentlylogged/support

Get out of our dreams, and get into our car as hosts Sonia Mansfield and Margo D. dork out about 1988's LICENSE TO DRIVE, starring Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, and Heather Graham. Dork out everywhere …Email at dorkingoutshow@gmail.comSubscribe on Apple PodcastsGoogle PlaySpotify LibsynTune In Stitcherhttp://dorkingoutshow.com/https://twitter.com/dorkingoutshow

Guest hosts Mike & Marcus rejoin Jeff to discuss The Thing, the greatest monster movie of all time! Background (source: Wiki) - The Thing is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter, with a screenplay by Bill Lancaster. Based on the 1938 John W. Campbell Jr. novella Who Goes There?, it tells the story of a group of American researchers in Antarctica who encounter the eponymous "Thing", a parasitic extraterrestrial life-form that assimilates, then imitates, other organisms. The group is overcome by paranoia and conflict as they learn that they can no longer trust each other and that any of them could be the Thing. The film stars Kurt Russell as the team's helicopter pilot, R.J. MacReady, and features A. Wilford Brimley, T. K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, and Thomas G. Waites in supporting roles. Instagram & Facebook: @attackofthe20thcentury Bonus Review: Jeff & Kim discuss Death on the Nile (2022) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/attackofthe20thcentury/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/attackofthe20thcentury/support

This week on The Blind Rage Podcast, Tony sits down with me to watch another under-seen and under-appreciated ‘80s gem. FAR FROM HOME stars a teenage Drew Barrymore on a road trip with her father (played by Matt Frewer). Their car runs out of gas in the middle of Nowheresville, Nevada and they're forced to take up temporary residence in a trailer park, where an unseen killer lurks. Perhaps the script leaves much to be desired. Maybe the story is a little too predictable. But any/all plot issues are easily forgivable due to the stellar cast, which includes Susan Tyrell, Richard Masur, Dick Miller, Anthony Rapp, Andras Jones, and a young Jennifer Tilly, among others. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blindragepod/message

We've hinted at it all season long, but in our Season 5 finale, we're going out strong with a film that is absolutely perfect; it's John Carpenter's The Thing from 1982. A tale of paranoia, toxic masculinity, and great facial hair that just feels timeless. Is it Carpenter's best movie? Was Childs assimilated? What happened to Nauls? How many times can we say the words "the Thing" in one episode? We have answers to all of these questions and more in this jam packed episode. Plus, our pitch for a Saturday morning cartoon based on The Thing, remaking this film with the cast of Mean Girls, the wild life of Wilford Brimley, and more are all points of discussion in our final send off of the year before our long hibernation in the arctic.Happy holidays! See you in Season 6.The Thing (1982) stars Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, Richard Dysart, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, David Clennon, and Keith David. Directed by John Carpenter.If you enjoy what we do, please subscribe to our show, and leave us a rating and some feedback as well!Like us on FacebookFollow us on TwitterCatch up with us on InstagramJoin the discussion on our subredditBrought to you by HOLY Propaganda

Season 1, Episode 8: Encino Man (Brendan Fraser, Sean Astin, Mariette Hartley, Richard Masur, Pauly Shore)Brendan Fraser to play Firefly on Batgirl movie Video chats make our favorite celebrities much more accessible to us fans David Duchovny video chat in which he talks about what he's currently working onEncino Man plotStoney is a good character, said Steph David is working very very hard on that swimming poolLingo of Encino Man Frannie's senior pug, Earl is basically Link Favorite parts, love of Pauly Shore by Frannie. Joe Rogan interview, quarantining with his ex in Hawaii, re-enacting classic movie scenes. We really loved this movie

This week we talk about THE THING directed John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell, Keith David, Richard Masur, David Clennon, Peter Maloney, David Moffat, T.K. Carter and Wilford Brimley. We talk about how hot and heavy the alien genre must have been around the time of this film's release and how much of a staple it still exists within the body horror sub-genre. This is also the last Halloween episode this year! So strap in and take a flight with us in the world's smallest helicopter as we continue to search for the answer to everyone's favorite question, WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS? Follow us on Instagram for the love of god: https://www.instagram.com/comicbookraiders/