Break out the Jack Daniels! May 2008 will be jam-packed with events to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of “the Chairman of the Board,” Frank Sinatra. An overview of the Sinatra celebration can be found at the Sinatra Family Official Site here. Below are a few highlights.
Warner Home Video [...]
USA/B&W/131m./Dir: Mike Nichols/Wr: Ernest Lehman (based on the play by Edward Albee)/Cast: Elizabeth Taylor (Martha), Richard Burton (George), George Segal (Nick), Sandy Dennis (Honey)
A middle-aged associate history professor (Richard Burton) and his brazen wife (Elizabeth Taylor) host the world’s worst “after hours� in Mike Nichol’s screen version of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. [...]
Booze Movies is nearing another milestone. Today I watched the 75th film that I will review for this site, and I’ve saved a soused cinema classic to fill that slot.
I’ll post the 75th review in a day or two. In the meantime, feel free to guess what the 75th firewater-fueled film will be.
Cheers,garv
P.S. — I’ll [...]
USA/B&W/103m./Dir: W.S. Van Dyke/Wr: Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett/Cast: William Powell (Nick Charles), Myrna Loy (Nora Charles), Virginia Grey (Lois MacFay), C. Aubrey Smith (Colonel MacFay), Tom Neal (Freddie Colman), Patric Knowles (Dudley Horn), Otto Kruger (Assistant District Attorney Van Slack), Sheldon Leonard (Phil Church)
The announcement of Nora’s pregnancy at the end of After [...]
USA/239m./Dir: John Frankenheimer/Wr: Thomas Quinn Curtis (based on the play by Eugene O’Neill)/Cast: Lee Marvin (Hickey), Frederic March (Harry Hope), Robert Ryan (Larry Slade), Jeff Bridges (Don Parritt), Tom Pedi (Rocky Pioggi), Bradford Dillman (Willie Oban), Moses Gunn (Joe Mott)
In the early 70’s, producer Ely Landau envisioned The American Film Theatre, an experiment in [...]
I just received the official press release for the upcoming Cocktail Film Fest. Here are all the pertinent details:
COCKTAIL FILM FEST CELEBRATES SIPPING IN CINEMA WITH THREE SCREENINGS AT W NEW ORLEANS HOTEL
Host Cheryl Charming presents movies and themed cocktails and food March 21 – 22.
NEW ORLEANS – (January 18, 2008) – [...]
USA/80m./Dir: Wayne Ewing/Cast: Lisl Auman (Herself), Hunter S. Thompson (Himself), Warren Zevon (Himself), Bob Auman (Himself), Jaun Thompson (Himself)
The third film in Wayne Ewing’s gonzo documentary trilogy is the least Hunter S. Thompson-centric. The real star of the show is Lisl Auman, a young woman who received a life sentence without the possibility [...]
USA/60m./Dir: Wayne Ewing/Cast: Hunter S. Thompson (Himself), Anita Thompson (Herself), Jon Equis (Himself), Steve Cohen (Himself), Bob Braudis (Himself)
Hunter S. Thompson left detailed instructions for his funeral–a 150-foot monument was to be constructed on his Woody Creek property, topped by the gonzo symbol, a double-thumbed fist holding a peyote button. From the structure, [...]
USA/91m./Dir: Wayne Ewing/Cast: Hunter S. Thompson (Himself), Johnny Depp (Himself), Ralph Steadman (Himself), John Cusack (Himself), Benicio Del Toro (Himself), Warren Zevon (Himself)
During the last two decades of Hunter S. Thompson’s life, Wayne Ewing spent substantial time on the road with the cultural icon, documenting his movements and accumulating hundreds of hours of footage. [...]
USA/B&W/20m./Dir: Charles Rogers/Wr: Stan Laurel & H.M. Walker/Cast: Stan Laurel (Stan), Oliver Hardy (Ollie), Mae Busch (Mrs. Hall), Charlie Hall (Mr. Hall), Billy Gilbert (Doctor)
Stan and Ollie get accidentally shellacked in Them Thar Hills, one of their better short comedies. Their unintentional bender occurs because Ollie is stricken with gout, and his doctor [...]
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