Two for One Sayles (podcast 32)

Next podcast already up. This one, as the description tells you, covers Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) and The Lady in Red (1979), both written by John Sayles, actor, novelist, director, and early trashy movie writer.

The music on this podcast was by Folklore, who toured a fair amount of the country back in January and February of this year and I'm sure will be going out again. The first song was "Lake Bonaparte," off the Carpenters Falls EP, and the concluding one was "H.W. Beaverman" off their full-length, The Ghost of H.W. Beaverman, both of which you can buy in the store section of their website.

Here's the poster for Battle Beyond the Stars. With some creases.


Here is the ship that looks like a uterus. A bit less so from this angle, where it looks like a part of the anatomy of the other sex.


Here's the Valkyrie character from the movie, played by Sybil Danning. This is her cooler outfit, but the other one is comparably revealing and involves a lot of spandex.


So, it didn't cost $10 million to make, but only $2 million. Still, this was way high for Corman at the time. George Peppard and Robert Vaughn didn't come cheap. Jimmy Murakami directed it. And not a ton else.

Here's the poster for The Lady in Red, also known as Guns, Sin, and Bathtub Gin, although I don't remember any of the latter being in it.

We really didn't talk about the actors in this movie much, but here's a lovely shot of Pamela Sue Martin, the title character, which reveals plenty without revealing too much, unlike a lot of the things that come up from a google image search. Apparently, this was the movie that broke her goody-goody image, along with her posing for Playboy, but it's also important to note how great she is in it.

Robert Conrad, the male lead, is most famous for having been the title character on Wild Wild West. Here's Dick Miller's IMDB page. He has 164 listings for TV or movie appearances, which is really impressive. The late Nancy Parsons, who plays the evil prison guard, tended to play that kind of character, even in Ladybugs. Louise Fletcher plays a pretty different role than the one she's known for, on the other hand. The movie was directed by Lewis Teague, kind of an underappreciated guy, though this may be because he tends to direct a lot of crap. Julie Corman is Roger's wife, not his daughter. Cinematography on both these movies was done by Daniel Lacambre and both scores were composed by James Horner.

You might also want to look at this article on Sayles's film beginnings working for Corman because it's pretty interesting.

Cherry Cock 2000 (podcast 31)

Oh we zoomin' along now, ain't we. The next podcast in the movie series is up, covering Cockfighter (1974, apparently) and Cherry 2000.

Music this time is Big Gray, with an official-type webpage here and a myspace here. No rekkids or such exactly, but they are fun to listen to. First song is "Those Simple Days of Autumn" and second is "The Nixon Shocks," both of which can also be downloaded at the first site linked.

This is the cover of the novel on which the movie Cockfighter is based. Here's a bit on Charles Willeford, the author. Here is an excerpt from the novel. And here's some from Cockfighter Journal. It's directed by Monte Hellman and stars, primarily, Warren Oates. The dude he reminds Jared of is J.K. Simmons. The guy whose name we couldn't remember is Richard Shull, also dead, like many people associated with this movie. Ed Begley, Jr. has a much longer film career than we thought. Oh, and Laurie Bird, also dead.


This is a poster that lies! None of these scenes are in the movie. It's like someone had a dream after seeing the movie and then told it to a friend and that friend hired an artist to make a rendering. But it is very cool.


This poster is much more accurate.


Here's a way better poster for Cherry 2000 than the ones you usually see. C'est francais, aussi. Also, Hillary is dumb and didn't remember who Michael Almereyda really is. Oy. Jared confirms that he was confused, but couldn't correct me at the time (he was not drunk). Almereyda instead likes to direct movies with the same titles as other, bigger movies, like Twister and Aliens. It was directed by Steve De Jarnatt. Tim Thomerson does a great job as the villain.



Here's a still or promo shot or something. See? She looks very cool with a gun.

Episode 30: A New Hope (podcast 30)

Gosh, y'all. Sorry for the absence. We just had to get excited about stuff again. And so we are and so it shall be. Here's the new podcast and thanks for patience.

So, this is the poster for the movie we watched: The Abominable Dr. Phibes.


And this is a lobby card that shows a little how beautiful it all is.


Other people and stuff mentioned:

Director Robert Fuest. He's not dead.

Vincent Price. He sadly is.

Joseph Cotten. Likewise.

Grindhouse

The Comedy of Terrors

There's a great wikipedia entry on the movie here, with lots of trivia (also spoilers).

The Devil's Rain

More info on the actual plagues.

Music this time is M Coast, from their album Say It in Slang, the first song being "Sailing around the World" and the second "Aurora." Flooot.