Frank, there was a piece in Salon yesterday about Major Dundee, too. [link]
Yes. Men like sports. Men watch the action movie, they eat of the beef, and enjoy to look at the bosoms. A thousand years of avenging our wrongs and that's all you've learned?
Xander ,'End of Days'
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DXMachina - Apr 07, 2005 3:34:33 am PDT #1540 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 07, 2005 3:36:46 am PDT #1541 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hey, thanks DX! That was a(n) (in)famous train-wreck of a production. First of many for Bloody Sam.
Tom Scola - Apr 07, 2005 3:38:00 am PDT #1542 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I was just reading the review of Kung Fu Hustle in Salon, and it happened to mention that Sammo Hung is set to direct David Hasseloff in the Knight Rider movie.
That's... so weird. [link]
Frankenbuddha - Apr 07, 2005 3:59:37 am PDT #1543 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I was just reading the review of Kung Fu Hustle in Salon, and it happened to mention that Sammo Hung is set to direct David Hasseloff in the Knight Rider movie.
Heh, yeah. I loved the quote that followed that info: "...a rumor too grusome not to be true."
Really looking forward to KUNG FU HUSTLE, though not based on that review.
Jon B. - Apr 07, 2005 5:01:10 am PDT #1544 of 10002
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Major Dundee is showing at the Kendall in Cambridge for "One Week Only!" starting April 15 . I saw a trailer for it a couple of weeks ago.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 07, 2005 5:27:12 am PDT #1545 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Major Dundee is showing at the Kendall in Cambridge for "One Week Only!" starting April 15 . I saw a trailer for it a couple of weeks ago.
Cool! They've been doing that with a lot of interesting revival stuff (that I keep MISSING).
eta My suspicion was right - it's being released on DVD 5-31.
Hayden - Apr 07, 2005 9:25:44 am PDT #1546 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Yep, although it appears that they still haven't re-added the 30 additional minutes from Peckinpah's original cut. That film may not exist any more.
Not that it would fix the problems on the movie. If I remember correctly from Weddle and Seydor's books, Peckinpah ran out of money and time before filming most of the scenes showing Dundee's decline after being shot. And he never filmed the massacre that was supposed to open the movie. Seydor lays out some of the discrepancies between the script and the film in his book.
Anyway, I understand that the re-release has an alternate score and 15 minutes cut from producer's first take (which came after the 30 minutes cut from Peckinpah's version). I think having new music would be key. The less Mitch Miller, the better.
Also, flawed movie though it is, I'd walk over hot coals to see it on the big screen if it was feasible. Here's my crappy take on the movie for the High Hat (reading it again makes me wish I'd put it through at least one or two more drafts and wish further that the Hat had a copy editor in those days): [link]
Frankenbuddha - Apr 07, 2005 9:54:20 am PDT #1547 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yeah, I printed out pretty much all the Peckinpah stuff from that issue so I could read it not staring at a computer screen. I think I commented at the time how much I loved the Straw Dogs analysis.
I will make a gianormous effort to catch it that week.
Hayden - Apr 07, 2005 9:58:57 am PDT #1548 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Hope you dig it! The high points in that movie are absoutely freakin' brilliant.
Alicia K - Apr 07, 2005 11:05:38 am PDT #1549 of 10002
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
Am I the only one who thought Major Dundee was an extended version of Crocodile Dundee?