MEMORIAL POST OF ROBERT DUVALL IN 'ROUTE 66: THE NEWBORN'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj883IzC-EiXGj4ZzV7YyjpxTJcteW9oIncE51x1ddnxlzKmiFkYcztvb8f1Ob6NwsIwnOwzejzoH8CahLGPIL0ULBAW7Vn3RwQb_0YgrFK7LXrJnnp3fgra5SagkrhXDdSBK8F_eQD7lKpKgFcQ6o1aQp22BNZEGPr4DbzEUn6D5oXFsFS0gFNL7CniBK4/s2472/Screen%20Shot%202026-02-21%20at%206.54.12%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="2472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj883IzC-EiXGj4ZzV7YyjpxTJcteW9oIncE51x1ddnxlzKmiFkYcztvb8f1Ob6NwsIwnOwzejzoH8CahLGPIL0ULBAW7Vn3RwQb_0YgrFK7LXrJnnp3fgra5SagkrhXDdSBK8F_eQD7lKpKgFcQ6o1aQp22BNZEGPr4DbzEUn6D5oXFsFS0gFNL7CniBK4/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202026-02-21%20at%206.54.12%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Robert Duvall in ROUTE 66: THE NEWBORN Year: 1961 Rating: **1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In two episodes of ROUTE 66 featuring Robert Duvall that starred both lead actors Martin Milner and George Maharis, someone winds up very physically ill and the boys have to stick around to help...<br><br>The episode where Duvall's most known is BIRDCAGE ON MY FOOT, as a heroin addict suffering violent withdrawals, using his intense method-acting realism that'd become his signature legacy... supported in a dingy apartment mainly by Maharis, who, a bad boy from the slums of New York, knows not only about addiction but the consequences... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

albert dekker, george maharis, martin milner, memorial, robert duvall, sixties, tv series, western

MEMORIAL POST OF ROBERT DUVALL IN 'ROUTE 66: THE NEWBORN'

Robert Duvall in ROUTE 66: THE NEWBORN Year: 1961 Rating: **1/2 In two episodes of ROUTE 66 featuring Robert Duvall that starred both lead a...

GENE HACKMAN MAKING AND BREAKING 'THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVF1SaAknZPbsMooda_vzqbkObuK6hhAWqKl2gHeG8WaSKRUyAaUFLKO9_t_7xW1xnHTJBLCTZslGNhlRHFPNGBbjvrGemgGfBkdxHE2tBwqONeU08AzuyfrNLW_b81uoPw_iYctS2TA8qrtu7d4MCkj-oxKIsf2ii44mxQZiQERXeDmCEpj0Q7FH5sopA/s1918/Screen%20Shot%202025-03-03%20at%203.57.31%20AM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1918" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVF1SaAknZPbsMooda_vzqbkObuK6hhAWqKl2gHeG8WaSKRUyAaUFLKO9_t_7xW1xnHTJBLCTZslGNhlRHFPNGBbjvrGemgGfBkdxHE2tBwqONeU08AzuyfrNLW_b81uoPw_iYctS2TA8qrtu7d4MCkj-oxKIsf2ii44mxQZiQERXeDmCEpj0Q7FH5sopA/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-03-03%20at%203.57.31%20AM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Gene Hackman in THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS Year: 2001 Rating: ****1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It's not so ironic that Gene Hackman was extremely (infamously) difficult to director Wes Anderson working on THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS because his character, the tremendously flawed patriarch of an eccentric New York City family, is the one person who brings the deliberately offbeat movie down to a relatably grounded level... <br><br>In Anderson's breakout indie RUSHMORE, Bill Murray did the same thing, sort of... but not so most of the characters couldn't stand him, and spend almost the entire story battling his vices that, in Hackman's case as Royal Tenenbaum, led to the family breaking up early on... opening with child prodigy's setting the stage, creatively coddled by newly single mother Angelica Huston as Etheline...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span></span></p>

angelica huston, article, bill murray, danny glover, dark comedy, gene hackman, gwyneth paltrow, luke wilson, memorial, owen wilson, wes anderson, zeroes

GENE HACKMAN MAKING AND BREAKING 'THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS'

Gene Hackman in THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS Year: 2001 Rating: ****1/2 It's not so ironic that Gene Hackman was extremely (infamously) difficul...

MATTHEW PERRY NEO NOIR EPISODE OF 'BEVERLY HILLS 90210'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdNZUNyEl6fspRBx71fJZiySeD2n0NXKOLij-nJuK3-j6QsAJx56l227F_nfayZWSEffmm3TzQRAq6g_XswsbdxPWoiESiCzhDY-1ycucFate4PhvfSOaibH9nN3tLqE2dRHTMpvnpIFODauasQWJZgvGt3GKWDLGSeMQ2QqzuX_ZifMokAV52jXTtx8M/s1222/11.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="1222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdNZUNyEl6fspRBx71fJZiySeD2n0NXKOLij-nJuK3-j6QsAJx56l227F_nfayZWSEffmm3TzQRAq6g_XswsbdxPWoiESiCzhDY-1ycucFate4PhvfSOaibH9nN3tLqE2dRHTMpvnpIFODauasQWJZgvGt3GKWDLGSeMQ2QqzuX_ZifMokAV52jXTtx8M/s16000/11.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Matthew Perry and Jason Priestly Beverly Hills 90210 Year: 1991 Rates: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Having caught an extremely horrific strain of COVID and suffering profusely for a week, and then sustaining for another week even after finally testing negative, the biggest blessing in disguise is that Amazon Prime has the original BEVERLY HILLS 90210 for binging, and, while it's a corny teenage melodrama meant for teenage viewers back in the glorious 1990's, there are few guilty pleasures that fill the time so perfectly... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>One particular first season episode, intensely titled APRIL IS THE CRUELEST MONTH, now has sad irony, featuring the late Matthew Perry as a rich kid tennis star whose father (Nicolas Coster) wants him to win at everything... </p><p><span></span></p>

ian ziering, jason priestley, matthew perry, memorial, neo noir, nicolas coster, nineties, tv series

MATTHEW PERRY NEO NOIR EPISODE OF 'BEVERLY HILLS 90210'

Matthew Perry and Jason Priestly Beverly Hills 90210 Year: 1991 Rates: *** Having caught an extremely horrific strain of COVID and suffering...

MEMORIAL FOR 'APOCALYPSE NOW' LEGEND FREDERIC FORREST

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3UeBvtDfWDNUtL7i0YWsYVPe5l17pz2A-Xa2o7CO0mr249sUIzb1ZXau6CDydm8HUC-KmEnyjeGimJnNEBMLOtfmGQpWqNQBC9q9-A9s3xoKwbGHE7hoOsGlwRFZLsrOx4esoMB_-sPiEpk_0S7To5YTp7JJWLp02CZEfrK5uoo209dH9M3qc_SPxyOf/s2380/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-24%20at%202.47.36%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1010" data-original-width="2380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3UeBvtDfWDNUtL7i0YWsYVPe5l17pz2A-Xa2o7CO0mr249sUIzb1ZXau6CDydm8HUC-KmEnyjeGimJnNEBMLOtfmGQpWqNQBC9q9-A9s3xoKwbGHE7hoOsGlwRFZLsrOx4esoMB_-sPiEpk_0S7To5YTp7JJWLp02CZEfrK5uoo209dH9M3qc_SPxyOf/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-24%20at%202.47.36%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Memorial for Frederic Forrest as Chef in Apocalypse Now</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam epic APOCALYPSE NOW, by the time Martin Sheen's Captain Willard reveals to one of two surviving PBR-boat crewman about his secret mission to kill Marlon Brando's rogue American Colonel Kurtz, Coppola's THE CONVERSATION actor Frederic Forrest loudly rails against the insane irony of risking <i>and losing</i> lives to "kill one of our own guys"...<br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And yet this imperative dialogue is heard either off-screen or in a peripheral wide-shot as, from beginning to end, Forrest's Jay "Chef" Hicks provides a foreboding backbone to each intense scene like, earlier on, when he and Sheen are chased by a jungle tiger, leading to Chef's explosive breakdown that soon fades out with the scene...<br></p><p><span></span></p>

2023, dennis hopper, francis ford coppola, frederic forrest, martin sheen, memorial, sam bottoms, seventies, vietnam, war

MEMORIAL FOR 'APOCALYPSE NOW' LEGEND FREDERIC FORREST

Memorial for Frederic Forrest as Chef in Apocalypse Now In Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam epic APOCALYPSE NOW, by the time Martin S...

RIP RAY LIOTTA TRUE LEAD OF THE LEGENDARY 'GOODFELLAS'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMM_c9t4jd8pPhNA31AZ0YgavTvsw9Dp1jCsFHr02oBqB3KVyodr7fYOpYi3BnldPI6gp4mUfHNqzfHU-5icwP_bEqkKGWW9aKolu8VT1aWVbuOZ1Co9qGvmHiNBYSPDp1T98EJvNBb4Cqf_xUkzDgB0vRWa0P5Uh7QilSBF68Lfo92whHBshrNSVZw/s2272/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-26%20at%202.08.18%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="2272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMM_c9t4jd8pPhNA31AZ0YgavTvsw9Dp1jCsFHr02oBqB3KVyodr7fYOpYi3BnldPI6gp4mUfHNqzfHU-5icwP_bEqkKGWW9aKolu8VT1aWVbuOZ1Co9qGvmHiNBYSPDp1T98EJvNBb4Cqf_xUkzDgB0vRWa0P5Uh7QilSBF68Lfo92whHBshrNSVZw/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-26%20at%202.08.18%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Ray Liotta as Henry Hill in GOODFELLAS</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The one thing GOODFELLAS had going that set it apart from all the inferior clones is Ray Liotta, the star of the movie although he's second billed to Robert De Niro who, along with scene-stealer and sole Oscar winner Joe Pesci, gets most of the credit for the legacy of the film along with director Martin Scorsese, peaking here as an auteur...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's a story that centers on Ray Liotta's real life former mobster Henry Hill, providing Liotta the most natural-sounding narration in the history of movies and, sadly, Ray Liotta, the comparable baby of the film to Robert, Joe and Martin, has died... the first to go, and in this particular groundbreaking, game-changing masterpiece, the <i>true</i> leading role. <br></p><span></span>

exploitation, martin scorsese, memorial, mobster, nineties, ray liotta

RIP RAY LIOTTA TRUE LEAD OF THE LEGENDARY 'GOODFELLAS'

Ray Liotta as Henry Hill in GOODFELLAS The one thing GOODFELLAS had going that set it apart from all the inferior clones is Ray Liotta, the ...

RIP THE FIRST TRUE MOVIE GEEK DIRECTOR PETER BOGDANOVICH

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVfo6mIzA1qgfJEId2lJBw1LFZSkY0Lqb3ks3i_pPzRsH4t-OlC0TxEMOHzs864wPct8pcKA4T-XFD48wDxr1KDOHOTUIALVpgzl0B6Icg9UYg1nEu0LkiiSK9gNykCQbEgKC-eDLCg8jGSwhM97f1IuOX55tjVU8QvRSTRJyxpkEN_RICsPu6ZNbGPg=s1074" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="1074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVfo6mIzA1qgfJEId2lJBw1LFZSkY0Lqb3ks3i_pPzRsH4t-OlC0TxEMOHzs864wPct8pcKA4T-XFD48wDxr1KDOHOTUIALVpgzl0B6Icg9UYg1nEu0LkiiSK9gNykCQbEgKC-eDLCg8jGSwhM97f1IuOX55tjVU8QvRSTRJyxpkEN_RICsPu6ZNbGPg=s16000"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Peter Bogdanovich directs himself in SAINT JACK circa 1979</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The late <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2020/05/StJack.html">PETER BOGDANOVICH</a> started out writing <i>about</i> films before making them, and, predating the cinema-loving likes of John Landis, Joe Dante or Quentin Tarantino, he was the first bonafide retro-minded movie geek wherein his debut TARGETS is one of the first pop-culture-referencing semi-meta vehicles (both Boris Karloff and Peter basically playing themselves using different names)... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And he befriended the very legends he wrote about from groundbreaking auteurs Howard Hawks to John Ford to Alfred Hitchcock to Sam Fuller (who he's named after in TARGETS) and most famously Orson Welles... </p><p><span></span></p>

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RIP THE FIRST TRUE MOVIE GEEK DIRECTOR PETER BOGDANOVICH

Peter Bogdanovich directs himself in SAINT JACK circa 1979 The late PETER BOGDANOVICH started out writing about films before making them, ...

REST IN PEACE MONKEES RENAISSANCE MAN MICHAEL NESMITH

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSkKc8z_vs25Y5gdAYRApO6LI09tyzPz9Uf67RxGF3bKUDTNMxkxqHaCO1hSlOQbJg0Qol0V0qFKJms-LlYwyePOXrB_S1V2xRVoepea1HwOKV4XsZW-RxYe0yBvJheIcHZv-kpOJvyuSMZq-xJsmtAekI8_pJ9uvDwsOIC8gy7yfdnAYZ4jl1SzeyKA=s1360" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSkKc8z_vs25Y5gdAYRApO6LI09tyzPz9Uf67RxGF3bKUDTNMxkxqHaCO1hSlOQbJg0Qol0V0qFKJms-LlYwyePOXrB_S1V2xRVoepea1HwOKV4XsZW-RxYe0yBvJheIcHZv-kpOJvyuSMZq-xJsmtAekI8_pJ9uvDwsOIC8gy7yfdnAYZ4jl1SzeyKA=s16000"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>RIP Michael Nesmith here in THE MONKEES montage opening credits</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The fact the 1960's counter-culture generation were angry that four comedic actors (who could also sing/play a little music) on an obvious sit-com-parody of The Beatles' eclectic stab at movies is like the cast of FRIENDS being blamed for not hanging around together at a local coffee shop...<br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And while there are two Beatles left, THE MONKEES are down to one, and sole-surviving Micky Dolenz was currently on a "Farewell Tour" with recently-departed Michael Nesmith, the lanky wool cap-wearing straight man who, with a fortune from his mother's Liquid Paper invention, never financially needed part of various Monkees reunions... </p><span></span>

counter-culture, cult, davy jones, eighties, memorial, michael nesmith, micky dolenz, music, peter tork, sixties, the monkees

REST IN PEACE MONKEES RENAISSANCE MAN MICHAEL NESMITH

RIP Michael Nesmith here in THE MONKEES montage opening credits The fact the 1960's counter-culture generation were angry that four come...

REST IN PEACE TO SCOTTISH TOUGH GUY ACTOR KEN HUTCHISON

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIunBsTgPsg14fk6xWTJBOExTKioE3YZ8agk4YaCVtnydQKCdZHHWZ12FhZUdi5jtetIqSPevTPCkw5M7rjxTVa_Sd9qLkJT84THzEbkfUvBiAW4F3JpI5BShMfRyq9g0ShwRZijBD-cP1z-awstQfWmRrPHFuYxYdZGS6JU-VkvlGkzUMmPXNV2HApQ=s1870" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="1870" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIunBsTgPsg14fk6xWTJBOExTKioE3YZ8agk4YaCVtnydQKCdZHHWZ12FhZUdi5jtetIqSPevTPCkw5M7rjxTVa_Sd9qLkJT84THzEbkfUvBiAW4F3JpI5BShMfRyq9g0ShwRZijBD-cP1z-awstQfWmRrPHFuYxYdZGS6JU-VkvlGkzUMmPXNV2HApQ=s16000"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>The late Ken Hutchison warms up for another blag in SWEENEY 2 circa 1978</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Before delving into the career of Scottish tough guy actor Ken Hutchison with an anticipated review of STRAW DOGS, here's an RIP to one of the truly great character-actors... </p><p></p><p>In the Sam Peckinpah cult classic he plays the meanest of a group of local rural Brits vs Dustin Hoffman: The fierce-looking Hutchison's a character-actor whose characters share the same deadly glare, particularly SWEENEY 2 as a Malta-dwelling British bank robber who returns to England to rob banks with just-enough cash to bring back home... </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZLc5tBwf47XUyOFOtjWBTz7M0X2aoKvA62E6hAmg5t0oDf_3s5dkchmrxahVaQa2dVE6j-6uvgYpEPvIuqNGiWDlEctaj3rzP2OVNRmzrlYrcBt6ymt-85hWa2i8iAKc-K3kxf7ekjTHNIH5PI_XQS8luOdxIBi4s93epv_DD0sx8Pj5OqeF7lX7_rw=s1448" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="1448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZLc5tBwf47XUyOFOtjWBTz7M0X2aoKvA62E6hAmg5t0oDf_3s5dkchmrxahVaQa2dVE6j-6uvgYpEPvIuqNGiWDlEctaj3rzP2OVNRmzrlYrcBt6ymt-85hWa2i8iAKc-K3kxf7ekjTHNIH5PI_XQS8luOdxIBi4s93epv_DD0sx8Pj5OqeF7lX7_rw=s16000"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Was so typecast he was even hired to beat up GANDHI of all people (Ben Kinglsey)</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>And he would attempt mainstream as a good guy scoundrel in THE WRATH OF GOD opposite Robert Mitchum and later beat up GANDHI and try killing Matthew Broderick in LADYHAWKE before vanishing altogether..</p><p></p><p>So... either way... here's to Mr. Hutchison. Described by STRAW DOGS ingenue Sally Thomsett as a "Fun-loving rogue" in a Cult Film Freak interview, he was something else, entirely.  <br></p><span></span>

british, cult, eighties, ken hutchison, memorial, robert mitchum, seventies

REST IN PEACE TO SCOTTISH TOUGH GUY ACTOR KEN HUTCHISON

The late Ken Hutchison warms up for another blag in SWEENEY 2 circa 1978 Before delving into the career of Scottish tough guy actor Ken Hutc...

SEAN CONNERY IN JOHN BOORMAN'S EXPERIMENTAL 'ZARDOZ'

<p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmxhloCYF9hH1QoeGTuT9xwL32GaAgkQ3Xe2efzLjTmfUME4fqVfBxLr3LV8s1hdDf55mxDNlt126RLbmD-M8msshl4CL1C66avHDrUSxjBjMtAFWiQQJFKsnULg_ZSiMR7NpZfXVlO6n/s1088/zardoz-pic-7.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1088" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmxhloCYF9hH1QoeGTuT9xwL32GaAgkQ3Xe2efzLjTmfUME4fqVfBxLr3LV8s1hdDf55mxDNlt126RLbmD-M8msshl4CL1C66avHDrUSxjBjMtAFWiQQJFKsnULg_ZSiMR7NpZfXVlO6n/w400-h283/zardoz-pic-7.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Sean Connery as Zed in ZARDOZ Year: 1974 Rating: ***1/2</u><br></td></tr></tbody></table><p>After scoring big with DELIVERANCE, adventurous and intrepid director John Boorman wound up with the bizarre futuristic fable ZARDOZ, a picture that could never be made today...</p><p>About a raping and pillaging (and raping) barbarian, part of a raping and pillaging barbarian race, violently riding horseback along the beachy outskirts of a world run within a hidden wilderness Utopia of sexless intellectuals, that never (really) age... </p><p></p><p>And the coolest sequence has Sean Connery's resilient muscular/shirtless title character discovering his way there, stowed inside a giant floating god-head statue; and then becoming an experimental neanderthal that these flaky neo-hippies can study — in particular the gorgeous and stubborn Charlotte Rampling and scene-stealing arthouse beauty Sara Kestelman, both shrewder than passive male counterpart John Alderton, who <i>all</i> share scenes with Connery's Zed when he isn't alone, investigating what makes this strange land tick, dating back to the 20th Century — with a twist <i>literally</i> built into the title: A cerebral STAR TREK meets TWILIGHT ZONE that needs far more pockets of action throughout endless philosophizing so heavy-handed, it's nearly impossible for an audience to fully grasp... at least the first time around. <br></p><p><span></span></p>

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SEAN CONNERY IN JOHN BOORMAN'S EXPERIMENTAL 'ZARDOZ'

Sean Connery as Zed in ZARDOZ Year: 1974 Rating: ***1/2 After scoring big with DELIVERANCE, adventurous and intrepid director John Boorman w...

AND GOD RESTED: A RAMBLING FAREWELL TO EDDIE VAN HALEN

<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDqcIRz6lCILCbtYYjxdu0fxY7xxs49uBaSobgHJ0by1lXClndBc5Lmb-AU-yjtJKc214C3K2XutAIJwyHHTk79e_V05wSz-NnLolnYm0VaFjgXJ5WCL0BNDdany83r8XzblaqkhysxsC/s500/R-2120293-1265128957.jpeg.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDqcIRz6lCILCbtYYjxdu0fxY7xxs49uBaSobgHJ0by1lXClndBc5Lmb-AU-yjtJKc214C3K2XutAIJwyHHTk79e_V05wSz-NnLolnYm0VaFjgXJ5WCL0BNDdany83r8XzblaqkhysxsC/w320-h320/R-2120293-1265128957.jpeg.jpeg" width="320"></a></div><p>Faded memory of two long-haired kids riding a BMX bike... The one on the handlebars holds a ghetto blaster as they're leaving the high school campus while Van Halen's <i>Feel Your Love Tonight</i> blares from outta those circular speakers...<br></p><p>Well that was very long ago when Eddie Van Halen existed on radios and television AND IN MOVIES too... </p><p>One to catch is <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2018/11/THEwildLIFE.html">THE WILD LIFE</a> where as SOLE COMPOSER he's not burdened by temperamental (or just plain MENTAL) lead singers... ... And throughout Cameron Crowe's counter <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2010/03/robert-romanus-fast-times-at-ridgemont.html">FAST TIMES</a> tale of two former high school buddies (and one hippie little brother) are blues and rock instrumentals, and even a lightning-fast jazz track taking place in a donut shop... </p><p></p><p>And before that was Jonathan Kaplan's miraculous teen-angst cult classic OVER THE EDGE... </p><p>Made in 1979 (and released on cable in 1982) where Van Halen's first album's Kinks cover YOU REALLY GOT ME orchestrated heavy metal kids Matt Dillon, Michael Kramer and Tom Fergus entering a two-story suburban house filled with rowdy movie kids representing rowdier kids from real life... mainly influenced by movies, and music: Most of who would eventually either burn out from or grow out of those lean young crazy years... But some of us never forgot the tunes that those seemingly endless great times grooved to... And how Eddie Van Halen's beachy rhythm/riffs could exceed even his signature/legendary hammer-on solos... And... So... Anyways... REST IN PEACE to an eternal Guitar God: This post's for you!<br></p><span></span>

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AND GOD RESTED: A RAMBLING FAREWELL TO EDDIE VAN HALEN

Faded memory of two long-haired kids riding a BMX bike... The one on the handlebars holds a ghetto blaster as they're leaving the high s...

WITH SAD DEVOTION TO STAR WARS ADMIRAL MOTTI

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4UF0FvZ5S42l5rZeWWc-ceRTO9OD0rzVGsMmbfyPGrlmtqsDYdlpxhiaL6U38J9MzGozegcbpdk5ei-JRYhXJPBFfXYVRlh1NI4DrT9TRzMTWuAC0ccsqBo3CndUQNM6p3GzceddE2GA/s1600/motti3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4UF0FvZ5S42l5rZeWWc-ceRTO9OD0rzVGsMmbfyPGrlmtqsDYdlpxhiaL6U38J9MzGozegcbpdk5ei-JRYhXJPBFfXYVRlh1NI4DrT9TRzMTWuAC0ccsqBo3CndUQNM6p3GzceddE2GA/s1600/motti3.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Richard LeParmentier as Admiral Motti in STAR WARS</td></tr> </tbody></table> <i>STAR WARS fanatics mourn the death of actor Richard LeParmentier, whose Admiral Motti, in the groundbreaking first film, stood his own ground against Darth Vader only to be shown a piece of real Sith power, causing the Empire's Doubting Thomas (who, it seems, is the Admiral who actually runs the Death Star when Tarkin and Vader's not around)  to almost choke to death... </i><br /> <br /> <i>A fantastic performance that only lasted a few minutes, but to fans of sublime science fiction, it's a scene that remains forever...</i><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGZEIViE8s1GW6ELMycsCGxrMIZk5ZpiP1NOF1BxRv4JtJdh_0XxuUGrSIdGYc_BAjjr7FfJULOrWpazHbEHXjyNDE63UWzg2Mwj6p1uHZCWVYCa7M4I9V1GxUZ0BUFw_o1ye_057ZCg/s1600/motti1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGZEIViE8s1GW6ELMycsCGxrMIZk5ZpiP1NOF1BxRv4JtJdh_0XxuUGrSIdGYc_BAjjr7FfJULOrWpazHbEHXjyNDE63UWzg2Mwj6p1uHZCWVYCa7M4I9V1GxUZ0BUFw_o1ye_057ZCg/s1600/motti1.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A humbled Admiral Motti following orders to blow up Alderaan,,, <u><b>AND BELOW IS MOTTI'S FAMOUS CHOKING SCENE...</b></u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>Darth Vader:</u> The plans you refer to will soon be back in our hands. </i></span></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFh5NrTWxeTacOXoRuh56sSmCcwNb2zuLiPUgnAnh3skl7yBZIJ5WtK2QSMTF8kJ1YQwlhMHdilIWDKc0N3Gl4iiHj6T4td3b1daXRQ-BkpU9WnHKQGIcLl9OcpJybAIOytTDUrK515so/s1600/star+wars+3.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFh5NrTWxeTacOXoRuh56sSmCcwNb2zuLiPUgnAnh3skl7yBZIJ5WtK2QSMTF8kJ1YQwlhMHdilIWDKc0N3Gl4iiHj6T4td3b1daXRQ-BkpU9WnHKQGIcLl9OcpJybAIOytTDUrK515so/s320/star+wars+3.JPG" width="241" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Richard didn't get that quote at first</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <i><u>Admiral Motti:</u> Any attack made by the Rebels against this station would be a useless gesture, no matter what technical data they have obtained. This station is now the ultimate power in the universe! I suggest we use it! </i></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><u>Darth Vader:</u> Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force. </i></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><u>Admiral Motti:</u> Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Vader. Your sad devotion to that ancient Jedi religion has not helped you conjure up the stolen data tapes, or given you enough clairvoyance to find the rebels' hidden fortress... </i></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Vader makes a pinching motion and Motti starts choking. </i></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><u>Darth Vader:</u> I find your lack of faith disturbing. </i></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><u>Governor Tarkin:</u> Enough of this! Vader, release him! </i></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><u>Darth Vader:</u> As you wish. </i></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHFMRDXM1_F5zii_G6wn7E1LKEXwXo_Aw7CMvz046wzIJ-3SWTKjY31ynEp4i8b4Nx1YcLavHX8VrTcFU2u2VgBTjiAtJcxXq-jJ7H1LBYgV7X377H9zbSJYD4hW6IwOe8enibIYulaI/s1600/motti55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHFMRDXM1_F5zii_G6wn7E1LKEXwXo_Aw7CMvz046wzIJ-3SWTKjY31ynEp4i8b4Nx1YcLavHX8VrTcFU2u2VgBTjiAtJcxXq-jJ7H1LBYgV7X377H9zbSJYD4hW6IwOe8enibIYulaI/s1600/motti55.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Trying to steal the scene from me?"</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOohyphenhyphenQlcvbrMyIx73ZkANbD0kpe82vzzBO6t1Dh3XH1ooyLWMJJjiG_zBm4Wkc4NY5y5Q-kmjgITzLe0d6T_8L4VzltcsQ8p9taZiKO1UfyWRn45xM0ucKge9CFeoME_Ip4Xk_vkAZ0ck/s1600/motti56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOohyphenhyphenQlcvbrMyIx73ZkANbD0kpe82vzzBO6t1Dh3XH1ooyLWMJJjiG_zBm4Wkc4NY5y5Q-kmjgITzLe0d6T_8L4VzltcsQ8p9taZiKO1UfyWRn45xM0ucKge9CFeoME_Ip4Xk_vkAZ0ck/s1600/motti56.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Now I know why I loathe turtleneck uniforms!"</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxPRNr7uJHuMFBVxuZC79SPK9dzc0Faj9JOvicobXp7EzV6pYVWKSZl1tBxVS-5ZaiBa-wPdNizbgbGFNfUddebKJ9K7MI_nj_IWkPePe6IrtLykAgoUAUKZduHoN1BfN0T_ItnpX7ogw/s1600/motti57.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxPRNr7uJHuMFBVxuZC79SPK9dzc0Faj9JOvicobXp7EzV6pYVWKSZl1tBxVS-5ZaiBa-wPdNizbgbGFNfUddebKJ9K7MI_nj_IWkPePe6IrtLykAgoUAUKZduHoN1BfN0T_ItnpX7ogw/s1600/motti57.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Shouldn't have had that egg yoke breakfast this morning." As a kid I thought he coughed up egg yolk...</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbbxPcXomeepBShkgADR5MFAXTRTUpjgPuNanXxC5atE32Ojya1X4GBQ9PxHzudvCg_Gp24k-zXZ9L7pPLIk1RzZB53wgHeckWSHf-5OiSAUlTTb6yWzVGOvMht3y8gSnIIyqSkq2_YU/s1600/motti2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbbxPcXomeepBShkgADR5MFAXTRTUpjgPuNanXxC5atE32Ojya1X4GBQ9PxHzudvCg_Gp24k-zXZ9L7pPLIk1RzZB53wgHeckWSHf-5OiSAUlTTb6yWzVGOvMht3y8gSnIIyqSkq2_YU/s1600/motti2.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Star-Wars-Episode-IV-A-New-Hope-Original-Theatrical-Version/70053213?strkid=1369199969_0_0&strackid=345c34f797aebfc_0_srl&trkid=222336">RENT STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE ON NETFLIX</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_Nja4heFukBQ83P9sGbRWMWuwcboRGB5jYXgu0oxxhsHAx4M3GDS5Me3rnbOYRkpRcTPgrq7SnxO6klNv9_1eEdgFx1MGWw0RMfWTRnnsMnFipGw9Vn1AF8Cl4IeYn6ZWBbadv04fZF7/s1600/r1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_Nja4heFukBQ83P9sGbRWMWuwcboRGB5jYXgu0oxxhsHAx4M3GDS5Me3rnbOYRkpRcTPgrq7SnxO6klNv9_1eEdgFx1MGWw0RMfWTRnnsMnFipGw9Vn1AF8Cl4IeYn6ZWBbadv04fZF7/s1600/r1.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Richard LeParmentier with Bob Hoskins in WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXFWuL09Fhky7QoUMkCD8Qq_muB1jxW97PCVpZ3-RWOar3IL25NZ-swn8YKWhBfwaj-0xNgPk9_2NWWNsyzarxaVp9aDx620jMsMA_HZBcpo9WObWsTAwj6zroNJYdil6zGK7JvapP2DK/s1600/r2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXFWuL09Fhky7QoUMkCD8Qq_muB1jxW97PCVpZ3-RWOar3IL25NZ-swn8YKWhBfwaj-0xNgPk9_2NWWNsyzarxaVp9aDx620jMsMA_HZBcpo9WObWsTAwj6zroNJYdil6zGK7JvapP2DK/s1600/r2.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Richard LeParmentier with Bob Hoskins in WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSMri-z0dt8tcDsNOvAnReyUdj0Gq3dGVJfdoJo-AxKdKPs6b_QGnTJfHt9nAOrr5DXMetyZyqJAswy742HqcxISVYfzAEzi3dzDt37VYtcXRWMmW-DgGscQKhT53yT5JktR1HJINB168/s1600/r3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSMri-z0dt8tcDsNOvAnReyUdj0Gq3dGVJfdoJo-AxKdKPs6b_QGnTJfHt9nAOrr5DXMetyZyqJAswy742HqcxISVYfzAEzi3dzDt37VYtcXRWMmW-DgGscQKhT53yT5JktR1HJINB168/s1600/r3.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Who-Framed-Roger-Rabbit-Anniversary/dp/B00AO686MY/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1366781990&sr=8-6&keywords=Richard+LeParmentier">BUY ROGER RABBIT ON AMAZON</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjECGHwOpjn6kA9oAcpIph_Mg2vF9aP10-jiE5Ii-hhAPEqcjwvKMCG4IkLOB6z2dd_rfDiDmspys3EimSVqfSyCQaL_NSC_6fpKEuSJJ1KAQO7jgmFoKFgAw-Tz_lVadBB_eD_hGo8fxI/s1600/star+wars1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjECGHwOpjn6kA9oAcpIph_Mg2vF9aP10-jiE5Ii-hhAPEqcjwvKMCG4IkLOB6z2dd_rfDiDmspys3EimSVqfSyCQaL_NSC_6fpKEuSJJ1KAQO7jgmFoKFgAw-Tz_lVadBB_eD_hGo8fxI/s1600/star+wars1.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">REST IN PEACE, ADMIRAL..........</td></tr> </tbody></table>

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WITH SAD DEVOTION TO STAR WARS ADMIRAL MOTTI

Richard LeParmentier as Admiral Motti in STAR WARS STAR WARS fanatics mourn the death of actor Richard LeParmentier, whose Admiral Motti...

LARRY HAGMAN WAS A SUPER ACTOR: REST IN PEACE

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVU01l3Cf0jx2seyFeYy0pPS2QzCgupzlzZeCP1Y42cJ_GwFJIF0bmULEBBSZqAoAhUvxY4c6uriYYF0JuAjZVZsxCk0KuTdTIcWwZjyOr64JlqKHoec97St4jiLcmE-aKm03t76WaAMZ-/s1600/2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVU01l3Cf0jx2seyFeYy0pPS2QzCgupzlzZeCP1Y42cJ_GwFJIF0bmULEBBSZqAoAhUvxY4c6uriYYF0JuAjZVZsxCk0KuTdTIcWwZjyOr64JlqKHoec97St4jiLcmE-aKm03t76WaAMZ-/s16000/2.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The late Larry Hagman in SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE</td></tr> </tbody></table> Sad day today, as actor LARRY HAGMAN, known mostly for playing a good guy on I DREAM OF JEANNIE and a beloved bad guy on DALLAS, passed away.<br /> <br /> Between Major Nelson and J.R. Ewing, Hagman played a vast array of characters. His turn as a perverted antagonist ambulance driver in MOTHER JUGS & SPEED stands out.<br /> <br /> But perhaps his cameo as a horny Army Major in SUPERMAN can act as a bridge between playing nice guys and endearingly selfish ones. Or maybe it's just a fun cameo that needed pointing out today: Hagman's part is a neat surprise whenever revisiting this 1970's superhero classic. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQRUJPvsCTLlTPUbBF5C1aMJe3lQVI1VBPVremaBDsq5JIuEhyphenhyphenJS_6XHxp801Mj5DcsGZ6ayF7DEGzuQSJU7Zq5irrRfWgxAexM2tYCXUeBMzpqnLcyrhaBlOoLp4rxpdtZ4kj8gnF3ug/s1600/3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQRUJPvsCTLlTPUbBF5C1aMJe3lQVI1VBPVremaBDsq5JIuEhyphenhyphenJS_6XHxp801Mj5DcsGZ6ayF7DEGzuQSJU7Zq5irrRfWgxAexM2tYCXUeBMzpqnLcyrhaBlOoLp4rxpdtZ4kj8gnF3ug/s16000/3.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Valerie Perrine fakes injury</td></tr> </tbody></table> Towards the end of SUPERMAN, Gene Hackman's sidekick Ned Beatty has to distract the Army by setting up a phony accident where bombshell Valerie Perrine lays on the highway...<br /> <br /> Hagman's Major has to make a decision.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLhyphenhyphenhmv_PxYPM42DroetX5koyE6xJKaD7E0SXGoVqeJFYpsLXbj5hgLTdAa2k6OWXUxeus2xYxGqDmj5rqSc5UNAogfdYcaNaV5nCTBKkeHlw-cR7VayA_couoZDDzFWcKwVifs7x4Ldc2/s1600/1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLhyphenhyphenhmv_PxYPM42DroetX5koyE6xJKaD7E0SXGoVqeJFYpsLXbj5hgLTdAa2k6OWXUxeus2xYxGqDmj5rqSc5UNAogfdYcaNaV5nCTBKkeHlw-cR7VayA_couoZDDzFWcKwVifs7x4Ldc2/s16000/1.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Larry Hagman's Major is a man in charge</td></tr> </tbody></table> SERGEANT: She's having trouble breathing, sir. What do you think?<br /> MAJOR: Well, I suggest a vigorous chest message and if that doesn't work, mouth to mouth.<br /> The sergeant begins to comply, and then the Major steps up:<br /> MAJOR: I wouldn't have one of my men prepared to do what I wouldn't do myself.<br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1cFfGcEEVqoL-vWm5DbQKBo5jxzCHRfS76xuJuFhlXlSkjPqW9wVaimQ0JVkhZk2RSnRKHz2r2oVZrBnh8f87whBugyKmPfM1JTNysPYxYJDH8xsZN-IpBEo1rVu_e25a7tPQy_-LS0fv/s1600/4.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1cFfGcEEVqoL-vWm5DbQKBo5jxzCHRfS76xuJuFhlXlSkjPqW9wVaimQ0JVkhZk2RSnRKHz2r2oVZrBnh8f87whBugyKmPfM1JTNysPYxYJDH8xsZN-IpBEo1rVu_e25a7tPQy_-LS0fv/s16000/4.jpg" /></a></div>

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LARRY HAGMAN WAS A SUPER ACTOR: REST IN PEACE

The late Larry Hagman in SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE Sad day today, as actor LARRY HAGMAN, known mostly for playing a good guy on I DREAM OF JEA...

JOHN CLIVE (A CLOCKWORK ORANGE) EXITS STAGE LEFT

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVpKl-jRmtViRB__hTjEQBZFOTwy6NHTjJ2koJcZCebS_pFq8tr7_gjGNRDfxkREfIxEy9qhaSHf5aTju6WMZG9Z3OPrCnMP-6gZpaHZx_1BrqV6JORQMDmln-HFxv7MbeW-wvhwJRCCAR/s1600/title00_205141172.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVpKl-jRmtViRB__hTjEQBZFOTwy6NHTjJ2koJcZCebS_pFq8tr7_gjGNRDfxkREfIxEy9qhaSHf5aTju6WMZG9Z3OPrCnMP-6gZpaHZx_1BrqV6JORQMDmln-HFxv7MbeW-wvhwJRCCAR/s16000/title00_205141172.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Clive in A CLOCKWORK ORANGE</td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>A CLOCKWORK ORANGE</b></span> alumni JOHN CLIVE, the STAGE ACTOR who puts Malcolm McDowell's Alex through his first test after the government's experimental aversion therapy, slapping, flooring and then making the poor droogie lick his shoe while goading Renaissance music plays, has left the building. Here are some captures of the man at work... <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7BjTElu2M3LO9WRdh0pC6t6TdL0U8kYg7vApSmOtUusFURYsb9xWkfme6bXw13PpRsG2XNxHoGr13im9XdtqmUAaxtJ7HH7l2qBvJc_ivrcCmuQhelAjBjRU6845UwZ652-pJb2wGerZ/s1600/title00_204342423.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7BjTElu2M3LO9WRdh0pC6t6TdL0U8kYg7vApSmOtUusFURYsb9xWkfme6bXw13PpRsG2XNxHoGr13im9XdtqmUAaxtJ7HH7l2qBvJc_ivrcCmuQhelAjBjRU6845UwZ652-pJb2wGerZ/s16000/title00_204342423.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Hello, heap of dirt..."</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-3dPEvyz2P0jX8FNllwR7aDJIkjmdM2YkBscrHtyjV7pR0DnAtEtjGM8yMy9tU-_74KeSFOyCwL1cKJRBfxrCjwKFz4i9uzRJi-MSRvcojo9bpesiZlwwUf0oNcm7Gxmn1t8BBRjxrFT/s1600/title00_204623380.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-3dPEvyz2P0jX8FNllwR7aDJIkjmdM2YkBscrHtyjV7pR0DnAtEtjGM8yMy9tU-_74KeSFOyCwL1cKJRBfxrCjwKFz4i9uzRJi-MSRvcojo9bpesiZlwwUf0oNcm7Gxmn1t8BBRjxrFT/s16000/title00_204623380.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oh, you don't wash much, do ya? Judging by the horrible smell..."</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMa5egVyqyfKlpr_IugmakSOyTBMq5-yYjz-WTmAr7-z5aargnqXMTwCkNOmj8fCoLYqoTCxEhjACFRCo70rdWb3sYPOnvLyhkRnDjrVh3ywvcCpZpt-0Og17iSajQUwuDm-r2ZLXPZUll/s1600/title00_20435357.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMa5egVyqyfKlpr_IugmakSOyTBMq5-yYjz-WTmAr7-z5aargnqXMTwCkNOmj8fCoLYqoTCxEhjACFRCo70rdWb3sYPOnvLyhkRnDjrVh3ywvcCpZpt-0Og17iSajQUwuDm-r2ZLXPZUll/s16000/title00_20435357.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"If you wanna start something, well you just go ahead!"</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJhrSOPSrSRhVgjA7em3F9mtUQxKQ5NdNnsOaCdVYjDFfeuBa-mti7czUgC7ISRsnr5-XohSn7VX-tkw_aQ87qiMZlJ_qIeIhgWApFiPDczdeKaSVghG_UwJZnS06zG8_5z-N_whYYzYMT/s1600/title00_205058511.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJhrSOPSrSRhVgjA7em3F9mtUQxKQ5NdNnsOaCdVYjDFfeuBa-mti7czUgC7ISRsnr5-XohSn7VX-tkw_aQ87qiMZlJ_qIeIhgWApFiPDczdeKaSVghG_UwJZnS06zG8_5z-N_whYYzYMT/s16000/title00_205058511.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"If you wanna get up, you gotta do something for me..."</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXnI0bkzeu9JVk7MkKHlkwhtx0WM3MN-kRix7LjnzZngaNGZG49NAKuRCXK25uc5bcxbP1LS4rNofmefMaa0DX6QqUUdGylZLifX4PDrg7DaeNdyqJ8V2bUCqx14lmJ1pnDji8F2tWILc/s1600/title00_2051184.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXnI0bkzeu9JVk7MkKHlkwhtx0WM3MN-kRix7LjnzZngaNGZG49NAKuRCXK25uc5bcxbP1LS4rNofmefMaa0DX6QqUUdGylZLifX4PDrg7DaeNdyqJ8V2bUCqx14lmJ1pnDji8F2tWILc/s16000/title00_2051184.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"You see that shoe? Well I want you to lick it!"</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsgPahyhCvsMiI8aHEtaCLvwg0RHEr7Bi-tP3XddDOduaWRglYV91GGUadBqYVR3h2Z7cbHQpafhUKM9MDamvW21-ax_IEXczr9JZYFmTVj_66ijiUg3E9AYxUNQLGAbPJnpjgI3BZ8A9/s1600/title00_205131461.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsgPahyhCvsMiI8aHEtaCLvwg0RHEr7Bi-tP3XddDOduaWRglYV91GGUadBqYVR3h2Z7cbHQpafhUKM9MDamvW21-ax_IEXczr9JZYFmTVj_66ijiUg3E9AYxUNQLGAbPJnpjgI3BZ8A9/s16000/title00_205131461.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>John Clive in A CLOCKWORK ORANGE</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucuEy0DmaxnBnKBXyRMpF3f3dlaECFafT-DUBzbM90RM2RR8dVP4yYUY33xIgRMuosaDZig0skNx7RqE0gvZ7eDF5KBzDwUY3T0Di4j1CfdL9f-jzhlwrAcBOgkYiDeZDtcEMxrA6Ox18Eixgg2LiGkmCnyjHKOEUOJBbbj7K82x8k1NU5HYZTg-iAKlw/s1350/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-08%20at%207.05.03%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="1350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucuEy0DmaxnBnKBXyRMpF3f3dlaECFafT-DUBzbM90RM2RR8dVP4yYUY33xIgRMuosaDZig0skNx7RqE0gvZ7eDF5KBzDwUY3T0Di4j1CfdL9f-jzhlwrAcBOgkYiDeZDtcEMxrA6Ox18Eixgg2LiGkmCnyjHKOEUOJBbbj7K82x8k1NU5HYZTg-iAKlw/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-08%20at%207.05.03%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>John Clive in THE ITALIAN JOB<br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqo0pxAZ_y774ol-9k7lHE0lUzsD7A6cX-dV7u5SVPrDOzY-JCWOdWhJgy3u6iblRs-rLMVjBmDFCvn9QN17nTRI-CNu83Wnn6QMXyS3hg4hQATBjryjdBPsVSnUbWc-JxM1wqtrdT9d5xsfb-KCpMPrvXHGneJaerI0-oldMgfEhCZRujqnwlcmy09OIF/s1622/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-08%20at%207.05.12%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="1622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqo0pxAZ_y774ol-9k7lHE0lUzsD7A6cX-dV7u5SVPrDOzY-JCWOdWhJgy3u6iblRs-rLMVjBmDFCvn9QN17nTRI-CNu83Wnn6QMXyS3hg4hQATBjryjdBPsVSnUbWc-JxM1wqtrdT9d5xsfb-KCpMPrvXHGneJaerI0-oldMgfEhCZRujqnwlcmy09OIF/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-08%20at%207.05.12%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>John Clive with Peter Sellers in THE PINK PANTHERS STRIKES AGAIN</u></td></tr></tbody></table><br />

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JOHN CLIVE (A CLOCKWORK ORANGE) EXITS STAGE LEFT

John Clive in A CLOCKWORK ORANGE A CLOCKWORK ORANGE alumni JOHN CLIVE, the STAGE ACTOR who puts Malcolm McDowell's Alex through h...

NANCY WILSON & LANA CLARKSON ARE 'FAST TIMES' GORGEOUS

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3H6GF6mG-KyZ6aX5kY-hY0LZPTdkltGbsDK91xnH7DQYmeKgv7k_OEhDAmKk3_SAdcUKwn_BikbYdgnXNhhKpND9xiuPfDij7i3ThqdxwVxdgRsDsrGzP5SZyQaqRg13iy5iUaT8aGMR/s1770/Screen+Shot+2021-01-18+at+12.20.39+AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3H6GF6mG-KyZ6aX5kY-hY0LZPTdkltGbsDK91xnH7DQYmeKgv7k_OEhDAmKk3_SAdcUKwn_BikbYdgnXNhhKpND9xiuPfDij7i3ThqdxwVxdgRsDsrGzP5SZyQaqRg13iy5iUaT8aGMR/s16000/Screen+Shot+2021-01-18+at+12.20.39+AM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Lana Clarkson is Mrs. Vargas in FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>One of them is (or was at that time) the wife of the film's author, Cameron Crowe, as well as the "skinny pretty one" from the band HEART. The other is a gorgeous actress that was, years later, slain by a nutty music mogel. It's Nancy Wilson and Lana Clarkson in FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH.<br /> <br /> Nancy plays a sexy lady driving a hot rod, scoffing at Judge Reinhold's pirate outfit while Lana Clarkson, married to the strange Mr. Vargas, pulls her hand away from Scott Thomson who, along with Brian Bakker, is smitten (and shocked) by her immense beauty.</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNu-CAaaHxF9dh8jCz2hz26mvqG_7XuG6ORdtqhwTWo4fnkb8E2LtvlrcgFlACxd2mh8VPEGehfOyq192FVYgunf9O_8n7B3jtKPwB86rvHJPrutqq40TIyfZBQcMKiC5RF3mh7v46t5A/s1644/Screen+Shot+2021-01-18+at+12.25.50+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1644" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNu-CAaaHxF9dh8jCz2hz26mvqG_7XuG6ORdtqhwTWo4fnkb8E2LtvlrcgFlACxd2mh8VPEGehfOyq192FVYgunf9O_8n7B3jtKPwB86rvHJPrutqq40TIyfZBQcMKiC5RF3mh7v46t5A/s16000/Screen+Shot+2021-01-18+at+12.25.50+AM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>The hot HEART girl NANCY WILSON judges Reinhold's pirate costume</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p></p><p></p>

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NANCY WILSON & LANA CLARKSON ARE 'FAST TIMES' GORGEOUS

Lana Clarkson is Mrs. Vargas in FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH One of them is (or was at that time) the wife of the film's author, Came...