2/01/2010

JOSEPH TURKEL in STANLEY KUBRICK'S THE KILLING

Joseph Turkel as Tiny with heavy Vince Edwards
Joe Turkel and Vince Edwards
Two sheisters heisting the heisters
Search and Destroy
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Joe Turkel and Vince Edwards
Stanley Kubrick stock actor JOSEPH TURKEL began his collaboration with the iconic director (resulting in three films including THE SHINING as Lloyd the Bartender and PATHS OF GLORY) in the Film Noir classic THE KILLING. Joe Turkel plays Tiny, a mobster who conspires with Vince Edwards to heist a group of race track robbers.
As a doomed soldier in Kubrick's PATHS OF GLORY

As the spooky Lloyd the Bartender in Kubrick's THE SHINING

SIMPSONS in TWILIGHT ZONE MOVIE & DAY OF THE LOCUST

Years before NANCY CARTWRIGHT voiced one of the most famous cartoon characters ever, BART SIMPSON, she was eaten by a cartoon in TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE in Joe Dante's version of the episode where an evil boy "sends people away."
Nancy Cartwright in cartoon hell
Nancy Cartwright in cartoon hell
Nancy Cartwright in cartoon hell
Nancy Cartwright in cartoon hell
Nancy Cartwright in cartoon hell
Nancy Cartwright in cartoon hell
Nancy Cartwright in cartoon hell
Nancy Cartwright in cartoon hell
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Bart Simpson tastes swell
Staying on THE SIMPSONS topic: Perhaps it's a coincidence that Donald Sutherland's not-so-smart character in THE DAY OF THE LOCUST is named Homer Simpson. But in this quote by THE SIMPSONS creator Matt Groening, it's obvious he's aware of the film enough to reference it. "And I wanted to be a writer. I went to a series of meetings with low-level executives and agents, all of which were a waste of time, very much like an unfunny version of The Day of the Locust."
Donald Sutherland as Homer Simpson

KELLY PRESTON HEATS UP HAWAII FIVE-0

Kelly Preston as a bad girl on HAWAII FIVE-O
Future gorgeous movie star and John Travolta's wife KELLY PRESTON and her beautiful but troubled friends (Petra Fujii and Patricia Hume) attempt to rob a jewelery store in the beginning of the episode FOR OLD TIME'S SAKE from the final season of HAWAII FIVE-O.

And while it was the end of that series, it was beginning of Preston's career: as this was her first role.
Kelly Preston on HAWAII FIVE-O
Petra Fujii, Kelly Preston, Patricia Hume
Petra Fujii, Kelly Preston, Patricia Hume
Kelly Preston, Petra Fujii
Petra Fujii and Kelly Preston
Patricia Hume
Kelly Preston
Petra Fujii
William Smith (Kimo) clowning with Jack Lord (McGarrett)
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TOMMY UDO'S CURTAIN CALL in KISS OF DEATH

While the RICHARD WIDMARK as TOMMY UDO pushing the old lady down the stairwell provides the most iconic scene in KISS OF DEATH, the moments where Udo is revealed behind the curtain of the restaurant... as both Victor Mature and the audience anticipates his inevitable entrance... provides the biggest chills. 
Tommy Udo gets closer...
And closer...
And closer...
"Hey, ya squirt!"

ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY BEWITCHES JOHNNY STACATTO

A future witch and indie filmmaker: Both actors on a show called JOHNNY STACATTO about a jazz playing detective. ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY guest stars on the episode TEMPTED about a gorgeous woman who tempts Johnny, played by JOHN CASSAVETES, to run off with stolen jewels. You can say she has him BEWITCHED in this episode. Most men would be...
Elizabeth Montgomery on JOHNNY STACATTO with John Cassavetes
Elizabeth Montgomery on JOHNNY STACATTO with John Cassavetes
Elizabeth Montgomery on JOHNNY STACATTO with John Cassavetes
Elizabeth Montgomery on JOHNNY STACATTO with John Cassavetes
Elizabeth Montgomery on JOHNNY STACATTO with John Cassavetes
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EVIL ICE WIZARD COMPUTER GAME in BIG

Before thirteen-year-old Josh Baskin becomes a BIG Tom Hanks thanks to that evil looking fortune teller booth Zoltar, he's playing a really cool old school game on his computer that was, according to trivia, made up for the movie.
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