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From: roland@quadsys.com (Roland Besserer)
Subject: Re: Any Rocky Horror Fans out there?
Organization: QUAD Systems
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 07:42:12 GMT

joachim@kih.no (joachim lous) writes:
: LAURENCE HOW SCHEINMAN (lhschein@eos.ncsu.edu) wrote:
: 
: > and if not, where the hell are they?  Am I on the right Sig or what?
: 
: Well, I'm here, and I was real surprised not to find any RHPS postings
: here. Is this alt.cult-movies or what? Is there a Rocky newsgroup
: not availble to me? Judging from my experience, there should be enough
: fans out there to sustain one.
: (Though I'm not quite up to creating it myself) Until there is one,
: here's a question to get things going (I hope): 
: 
: I haven't seen it for quite a while now ('Couple of years. Not many
: screenings in Norway, at least not with a REAL audience). Are there
: any new, widely accepted lines i should know?
: 

This is it but anything and everything that could possibly be said about
Rocky Horror has been said! Frankly, the whole flick has been talked to
death. Time to move on.
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Roland Besserer          QUAD Systems, Santa Cruz             roland@quadsys.com
From: vonzelow@adobe.com (Jon von Zelowitz)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Ms. .45 (spoilers)
Summary: thumbs up
Date: 25 Jan 93 08:51:36 GMT
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated


"Ms. .45", 1980, Directed by Abel Ferrara. A meek young girl works in
a garment factory in New York City. On the way home from work one day,
she is brutally raped. She makes it home to her apartment, which is in
the process of being burglarized. She is raped again. (Those who are
particularly disturbed by rape scenes may want to skip this part.) She
is told to keep quiet. She bashes in the guy's head with an iron,
chops him up into pieces, and puts him in bags in the refrigerator.

From this point on, she is mute. Various other yucky men try to
victimize her. She has the burglar's .45 (and LOTS of ammo). She kills
lots of men. She starts to get into it, and dresses up to attract more
male victims. I won't give away the bloody ending.

This is an extremely visceral movie. You are made to empathize with
Ms. .45 and with women in general who take shit all the time. I really
liked it; however, it was too intense for some of the friends I
watched it with.

Punkers should note that the band L7 has a good song about this movie.

   Jon von Zelowitz   vonzelow@mv.us.adobe.com   ...uunet!adobe!vonzelow
From: pearl@spectacle.sw.stratus.com (Dan Pearl)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: A Trip to the Moon by Georges Melies (Fran
Date: 21 Jan 1993 18:21:24 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Software Engineering
NNTP-Posting-Host: spectacle.sw.stratus.com

In article <1993Jan21.152405.5507@shearson.com> scarrobi@shearson.com writes:
>thats the one with the big bullet shot thru the cannon into the moonpie . right ?
>gonna be hard to get. good luck.

Movies Unlimited sells "George Melies: Cinema Magician"  27 minutes  $20
1-800-523-0823 that would certainly contain clips from TTTM.

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From: tjko@jyu.fi (Timo Kokkonen)
Subject: Does 'Eastern Heroes' rip-off it's customers?
Organization: University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:46:18 GMT

 
Does anyone know what's up with the this British video mailorder company:
 
Eastern Heroes / Film Extremes
PO Box 407
London SE18 3DW
U.K.
 
Since I ordered from them several films in November 1992 and haven't
received anything, so far. I've allready sent a letter asking what's up
with my order, but I haven't got a reply.
Could somebody living in London check their telephone number?  So I could
try to contact them directly.
 
 

-- 
---
  Timo Kokkonen (tjko@jyu.fi)  - A clean desk is a sure sign of a sick mind.

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From: gnelson@megatest.com (Glenn Nelson)
Subject: Re: Name this movie
Organization: Megatest Corporation
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:15:25 GMT

From article <1993Jan20.204045.811@news.columbia.edu>, by mcp4@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Marco Claro Pineda):
> Greetings all.  I remember seeing a film quite a while ago that involved a
> main character whose dreams came true.  I remember the title as being some-
> thing like "The Lathe of Heaven" or something like that.  It was kind of sci-
> fi in feel (at least that's how I remember it) but it's been 10 years or
> so and I don't remember much else about it.  I do remember that at one point
> the main character, in response to racial prejudice, dreams that
> everyone is turned gray.  He wakes up from the dream an lo and behold everyone
> is that same color.  I believe part of the plot is that he goes through
> several of these dreams in order to find a solution for the problems of
> the world and fails.  I'm afraid I can't even remember how it ended (whether he
> was successful or not.)
> 
> For some reason it made a strong impression and search as I might through movie
> guides and such I can find no mention.  Perhaps it was a european rather than
> an american release, or perhaps it was a TV movie.  Can anyone help me out, I'd
> really like to get my hands on a copy and see what it is that made such an 
> impression on me.
> 
It was the Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. LeGuin. Actually came out in 1979 or early
1980, produced for PBS (Public Broadcasting system in USA). In the SF area they
showed it 2x in a row (that is without interruption!), then I believe showed
it again a few days later. I think I've seen the tape in video stores. I know
a friend made a good recording for me! No, I won't copy it. Sorry.

Glenn Nelson, Megatest, San Jose
gnelson@megatest.com
Phone: 408-441-3014
From: se2jg@dmu.ac.uk (jonathan gregg)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Name that Peter Falk Movie.
Date: 27 Jan 93 15:48:16 GMT
Organization: De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

There is a film called curse of the Dragon Queen That involved
fictional Characters, but Peter Sellers played Charlie Chan.

Haven't seen it for a long time so can't remember the rest of the
Cast and Characters.

C-Ya

J0N
From: musjjh@lure.latrobe.edu.au
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Name that Peter Falk movie (second try)
Date: 28 Jan 93 07:28:02 GMT
Organization: VAX Cluster, Computer Centre, La Trobe University

In article <C1F05s.8su@sci.kun.nl>, grimbergen@macpost.kun.nl writes:
> that Peter Falk movie"-competition after a discussion on "The Princess Bride".
> I lost and one of the reasons was that I couldn't remember a movie in which he
>  is invited (as Lt. Columbo), together with a bunch of other famous book-TV-
> detectives to a castle or mansion. I remember Peter Sellers playing inspector
>  Clouseau, and a Miss Marple (not played by Margaret Rutherford) and a Hercule
>  Poirot (not played by Peter Ustinov). Maybe there was also a Philip Marlowe
>  and (this may be wishful thinking) the host of the party might be Christopher
>  Lee. Of course a murder is comitted and all detectives have different theories
> about the murderer. Can anyone tell me the title of this movie??
> 
> Reijer Grimbergen


........Murder By Death.....If I remember correctly.....

Jason Hellwege				La Troben Uni, Melbourne, Oz.  
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: hobson@mpr.ca (Darryll Hobson)
Subject: Cult Classics
Organization: MPR Teltech Ltd., Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 00:51:25 GMT

How does a person classify a "cult-movie" ??  
Is it sufficient to say that this would be a movie that a gang of friends
gather 'round in a ritualistic fashion to watch?

Or a weird show that stretches the bounds of rashional thought (and,
consequently did not make it into the movie theaters) ??

OR, is it just a movie that a large group of people seem to like, and no one
else can understand (nor figure out) WHY??

Later...

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From: bourp00@DMI.USherb.CA (PIERRE BOURBONNAIS)
Subject: Re: Evil Dead III
Organization: Universite de Sherbrooke -- Dept. d'Informatique
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:41:04 GMT

In article <16B5D8745.PETERC@YaleADS.CIS.Yale.Edu> PETERC@YaleADS.CIS.Yale.Edu (Peter Correnty) writes:
>In article <rush2112-200193191525@heavmac26.cc.purdue.edu>
>rush2112@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Troy Hickman) writes:
> 
>>
>>
>>
>>	Not too long ago, someone mentioned that they thought ED3
>>had a firm release date of January 15. As of yet, however,
>>it has not appeared anywhere in this state. Was the release
>>pushed back again, or did it have a limited opening? I'd
>>really like some info.
>>
>>Troy Hickman
>>rush2112@mace.cc.purdue.edu
>>
>>"Who's laughing now, huh? Who's laughing now?"
> 
>At Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors, Bruce Campbell (Ash) said that the
>release date is Feb 19.  According to Campbell, the ending was too
>downbeat according to some reviewers at Dino DeLaurentis so they had
>to change it.  Apparently, the film has undergone several other
>changes against Raimi's will  ...  therefore the delay in release.
> 
>-Pete.

Hey, what is that? Two or three days ago, there were two reviews of the
movie! I guessed it was out (thus here in Quebec I don't think it is).
Will anybody see the truth! Is ED ]I[ out somewhere???

Pierre BOURP00@DMI.USHERB.CA
From: lazlo@triton.unm.edu (Lazlo Nibble)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Evil Dead III
Date: 22 Jan 1993 01:03:27 GMT
Organization: Usenet Power Elite: Crush-The-Innocent-Newbies Strike Team
NNTP-Posting-Host: triton.unm.edu

PETERC@YaleADS.CIS.Yale.Edu (Peter Correnty) writes:

> BTW, the previews were excellent ... I heard the movie isn't.

Yeah, well, the one slam on the movie I've seen here was from someone
complaining that it wasn't really a horror movie, which is like
complaining that "Reservoir Dogs" wasn't a light romantic comedy.
I don't think ED3 has *ever* been pitched as a horror movie.

--
Lazlo (lazlo@triton.unm.edu)
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Subject: daffy duck
From: jsterwillige@acs.harding.edu
Date: 21 Jan 93 19:42:09 -0600
Reply-To: jsterwillige@acs.harding.edu
Organization: Harding University

not to be picky, Andre, but I believe it's "Ho, haha, guard, turn, *parry*,
*dodge*, spin, ha, thrust... etc."  I admire your taste, though.
                                                                 Jeffrey
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: mgrimes@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Michael Grimes)
Subject: Sonny Boy
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:53:20 GMT

Has anyone seen this movie: SONNY BOY ?

I ran across it at my local video store and had to watch it after I realized
that the strange-looking woman on the box is David Carradine in drag!!!


Paul Smith and David Carradine (as Pearl!) are a couple who along with 
Brad Dourif steal cars and televisions. etc and end up with a baby. The baby
boy is named Sonny Boy and treated like an animal. He grows up to steal and 
kill until he finds true love.

This is a jumbled plot summary, but this movie is definitely worth watching; 
Carradine is surprisingly touching as Pearl and the young man who plays Sonny 
Boy is very good.
From: mdb0213@rigel.tamu.edu (BOURGON, MICHAEL DEREK)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Any Rocky Horror Fans out there?
Date: 26 Jan 1993 09:46 CST
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: rigel.tamu.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

Okay.... since I have gotten several requests for the Rocky Horror address, I
went & dug it up.
FTP to:
ftp.uwp.edu
(at NIGHT, please! If you think, "oh, just one person won't matter", think that
everyone else will be doing the same damn thing!)
directory:
pub/music/lyrics/R/Rocky_Horror (or something close to that:)
there was (last I checked) three or so scripts. 
Disclaimer: haven't gotten stuff from there since October!

BCNU!
The Reverend
"They called me the Reverend when I entered the church unstained"

Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: oddekalv@vxcrna.cern.ch (Oyvind Helland Oddekalv, Univ. of Bergen)
Subject: Re: Belgian Movies (RESEVOIR DOGS v Man Eats Dog)
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 18:43:00 GMT

In article <1jhh7rINNg6a@mercury.kingston.ac.uk>, cc_s503@king.ac.uk (Joseph Jabbar) writes...
>Two things I'd like to raise as a result of watching RESEVOIR DOGS and 
>Man Eats Dog:-
> 
>	1.	This is the first BELGIAN movie I ever recall seeing
>		but surely this can't be the case.  Amongst the list
>		of Internationally renowned French Films is there not
>		a single Belgian one there in disguise ?  Well if there
>		isn't then Man Eats Dog MUST be included.  I went to see
>		it over the weekend and it was the most riveting piece of 
>		cinema I've seen in years.
> 
>	2.	I also went to see RESEVOIR DOGS and although it has it's
>		interesting points, (Mr Pink just killed me), it's just 2D
>		in comparision, (well... yes, they're both 2D but you know
>		what I mean...don't you?).
> 
> 
>Any body else seen them BOTH and fancy a discussion about the comparision ?

No.

-Oyvind.
From: wentz@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (???)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Uncut version of DUNE?????
Date: 21 Jan 93 14:59:40 GMT
Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA

I seem to remember a cable-TV station showing an uncut version
of Dune, that had over an hour of extra scenes.  Does anyone know
where I can get a copy of this version of the movie?
-- 
 "Don't say the electric chair's not good enough for king-lazy-bones
  like myself.  More coffee for me boss, because I'm not as messed up
  as I want to be."    - TMBG
Brian Wentz					wentz@csugrad.cs.vt.edu
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: machala@spdc.ti.com (King Mosher)
Subject: Re: The Weird List
Organization: Texas Instruments
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:06:25 GMT

Another for the weird list which noone has remembered:

A Boy and his Dog.

--

     Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me.

Chuck Machala-Semiconductor Process and Design Center-Texas Instruments/Dallas
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: etxsahm@eua.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen)
Subject: The Lone Female Avenger (Was Re: Ms. .45 (spoilers))
Organization: Ellemtel Telecom Systems Labs, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 11:18:24 GMT

In article <1993Jan25.085136.2105@adobe.com> vonzelow@adobe.com (Jon von Zelowitz) writes:
>
>"Ms. .45", 1980, Directed by Abel Ferrara. A meek young girl works in
>a garment factory in New York City. On the way home from work one day,
>she is brutally raped. She makes it home to her apartment, which is in

It is interesting to see how movies concerning this topic, the molested woman who
turns into an avenger, have evolved over the years. From underground movies in the
gore/slasher genre like the above mentioned 'Ms. .45' and 'I Spit On Your Grave',
then semi-mainstream but still excessively violent as in Clint Eastwood's 'Sudden 
Impact', and now to be found among the top grossing Hollywood products like
'Thelma and Louise'.

Can anyone think of other movies along the same line, which take a female
perspective and lets the victimized woman become the active part in the avenging?
This would, for example, exclude 'Death Wish' which has Charles Bronson as a 
revengeful father/spouse.

-- 
>>>>-----------------Marten Sahlen  etxsahm@eua.ericsson.se-----------------<<<<
>>>-----Ellemtel Telecom Systems Lab, Box 1505, S-125 25 Alvsjo, Sweden------<<<
>>--------------------"An apple a day keeps the doctor away-------------------<<
>--------an orgasm a day keeps the psychiatrist away" - Dusan Makavejev--------<
From: lonewolf@muse.Corp.Sun.COM (Peter Pak)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Latest Tsui Hark Movie (East&West aka Swordsmen III) at the Great Star (SF)
Date: 28 Jan 1993 00:16:38 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Distribution: world
Reply-To: lonewolf@muse.Corp.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: muse.corp.sun.com

*** Minor Spoiler(s) Alert ***


>Is it true that Hark got yet another actor to play the lead?  What's
>the storyline like?

Yes, Jet Lee is not in this one.  I don't know the new actor's name but
he does a pretty good job.  Joey Wong is in it though ;^)  I don't
remember her being in Swordsman II?  She plays Snow, Asia's significant 
other.  Asia the Invincible is played by the same actress from Swordsman 
II.  I don't remember her name... :^(

At the beginning of the movie they show the showdown at the
Sun-Moon Temple from Swordsman II.  I thought it was a preview
for Swordman II...  I didn't realiaze that East & West was
Swordsman III until the movie started!  Nice surprise though!!! ;^)

To summarize:

It's been a while since the heroes from Swordsman II dispatched ;^)
Asia the Invincible...

A Spanish Warship is dispatched to recover the treasure from the
Dutch Warship which was sunk in Swordsman II.  Accompanying the
Spaniards are 3 Chinese Officials.  1 Head Dude + 2 Assistants.

It turns out that the Spaniards are really after the Sacred Scroll...
Ooohhh-Ahhhhhh...

They poke around the ruins of the Sun-Moon Temple/Fortress and
they encounter the guardian of the Sun-Moon Temple... ;^)

At this point the stage is pretty much set...

Basically...

There's the Spanish Warship (replacement for the Dutch Warship from 
Swordsman II ;^), There's Asia the Invincible, Asia the Invincible 
Wanna Be's, The Japanese Ninja Warship (Way Cool ;^), Lot's of 
flying sequences, Not enough swordplay (Maybe that's why they
changed the title? ;^)...

The plot is weak compared to the other Swordsman movies but the action 
sequences make up for it.  But then again Tsui Hark is my favorite
Hong Kong film maker so I'd probably watch anything he was associated
with...

>>P.S. The other feature that they are showing is Casino Tycoon II which
>>     was actually pretty enjoyable.

>Eeeek!  Andy Lau was good in the lead role, but this is not a film to
>watch if you have a low tolerance for TV miniseries...

They did manage to cover just about every single plot twist available
from a TV Soap didn't they...

I guess I should have put a smiley face on that one!!! ;^)

-Peter
From: rcosby@bcm.tmc.edu (Randy C. Cosby)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Willard/Ben movie(s)?
Keywords: Is there 2 films?
Date: 26 Jan 93 21:55:57 GMT
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
NNTP-Posting-Host: bcm.tmc.edu


The question is......

Is there only a movie called "Willard"? or is there also
a movie called "Ben"....

I say just "Willard".. Ben was the antagonistic rat!


Lemme know soon.....

Post or email....


Coz

		"It's good to be the King...."
				Mel
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: a2@hadock.ese-metz.fr (St.Monsallier+J.M.Segretain=&)
Subject: Kenneth Branagh's ?
Organization: Supelec, Etablissement de Metz, France.
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:42:16 GMT
Distribution: alt
X-Posted-From: hadock.ese-metz.fr
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

Did KB made a film since "Dead Again"?
Is he planning to ?

Steph.
From: uhschreg@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Ulrich Schreglmann)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: 2001 - the last chapter
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:41:13 GMT
Organization: Student Pool, CSD, University of Erlangen, Germany
NNTP-Posting-Host: faui09.informatik.uni-erlangen.de

cainesaj@vax1.bham.ac.uk (Andrew J. Caines) writes:

>   I have watched the film 2001 many (about 30 or so) times and am in no 
>doubt that it one of the greatest (in my opinion THE...) films ever made.

How fortunate for you!  Just imagine you thought it were utter crap!
Then you'd have to look back to having watched utter crap about 30
times or so.  :-)


May the Cool Be with You!

(C)OOL mcmxciii
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: welter@fwi.uva.nl (Richard Welter)
Subject: Re: Name that Peter Falk movie (second try)
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 10:10:54 GMT

grimbergen@macpost.kun.nl writes:

> This question may not have reached the right people (I recently changed some
> distribution options), so here it is again. Last week I ended up in a "name 
>that Peter Falk movie"-competition after a discussion on "The Princess Bride".
>I lost and one of the reasons was that I couldn't remember a movie in which he
> is invited (as Lt. Columbo), together with a bunch of other famous book-TV-
>detectives to a castle or mansion. I remember Peter Sellers playing inspector
> Clouseau, and a Miss Marple (not played by Margaret Rutherford) and a Hercule
> Poirot (not played by Peter Ustinov). Maybe there was also a Philip Marlowe
> and (this may be wishful thinking) the host of the party might be Christopher
> Lee. Of course a murder is comitted and all detectives have different theories
>about the murderer. Can anyone tell me the title of this movie??

It's Murder by Death and it had all the famous screen detectives, except that
their names had been slightly altered. So Miss Marple became Miss Marbles,
Sam Spade became Sam Diamond, etc. Very funny movie.

>Reijer Grimbergen

Richard

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Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: dowling@promis.com (Russell Dowling)
Subject: Re: Name of film?
Organization: PROMIS Systems Corp.
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:12:45 GMT

ukrainec@nimios.eng.mcmaster.ca (Andrew Ukrainec) writes:

>There is a sci-fi movie, late 60's or early 70's, where some astronauts
>blast off and end up landing on a planet which is exactly like earth,
>except all the writing is mirrored.  The planet is orbiting directly
>on the opposite side of the sun.  Does anyone know the name of this
>movie?  It was quite spooky ...


Yeah I remember this one...I think it was called "Doppleganger"?? (sp?)
ANyway this was the name of the rocket that blew up at the end..
I think it stared a couple of people from the short lived "U.F.O" TV 
series. Can anybody verify../rad
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