Lynne Marta, the actress known for her roles in films like Joe Kidd and Footloose, her regular appearance on Love, American Style, and numerous guest roles on TV shows, has passed away at the age of 78. She died on Thursday at her Los Angeles residence after battling cancer, as confirmed by her friend Chris Saint-Hilaire to The Hollywood Reporter. A native of New Jersey, Marta was featured in episodes of several Aaron Spelling-produced series such as The Mod Squad, The Rookies, Starsky & Hutch, Charlie’s Angels, Vega$, and Matt Houston. She also appeared in Quinn Martin productions, including The F.B.I., Dan August, Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, and The Manhunter. She initiated her career on the syndicated teen dance program, The Lloyd Thaxton Show, and secured roles in episodes of Gidget and The Monkees in 1966. In 1969-70, she contributed to 18 episodes of the first season of...
- 1/16/2024
- TV Insider
Lynne Marta, the actress who appeared in films including Joe Kidd and Footloose, as a regular on Love, American Style and as a guest star on dozens of other TV shows, has died. She was 78.
Marta died Thursday in her Los Angeles home after a battle with cancer, her friend Chris Saint-Hilaire told The Hollywood Reporter.
The New Jersey native also showed up on episodes of such Aaron Spelling-produced series as The Mod Squad, The Rookies, Starsky & Hutch, Charlie’s Angels, Vega$ and Matt Houston and on Quinn Martin productions like The F.B.I., Dan August, Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, The Manhunter and Caribe.
As the companion of a wealthy landowner (Robert Duvall), Marta caught the eye of a bounty hunter (Clint Eastwood) in John Sturges’ Joe Kidd (1972), and she portrayed Lulu Warnicker, the aunt of Kevin Bacon’s Ren, in the Herbert Ross-directed Footloose (1984).
The younger of two daughters,...
Marta died Thursday in her Los Angeles home after a battle with cancer, her friend Chris Saint-Hilaire told The Hollywood Reporter.
The New Jersey native also showed up on episodes of such Aaron Spelling-produced series as The Mod Squad, The Rookies, Starsky & Hutch, Charlie’s Angels, Vega$ and Matt Houston and on Quinn Martin productions like The F.B.I., Dan August, Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, The Manhunter and Caribe.
As the companion of a wealthy landowner (Robert Duvall), Marta caught the eye of a bounty hunter (Clint Eastwood) in John Sturges’ Joe Kidd (1972), and she portrayed Lulu Warnicker, the aunt of Kevin Bacon’s Ren, in the Herbert Ross-directed Footloose (1984).
The younger of two daughters,...
- 1/16/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This post contains major spoilers for the season 2 finale of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds."
The more time passes, the closer "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" gets to the original 1966 TV series. "Strange New Worlds" takes place seven or eight years prior to "Star Trek" and its second season has already teased some of the eventual connective tissue to its forebear. Kirk (Paul Wesley) is still only a first officer aboard the U.S.S. Farragut, but has been on the Enterprise an awful lot, and has already met future crewmates Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding) and Spock (Ethan Peck). The series has been fleshing out the romance between Spock and Nurse Chapel (Jess Bush), but is carefully arranging their relationship to be more professional as it will be seen later in the "Star Trek" timeline. It's also likely that, before "Strange New Worlds" comes to an end, the Enterprise will...
The more time passes, the closer "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" gets to the original 1966 TV series. "Strange New Worlds" takes place seven or eight years prior to "Star Trek" and its second season has already teased some of the eventual connective tissue to its forebear. Kirk (Paul Wesley) is still only a first officer aboard the U.S.S. Farragut, but has been on the Enterprise an awful lot, and has already met future crewmates Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding) and Spock (Ethan Peck). The series has been fleshing out the romance between Spock and Nurse Chapel (Jess Bush), but is carefully arranging their relationship to be more professional as it will be seen later in the "Star Trek" timeline. It's also likely that, before "Strange New Worlds" comes to an end, the Enterprise will...
- 8/10/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
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William Reynolds, who portrayed crime-stopping Special Agent Tom Colby opposite Efrem Zimbalist Jr. on the final seven seasons of the ABC crime drama The F.B.I., has died. He was 90.
Reynolds died Wednesday in Wildomar, California, from non-covid 19 complicated pneumonia, a family spokesperson announced.
The Los Angeles native also starred in three other series, all short-lived: as the trumpet player on the 1959 NBC drama Pete Kelly’s Blues, created by Jack Webb; on ABC’s The Islanders, a 1960-61 adventure show set in the East Indies; and on the World War II-set The Gallant Men, which ran on ABC from 1962-63.
In 1960, Reynolds memorably played a WWII officer who can’t ignore an ominous light on the faces of his men destined to be killed in the acclaimed Twilight Zone season-one episode “The Purple Testament.”
On the big screen, he appeared in the...
William Reynolds, who portrayed crime-stopping Special Agent Tom Colby opposite Efrem Zimbalist Jr. on the final seven seasons of the ABC crime drama The F.B.I., has died. He was 90.
Reynolds died Wednesday in Wildomar, California, from non-covid 19 complicated pneumonia, a family spokesperson announced.
The Los Angeles native also starred in three other series, all short-lived: as the trumpet player on the 1959 NBC drama Pete Kelly’s Blues, created by Jack Webb; on ABC’s The Islanders, a 1960-61 adventure show set in the East Indies; and on the World War II-set The Gallant Men, which ran on ABC from 1962-63.
In 1960, Reynolds memorably played a WWII officer who can’t ignore an ominous light on the faces of his men destined to be killed in the acclaimed Twilight Zone season-one episode “The Purple Testament.”
On the big screen, he appeared in the...
- 8/31/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Barely 1.5 years after she snagged a “starter” home near West Hollywood’s trendy Melrose Avenue, Golden Globe winner Awkwafina — born Nora Lum — has relocated to an even ritzier area of town. The actress/rapper purchased her loft-style WeHo condo in October 2019 for almost $2.3 million, and now she’s shelled out another $3.5 million to buy a modern home previously owned by Cliff Martin, the son of famed TV producer Quinn Martin, in the mountains high above Bel Air.
Sited on a .39-acre promontory parcel — privately secluded down a long private drive at ...
Sited on a .39-acre promontory parcel — privately secluded down a long private drive at ...
- 4/16/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Barely 1.5 years after she snagged a “starter” home near West Hollywood’s trendy Melrose Avenue, Golden Globe winner Awkwafina — born Nora Lum — has relocated to an even ritzier area of town. The actress/rapper purchased her loft-style WeHo condo in October 2019 for almost $2.3 million, and now she’s shelled out another $3.5 million to buy a modern home previously owned by Cliff Martin, the son of famed TV producer Quinn Martin, in the mountains high above Bel Air.
Sited on a .39-acre promontory parcel — privately secluded down a long private drive at ...
Sited on a .39-acre promontory parcel — privately secluded down a long private drive at ...
- 4/16/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Duane L. Tatro, a music composer for dozens of TV series and concert works for orchestral wind ensemble and chamber groups, has died. He passed on Sunday at his home in Bell Canyon, Calif at age 93.
Tatro was a respected member of the composing community. His long resume includes such series as Dynasty, The Love Boat, Barnaby Jones, The FBI, Mannix, Hawaii Five-0, and M*A*S*H, among others. His first series was the science fiction classic The Invaders in 1967.
Despite his long history with television music, Tatro’s lone series theme credit was The Manhunter, a Quinn Martin production which lasted just a single season in 1974-75.
Born in Van Nuys on May 18, 1927, Tatro played saxophone with Stan Kenton’s big band at age 16, then served in the Navy near the end of World War II. He later studied music at the University of Southern California.
Tatro later studied in Paris...
Tatro was a respected member of the composing community. His long resume includes such series as Dynasty, The Love Boat, Barnaby Jones, The FBI, Mannix, Hawaii Five-0, and M*A*S*H, among others. His first series was the science fiction classic The Invaders in 1967.
Despite his long history with television music, Tatro’s lone series theme credit was The Manhunter, a Quinn Martin production which lasted just a single season in 1974-75.
Born in Van Nuys on May 18, 1927, Tatro played saxophone with Stan Kenton’s big band at age 16, then served in the Navy near the end of World War II. He later studied music at the University of Southern California.
Tatro later studied in Paris...
- 8/15/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Duane L. Tatro, who composed for nearly two dozen TV series, including such long-running hits as “Dynasty,” “The Love Boat” and “Barnaby Jones,” died Sunday at his home in Bell Canyon, Calif. He was 93.
Tatro’s music accompanied the action on “The FBI,” “Mannix,” “Mission: Impossible,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “Cade’s County,” “Cannon,” “Most Wanted,” “Vega$” and “Matt Houston,” as well as the comedy of “M*A*S*H” and the romantic melodrama of “Glitter,” “The Colbys” and “Hotel.” His first series was the sci-fi thriller “The Invaders” in 1967, and he worked steadily in TV for the next two decades.
He got to compose the series theme for just one show: Quinn Martin’s period detective drama “The Manhunter,” which lasted a single season in 1974-75.
Tatro was born in Van Nuys on May 18, 1927. The son of an inventor, he played saxophone with Stan Kenton’s big band while he was just 16 years old.
Tatro’s music accompanied the action on “The FBI,” “Mannix,” “Mission: Impossible,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “Cade’s County,” “Cannon,” “Most Wanted,” “Vega$” and “Matt Houston,” as well as the comedy of “M*A*S*H” and the romantic melodrama of “Glitter,” “The Colbys” and “Hotel.” His first series was the sci-fi thriller “The Invaders” in 1967, and he worked steadily in TV for the next two decades.
He got to compose the series theme for just one show: Quinn Martin’s period detective drama “The Manhunter,” which lasted a single season in 1974-75.
Tatro was born in Van Nuys on May 18, 1927. The son of an inventor, he played saxophone with Stan Kenton’s big band while he was just 16 years old.
- 8/15/2020
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
To mark the release of Police Squad: The complete Series on 20th April, we’ve been given 1 copy to give away on Blu-ray.
There are 8 million stories in the Naked City. Here are six. Join Detective Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) and Capt. Ed Hocken (Alan North) as they solve the toughest cases – full of all the sight-gags, puns, and non sequiturs that made the series famous! Created by David Zucker, Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams, who gave us other classics such as Flying High! and The Naked Gun series.
Marginally a “straight” police drama in the Jack Webb/Quinn Martin school, Police Squad occurs in a strange universe where everything is taken literally (when a name “rings a bell” we hear bells go off every time someone mentions it), non sequiturs occur and sight gags abound.
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There are 8 million stories in the Naked City. Here are six. Join Detective Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) and Capt. Ed Hocken (Alan North) as they solve the toughest cases – full of all the sight-gags, puns, and non sequiturs that made the series famous! Created by David Zucker, Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams, who gave us other classics such as Flying High! and The Naked Gun series.
Marginally a “straight” police drama in the Jack Webb/Quinn Martin school, Police Squad occurs in a strange universe where everything is taken literally (when a name “rings a bell” we hear bells go off every time someone mentions it), non sequiturs occur and sight gags abound.
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- 4/20/2020
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Cinema Retro has received the following press release:
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Mediumrare Entertainment is proud to announce Police Squad! The Complete Series available for the first time on Blu-ray from 20th April 2020
Starring Leslie Nielson, Alan North & Ed Williams
There are 8 million stories in the Naked City. Here are six. Join Detective Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) and Capt. Ed Hocken (Alan North) as they solve the toughest cases - full of all the sight-gags, puns, and
non sequiturs that made the series famous! Created by David Zucker, Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams, who gave us other classics such as Flying High! and The Naked Gun series.
Be an eye-witness to all the comedic action for the first time in stunning High Definition
Available to pre-order now from Amazon
Synopsis
Marginally a "straight" police drama in the Jack Webb/Quinn Martin school, Police Squad occurs in a...
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Mediumrare Entertainment is proud to announce Police Squad! The Complete Series available for the first time on Blu-ray from 20th April 2020
Starring Leslie Nielson, Alan North & Ed Williams
There are 8 million stories in the Naked City. Here are six. Join Detective Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) and Capt. Ed Hocken (Alan North) as they solve the toughest cases - full of all the sight-gags, puns, and
non sequiturs that made the series famous! Created by David Zucker, Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams, who gave us other classics such as Flying High! and The Naked Gun series.
Be an eye-witness to all the comedic action for the first time in stunning High Definition
Available to pre-order now from Amazon
Synopsis
Marginally a "straight" police drama in the Jack Webb/Quinn Martin school, Police Squad occurs in a...
- 2/22/2020
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
The old joke goes that the way one gets to Carnegie Hall is practice; while this is also a truism that can be applied to any tenet of life, it’s particularly ironic in The Mephisto Waltz (1971): yes, hard work is great, but it’s much easier to just have Satan put a concert pianist’s soul in your body to achieve your dreams. Not as funny, but easier.
The Mephisto Waltz (based on the novel of the same name by Fred Mustard Stewart) danced onto screens in early June to scathing reviews and tepid box office; even its support group find fault with key elements (we’ll get to the grievances in a bit) all these years later. I would say they are correct except I find the film works well enough despite its issues; truth be told there aren’t many Satanic flicks I don’t like,...
The Mephisto Waltz (based on the novel of the same name by Fred Mustard Stewart) danced onto screens in early June to scathing reviews and tepid box office; even its support group find fault with key elements (we’ll get to the grievances in a bit) all these years later. I would say they are correct except I find the film works well enough despite its issues; truth be told there aren’t many Satanic flicks I don’t like,...
- 8/10/2019
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Known as the “Godfather of the TV Movie,” producer Chuck Fries cut his teeth in Hollywood at Ziv Television from 1952-60. The Cincinnati native would go on to produce more than 275 hours of TV movies and miniseries, including “Small Sacrifices,” with Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal, and “The Neon Empire,” starring Ray Sharkey, Martin Landau and Gary Busey. As production VP, first at Screen Gems, then at Columbia, he was involved with such hits as “I Dream of Jeannie,” “Bewitched” and Jack Nicholson’s “Five Easy Pieces.” He then moved to Metromedia and, ultimately, his own banner, producing films like “Cat People” and “Troop Beverly Hills,” the latter based on his wife Ava’s experiences. Fries, whose career spans six decades, was first mentioned in Variety on April 30, 1958, when Murray Seldeen joined Ziv as Fries’ assistant. But Fries was quick to say, “You know, it’s very funny. I swear to God,...
- 8/31/2018
- by Tara Bitran
- Variety Film + TV
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the classic TV series "The Incredible Hulk", Cinema Retro's Ernie Magnotta sat down for an extensive discussion with the show's creator Kenneth Johnson.
By Ernie Magnotta
Dr. David Banner—physician, scientist…searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have. Then, an accidental overdose of gamma radiation alters his body chemistry. And now, when David Banner grows angry or outraged, a startling metamorphosis occurs.
The creature is driven by rage and is pursued by an investigative reporter. The creature is wanted for a murder he didn’t commit. David Banner is believed to be dead. And he must let the world think that he is dead until he can find a way to control the raging spirit that dwells within him.
Kids who grew up in the 1970s remember that narration well. Every Friday night at 9pm (until it...
By Ernie Magnotta
Dr. David Banner—physician, scientist…searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have. Then, an accidental overdose of gamma radiation alters his body chemistry. And now, when David Banner grows angry or outraged, a startling metamorphosis occurs.
The creature is driven by rage and is pursued by an investigative reporter. The creature is wanted for a murder he didn’t commit. David Banner is believed to be dead. And he must let the world think that he is dead until he can find a way to control the raging spirit that dwells within him.
Kids who grew up in the 1970s remember that narration well. Every Friday night at 9pm (until it...
- 11/10/2017
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Jacqueline Bisset’s in a heck of a fix. Her hubby Alan Alda has been seduced by promises of fame and fortune from creepy concert genius Curt Jurgens, and is responding to weird overtures from Curt’s daughter Barbara Parkins. The pianist’s mansion is stuffed with occult books, and he displays an unhealthy interest in Alda’s piano-ready hands. Do you think the innocent young couple could be in a diabolical tight spot? Nah, nothing to worry about here.
The Mephisto Waltz
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1971 / Color /1:85 widescreen / 115 min. / Street Date April 18, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins, Brad(ford) Dillman, William Windom, Kathleen Widdoes, Pamelyn Ferdin, Curt Jurgens, Curt Lowens, Kiegh Diegh, Berry Kroeger, Walter Brooke, Frank Campanella.
Cinematography: William W. Spencer
Film Editor: Richard Brockway
Original Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Written by Ben Maddow from a novel by Fred Mustard Stewart
Produced...
The Mephisto Waltz
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1971 / Color /1:85 widescreen / 115 min. / Street Date April 18, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins, Brad(ford) Dillman, William Windom, Kathleen Widdoes, Pamelyn Ferdin, Curt Jurgens, Curt Lowens, Kiegh Diegh, Berry Kroeger, Walter Brooke, Frank Campanella.
Cinematography: William W. Spencer
Film Editor: Richard Brockway
Original Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Written by Ben Maddow from a novel by Fred Mustard Stewart
Produced...
- 5/8/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Efrem Zimbalist Jr., the suave leading man who starred on ABC for 15 straight seasons on 77 Sunset Strip and then The F.B.I., died Friday at his ranch in Solvang, Calif., his children announced. He was 95. Zimbalist was a household name from 1958 through 1974 for his performances as dapper private eye Stuart Bailey on Friday night staple 77 Sunset Strip, which lasted six seasons, and as Inspector Lewis Erskine on The F.B.I., which ran for nine. A close friend of then-fbi chief J. Edgar Hoover, Zimbalist ended many Quinn Martin productions on Sunday
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- 5/3/2014
- by Mike Barnes, Duane Byrge
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Review Billy Grifter 22 May 2013 - 06:01
Billy wishes a horde of zombies would show up in Revolution to shake things up a bit. Here's his review of Clue...
This review contains spoilers.
1.18 Clue
I know that regular readers of my reviews are going to wonder what recreational drugs I'd been taking before I watched Clue, but astoundingly this was the first watchable story in what seems like forever.
The clue to what we got was in the title, because this was an old-style whodunit, where lots of likely candidates were presented as being behind sabotaging Miles' attempt to intercept Bass at the tower. And the more outrageous the finger pointing, the more confident I became that the person responsible wasn't one that was remotely suspicious or guilty looking.
But before I get entirely carried away, the preamble where Nora was tortured provided the same lack of logical thinking that has pervaded the show so far.
Billy wishes a horde of zombies would show up in Revolution to shake things up a bit. Here's his review of Clue...
This review contains spoilers.
1.18 Clue
I know that regular readers of my reviews are going to wonder what recreational drugs I'd been taking before I watched Clue, but astoundingly this was the first watchable story in what seems like forever.
The clue to what we got was in the title, because this was an old-style whodunit, where lots of likely candidates were presented as being behind sabotaging Miles' attempt to intercept Bass at the tower. And the more outrageous the finger pointing, the more confident I became that the person responsible wasn't one that was remotely suspicious or guilty looking.
But before I get entirely carried away, the preamble where Nora was tortured provided the same lack of logical thinking that has pervaded the show so far.
- 5/22/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Review by Sam Moffitt
After seeing the wonderful new movie Hitchcock in a theater and now seeing it again on Blu-Ray I thought it might be nice to revisit one of the Master of Suspense’s own films, preferably one I had not seen in some time. Family Plot was Sir Alfred’s last film and a pretty good finale to an amazing career that started in the silent era, an apprentice ship at Ufa Studio’s in Germany, watching no less a master film maker than Fritz Lang and ended in the 70’s when all the rules of film making were being broken by a bunch of young mavericks who changed the language of film altogether.
When I was a kid I loved everything about Hitchcock. I read his mystery magazine avidly, often in high school study hall instead of reading from a text book. My Mother would let...
After seeing the wonderful new movie Hitchcock in a theater and now seeing it again on Blu-Ray I thought it might be nice to revisit one of the Master of Suspense’s own films, preferably one I had not seen in some time. Family Plot was Sir Alfred’s last film and a pretty good finale to an amazing career that started in the silent era, an apprentice ship at Ufa Studio’s in Germany, watching no less a master film maker than Fritz Lang and ended in the 70’s when all the rules of film making were being broken by a bunch of young mavericks who changed the language of film altogether.
When I was a kid I loved everything about Hitchcock. I read his mystery magazine avidly, often in high school study hall instead of reading from a text book. My Mother would let...
- 5/6/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Fans of the villainous Governor from AMC’s The Walking Dead might wanna get their cable companies to hook them up with Encore if they don’t already have it. David Morrissey, who plays this “ultimate villain” on America’s most beloved zombie program, will soon star in a “two-part crime drama event” on that cable network, which is press-release speak for “a couple of TV movies.”
Of course, this is premium cable, which means we’re far from the silly made-for-tv days of Quinn Martin and his ilk. And though the Starz/Encore family is still a relative newcomer to original programming, we here at the Complex have little reason to believe they won’t deliver on quality. The first season of Starz’ Boss alone put any doubts on that score to rest. And though these films were originally produced for the BBC, it is good to know that...
Of course, this is premium cable, which means we’re far from the silly made-for-tv days of Quinn Martin and his ilk. And though the Starz/Encore family is still a relative newcomer to original programming, we here at the Complex have little reason to believe they won’t deliver on quality. The first season of Starz’ Boss alone put any doubts on that score to rest. And though these films were originally produced for the BBC, it is good to know that...
- 4/26/2012
- by Jimmy Callaway
- Boomtron
Mystery Science Theater 3000 is one of those shows that got its hooks into me quickly, but eventually I just lost track of. I’m not even sure how the timing of it worked out, but somehow, I just didn’t seem to watch it anymore.
Die-hard fans may count themselves as far more excited to see these multi-film releases hitting shelves, but I’m glad to get the chance to touch base with a series I once loved, but missed out on.
The Xxiii release showcases four films, naturally of varying genres, plus a nice selection of bonus features, going so far as to somehow include the MST3K-ified The Incredible Mr. Limpet (which I must have seen 5,000 times as a kid) as a bonus.
It’s the usual brand of off-beat comedy commentary, with Joel, Mike, Tom Servo, and Crow T. Robot letting these old works of “art...
Die-hard fans may count themselves as far more excited to see these multi-film releases hitting shelves, but I’m glad to get the chance to touch base with a series I once loved, but missed out on.
The Xxiii release showcases four films, naturally of varying genres, plus a nice selection of bonus features, going so far as to somehow include the MST3K-ified The Incredible Mr. Limpet (which I must have seen 5,000 times as a kid) as a bonus.
It’s the usual brand of off-beat comedy commentary, with Joel, Mike, Tom Servo, and Crow T. Robot letting these old works of “art...
- 4/13/2012
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
The always unfiltered Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter took to Twitter today to vent over the fact that his hit FX series did not land a single Emmy nomination. That included a snub of co-star (and Sutter's wife) Katey Sagal, who won a Golden Globe for her role on the show in January. "The worse part of not getting an Emmy nod -- Katey promised me a threesome if she won. Now I have to settle for me, her and the shaved bunny," Sutter tweeted, adding, "The worse part of not getting any Emmy nods is all the wasted blowjobs I gave at the Academy picnic. My breath still smells like sour ammonia... Because you know if we were nominated I'd be all humble and blowing smoke up their asses. Now I can stay true to myself and just be a dick." Last summer, Sutter called the Emmy voting system "flawed.
- 7/15/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Rochester, NY - Ever wonder why schools today stink compared to decades ago? Every think tank moron has their dubious reasonings that appeases their corporate masters. But the truth is extraordinarily simple: Schools dumped their education films.
Do you remember those days when the gym teacher had to pad out health class by wheeling in the 16mm projector from the Av department? They’d thread up classic tales about your body, narcotics, driving safety and manners. Things which kids nowadays can’t seem to handle.
When the Vcr arrived in schools, the 16mm projector was quickly dumped as teaching tool.
Where did these classic films go? Many arrived at the city dump. However a few lucky tens of thousands found themselves on the racks of the Av Geeks Archive. This repository of cinematic education is overseen by Skip Elsheimer. He started collecting the films after I moved out of the infamous PineHaus.
Do you remember those days when the gym teacher had to pad out health class by wheeling in the 16mm projector from the Av department? They’d thread up classic tales about your body, narcotics, driving safety and manners. Things which kids nowadays can’t seem to handle.
When the Vcr arrived in schools, the 16mm projector was quickly dumped as teaching tool.
Where did these classic films go? Many arrived at the city dump. However a few lucky tens of thousands found themselves on the racks of the Av Geeks Archive. This repository of cinematic education is overseen by Skip Elsheimer. He started collecting the films after I moved out of the infamous PineHaus.
- 3/7/2011
- by UncaScroogeMcD
Help! They need somebody! Help! Not just anybody! Help! You know they need someone… to give them a big fat new account! Help! Last week’s episode of Mad Men dropped The Beatles explicitly and hysterically (thank you, Sally, for making your mom smile) into the show’s matrix of cultural references—and brought Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce to the proverbial Eve Of Destruction. Loathsome good ol’ boy Lee Garner, Jr. of Lucky Strike—which represents nearly 70% of the agency’s business—told Roger that the tobacco company was pulling its account. The reason: Consolidation. Lucky Strike’s parent company...
- 10/2/2010
- by Jeff Jensen
- EW.com - PopWatch
In 1973, the producers of the William Conrad detective series Cannon spun off a new show about a new character: Barnaby Jones, a milk-swilling retired private eye who returns to the business after his son is murdered. Barnaby Jones is very much in line with the other Quinn Martin productions of the era: a typical episode is broken into five clearly labeled acts, and paced sluggishly, with lots of establishing shots of cars pulling into driveways. And like the contemporary detective shows McMillan & Wife and Ironside, Barnaby Jones features an aging star settling into a late-in-life role as a TV ...
- 3/31/2010
- avclub.com
Caroline McWilliams was a popular television performer best known as Marcy Hill, the Governor’s secretary, on the sitcom Benson. She also starred as Sue Garner in the 1980 sci-fi tele-film The Aliens Are Coming, a Quinn Martin Production about extraterrestrial invaders.
McWilliams was born in Seattle, Washington, on April 4, 1945, and was raised in Barrington, Rhode Island. She studied drama at Carnegie Mellon and at the Pasadena Playhouse. She began her career on stage and television in the late 1960s, appearing regularly as Janet Mason Norris on The Guiding Light soap opera from 1969 to 1975. She was featured as Sally on the quirky sit-com Soap from 1978 to 1979, and starred on Benson from 1979 to 1981.
She starred as Claire Pritchard on the short-lived supernatural comedy series Nearly Departed with Eric Idle in 1989. McWilliams also guest-starred in episodes of such series as The Incredible Hulk, Project U.F.O, and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,...
McWilliams was born in Seattle, Washington, on April 4, 1945, and was raised in Barrington, Rhode Island. She studied drama at Carnegie Mellon and at the Pasadena Playhouse. She began her career on stage and television in the late 1960s, appearing regularly as Janet Mason Norris on The Guiding Light soap opera from 1969 to 1975. She was featured as Sally on the quirky sit-com Soap from 1978 to 1979, and starred on Benson from 1979 to 1981.
She starred as Claire Pritchard on the short-lived supernatural comedy series Nearly Departed with Eric Idle in 1989. McWilliams also guest-starred in episodes of such series as The Incredible Hulk, Project U.F.O, and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,...
- 3/24/2010
- by Jesse
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
George Eckstein, a TV producer and writer who co-wrote the two-part finale of ABC series "The Fugitive" that captivated the nation in 1967, died Sept. 12 of lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles. He was 81.
In a career that spanned nearly three decades, Eckstein also produced "Duel," the 1971 ABC telefilm directed by a 24-year-old Steven Spielberg. "Duel" starred Dennis Weaver as a motorist terrorized by a mysterious, unseen truck driver.
"George hired me to direct his ABC Movie of the Week, 'Duel,' and my career was never the same," Spielberg said. "I owe so much to him for having the courage to hire a kid to do a man's job. George had passion for telling highly original stories and was a wonderful mentor to me and so many others. I will miss his quiet dignity."
Eckstein was nominated for Emmys for his work as a producer on late...
In a career that spanned nearly three decades, Eckstein also produced "Duel," the 1971 ABC telefilm directed by a 24-year-old Steven Spielberg. "Duel" starred Dennis Weaver as a motorist terrorized by a mysterious, unseen truck driver.
"George hired me to direct his ABC Movie of the Week, 'Duel,' and my career was never the same," Spielberg said. "I owe so much to him for having the courage to hire a kid to do a man's job. George had passion for telling highly original stories and was a wonderful mentor to me and so many others. I will miss his quiet dignity."
Eckstein was nominated for Emmys for his work as a producer on late...
- 9/15/2009
- by By Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Steve Keller and Mike Stone are back on "The Streets of San Francisco."
CBS is developing a contemporary remake of the classic 1970s cop series that starred Michael Douglas and Karl Malden.
Feature writer Sheldon Turner ("The Longest Yard") and "Numbers" producer Robert Port are penning the script, with Simon West on board to direct the potential pilot.
CBS Par TV, which owns the rights to Quinn Martin Prods.' original series, is producing the new take that has received a script order from the network.
Turner and Port, a certified member of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, had worked on reinventing "Streets" for the past seven months. They spent time in San Francisco, riding along with Sfpd cops.
The remake will keep key elements from the original series: the title, the names of the two main characters and, of course, the backdrop of the City by the Bay. But the main focus is to bring the spirit of the original "Streets" into the new reincarnation, Turner said.
"The times are very similar -- it was the Vietnam War in the 1970s and the Iraq War now," he said. "There is the same sort of tension between generations, and we wanted to carry that to the new series."
Turner compared the 21st century Keller and Stone to presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain.
"One, like Obama, wants to be active and believes in rehabilitation, while the other one, like McCain, doesn't quite believe in rehabilitation and believes that the enemy is the enemy," Turner said.
Turner and West, who has a deal at CBS Par TV, will executive produce the new "Streets," which also will feature elements of a traditional crime procedural. Port and West's producing partner, Jib Polhemus, serves as co-exec producer.
While several classic cop series such as "Starsky & Hutch" and "Miami Vice" have made the leap to the big screen, TV remakes, such as Dick Wolf's 2003 attempt to revive "Dragnet," have been rare.
Still, reinventions of old series are hotter than ever among the broadcast networks with such recent entries as NBC's "Knight Rider" and "The Bionic Woman" and CW's "90210."
Turner, whose credits also include "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning," and "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" director West are repped by CAA. Port, Oscar winner for "Twin Towers," is repped by UTA.
CBS is developing a contemporary remake of the classic 1970s cop series that starred Michael Douglas and Karl Malden.
Feature writer Sheldon Turner ("The Longest Yard") and "Numbers" producer Robert Port are penning the script, with Simon West on board to direct the potential pilot.
CBS Par TV, which owns the rights to Quinn Martin Prods.' original series, is producing the new take that has received a script order from the network.
Turner and Port, a certified member of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, had worked on reinventing "Streets" for the past seven months. They spent time in San Francisco, riding along with Sfpd cops.
The remake will keep key elements from the original series: the title, the names of the two main characters and, of course, the backdrop of the City by the Bay. But the main focus is to bring the spirit of the original "Streets" into the new reincarnation, Turner said.
"The times are very similar -- it was the Vietnam War in the 1970s and the Iraq War now," he said. "There is the same sort of tension between generations, and we wanted to carry that to the new series."
Turner compared the 21st century Keller and Stone to presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain.
"One, like Obama, wants to be active and believes in rehabilitation, while the other one, like McCain, doesn't quite believe in rehabilitation and believes that the enemy is the enemy," Turner said.
Turner and West, who has a deal at CBS Par TV, will executive produce the new "Streets," which also will feature elements of a traditional crime procedural. Port and West's producing partner, Jib Polhemus, serves as co-exec producer.
While several classic cop series such as "Starsky & Hutch" and "Miami Vice" have made the leap to the big screen, TV remakes, such as Dick Wolf's 2003 attempt to revive "Dragnet," have been rare.
Still, reinventions of old series are hotter than ever among the broadcast networks with such recent entries as NBC's "Knight Rider" and "The Bionic Woman" and CW's "90210."
Turner, whose credits also include "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning," and "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" director West are repped by CAA. Port, Oscar winner for "Twin Towers," is repped by UTA.
- 7/29/2008
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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