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THE BOOTLEG FILES: "SKIDOO"

By | October 2005

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the funky world of rare, classic and hard-to-find films which can only be obtained via bootleg video channels. This week, Phil takes an acid trip with Jackie Gleason…and away we go!

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: "SKIDOO"

BOOTLEG FILES 099: "Skidoo” (Otto Preminger’s 1968 all-star LSD comedy). LAST SEEN: The film will be screened on October 22 at the Other Cinema in San...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: DEMON WOODS

Back in my early high school days I transferred to a new school and ended up meeting two stoner guys who seemed to take a liking to me. One of them was in...

MOVIE MARKETING MADNESS: ELIZABETHTOWN

Cameron Crowe can, at the very least, be called a unique filmmaker. His movies all are self-contained and exist in their own universe but also have a...

FILM PHONICS: "COLOR ME BLOOD RED"

Color Me Blood Red * * * Director & Writer: Herschell Gordon Lewis Producer: David F. Friedman Starring: Don Joseph, Candi Conder, Elyn Warner,...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: "TENNESSEE TUXEDO AND HIS TALES"

BOOTLEG FILES 098: "Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales” (1963-66 animated series with voice performances by Don Adams and Larry Storch). LAST SEEN: On...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING

God, I hate Joss Whedon. I think he’s an overrated hack of a writer, and I’m positive I could take him in a fight. That said, I did enjoy his first...

THE COMING AND PASSING OF "SONG OF THE SOUTH"

This is a scene-by-scene account of “Song of the South.” Nothing has been left out except two brief transitional scenes in which the plantation’s...

THE COMING AND PASSING OF "SONG OF THE SOUTH"

In 1986, moviegoers were treated to a trailer for a Disney film re-release. The familiar, enthusiastic voice over that accompanied all Disney trailers,...

FILM PHONICS: "SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE"

Sex, Lies, and Videotape * * * Director & Writer: Steven Soderbergh Producers: John Hardy & Robert Newmyer Starring: James Spader, Andie MacDowell,...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “HANDS UP!”

BOOTLEG FILES 097: "Hands Up!” (1926 Civil War comedy starring Raymond Griffith). LAST SEEN: We cannot confirm the last public screening of this...

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