It all comes together memorably in this, the Jewel in the Crown of the Ray Harryhausen/Charles Schneer mythological adventures. An uncommonly literate and intelligent script (by Jan Reed and Beverley Cross) and brisk direction by Don Chaffey that showcases Ray’s fx brilliance make this an enduring classic. Bernard Herrmann’s music score is one of his finest.
Trailer zum Dokumentarfilm “Achterbahn” [BRD 2009, Peter Dörfler], den ich während der diesjährigen Berlinale leider verpasst habe. Ab dem 2. Juli 2009 habe ich aber im Kino die Chance ihn zu sehen.
Der Trailer zum kommenden Martin Scorsese-Film “Shutter Island” [USA 2009] mit Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo und Max von Sydow.
A most atypical George Romero picture about a troupe of traveling motorcycle jousters which pretty much fell through the cracks in theatrical release. Naturalistic, epic-length and altogether unexpected, with nary a vampire or zombie in sight.
Katt Shea bei Trailer from Hell über Sidney Lumets Schilderung eines schiefgelaufenen Banküberfalls im wunderbaren “Hundstage / Dog Day Afternoon” [USA 1975] mit Al Pacino und John Cazale.
Pacino Unleashed! Sidney Lumet’s riveting true-life recreation of an amateur bank heist gone tragically yet comically wrong balances character study with powerful drama and suspense. The kind of intelligent, engrossing major studio movie they just don’t make anymore.
The trailer, like the movie, has no musical score.
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The immortal BBC phenomenon Monty Python’s Flying Circus went memorably cinematic with their first genre spoof (following an early feature debut consisting of recycled tv sketches). Memorable moments abound, including the killer rabbit, the Knights who say Nee!, the dismemberment duel, and on and on. To many comedy buffs this is The Holy Grail.
Italian fan-turned-director Luigi Cozzi (as “Lewis Coates”) specialized in energetic mini-budget spectacles inspired by his favorite movies, from Harryhausen to Hercules to Star Wars. This comic-book space opera is loaded with ambitious home-made special effects, but somehow the spectacle of ray gun-toting Caroline Munro strutting around in her leather bikini outdoes them all.
Demnächst werden die “Masters of the Universe” wieder auf die Kinoleinwände losgelassen, denn eine Neuverfilmung auf Grundlage der Action Figuren/TV-Zeichentrick-Reihe ist geplant. Josh Olson jedoch kommentiert für Trailers from Hell den Trailer des 80er-Jahre-Trashklassikers “Masters of the Universe” [USA 1987, Gary Goddard] mit Dolph Lundgren als He-Man und Frank Langella als Skeletor.
TV cartoon characters Skeletor, He-Man, Beast Man and Evil-lyn spring to live action life in a broken tentpole from the pinchpennies at The Cannon Group. Josh Olson was there and gives us a breathtaking on-set report.
Der Trailer zu den amerikanischen DVD- und Blu-ray-Sets des Konzertfilms “Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music” [USA 1970, Michael Wadleigh] [Pressemitteilung | Bilder]. Die Sets werden auch in Deutschland erscheinen.
Bei Trailers from Hell riecht’s nach Benzin: Allan Arkush erzählt über den von ihm geschnittenen Trailer zu “Eat my Dust” [USA 1976, Charles B. Griffith] mit Ron Howard von Roger Cormans New World Pictures.
First in the New World smashathon car chase series, made economically to say the least by vet Corman scribe Chuck Griffith. The ensuing wave of drive-in car crash pictures filled LA’s junkyards to overflowing with twisted metal. Allan lets us in on the secrets of New World trailerizing.
