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05-08-2005, 09:24 AM
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05-08-2005, 09:42 AM
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Well, sometimes cocaine is a reason why some peoples careers start to stutter so to speak.
NOTE:
This is just a theory. I have no proof that this is correct. Only time will tell.
Lyxdesics of the lowrd untie!
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05-08-2005, 04:32 PM
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Is it bad karma from the Twilight Zone accident or what?
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I know the story about Twilight Zone, but how exactly did Landis f with Spielberg?
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05-08-2005, 07:46 PM
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In the trial the prosecution claimed that one of the motivating factors in their claim that Landis purposely put actors at risk, despite being warned, was that he was trying to "out do Spielberg". I guess that is what the poster meant.
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05-09-2005, 12:08 AM
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Landis directed a documentary for IFC that pops up on that channel fairly frequently called "Slasher". It's a great, fascinating little doc, and it came out on DVD last year, complete with Landis commentary.
Slasher (2004)
My job as a slasher, being a used car salesperson, liquidator, doing these auction sales...people automatically assume whatever I say, whatever comes out of my mouth is a lie" Meet Michael Bennett, better known as "The Slasher," a raspy-voiced family man who exudes so much nervous energy that he smokes two cigarettes at a time and can hardly stand still. When auto dealerships are desperate to dump their stale inventory as quickly as possible, the California-based Bennett is flown all over the country to slash prices and clear entire lots within a few short days. Director John Landis (The Blues Brothers, Animal House, An American Werewolf in London) brilliantly turns his comedic eye on one particularly off-the-wall weekend in the life of Bennett, as he's called upon to help a struggling dealership in Memphis, home to Elvis Presely and the bankruptcy capital of the world. Featuring a pitc-perfect Southern soul soundtrack, including forgotten favorites from Sam & Dave, Booker T. and the MG's, and Otis Redding, SLASHER is a frenetic, fascinating and intensely funny look at one man so tightly wound, he couldn't be anything other than a car salesman. DVD Features: Commentary from Director John Landis and Crew; Deleted Scenes; IFC 'Making of' Featurette; Crew Biographies; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection |
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05-09-2005, 10:39 AM
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Anybody else ever notice that John Landis and Leonard Maltin look like twins separated at birth?
Blues Brothers is still one of my favorite movies of all time....
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05-09-2005, 12:12 PM
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John Landis appeared in Spiderman 2 cameo as a doctor. He did as well in DARKMAN. Sam Raimi cameo'd in SPIES like us.
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05-09-2005, 12:21 PM
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...and Innocent Blood. Landis likes the director cameos.
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05-09-2005, 01:06 PM
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Carpenter has made some good movies, but they were never really big hits. IMO.
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LOL.
Add The Thing to his list of hits along with Big Trouble in Little China and the cult hit The Fog. |
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05-09-2005, 06:38 PM
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Carpenter has made some good movies, but they were never really big hits. IMO.
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As Carpenter & Russell themselves state on a few of their commentaries many of the films they made were not appreciated at the time of their release but went on to become something much larger....Cult Hit's.
You can't really say the same as much for Landis who had some genuine hits but in the long run (IMO at any rate) Carpenter has a much more rabid fan following.....myself included. And mind you I like Landis.
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05-09-2005, 07:35 PM
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Carpenter has made some good movies, but they were never really big hits. IMO.
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I hope all of you who are replying to this comment realize that it's from Oct. 29, 2001. That's a long time ago. Maybe the poster's views have changed. 
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