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fWotD Episode 2666: Total Recall (1990 film) Welcome to Featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia’s finest articles.The featured article for Thursday, 22 August 2024 is Total Recall (1990 film).Total Recall is a 1990 American science-fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven, with a screenplay by Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, and Gary Goldman. The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox, and Michael Ironside. Based on the 1966 short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick, Total Recall tells the story of Douglas Quaid (Schwarzenegger), a construction worker who receives an implanted memory of a fantastical adventure on Mars. He subsequently finds his adventure occurring in reality as agents of a shadow organization try to prevent him from recovering memories of his past as a Martian secret agent aiming to stop the tyrannical regime of Martian dictator Vilos Cohaagen (Cox).Shusett bought the rights to Dick's short story in 1974 and developed a script with O'Bannon. Although considered promising, the ambitious scope kept the project in development hell at multiple studios over sixteen years, seeing forty script drafts, seven different directors, and multiple actors cast as Quaid. Total Recall eventually entered the early stages of filming in 1987 under the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group shortly before its bankruptcy. Schwarzenegger, who had long held an interest in the project but had been dismissed as inappropriate for the lead role, convinced Carolco Pictures to purchase the rights and develop the film with him as the star. On an estimated $48–80 million budget (making it one of the most expensive films made in its time), filming took place on expansive sets at Estudios Churubusco in Mexico over six months. Cast and crew experienced numerous injuries and illnesses during filming.Total Recall was anticipated to be one of the year's most successful films. On its release, the film earned approximately $261.4 million worldwide, making it the fifth-highest-grossing film of the year. Its critical reception was mixed, with reviewers praising its themes of identity and questioning reality, but criticizing content perceived as vulgar and violent. The practical special effects were well received, earning the film an Academy Award, and the score by Jerry Goldsmith has been praised as one of his best works.Since its release, Total Recall has been praised for its ambiguous ending positing whether Quaid's adventures are real or a fantasy, and it has also been analyzed for themes of authoritarianism and colonialism. Retrospective reviews have called it one of Schwarzenegger's best films and placed it among the best science fiction films ever made. Alongside comic books and video games, Total Recall has been adapted into the 1999 television series Total Recall 2070. An early attempt at a sequel, based on Dick's The Minority Report, became the 2002 standalone film Minority Report, and a 2012 remake, also titled Total Recall, failed to replicate the success of the original.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:10 UTC on Thursday, 22 August 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Total Recall (1990 film) on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm standard Salli.

This week we make everyone's favorite resident young person Amber Joy sit down and watch a movie she doesn't want to - ALIEN! Will she like it? Only one way to find out! Listen now to this week's episode of First Timers Movie Club! NOW ON OUR PATREON: Video versions of the podcast! Become a Patron today to join us in our living room with our cats as we record! www.patreon.com/ixfilmproductions Want a quick laugh, and see what we do when we're not podcasting? Check out our sketch content, and click subscribe while you're there so Patrick stops mentioning it every episode. www.youtube.com/ixfpINDIE FILM SHOUT OUT: KC Fringe Festival: https://kcfringe.org/   WE HAVE DEDICATED SOCIALS FOR FIRST TIMERS MOVIE CLUB NOW!Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for regular updates, trivia, recipes, and to be the first to know what our upcoming episodes are!Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558990926951 Insta:https://www.instagram.com/firsttimersmovieclub/    Become a Patron of Patrick and Lolo today for access to exclusive podcast episodes and videos (including the upcoming episode where we're going to make Amber watch The Dark Knight!): https://www.patreon.com/ixfilmproductions    Watch our award-winning feature comedy “Almost Sorta Maybe” by searching the title on any of these platforms:Tubi, Watchfreeflix, Amazon, Google Play, YouTube Rentals, Local Now, Plex, Spectrum, Xfinity On Demand.  Check out our feature film adaptation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream for free on streaming!Watch on Local Now:https://localnow.com/movies/william-shakespeares-a-midsummer-nights-dreamWatch on Plex:https://watch.plex.tv/movie/william-shakespeares-a-midsummer-nights-dream Coming soon to Tubi.Have a favorite (or least favorite) famous movie that you think we should've seen? Reach out to IX Film Productions on Twitter, Instagram or email and we'll add it to our list!  Follow IX Film Productions for podcast updates, original web shorts, behind the scenes sneak peeks and comedy feature films at:Facebook: www.facebook.com/ixfilmproductionsInstagram: @IXProductionsYouTube: www.youtube.com/ixfp  Subscribe to our newsletter for monthly updates on our website:www.ixfilmproductions.com  "First Timers Movie Club" is brought to you by IX Film Productions."Making the World a Funnier Place one Film at a Time"  Music The Curtain Rises by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5007-the-curtain-rises License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/      

Episode 238 of On Screen & Beyond - Screenwriter Ron Shusett stops by to chat about his biggest films "Alien", "Total Recall" and "Minority Report". Ron also let's us in on some new screenplays he is working on! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/on-screen-and-beyond/message

It's been a long day, but we're finally at the peak. This episode covers the first two films in the Alien franchise - 'Alien', and 'Aliens'. Our drinking game rule this week is from the legendary Sam Hurley from Movie Reviews in 20 Q's. You can find Sam at https://mritqs.podbean.com/ Alien is a 1979 science-fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon. Based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, it follows the crew of the commercial space tug Nostromo, who encounter the eponymous Alien, a deadly and aggressive extraterrestrial set loose on the ship. The film stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto. It was produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler, and Walter Hill through their company Brandywine Productions, and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. Giler and Hill revised and made additions to the script; Shusett was executive producer. The Alien and its accompanying artifacts were designed by the Swiss artist H. R. Giger, while concept artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss designed the more human settings. Aliens is a 1986 American science fiction action film written and directed by James Cameron, produced by Gale Anne Hurd and starring Sigourney Weaver. The second installment in the Alien franchise, it follows Ellen Ripley (Weaver) as she returns to the moon where her crew encountered the hostile Alien creature, this time accompanied by a unit of space marines. Additional roles are played by Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, William Hope, Al Matthews, and Bill Paxton.

Alien is a 1979 science-fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon. Based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, it follows the crew of the commercial space tug Nostromo, who encounter the eponymous Alien, a deadly and aggressive extraterrestrial set loose on the ship. The film stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto. It was produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler, and Walter Hill through their company Brandywine Productions, and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. Giler and Hill revised and made additions to the script; Shusett was executive producer. The Alien and its accompanying artifacts were designed by the Swiss artist H. R. Giger, while concept artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss designed the more human settings.   PODCAST NOTES Jason is joined by Bruce Edwards, a veteran of the TV and film business whose shared background with Jason includes time spent at the MTV Networks offices working for VH1 in the later 90's. Bruce's time working at the Garden State Plaza Mall in the 90’s (02:00) Working at the Starlog Magazine/ Starlog Store (04:00) Meeting Lazlo from 'Real Genius' at the mall (5:00) WPIX Chiller Thriller opening from 80's and 90's TV. (07:00) Seeing Alien for the first time (09:00) Renting movies from video stores (10:00) Dan O’Bannon and Ronnie Schusett original screenplay origins (15:00) Walter Hill/ David Giler renaming characters and editing the original version (18:00) John Carpenter’s The Thing as influences by Alien (20:00) 3 perfect movies: Jaws, Alien, and The Thing (24:00) Script controversy by Hill and O Bannon (30:00) Scene where crew of Nostromo haggles over investigation of signal. (34:00) Alternative Casting with Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, and the original Kane, John Finch (36:00) Latch Key TV with 'Three's Company', 'Live! With Regis & Kathie Lee', and '227' and 'Night Court'. (45:00)      

Sync up your Blurays and join the hosts of Anatomy of a Movie in watching Alien! Alien is a 1979 British-American science-fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott, and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto. The film's title refers to a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature that stalks and kills the crew of a spaceship. Dan O'Bannon wrote the screenplay from a story he wrote with Ronald Shusett, drawing influence from previous works of science fiction and horror. The film was produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler and Walter Hill through their Brandywine Productions and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Giler and Hill made revisions and additions to the script. Shusett was executive producer. The eponymous Alien and its accompanying elements were designed by Swiss artist H. R. Giger, while concept artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss designed the human aspects of the film. Alien launched t --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marvelmovienews/support

Sync up your Blurays and join the hosts of Anatomy of a Movie in watching Alien! Alien is a 1979 British-American science-fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott, and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto. The film's title refers to a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature that stalks and kills the crew of a spaceship. Dan O'Bannon wrote the screenplay from a story he wrote with Ronald Shusett, drawing influence from previous works of science fiction and horror. The film was produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler and Walter Hill through their Brandywine Productions and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Giler and Hill made revisions and additions to the script. Shusett was executive producer. The eponymous Alien and its accompanying elements were designed by Swiss artist H. R. Giger, while concept artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss designed the human aspects of the film. Alien launched t

Guest host Mike D, Pappy, Mikey, Stevie, and "Vints the intern" discuss 1979's Alien. Alien is a 1979 British-American science-fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott, and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto. The film's title refers to a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature that stalks and kills the crew of a spaceship. Dan O'Bannon wrote the screenplay from a story he wrote with Ronald Shusett, drawing influence from previous works of science fiction and horror. The film was produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler and Walter Hill through their Brandywine Productions and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Giler and Hill made revisions and additions to the script. Shusett was executive producer. The eponymous Alien and its accompanying elements were designed by Swiss surrealist artist H. R. Giger, while concept artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss designed the human aspects of the film. Alien launched the Alien franchise and is chronologically the first of the main series, with the prequel series set in an earlier timeframe. Disclaimer: I do not own rights to some of the source materials I made use in this work, therefore I refuse any profit by uploading it, appealing instead to allowance made for "fair use" purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research, under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976.

An article written about Gary Shusett by Hal Croasmun:I believe Gary Shusett has a unique perspective when it comes to the business of screenwriting. He runs Sherwood Oaks Experimental College where he brings in over 200 producers, agents, and managers to speak to very small groups - 8 - 12 screenwriters.At the same time, his brother (Ronnie Shusett) doubles as both a producer and screenwriter on such movies as TOTAL RECALL, ALIEN, and MINORITY REPORT. Gary was also the driving force behind MOON OVER PARADOR with Richard Dreyfuss and has been a part of the movie business in Hollywood for over 30 years.Every few weeks, Gary is in a meeting with screenwriters on one side of the table and producers on the other. For years, he's been listening to the goals, concerns and complaints of both sides.Unlike most people, Gary can clearly see the gap between the two camps.HAL: You know almost every producer in Hollywood and have had most of them speak at your classes. What do you think they most want from a screenwriter?GARY: They want material they can sell. That they can get to an actor. That the studio will want to make into a movie. They want material that sounds good and is good. High concept and salable. Commercial. Similar to what they've heard before, but has a slight twist to it.They're all buyers and sellers. Unless they're a direct financier, which is not typical. Even if they're financiers, someone has to market it and distribute it, so they're still buying to sell.