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Reply #30 - Mar 25th, 2012 at 7:23pm

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i think feynman may be confusing clip from "it came from hollywood" with "MANT" which was a clip from "matinee". matinee starred john goodman as a william castle like b movie producer.
 

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Reply #31 - Mar 26th, 2012 at 9:41am

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Metaluna wrote on Mar 25th, 2012 at 7:02pm:
Was that the movie that had a clip with a guy chasing a milkman or something saying "the hat....I want the hat..." That randomly pops into my mind every once in a while. Does anyone know what movie that was from? Either that had the clip or the original movie it was taken from.


It's 'Alone In The Dark' (1982) good cast too, Martin Landau, Donald Pleasence and Jack Palance  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083542/
Don't let the guy with the axe image foll ya, nothing to do with this film.
 

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Reply #32 - Mar 26th, 2012 at 9:45am

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kirok wrote on Mar 25th, 2012 at 7:23pm:
i think feynman may be confusing clip from "it came from hollywood" with "MANT" which was a clip from "matinee". matinee starred john goodman as a william castle like b movie producer.


feynman???
No, it was shown, small possibility it may have been a Schlock Around the Clock, but I don't think so.
I think Garen mentioned it was from his collection so might need to ask him.
 

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Reply #33 - Mar 26th, 2012 at 10:08am

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da_Bunnyman wrote on Mar 26th, 2012 at 9:41am:
Metaluna wrote on Mar 25th, 2012 at 7:02pm:
Was that the movie that had a clip with a guy chasing a milkman or something saying "the hat....I want the hat..." That randomly pops into my mind every once in a while. Does anyone know what movie that was from? Either that had the clip or the original movie it was taken from.


It's 'Alone In The Dark' (1982) good cast too, Martin Landau, Donald Pleasence and Jack Palance  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083542/
Don't let the guy with the axe image foll ya, nothing to do with this film.

Oh, thanks! I start saying it every time I see someone wearing an unusual hat. Hopefully quietly enough so they don't hear me.

I think I might have seen the clip in Terror in the Aisles. I'll have to seek out the full movie now.
 

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Reply #34 - Mar 26th, 2012 at 11:37am

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I have to disagree. I have only seen IT CAME FROM HOLLYWOOD once, and it was at a press screening. It's possible it played at one of the Dedham offshoot Marathons or some time at the Coolidge - but, definitely not as part of the Main Marathon. Even the Coolidge Night Flight half-thon's only had 2 variants from the main schedule: STARGATE and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND - SPECIAL EDITION (which was a private print - could this be what you are thinking of?). 

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da_Bunnyman wrote on Mar 26th, 2012 at 9:45am:
kirok wrote on Mar 25th, 2012 at 7:23pm:
i think feynman may be confusing clip from "it came from hollywood" with "MANT" which was a clip from "matinee". matinee starred john goodman as a william castle like b movie producer.


feynman???
No, it was shown, small possibility it may have been a Schlock Around the Clock, but I don't think so.
I think Garen mentioned it was from his collection so might need to ask him.

 
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Reply #35 - Mar 26th, 2012 at 8:21pm

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[quote author=13711E711C3031313A3C2B3630315F0 link=1319772319/34#34 date=1332779820]I have to disagree. I have only seen IT CAME FROM HOLLYWOOD once, and it was at a press screening. It's possible it played at one of the Dedham offshoot Marathons or some time at the Coolidge - but, definitely not as part of the Main Marathon. Even the Coolidge Night Flight half-thon's only had 2 variants from the main schedule: STARGATE and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND - SPECIAL EDITION (which was a private print - could this be what you are thinking of?). 

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Nope, and it was not a regular part of the schedule either. It was only a reel or two and was shown as a bonus, like when Garen ran some 3 Stooges shorts & such.
 

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Reply #36 - Jul 30th, 2012 at 10:49am

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Was just reviewing the list of SFM films. 
Question:  "World of Tomorrow" - was that not about the World's Fair of 1938+?  Although it's listed as showing at SF11, was that not one of the many, many, many, many, many, many, many films shown at the SF10 36-hour fiasco?
 
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Reply #37 - Jul 30th, 2012 at 11:21am

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Yes, Jon it was the infamous World's Fair documentary. A film I liked when I saw on PBS before it played the Marathon. I took a dinner break thru much of it at the marathon, and was disappointed at the hostility it engendered by the audience. I couldn't believe all the shouts of "End! End! End!!" and the groans every time a new scene started. Too bad. Not prime Marathon material perhaps, but a decent heartfelt film.

Double-checked my computer files AND my print copies of the Marathon programs: SF/11 it was.

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Jon wrote on Jul 30th, 2012 at 10:49am:
Was just reviewing the list of SFM films. 
Question:  "World of Tomorrow" - was that not about the World's Fair of 1938+?  Although it's listed as showing at SF11, was that not one of the many, many, many, many, many, many, many films shown at the SF10 36-hour fiasco?

 
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Reply #38 - Aug 2nd, 2012 at 12:38pm

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"Why do you think they put it in Queens." -Tommy Lee Jones to Will Smith in "Men in Black".

Or wait, that was a different World's Fair. Wink


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Reply #39 - Aug 18th, 2012 at 6:27pm

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There was a fellow marathoner who actually went to that Worlds Fair as a young kid. Haven't seen him at the 'thon in years.
 
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Reply #40 - Aug 18th, 2012 at 7:21pm

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Lile wrote on Aug 18th, 2012 at 6:27pm:
There was a fellow marathoner who actually went to that Worlds Fair as a young kid. Haven't seen him at the 'thon in years.


I hope he wasn't so discouraged by the booing for WORLD OF TOMORROW that he stopped going.
 
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Reply #41 - Aug 19th, 2012 at 12:33am

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L.A. Connection wrote on Aug 18th, 2012 at 7:21pm:
Lile wrote on Aug 18th, 2012 at 6:27pm:
There was a fellow marathoner who actually went to that Worlds Fair as a young kid. Haven't seen him at the 'thon in years.


I hope he wasn't so discouraged by the booing for WORLD OF TOMORROW that he stopped going.

Maybe having seen a glimpse of the future he saw Folklore coming and stayed away. Far, far away.
 

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Reply #42 - Aug 24th, 2012 at 4:38pm

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Metaluna wrote on Aug 19th, 2012 at 12:33am:
L.A. Connection wrote on Aug 18th, 2012 at 7:21pm:
Lile wrote on Aug 18th, 2012 at 6:27pm:
There was a fellow marathoner who actually went to that Worlds Fair as a young kid. Haven't seen him at the 'thon in years.


I hope he wasn't so discouraged by the booing for WORLD OF TOMORROW that he stopped going.

Maybe having seen a glimpse of the future he saw Folklore coming and stayed away. Far, far away.


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Reply #43 - Aug 26th, 2012 at 1:32pm

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L.A. Connection wrote on Aug 24th, 2012 at 4:38pm:
Now, that's just mean.  Lips Sealed


...says the guy who felt the need to end his Tony Scott memorial with, "but I never really liked his work."
 

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Reply #44 - Aug 26th, 2012 at 1:52pm

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Metaluna wrote on Aug 26th, 2012 at 1:32pm:
L.A. Connection wrote on Aug 24th, 2012 at 4:38pm:
Now, that's just mean.  Lips Sealed


...says the guy who felt the need to end his Tony Scott memorial with, "but I never really liked his work."


It wasn't a 'memorial', just an obit. I could have been a lot more harsh in my criticism, just laying my basic opinion on the table.

That said, I have been shocked at the level of praise Scott's work has gotten post-humously. I bet his family is saying, "Where was the love when he was around to appreciate it?" Look at his Rotten Tomatoes page. Most of the movies he directed were judged to be Rotten even on the rather lenient Tomato scale: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/tony_scott/
 
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