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| Aisle Seat 8-23: Vinegar Syndrome August Assault
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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8/22/2022 - 10:00 PM |
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| Fun City Editions adds another ’80s gem to their Blu-Ray roster this month that’s been scarcely circulated since its theatrical debut: Bobby Roth’s character drama HEARTBREAKERS (99 mins., 1984, R), an Orion release that fits comfortably alongside other uniquely colored projects from the studio’s heyday. In fact, I’d go so far as to say this is one of my favorite releases from FCE yet, as it resurrects a movie many of us have never had the opportunity to see – a worthwhile, finely performed picture about friendship, relationships and romance, themes that are obviously universal beyond its 1984 milieu. |
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| Film Score Friday 8/19/22
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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8/18/2022 - 10:00 PM |
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This week Intrada has released two separate score albums by two different composers for the same film.
LIFEFORCE, released in 1985, was Cannon Pictures' attempt at making a lavish sci-fi horror film in the vein of Nigel Kneale's Quatermass stories. Originally titled Space Vampires (until Tri-Star, its American distributor, decided that wasn't a classy enough title), the film was directed by horror legend Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Poltergeist) and starred Steve Railsback, Oscar nominees Peter Firth and Frank Finlay, Patrick Stewart, Michael Gothard, and a memorably naked Mathilda May, with visual effects by Star Wars Oscar winner John Dykstra.
Henry Mancini composed the film's exciting original orchestral score, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, but when the film was released in the United States, its run time was reduced from 116 minutes to 101 minutes, and parts of Mancini's score were replaced by new music composed by Michael Kamen in hopes of making the film more traditionally scary. (The original, Mancini-only cut of the film has since become more widely available, and most revival house screenings of the film feature this longer European version.)
Intrada is releasing Mancini's score as a two-disc set, featuring the full score recorded for the film, the LP sequencing, and alternate cues. They are also releasing a full CD of the music Kamen composed and recorded for the film, much of it heard here for the first time.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Lifeforce - Michael Kamen - Intrada Special Collection
Lifeforce - Henry Mancini - Intrada Special Collection |
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| Aisle Seat 8-16: Imprint New Releases
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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8/15/2022 - 10:00 PM |
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| For barely over a year, Oscar-winning British producer David Puttnam became the head studio chief at Columbia Pictures, promising to open the door to creative voices and bring his own sense of filmmaking individuality to Hollywood. The net result was a disaster across every spectrum, resulting in one of the more dizzying arrays of box-office flops imaginable (check out the full list). Among them was THE BEAST (110 mins., 1988, R), a drama about a Russian tank playing a game of survival in Afghanistan with Mujahideen fighters after they bombard a local village, killing many of its inhabitants. |
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| Aisle Seat 8-2: Imprint’s Latest, Mill Creek July Titles
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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8/1/2022 - 10:00 PM |
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| Imprint’s latest releases include two ’60s seafaring adventures along with a Biblical epic more “serious” than Saturday Matinee in its overall tone. Each limited-edition Blu-Ray marks its respective picture’s premiere HD release, though some of the source elements vary in terms of quality. The films themselves, though, each come heartily recommended, offering a diversity of entertainment for movie buffs. |
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| Aisle Seat 7-19: Summer Sizzler Edition
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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7/18/2022 - 10:00 PM |
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| Kino Lorber released a dynamite 4K UHD of “In The Heat of the Night” back in April that also included both of the Sidney Poitier “Mister Tibbs” sequels on a Blu-Ray platter. Those sequels – previously available from the label in separate, standalone format releases – have been re-issued this month in a double-feature Blu-Ray reprising that disc from the UHD combo platter. |
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Today in Film Score History:
September 25 |
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| Alan Silvestri begins recording his score for The Bodyguard (1992) |
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| Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek's score for the Amazing Stories episode "Mummy Daddy" is recorded (1985) |
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| Dmitri Shostakovich born (1906) |
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| Eric Rogers born (1921) |
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| Jay Chattaway records his score for the Enterprise episode “Fight or Flight” (2001) |
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| Michael Gibbs born (1937) |
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| Randy Kerber born (1958) |
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| Richard Harvey born (1953) |
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| Rod Temperton died (2016) |
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| Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Where No One Has Gone Before" (1987) |
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