what did you do in the war , daddy ?

is a 1966 comedy deluxe color film written by william peter blatty and directed by blake edwards for the mirisch company in panavision .

it stars james coburn and dick shawn .

filming was at lake sherwood ranch in thousand hills , 40 miles northwest of hollywood .

in what had been a cow pasture , designer fernando carrere fabricated a storybook sicilian village which added $ 800,000 to the production 's already elevated $ 5.5 million budget .

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war is hell , but the ragtag misfits of what did you do in the war , daddy ? have a grand time .
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captain cash ( dick shaun ) introduces himself to the not overly respectful sergeant rizzo ( aldo ray ) and lieutenant christian in blake edwards ' what did you do in the war , daddy ? , 1966 .
what did you do in the war , daddy ? carries an engaging title but after dreaming it up the writers promptly forgot all about it and launched into a thinly - devised comedy without much substance .
captain cash ( dick shaun ) introduces himself to the not overly respectful sergeant rizzo ( aldo ray ) and lieutenant christian in blake edwards ' what did you do in the war , daddy ? , 1966 . >
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“what did you do in the war , daddy ? ” opened on nov . 1 , 1966 . the budget reportedly rose to about $ 7 million . it has a 6 . 8 out of 10 rating from imdb .
the mayor romano ( jay novello ) and lieutenant christian ( james coburn ) try to negotiate with captain cash ( dick shawn ) for surrender after a festival in what did you do in the war , daddy ? , 1966 . >
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for edwards , what did you do in the war , daddy ? represented a step back from the previous year’s gargantuan the great race , but the less epic scale serves it well , letting the characters carry the comedy instead of the mechanics .
sept . 21 , 1965 : actors portraying u . s . soldiers and sicilian villagers mix it up in a scene from “what did you do in the war , daddy ? , ” a world war ii comedy shot on an elaborate italian village set built near lake sherwood .
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music from the film score composed and conducted by henry mancini , on rca victor records , 1966 , stereo . the blake edwards directed comedy starred james coburn , dick shawn and giovanna ralli .
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sept . 21 , 1965 : producer - director blake edwards stands in the village square set for the movie “what did you do in the war , daddy ? . ” edwards figured that the set was cheaper than taking production to italy . credit : judd gunderson / los angeles times
sept . 21 , 1965 : italian actress giovanna ralli makes her u . s . film debut in “what did you do in the war , daddy ? ” she’s on the set near lake sherwood . this photo was published in the sept . 23 , 1965 , los angeles times . credit : judd gunderson / los angeles times
considering the roles of both men and women during world war one , susan r grayzel asks to what extent the war challenged gender roles and to what degree society accepted them .
what did you do in the war , daddy ? carries an engaging title but after dreaming it up the writers promptly forgot all about it and launched into a thinly - devised comedy without much substance . blake edwards , who directs , also collabed on original story with maurice richlin . set against a world war ii backdrop – sicily , 1943 [ … ]
“what did you do in the war daddy ? ” was a saying which was bandied around in messes , billets and crew rooms around the world where personnel were engaged on boring duties and work which at the time seemed to be having very little input to the general war effort . this is reflected in the following ditty found in a crew room at raf station heany , bulawayo , southern rhodesia during the dark days of 1943 .
this is how they did it , the transition in which the . . .
anytime you feel like a great laugh ( at the expense of war ) this . . .
daddy went to war , but the only extra he came back with was a scratched - up , washed - out trailer .
a comedy only . this supposed war movie is totally unrealistic . war is too serious .
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smoked , partied , made lots of love , got stupid drunk with the italians . oh yes , and we foiled the nazis . now pass daddy his brandy .
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what did you do in the war , daddy ? is one of the mildly satirical , mostly slapstick wwii comedies that came out in the spate of ' 60s war dramas . a lot of movies were about special teams with difficult assignments , and many of these adopted at least a partly insubordinate tone about ragtag misfits , such as steve mcqueen ' s character the great escape or the cast of the dirty dozen . the ideas are that regular officers are incompetent and war is hell , but rugged individuals can have a grand time . no movies were mentioning vietnam yet ( the green berets was 1968 ) , but the shadow of its restless , unspoken presence looms dimly .
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disc # 1 - - what did you do in the war , daddy ? 1 . chapter 1 [ 11 : 45 ] 2 . chapter 2 [ 12 : 36 ] 3 . chapter 3 [ 14 : 10 ] 4 . chapter 4 [ 14 : 54 ] 5 . chapter 5 [ 6 : 24 ] 6 . chapter 6 [ 5 : 27 ] 7 . chapter 7 [ 16 : 19 ] 8 . chapter 8 [ 17 : 24 ] 9 . chapter 9 [ 17 : 19 ]
before penning the book the exorcist and its academy award - winning screen adaptation , william peter blatty was known primarily as a comedy writer and frequent collaborator of blake edwards . their first project together was 1964’s a shot in the dark , which retooled an unrelated stage play as a vehicle for peter sellers’ inspector clouseau character . for their follow - up , 1966’s what did you do in the war , daddy ? , edwards came up with the story ( aided by maurice richlin , his co - writer on the pink panther ) and left it to blatty to fashion it into a workable screenplay . he turned out a well - honed farce that gave edwards and his cast a solid framework in which to improvise , which they did to superlative effect .
this is , of course , the new way of fighting in america . declare war on some entity and then swear that that entity has delared war on you . the idea that american christians–who own the white house , congress , the fcc , and the so - called war on terror–are a persecuted group is enough to make me wade into a tub of eggnog .
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whole : the image occupies the whole , held within a narrow black border . the title is integrated and positioned across the bottom edge , in white cursive script . image : a man sits in an armchair at home , with his daughter sitting on his lap . she points to a page in a book and looks questioningly at her father . a young boy plays with toy soldiers on the floor at his father ' s feet . the man looks at the viewer with a pensive expression . text : daddy , what did you do in the great war ? published [ by the - missing text ] parliamentary recruiting committee , london . - poster no . 79 . designed and printed by johnson , riddle and co . , ltd . , london , s . e
dr alex watson looks in detail at the statistics surrounding the millions of conscripted and volunteer soldiers who served the european armies of world war one .
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at just over two over - plotted hours , what did you do in the war , daddy ? , like its yankee army , wears out its raucous welcome . it ' s at best mildly amusing , and it catches hold of a good idea when drawing a parallel between directing a movie and directing a war ( far in advance of wag the dog ) , but it ' s never as giddy and bouyant as it seems to imagine it is . evidently the public concurred , because the statistics indicate it took a bath at the box office , and probably not in a fountain . this is partly because fernando carrere ' s italian village set accounted for most of a huge budget . henry mancini ' s march - oriented score isn ' t among his greatest , though it throws in a love song heard on a scratchy record .
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for edwards , what did you do in the war , daddy ? represented a step back from the previous year’s gargantuan the great race , but the less epic scale serves it well , letting the characters carry the comedy instead of the mechanics . in this regard , coburn is the perfect lead , flashing his cheshire cat grin as he conspires with his down - to - earth sergeant ( tough guy aldo ray , showing a distinct flair for comedy ) to keep their plans from falling into disarray . but shawn , fresh off it’s a mad , mad , mad , mad world and a year away from his career - defining role as lorenzo st . dubois in the producers , is the real revelation . the evolution of captain cash from ramrod - straight martinet to one of the guys—with a stopover in falling - down drunk in between—is more of an arc than his characters tended to get , and it’s a pleasure .
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( 1966 ) came about when his young son geoffrey literally asked him that question . while edwards ' memories of his time in the united states coast guard during the second world war didn ' t evoke much in the way of high comedy , the query did renew a desire on his part to make a service farce in the vein of his earlier
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depicts a father sitting in an armchair with a look of concern across his face . his son plays with toys soldiers below him on the carpet , while his daughter sits on his knee , pointing to a page in her book and asking what he did in the great war . arguably the most remembered british first world war recruiting poster . it was recorded as a favourite with many soldiers , who displayed it , complete with appropriate answers , on the walls of their dugouts . australia had its equivalent - harry j weston ' s poster incorporated a woman before a tattered australian flag ' were you there then ? ' .
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the same goes for the film as a whole . it comes loaded with all manner of slapstick comedy and surreal sight gags , highlighted by the sequence where christian rehearses a mock battle—complete with overdramatic death scenes—while the town’s civilians go about their daily business . it’s a juxtaposition blatty explored in more detail in his directorial debut , 1980’s the ninth configuration , about a military psychiatrist tasked with determining whether soldiers are faking their insanity . seems no matter what the war ( in that case , vietnam ) , some men will do whatever it takes not to fight in it .
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it ' s a well - honed farce that gave edwards and his cast a solid framework in which to improvise , which they did to superlative effect .
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the outbreak of war in 1914 was no small inspiration for the many songwriters , lyricists , professional singers and musicians , and resulted in the creation of a huge body of work devoted to wartime themes . thousands of songs were written about the war , most destined to disappear before or soon after the cessation of hostilities , but some became big hits at the time and are still known and sung a century later . recruitment songs – such as ‘ we don’t want to lose you , but we think you ought to go ’ and ‘ britannia needs you like a mother ’ – were prominent early but soon gave way to evocations of home and nostalgia as the grim realities of war became more apparent . ‘ it’s a long way to tipperary ’ actually came out two years before fighting commenced but became the first ‘hit’ of the war , taking on a life of its own for soldiers from most countries involved . ‘ keep the home fires burning ’ , released in 1914 , resonated similarly throughout the war years , and beyond .
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clothes were rationed in britain from 1 june 1941 . this limited the amount of new garments people could buy until 1949 , four years after the war ' s end . despite the limitations imposed by rationing , clothing retailers sought to retain and even expand their customer base during the second world war .
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[ 1 ] for robinson’s argument in its entirety , see “beggar - my - neighbour remedies for unemployment” in part iii of essays in the theory of employment , first published in 1937 with a second edition in 1947 .
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however , over time , the recovery from the depression became global , even as nations’ export shares and currency values stabilized . what was not adequately appreciated by robinson and her contemporaries was that a country’s abandonment of the gold standard did more than affect the value of its currency : it also freed the country to use more expansionary monetary policies , which increased demand and incomes at home . the increases in total demand , for both domestic and foreign goods , served to promote recovery in output and trade in all countries , ultimately proving far more important than the temporary trade diversions created by changes in exchange rates . in other words , the monetary easings that followed the collapse of the gold standard amounted to a positive sum game .
as the war continued to rage , and casualty lists grew , songs of loss and lament became more common , and anti - war sentiment also found expression in songs like ‘ i didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier ’ . in australia , the conscription referenda ( 1916 - 1917 ) of the hughes government saw the emergence of a new wave of parodies adapted from popular tunes , especially within the union movement .
in world war ii , a strategic italian village agrees to surrender to the allies only if it ' s allowed to organize a celebratory festival while giving aerial reconnaissance the false impression of fierce ground fighting .
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you would think it is the opening scenes of
d - day
- but give it a couple of minutes . a great comedy - you can see the essence of some of the characters later portrayed very similarly in
mash
. very enjoyable . caroll o ' connor , harry morgan , james coburn , aldo ray .
the best of the sentimental love songs from the period , such as ‘ k - k - k - katy ’ and ‘ if you were the only girl in the world ’ , also found a place in collective hearts and minds . as the war continued with little sign of resolution , satirical numbers like ‘ oh ! it’s a lovely war ’ endeavoured to make light of the gloomy situation , while rousing songs like the enormously popular ‘ pack up your troubles ’ were helpful in lifting or maintaining spirits , and proved equally important to both those at home and abroad . australian songwriters and lyricists did their best as well to produce patriotic tubthumpers – ‘ australia will be there ’ , ‘ to arms australia ’ , ‘ keep an eye on tommy ’ , ‘ the digger ’ , and ‘ brown slouch hat ’ among them .
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my posting this time was to no . 21 sfts kumalo which was situated at the edge of bulawayo and as it turned out , quite a pleasant place to be . here we settled down to try to do our bit for the war effort and passed a fresh course of trainees through our system every 3 / 4 months . they were a fine bunch of lads and i often wonder how many survived . i did hear later that some of them were remustered as glider pilots and i hope they gave the troops a decent landing .
beyond the evidence on the countervailing income and exchange - rate effects of u . s . monetary policy on u . s . trade , there is in fact little support in the data for the claim that the fed engaged in currency wars during the recent recovery . in a currency war , the country easing its monetary policy “steals” growth from other countries by weakening its currency and increasing its net exports , that is , exports minus imports . in figure 1 below , the bars show annual real gdp growth rates for the u . s . since 2006 ; the darker portions of the bars show the portion of overall growth accounted for by growth in u . s . net exports .
edwards does lubitsch , to great effect : a slapstick war farce in the tradition of to be or not to be , replete with antics , pageants and capers , all of it sparkling with defiant joie de vivre . marvelous ! delightful ! and yet as borges did barthes , it anticipates baudrillard . is there any doubt that edwards is the g . o . a . t . ?
my first posting was to itw at cambridge where we were housed in college accommodation as there was very little civilian activity in the university at that time . we received our tuition in the college lecture rooms and our meals in the dining rooms and were even allowed to use the college silverware . itw headquarters was at jesus ! ! we also did guard duties with rifles ( no ammunition ) at the bridge of sighs in the grounds of st . johns college and more than one professor had a near escape when he failed to respond to the command “halt who goes there” .
for our part we all felt guilty being in rhodesia and living in peace time conditions with no rationing or blackout and various schemes were talked about to attempt to get a uk posting . two of our instructors hatched , what they thought was a good plot to get posted but it unfortunately backfired . they took off one day in two oxfords and proceeded to beat up the town of bulawayo . they flew at rooftop level up the main streets and did mock attacks on the town hall . this upset the locals but even more the station commander . their scheme was of course doomed to failure for if it had succeeded it would have opened the floodgates . they did however get posted - to the airgunners school at moffat , gwelo - where they finished their tours flying avro ansons and towing drogues for the air gunners to fire at .
the lessons of the depression should inform today’s discussions of currency wars . an important failing of some currency war accusations is that they focus on one channel of monetary policy transmission—the effect on the exchange rate—while ignoring others . an easing of monetary policy does work in part by depreciating the currency , which ,
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the day we arrived edwards was directing key scenes of the war comedy wherein officers of the american ‘liberators” are given amazing terms of surrender by fantoni , an italian captain , backed by the horde of villagers of all ages and sizes .
since i appear in this film as an italian lady of the night ( or any hour you wish ) , i am very happy with this product , and friends get a kick out of seeing it .
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bill o’reilly , a general in the fight against the war on christmas , tells us that a lot is at stake –that the war on christmas is part of a “secular aggressive agenda” that includes “legalization of narcotics , euthanasia , abortion at will , gay marriage . ” all that from “happy holidays . ” fox news anchor john gibson has even written a book called the war on christmas : how the liberal plot to ban the sacred christian holiday is worse than you thought . o’reilly has listed on his website a variety of retail outlets and how they are using , or not using , the word “christmas , ” so that his disciples will know where to shop . jerry falwell has threatened to file suit against any organization that spreads false information about how schools and public organizations can say about christmas .
during the great depression . during the 1930s , the international gold standard collapsed , but it did so in a staggered way , with countries abandoning the gold standard at different times . the currencies of countries that left gold relatively early ( like great britain , in 1931 ) depreciated relative to the currencies of countries that stuck with gold longer ( like france , which left gold in 1936 ) . the economies of countries that left gold earlier were also seen to recover more quickly from the ravages of the depression . some economists of the period , such as joan robinson of the university of cambridge , argued that the recovering countries were doing so primarily through “beggar - thy - neighbor” policies of undercutting other nations in export markets .
the sixties produced a slew of funny war comedies demonstrating that wwii was basically good fun for all concerned , rather than being peopled with the kind of angst - filled , hand - wringing adolescents you see nowadays in movies like memphis belle and saving private ryan . edwards would go on to fantastic success with the pink panther series and writer blatty is notable for his later work , the exorcist . edwards draws on a solid cast , including veterans carroll o ' connor , harry morgan and aldo ray , without whom no war movie is complete . italian star fantoni turns in a meatball performance as oppo but dick shawn steals the show with the best role of his career . although a little slow in spots , blake edwards nonetheless gets where he ' s going and the result is a fine , though underrated , entry in the genre . the interactions between shawn and fantoni are worth the price of admission alone .
by reserve bank of india governor raghuram rajan , among others , was that shifts in fed policy ( toward either greater tightness or greater ease ) were creating spillovers—sharp swings in capital flows and increased market volatility—that destabilized financial markets in emerging - market countries . this concern has surfaced again recently , as the fed has initiated what may prove to be a series of interest - rate increases .
a “currency war” ( also known as competitive depreciation or a “beggar - thy - neighbor” policy ) occurs when a country eases monetary policy specifically to depreciate its currency , with the ultimate objective of cheapening its exports and gaining unfair competitive advantage in international trade . ( my discussion here applies only to exchange - rate changes linked to monetary policy . gaining trade advantage through trade barriers like tariffs or through intervention in foreign exchange markets raises quite different issues . ) when a currency war is prosecuted , exporters in other countries may complain that they are being undercut , and foreign policymakers may object to what looks like a diversion of demand away from their own economies , possibly leading to increased unemployment .
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[ 2 ] friedman’s essay is included in part iii of essays in positive economics , available from the university of chicago press ( 1953 ) .
moreover , a currency war requires currency depreciation . figure 2 shows three measures of the value of the u . s . dollar : the overall value , the value measured against major currencies like the euro , pound , and yen , and the value against the currencies of “other important trading partners , ” corresponding mostly to emerging - market countries .
whatever anger has landed on her heart in the jungles of trumplandia , patti smith consistently performs the miracle of putting it down , as seen in her recently published prose - poem , the new jerusalem .
what a relief to reach land , although i have recently learned at an rmarg meeting that unknown to us the channel into cape town had been mined shortly before our arrival and that the channel was extremely narrow . the mines had been laid by a vessel which is the subject of a book entitled “a ship with 5 names” . she was originally a british freighter , the mv speybank , and was captured by the germans in the indian ocean and subsequently used for mine laying . on this occasion she sailed from france on the 21st january 1942 and arrived in the cape town area on approximately the 12th march . she was under the command of bernard rogge and laid about 50 mines in the area which damaged 3 british ships .
as you can see , the dollar fell somewhat in early 2011 , after the beginning of the fed’s second round of quantitative easing in november 2010 ( and about the time that minister mantega was lodging his complaint ) . but the u . s . currency recovered in the second half of 2011 , then climbed gradually until mid - 2014 , when it began its recent sharp rise . that pattern is not consistent with a currency war , at least not a successful one . it’s true that some of the failure of the dollar to decline reflected countervailing easing of monetary policy by u . s . trading partners . however , that observation only illustrates the point above that countries with flexible exchange rates have the necessary tools to offset the effects of u . s . monetary policy on the dollar . indeed , many countries eased monetary policy during this period , in response to a slow global recovery .
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( 1959 ) , albeit this time set during the us invasion of sicily in 1943 .
as figure 1 shows , trade did help buffer the sharp decline in u . s . output in 2008 and 2009 , largely because u . s . imports fell even more than u . s . exports as the economy fell into a deep recession . however , since 2010 , net exports account for very little of overall u . s . growth ( and declining net exports were actually a negative for u . s . growth in 2010 and 2014 . )
edwards has packed his action with a flock of individual gags and routines but frequently the viewer isn’t too certain what’s happening . director draws good comedy portrayals from a talented cast headed by james coburn and dick shawn , both delivering bangup performances .
the fed was certainly not the only major central bank to engage in aggressive monetary policies in recent years , but critics argued that the dominant role of the u . s . dollar in international trade and finance made the fed’s actions particularly consequential . that raised the third , long - standing issue , of the broad economic implications of the dollar’s international role . does the dollar’s status asymmetrically benefit the united states ( that is , does the dollar provide the u . s . an “exorbitant privilege , ” as it was labeled by french finance minister valéry giscard d’estaing in 1965 ) ? does dollar dominance amplify the international effects of fed policies , or confer special responsibilities on the u . s . central bank ? i tackled all three critiques in
now we are told that liberals are waging a war on christmas , but none of the liberals i know has enlisted or taken up arms . i am all for inclusion , and believe that muslims and jews should have their holidays respected , that kwaanza should be acknowledged , and that buddhist , hindu , athiest , agnostic , unitarian , and other festivus - for - the - rest - of - us citizens do not need for others to assume that they are christian .
during world war ii , a commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit ( and pink ) submarine , a con man executive officer , and a group of army nurses .
britain’s army at the beginning of the first world war was relatively small and professional . there was no conscription of population before 1916 , and so recruitment of volunteers in large numbers became a huge challenge . the parliamentary recruitment committee was set up at the start of the war , and chaired by the prime minister , herbert asquith . it used local political party associations to form a network which campaigned through the circulation of leaflets and posters , and organising rallies and other public events . considerable social pressure was brought to bear on men to volunteer , and those who did not risked vilification as ‘shirkers’ or cowards . for many men , however , awareness of their responsibilities towards their families as wage earners proved a compelling disincentive to volunteer . often , the levels of compensation offered to the families of men who enlisted were not sufficient to avert the risk of destitution to wives and children or elderly parents . posters like this used that powerful sense of duty to family , but instead suggested that , in the future , children would hold their fathers to account on the service that they performed for their country rather than the social protection that they ensured for their immediate family . this poster shows a sophisticated use of art and imagery in provoking a powerful emotional response . these visually strong examples are among the best remembered , and more commonly reproduced , war posters . however , british recruitment posters were often much simpler in design , using only text and single colours .
wrong again . my posting was to no . 33 fis ( flying instructors school ) at norton , salisbury ( now harare ) still in southern rhodesia . here we flew airspeed oxfords and mk 11 harvards and practiced the instructor’s patter until we were deemed safe to return to an sfts to impart what knowledge we had accrued to the endless stream of potential pilots now leaving the efts’s .
i ' d like to give this another half star but that ' s not an option . it is a movie more of moments than constants . harry morgan ' s turn as the intelligence officer in the catacombs is the highlight . morgan was a comedic genius who always improved the material and made those around him look good , which is why he elevated mash when he replaced maclean stevenson . carol o ' connor is outshone by morgan ( as is everyone else ) in this vehicle . it ' s a harmless romp made by a generation that despite enduring the great depression , winning the second world war and the korean war didn ' t take itself too seriously . today i presume much of this material would be insensitive . sit down , make some popcorn , and enjoy the highlights and the absurdity of the situation and the resolution .
, which would go unmade for three more years before franklin j . schaffner brought the property to the big screen in 1968 . )
i have written before that certain christians have taken christ out of xmas and then blamed the rest of us for taking christ out of christmas , and i have also written about the insanity of certain christians focusing on what wal - mart clerks say during the holiday season , rather than on the decidedly non - christian way that wal - mart conducts business .
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a by - the - book captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in italy . the italian soldiers are willing to surrender , if they can have a festival first . the lieutenant convinces the captain this is the only way .
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this british recruiting poster was produced in 1915 and has since become infamous for its use of emotional blackmail to urge men to enlist with the british army . produced by the london printers johnson riddle & co , it was conceived from the director arthur gunn’s own feelings of guilt at having not volunteered himself . seeing the persuasive potential of a child’s awkward questions to a shirking father in peacetime , gunn commissioned a poster picturing such a scene . although gunn joined with the westminster volunteers shortly after the poster’s publication , the poster became the source of much bitter trench humour on the western front . such was the resentment towards it in post - war britain that its creator , savile lumley , a children’s book illustrator , is said to have disowned it .
of course , in general , there is no guarantee that the two effects of monetary policy on trade will exactly offset . fortunately , additional protection against the threat of currency wars is enjoyed by countries that maintain flexible exchange rates . as milton friedman taught us long ago in his seminal 1953 essay , “the case for flexible exchange rates , ” if exchange rates are free to adjust , countries can ensure that the overall amount of stimulus being felt by their own economy is appropriate , independent of what other countries are doing .
peter gunn investigates the murder of scarlotti , a mobster who once saved the detective ' s life . the primary suspect appears to be fusco , who has taken over . in the middle of the case , an . . . see full summary »
its shagginess is more glaringly apparent on a second viewing , but i still love the vulgarity and the inspired sight gags ( a post - ernie kovacs panzer in the hole ) .
blake edwards , who directs , also collabed on original story with maurice richlin . set against a world war ii backdrop – sicily , 1943 – the screenplay dwells on a single situation which holds promise but is never sufficiently realized .
wrong again ! on the 9th may ‘45 i was posted to no . 242 squadron at stoney cross in the new forest and found myself getting into an aeroplane which was about as far removed from a 3 ton oxford as you could be . this plane was a mk v short stirling of some 35 tons and was attached to transport command . the mk v was the last version of the stirling to be produced having the turrets and all armament removed and adapted for freight transport and passenger and troop carrying . the squadron was engaged in the task of moving personnel and supplies from the uk to india in support of the war effort in the far east . my duties were at first as co - pilot in which role i completed several trips to calcutta and then i was regraded as first pilot and continued to fly the india route with my own crew . i have to admit that my first few flights with my new crew were quite daunting as my navigator and wireless opp . were both ex bomber command and with two tours behind them and i was the rookie with no operations or 4 engine experience but quite a few flying hours . however they soon accepted me and we built up a good working and off duty relationship .
whatever happened to the wartime comedy ? and no , i don ' t mean a wartime comedy that is purely a satire , filled with mouthpiece characters and self - aware situations of a contrived irony . i mean , a plain and pure comic work that just so happens to take place in a war - setting . think of mister roberts , mash , i was a male war bride , and the russians are coming ! the russians are coming ! they used satirical elements , yes , but the filmmaker ' s main goal was the creation of a self - enclosed comic universe , defined by kooky characters , an eclectic tone ( outrageous ! distasteful ! …
a by - the - book captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in italy . the italian soldiers are willing to surrender , if they can have a festival first . the lieutenant convinces the captain this is the only way . because of aerial reconnaissance , they must look like they are fighting . to sort this out an intelligence officer is sent in . meanwhile the festival gets complicated with the mayors daughter .
as always , edwards knows how to stage a widescreen gag . this has much falling into fountains , as peter sellers did at the beginning of a shot in the dark . one scene where cash falls over a balcony into a fountain anticipates a late gag in the party . for that matter , all these edwards films were scripted by william peter blatty , who also later wrote edwards ' wwii movie darling lili , which has a funny scene of falling off a roof , so maybe it was blatty ' s bag . yes , this is the same blatty who would create the exorcist and prove himself a very interesting director with the criminally underseen the ninth configuration and exorcist iii .
proclaimed it
a rollicking good time ,
the critical consensus was that edwards ' service farce was a
one - joke comedy
in questionable taste . while the mirisch corporation had high hopes and booked the film into grauman ' s chinese for a two - month run in the summer of 1966 , box office receipts were disappointing . in its july 26 , 1966 edition ,
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first off it ' s great to see dick shawn in a leading role . i love that guy ! he ' s hilarious in the movie . carol o ' connor has a supporting role , and the great character actor jay novello is also in this film . jay is wonderful and funny as always . it ' s really interesting that they surrender peacefully but once a woman comes in to the equation all hell breaks loose .
a by - the - book captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in italy . the italian soldiers are willing to surrender , if they can have a festival first . the lieutenant convinces the captain this is the only way . because of aerial reconnaissance , they must look like they are fighting . to sort this out an intelligence officer is sent in . meanwhile the festival gets complicated with the mayor ' s daughter .
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two criticisms were prominent , and a third perennial issue also reared its head . first , several foreign policymakers accused the fed of engaging in “currency wars”—deliberately weakening the dollar to gain an advantage in trade . ( the phrase is most closely associated with brazilian finance minister guido mantega , who
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decadent evil ( known by the slightly reworked title of decadent evil dead in the uk ) , is a 2005 vampire film , produced and directed by charles band under his wizard entertainment banner ] that year on june 25 .

the film was shot in and around los angeles , california .

the films stars phil fondacaro , debra mayer , jill michelle , daniel lennox , hazell dean , and raelyn hennessee .

porn actress harmony rose has a small role as a hooker .

decadent evil

decadent evil ii ( known in the uk as decadent evil dead ii ) , is the 2007 sequel to the 2005 film decadent evil . [ 1 ]
decadent evil ii ( known in the uk as decadent evil dead ii ) , is the 2007 sequel to the 2005 film decadent evil , directed by charles band .
all three dvds come together in a special , space - saving slimline dvd case . includes decadent evil 1 , the sequel decadent evil 2 and i , vampire : trilogy of blood .
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decadent evil is such a crappy movie . i watched this last night as i didn ' t want to have to think about the story . the opposite occurred .
even some american reviewers noted the political overtones of the west - against - iran story line — and the way persians are depicted as decadent , sexually flamboyant and evil in contrast to the noble greeks .
urltoken decadent evil : phil fondacaro , april gilbert , raelyn hennessee , daniel lennox , debra mayer , jill michelle , brian muir , harmony rose , john f . schaffer , roger toussaint , charles band : movies & tv
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decadent evil ii has a bigger budget , more fx , and more decadence than the original film . i guess in that way it’s everything you could want a sequel to be . somewhere in the writing process , though , they forgot to add in enough of the comedic elements that helped the original film be the dumb fun it was . decadent evil ii isn’t anywhere close to straight horror , but it’s much too straight for a story as inherently dumb and recycled as this one is .
for centuries , gargoyles have been known to ward off evil spirits . since 1996 , our gargoyle has helped us ward off cheap ingredients , pasteurization and chemical additives . . . the modern - day evil spirits of beer !
this page uses content from wikipedia . the original article was at decadent evil ii . the list of authors can be seen in the page history . as with horror film wiki , the text of wikipedia is available under the gnu free documentation license .
decadent evil dead 2 [ dvd ] : urltoken jill michelle , daniel lennox , ricardo gil , jon - paul gates , james c . burns , rory williamson , mike muscat , charles band , bill barton , joe megna , august white : dvd & blu - ray
beyond good and evil ( jenseits von gut und böse , 1886 ) , trans . walter kaufman ( new york : vintage , 1966 ) .
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an evil yet adorable gingerbread man comes to life with the soul of a convicted killer - this real life cookie monster wreaks havoc on the girl who sent the killer to the electric chair .
marvin is back . . . after surviving their encounter with the queen vampire morella in decadent evil , sweet vampire sugar ( jill michelle ) and her human boyfriend dex ( daniel lennox ) travel with marvin the homunculus to little rock , arkansas . their plan : to revive marvin’s dead son , the world’s smallest vampire hunter , 3 - foot tall ivan burroughs ( ricardo gil ) with the life – giving blood of the king vampire .
while i’m comparing things , i might as well mention another instance where decadent evil ii shadows the first film . the sequel opens with sugar and dex carrying around ivan’s corpse with the hope of resurrecting him with the elder vampire’s blood and some mumbo jumbo . this leaves ivan out of most of the movie , but — spoiler alert — they do manage to bring him back for the last half - hour or so… exactly mirroring phil fondacaro’s appearance in the 2nd half of decadent evil . that time he was a vampire hunter , now he’s a vampire vampire hunter . functionally different , but in terms of servicing the story and the action of the film , it’s exactly the same . what am i getting at ? take a good long while off between watching the two films , if you do intend to watch them ; they’re much too similar to enjoy back to back .
decadent evil opens with a lengthy recap of the events that occurred in vampire journals before shifting gears entirely , taking us from the gothic backdrop of eastern europe into the sleazy strip clubs of modern los angeles . here , we find that the evil vampire morella has started a coven of her own using the club as a cover . as she nears her 10 , 000th victim , morella grows closer to becoming the invincible queen of the vampires ! decadent evil is a far cry from the glory days of the subspecies series , as ted nicolaou ' s moody sense of style and atmosphere are both sorely missed in light of charles band ' s drier approach to the material . the majority of the characters are blatantly overacted , and there is no sensuality behind any of the gratuitous nudity , making it impossible to pass this off even in the softcore horror genre . only phil fondacaro gets by with a decent performance as he takes on the role of ivan the vampire hunter . overall , a trite and cliche vampire picture in the same vein as bordello of blood , minus the fun . - carl manes i like horror movies
stoners larnell , brett , and bachman all suffer from severe delayed side effects from smoking grass from evil bong ebee . the trio embark on a journey to the jungle in south america along . . . see full summary »
your favorite stoner characters are back in evil bong 666 . when a blood sacrifice opens a portal to hell , ebee is returned to earth where lucy furr , the new proprietor of her weed shop , has some sinister plans of her own .
two american girls in italy are drugged and raped by an evil magician and his twin brother who suffer from a curse that turns them into beastmen each day . one of the girls falls for the good twin and decides to help him break the curse .
the videos were conceived and produced by javad shamaqdari , a burly , bearded man who is the president’s “art adviser . ” a month ago , that meant demanding an apology from hollywood for “thirty years of insults and accusations against iran . ” shamaqdari cited the 2006 film “300 , ” about the battle between the spartans and the evil , decadent persians , and last year’s “the wrestler , ” in which mickey rourke grapples with an old nemesis called the ayatollah , who tries to choke rourke’s character with an iranian flag . on the campaign , though , shamaqdari’s role was like that of an american communications director .
this movie was good very entertaining for a movie that wasn ' t that much to make . jessica morris is a great actress and jill michelle wished she made more movies as well . however i don ' t like the fact that amazon only has dacadent evil part 1 for rent only .
after surviving their encounter with the queen vampire morella in decadent evil , sweet vampire sugar ( jill michelle ) and her human boyfriend dex ( daniel lennox ) travel with marvin the homunculus to little rock , arkansas . their plan : to revive marvin ' s dead son , the famous vampire hunter ivan burroughs ( ricardo gil ) with the life - giving blood of the king vampire . on a quest to locate the king vampire , sugar and dex are drawn into a coven of the wicked creatures that are using a local strip club as cover . when sugar is kidnapped for sacrifice to the king vampire , dex manages to revive ivan as one of the living dead to assist in the rescue efforts .
the second half of the book takes us on a tour of elagabalus ' reception through the ages . needless to say , a sex - mad evil oriental tyrant did not get a good press , whether dressed up by german academics (
the late revenge of the semites on greco - roman culture , whose chains it had silently worn for centuries
) or french psychiatrists (
as the victim of a neuropathia dominated by a quasi - unconscious exhibitionism , he would probably have ended in dementia
) . but for the decadent movement , as icks recounts , the worm turned and elagabalus would become an alluring androgyne and an artist :
for artist he had been ! the greatest of his time and many others , without doubt .
sugar and dex have survived morella ' s wrath , but now it is up to them to stop another foul vampire lord from collecting the last remaining souls he needs in order to grant himself immortality , using a sleazy strip club as his front for luring in new victims . like the previous film , decadent evil 2 is utter garbage , and barely passable even as a cheesy b - movie . some may say that the insufferable characters , unimaginative plot , and artless direction should all be expected from a full moon film of the time , but charles band generally brings some fun form of exploitation to even the worst of his features . the sex doesn ' t sell here , and neither does the horror . - carl manes i like horror movies
full moon has a long history with the vampire film , including the excellent subspecies series ( well , the two excellent subspecies films , the one alright one , and the mediocre last one ) , as well as the hilariously - rice - esque vampire journals . the first decadent tried to revive this , but was mostly blah , coming nowhere near the peaks of the earlier vampire films . the sequel , however , is…
our story picks up shortly after the events of decadent evil , with the vampire sugar ( jill michelle ) and her human boyfriend dex ( daniel lennox ) on the run with the caged homunculus marvin in tow . also along for the ride is the corpse of phil fondacaro’s character ivan ( played here by ricardo gil ) , stuffed into a suitcase . i guess being the corpse of a three - foot - tall vampire hunter has its benefits . sugar and dex are tracking down the elder vampire that will take the place of morella ( see de1 ) as leader of the vampire bloodline , and their search has brought them to good ol’ littlerock , ar . and where might this bloodthirsty fiend of the night be hiding his dusty bones ? in a strip club , naturally .
for this uk release film2000 added the word dead to the title , probably in an attempt to sell more copies . this is decadent evil 2 and is a sequel . two survivors from the first film , a vampire and her boyfriend , plan to revive a dead vampire hunter . this is an entertaining and passable vampire yarn . the plot makes sense sort of and the actors take the job seriously , something which is a main feature of all fullmoon releases , which this is in the usa . low budget but very professional . the expositions make sure the audience know what ' s going on and it ' s clever that a vampire girl doesn ' t want to kill her human boyfriend . there ' s a few tense moments as well as some humour too and we see some pretty ladies in the strip bar . the dvd package includes over an hour of extras .
page ' s choreography works seamlessly in combination with the marius petipa original , which dates back to 1890 . jarkko lehmus and eve mutso make for a regal king and queen protecting their child against the evil fairies who gatecrash their party . in the wedding reception finale , their dancing , which mixes traditional ballet with fiery tango kicks , is magnificent . i would have liked to have seen more of them .
ultra low budget horror sequel . having survived their near - deadly encounter with the evil queen vampire morella in the first film , sweet - natured vampire sugar ( jill michelle ) and her human boyfriend dex ( daniel lennox ) travel with marvin the homunculus to little rock , arkansas , where they hope to track down and destroy the head vampire and use its blood to revive marvin ' s dead son .
the stylistic challenge with sleeping beauty is that it has to span a century , packing in everything from the pricking of aurora ' s finger ( brilliantly enacted thanks to a flowering cactus wheeled onstage by the evil fairy carabosse and her grotesque , egg - headed offspring ) to the kiss that brings her back to life , all the while retaining its coherence . this production doesn ' t always succeed in that .
at the end of cinderella the ugly sisters crawled off , blinded and rejected . in sleeping beauty , the evil fairy carabosse may say sorry to the king and queen , but it ' s under duress and she doesn ' t look like she really means it . once again , page has succeeded in creating a festive family ballet which may be all gloss and glamour on the outside , but not far beneath darkness dances .
marvin is a nasty , horny homunculus , part human / part reptile , who stands twelve inches tall . and lives alone , trapped inside a bird cage . once completely human , marvin was turned into a homunculus after his lover morella , a 100 year old vengeful vampire , learned of his betrayal with another human . set at the âmeat marketâ ? , a decadent strip club , the male clientele unknowingly become victims of morella and her sexy young vampire strippers , sugar and spyce . as morella executes her final kills to become the most powerful vampire of all plans his ultimate revenge against her .
i watched this movie without having seen the first
decadent evil
, and they show you a 2 or 3 minute recap at the beginning of the movie , and that was enough for me to understand the story leading up to that point . the movie is about a sweet vampire named candy and her boyfriend dex , who are traveling with marvin the homoculus and marvin ' s dead son ( died in the first movie ) to arkansas , to track down the head vampire and to get his blood so they can revive marvin ' s dead son . they end up tracking him to a small town ' s strip club , where they take jobs ( dex as a janitor and candy as a dancer ) to infiltrate the vampire clan to find out who ' s the head vampire . the movie is not bad , not much happens though . and it ends up turning into more of a mystery movie than any horror movie . but , none the less it still entertains . this movie is not for everyone . if you enjoy b movies or have seen other full moon movies you should enjoy this one . if you ' re seeing this only cause the plot is centered around a strip club you shouldn ' t be too dissapointed in that aspect . but , if you like
horror
in your horror movies you should probably keep looking . the only real horror in the movie are the vampires .
and do you know what “the world” is to me ? shall i show it to you in my mirror ? this world : a monster of energy , without beginning , without end…as force throughout , as a play of forces and waves of forces…a sea of forces flowing and rushing together , eternally changing and eternally flooding back with tremendous years of recurrence…out of the play of contradictions back to the joy of concord , still blessing itself as that which must return eternally , as a becoming that knows no satiety , no disgust , no weariness ; this my dionysian world of the eternally self - creating , the eternally self - destroying , this mystery world of the two - fold voluptuous delight , my “beyond good and evil , ” without goal , unless the joy of the circle is itself a goal… . this world is the will to power—and nothing besides ! and you yourselves are also this will to power—and nothing besides !
ahmadinejad seems to delight in his role as a diplomatic provocateur—dismissing the holocaust as “a myth , ” calling for the end of israel’s “zionist regime , ” and bragging about the progress being made in iran’s nuclear program . he is fifty - two and tiny—about five feet tall—and very thin . he wears a perpetual five - day growth of beard , a sign of devoutness . his eyes are unusually small and black , like raisins , and deep - set . from a distance , this can make him seem remote , even blind . in front of large groups , ahmadinejad is demagogic and unsmiling—an unhappy warrior—pointing his finger and shaking his fists . in more intimate settings , he projects an almost inappropriate joyousness . he speaks in circular loops about good and evil , east and west , god and man , but in his meandering riffs , always elusive in their logic , there is something chauncey gardinerish , as if he were in over his head .
here , apparently , nietzsche’s doctrine of the feeling of power has become more than an observation on the natural history and psychology of morals . the “teaching” reaches into the heart of life , and it says something absolute about obeying and commanding . but what is being obeyed , on the cosmological level , and what is being commanded ? at this point , zarathustra passes on a secret told to him by life itself : “behold [ life says ] , i am that which must overcome itself again and again…and you too , enlightened man , are only a path and a footstep of my will : truly , my will to power walks with the feet of your will to truth . ” we see here that a principle , will to power , is embodied by the human being’s will to truth , and we may imagine it taking other forms as well . reflecting on this insight , for example , zarathustra claims to have solved “the riddle of the hearts” of the creator of values : “you exert power with your values and doctrines of good and evil , you assessors of values… . but a mightier power and a new overcoming grow from out of your values…” that mightier power growing in and through the embodiment and expression of human values is will to power .
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a fallen foot tall homunculus called marvin ( a part human / part reptile creature ) is imprisoned in a birdcage by a vengeful lover who is bidding to become the world ' s most powerful vampire .
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sweet vampire sugar and her human boyfriend dex travel with marvin homunculous to revive marvin ' s dead son , a vampire hunter ivan burroughs with life - giving blood of the king vampire .
it ' s 1911 when 12 year old sophia plays all by herself in her big , creepy house with only four handmade dolls as friends . when her abusive father has finally had enough , he forces her to . . . see full summary »
avenging vampire stalks a king of the vampires in eastern europe , slaughters anyone who gets in his way .
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ooga booga follows an innocent african american medical student who is brutally murdered by dirty cops , but his soul is magically transferred into an action figure named ooga booga . with on . . . see full summary »
the gingerdead man seeks revenge against sarah leigh for causing him to live his life in the body of a gingerbread man . her only hope is to team up with larnell who has problems of his own in the form of a magical talking bong named eebee .
i liked this movie from fullmoon , it was exactly what i expected , it was set in a great enviorment and had a good story . the characters were great because for me i didn ' t know who were the vampires and who weren ' t . i miss phill f but recardo did a great job with the character ivan . the music was great , its good to see a maker of movies using local talent from the area he & # x26 ; # x27 ; s filming at . b movies are my favorite form of entertainment and this one did not disappoint me . no one can say the ending wasn & # x26 ; # x27 ; t great . it was good to be a hemuculas that day . the time i spent watching this movie was well worth it .
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having fled from the queen vampire morella , sweet - natured vampire sugar and her mortal boyfriend dex take marvin the homunculous to little rock , arkansas , in an attempt to resurrect marvin ' s now deceased son , the vampire slayer ivan burroughs . dex and spice get a job in a seedy club in order to steal some blood from the king vampire , which will hopefully being ivan back to life , but at the expense that he will return as a vampire . at first , ivan is furious that dex brought him back as the one thing he loathes more than anything . but dex and ivan must band together to save sugar , who is being offered up as a sacrifice to the king vampire .
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meet marvin . . . . a nasty , horny homunculus , part human / part reptile , who stands twelve inches tall and lives alone , trapped inside a bird cage . once completely human , marvin was turned into a homunculus after his lover morella ( debra mayer ) , a 100 year old vengeful vampire , learned of his betrayal with another human .
blood spawn from beyond . . . . 3 blood curling vampire tales ! i , vampire : trilogy of blood : the most passionate , desperate and sensual of the undead are featured in three tales of blood - thirsting immortals searching for ultimate power and eternal love ! the most passionate , desperate , and sensual of the undead ; a trilogy of vampire stories .
the most savage vampire master of all time , radu , has returned from his unholy rest in a battle for power against his protégé , ash , as they both fight to win the bloodstone and the empire of blood .
jonathan , now a vampire , sacrificed his own soul and became a vampire in order to find his true love , 100 years later he finds her in the beautiful victoria . victoria finds herself caught between her immortal love and her mortal ties . will victoria sacrifice her life and soul the way jonathan has for her ?
ash is only vulnerable when he gives into his passions of music and women . he has found both in sofia , a beautiful concert pianist . as ash’s rival seeks revenge , he may have to destroy the girl to get to ash !
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from the man who brought us all those great straight - to - video empire movies in the 1980s and all those great straight - to - video full moon movies in the 1990s , comes the first title from his new straight - to - dvd company , wizard entertainment . ( i must just say that , while ' wizard ' probably isn ' t an adjective in the states , here in the uk this company sounds remarkably jolly and delightfully exciting :
i say , you chaps ! this entertainment is absolutely wizard !
anyway . . . )
is a curious title to lead with . it ' s not really typical charles band fare , lacking both killer dolls and flying heads , although it does have a sort of puppet monster . three other films are in post - production as this one hits the streets -
- and all sound more like what one would expect ( the last one seems to have been shot pretty much back - to - back with this film as the crew is largely identical ) . but of course , each film has to stand or fall on its own merits .
the other curious thing about this movie is the way that the publicity and packaging play up the character of ' marvin the horny homunculus ' , who is really a subplot in the film itself , and make little if any mention about the main story which involves vampires and would , one would therefore think , be more marketable . there are plenty of dad - can - i - borrow - the - camcorder ' films ' out there which have shown that some people will watch any old piece of crap so long as it features a sexy woman with fangs .
) and her two acolytes sugar ( jill michelle ) and spyce ( raelyn hennessee ) who both work at a lapdancing club in la . at the club , spyce picks up bruce ( roger toussaint ) and his rather reluctant girlfriend tami ( april gilbert ) ; bruce can ' t believe his luck when spyce takes them back to a big old mansion and it looks like he ' s in for a threesome , then when morella appears his eyes go wide as dinner plates and for a moment he is the happiest guy in the world - until she rips open his throat and drinks down the spurting blood .
) . such a relationship does not meet with morella ' s approval of course and it also raises a bunch of moral questions that are never touched upon . presumably sugar also requires human blood to survive and therefore her only chance of happiness with dex is to continue as a serial killer and make him her accomplice . however , at the moment dex is unaware of his girlfriend ' s haemavorous habits because her fangs only become visible when she gets hungry .
according to vampire lore ( we are told ) , the most important blood is the first spurt of arterial blood after the victim ' s throat is slit , the ' primal blood . ' any vampire who consumes 10 , 000 spurts of primal blood will reach a new level of being which will make them not just immortal but actually indestructible . over the past century or so morella has consumed 9 , 997 primal blood spurts - she keeps them listed in a damn great book - so after bruce and tami she needs just three more to win the prize . spyce later meets up with a guy she met in a chatroom although typically ' studboy ' turns out to be an overweight , middle - aged guy ( john f schaffer , who was in a great - sounding martial arts movie called
movie ! ) rather than the hunky young athlete which he claimed to be . spyce doesn ' t care because all she wants is his blood but when morella tracks them down and discovers that she has missed out on the primal blood she is none too happy , although spyce makes up for this by bringing home a hooker to be victim number 9 , 998 . ( the idea of drinking down spurting fluid has an obvious sexual connotation which isn ' t explored at all , though that may be a good thing . )
the other interesting aspect of morella is that she keeps a homunculus in a bird cage - you see how much of the story we have covered before ' marvin ' becomes relevant ? this is an ugly little red humanoid , about 12 - 18 inches tall , wearing a sort of sacking smock , who grunts a lot ; he is described as
a tiny , prehistoric human , half - reptile like all men .
marvin is a rather stiff and immobile rod puppet , although he does have blinking eyes , created by ( and voiced by ) christopher bergschneider (
) . he was , we learn , morella ' s former lover but she is such a man - hater that she turned him into the form we see now ( apparently you can make someone a homunculus using homunculus blood - this will become relevant later ) .
but here he ' s working for the other side , lugging around a bag full of garlic powder , wooden stakes and other assorted vampire - hunting paraphernalia . fondacaro really is one of the best short actors out there . like warwick davis or the late david rappaport , he ' s an actor who happens to be short rather than a short guy who acts . his presence in any cast is always a bonus .
burroughs explains to dex what sugar really is and the two of them head over to the mansion . dex wants to sneak his girlfriend away , spyce wants to curry favour with morella and morella wants a brace of kills to hit that magical number - and ivan and dex will do nicely , thank you . complicating matters slightly is the fact that ivan recognises marvin as . . . well , i ' ll leave some plot for you to find out yourselves .
isn ' t bad . the direction , production design ( by the brilliantly named elvis strange :
) are all competent without being exceptional - and in these days of shot - on - video cheapies competency is a major plus - point . the blood effects are pretty good and there is one digital effect towards the end that stands out because , well , you would expect more of them in a charles band picture . all the actors acquit themselves well apart from the wooden actress who plays the hooker . james sale (
is that there really isn ' t very much of it . the running time is 70 minutes but that includes a staggering eight minutes of very , very slow end title crawl which is really a bit of a cheat , especially as there is no additional footage woven into it or tacked on the end as a bonus . the film starts with about five minutes of voice - over and stock footage from
explaining how the vampires got to la , but that is entirely superfluous to the actual plot . without the prologue , nobody would be saying
wait a minute . . . vampires in la ? how the hell did they get there ?
the opening titles run for about three or four minutes and the opening scene in the strip club is about five minutes of ' atmosphere ' with a few lines of characterisation from bruce and tami . writer / director c courtney joyner (
( and incorporating several brief stock shots of night - time la , at least one of which is repeated as a distinctive car drives past ) . with a tight budget and only six days to shoot the piece , presumably the script - by ' august white ' ( a pseudonym for domonic muir :
) , from a story by band - was deliberately kept down to about 45 - 50 pages but it ' s still a bit dodgy to market a film this length as a feature . on the other hand , the dvd format gives plenty of room for extras including a short ' making of ' - talking heads and a little behind - the - scenes footage - directed by jethro rothe - kushell ( associate producer on the feature ) and entitled , in defiance of punctuation rules ,
there is also a message from band himself in which he explains about wizard entertainment and his plans for the rest of 2005 , which he cheerfully admits might slightly confuse people buying this dvd a couple of years from now . ( curiously this consists of a mostly static shot of band in front of two posters depicting a range of full moon titles , but there are a couple of close - ups that were obviously shot separately because there is a reproduction poster for
' how to make films ' package . plus there is a ' blooper reel ' which is really just some unused takes ; i imagine that there ' s very little time to joke around when you ' re shooting a movie , even a shortish one , in less than a week . and there is a brief look at the in - production
so there ' s plenty of stuff on the disc , but i can ' t help feeling that some viewers would prefer slightly more of it to constitute the actual movie . why not at least stick the blooper reel and / or the preview of the next wizard movie in among the end credits to make them worth sitting through ?
. but bear in mind that this was shot in less than a week on a minuscule budget . this is no
) . it does at least have a story , it isn ' t packed with tedious softcore sex scenes and fondacaro is as great as ever . but it ' s hard to see this movie converting any new fans to the work of charlie band . then again , maybe it ' s not intended to . band has been making movies long enough ( and has made enough of them ! ) that he knows his audience and the freedom of internet distribution means that he can target them directly and accurately .
as for the marketing emphasis on ' marvin the horny homunculus ' , that is probably due to his imminent appearance as an action figure . his ' horniness ' , presumably derived from years of sexual frustration in his cage , only really comes to the fore in the final gag shot and in a sequence when he escapes from his cage and finds the hooker strapped to a bed . shots of this creepy puppet licking the girl ' s nipples are the only real ' horror ' part of the story . ( an unfortunate continuity error in a conversation between marvin and ivan means that the homunculus ' hands , which are fixed to the cage , are positioned differently in the forward and reverse shots . )
and the other titles . let ' s have some killer toys , some flying , disembodied heads , maybe a few stop - motion effects and about ten minutes more of actual footage in each film please .
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sugar the good vampire , her boyfriend dex , and marvin the homunculous attempt to hunt down a powerful vampire in order to resurrect marvin ' s dead son .
i didn ' t ask for much with this film . . . i just wanted it to be better than the first . and it wasn ' t . so the good ? they sort of change genres to make this film more of a mystery . sugar and dex are looking for the new clan leader vampire to use its blood to bring their vampire hunter buddy from the first film back to life . there ' s some attempt to keep this a mystery to the audience by supplying several suspects . that ' s good . this is also a true sequel in that it does logically follow the first film and references the few plot points that had ; some of these sequels abandon continuity altogether so i give props if they keep it . …
i wanted to take a look at this film because it was shot in and around little rock , ar , where i live . it ' s terrible . i remember full moon movies being terrible but this is really terrible . i will forget this even existed in a few hours and will be all the better for it .
a nice vampire and her boyfriend seek to revive a dead midget vampire hunter to please the dead guy ' s homunculous father . this requires them to get jobs at a strip club and find out who the head vampire is ( a la lost boys ) . all of which is basically and excuse to show lots of strippers conducting their business .
all the films mentioned by name in kim newman ' s definitive encyclopedia of horror films , nightmare movies . well worth a read . …
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the makers of this film couldn ' t decide what kind of film they wanted . the first 10 mins of my copy had exerts from
vampire journals
. so this film must be some kind of continuation , but they needed to give you 10mins of the previous film to bring you up to speed . next we get to the present film . it started off really good . a guy takes his girl to a strip joint . she ' s reluctant to be there . a stripper ( a vampire ) comes over and offers her a lap - dance - and this is where it got better , the stripper is able to seduce her and they all go back to the stipper ' s joint - which happens to be a mansion . again the woman ' s reluctant but the stripper has some power to turn her on . and then suddenly all of this is taken away . another vampire ( the ' queen ' ) shows up . bits the guy . the girlfriend runs off , grabbed by the queen who feeds on her . suddenly they ' ve gone from having a sexually charged willing victim to just a victim . and the vampire bites her and less than five seconds later she ' s done . what happened to their power to seduce their victim ? then there ' s a puppet vampire ! one of the vampire strippers falls in love for a guy she works down at the club with - a very over - used plot vehicle . the guy she works with teams up with a midget vampire hunter . what a confused mess .
cheesy , but keeps you watching to see what happens next ! the ending is crazy and well worth waiting for ! gotta love sexy female vampires . : )
a female vampire leads a covey of vampire stripper babes . they get their victims from the strip club , one line , and call girls . a midget van helsing , who knows the ins and outs of this particular blood line , is after them . one of the vampires has a human bf that she doesn ' t kill . there is also marvin , a weird foot tall bloody creature who looks like something out of the puppet master series . the first kill involves a real classy guy who takes his reluctant girl friend to a strip joint and gets her a lap dance . the movie is so corny it is funny . a good one to watch stoned . not much horror . hardcore porn star harmony rose provides the nudity in a weird scene with marvin .
only reason i ' m writing a review is because i ' m a fan of the subspecies films and the spin - off vampire journals . . at the beginning of the film you ' re shown a quick run down of what happened in vampire journals and then a hour of boredom . . i don ' t see how this is a tie - in to the other films . three lady vampire strippers , a midget vampire hunter and a tiny creature named marvin who ' s kept in a cage . that basically sums it up . . but the only cool thing was marvin ( a creepy puppet which is typical in a charles band film ) . . if you ' re a fan of the subspecies series , this crappy tie - in will dissapoint you . .
exquisite ambiance . however the cinematography , at times , lacked boobs . in addition , the acting fell short of what i expected giving the long standing tradition of the genre .
this movie isn ' t worth the time it would take me to write a proper review of it .
this has got to be one of the most forgettable movies ever . i rented it a few months ago and watched it several times ( in my location there ' s no cable or broadcast tv ) .
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the hit american movie “300” has angered iranians who say the greeks - vs - persians . . .
the hit american movie “300” has angered iranians who say the greeks - vs - persians action flick insults their ancient culture and provokes animosity against iran .
“hollywood declares war on iranians , ” blared a headline in tuesday’s edition of the independent ayende - no newspaper .
the movie , which raked in $ 70 million in its opening weekend , is based on a comic - book fantasy version of the battle of thermopylae in 480 b . c . , in which a force of 300 spartans held off a massive persian army at a mountain pass in greece for three days .
in iran , the movie hasn’t opened and probably never will , given the government’s restrictions on western films , though one paper said bootleg dvds were already available .
still , it touched a sensitive nerve . javad shamghadri , cultural adviser to iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad , said the united states tries to “humiliate” iran in order to reverse historical reality and “compensate for its wrongdoings in order to provoke american soldiers and warmongers” against iran .
the movie comes at a time of increased tensions between the united states and iran over the persian nation’s nuclear program and the iraq war .
but aside from politics , the film was seen as an attack on persian history , a source of pride for iranians across the political spectrum , including critics of the current islamic regime .
state - run television has run several commentaries the past two days calling the film insulting and has brought on iranian film directors to point out its historical inaccuracies .
“the film depicts iranians as demons , without culture , feeling or humanity , who think of nothing except attacking other nations and killing people , ” ayende - no said in its article tuesday .
“it is a new effort to slander the iranian people and civilization before world public opinion at a time of increasing american threats against iran , ” it said .
iran’s biggest circulation newspaper , hamshahri , said “300” is “serving the policy of the u . s . leadership” and predicted it will “prompt a wave of protest in the world . . . . iranians living in the u . s . and europe will not be indifferent about this obvious insult . ”
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this is the final ballet in the trilogy of reimagined fairytales that ashley page has introduced to scottish ballet , and although sleeping beauty doesn ' t have the sass of cinderella , or the surrealist charm of the nutcracker , it ' s another surefire hit in the company ' s repertoire .
the story gallops along , from the christening of aurora in the 1830s when the curse is put upon her , to the 1940s chi - chi glamour of her wedding reception 100 years later . in between , there is her birthday party in the palace hothouse , in which claire robertson ' s solo as the innocent , intense 16 - year - old princess is the highlight , and the enchanted forest where our dashing prince encounters snow white , cinderella , belle ( from beauty and the beast ) and red riding hood in search of their suitors ( don ' t worry , they don ' t have to look for long ) .