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THE BOOTLEG FILES: "RAIN"

By | March 2006

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 gets wet over Joan Crawford’s tropical w***e…

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Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: "RAIN"

BOOTLEG FILES 119: "Rain” (1932 drama starring Joan Crawford and Walter Huston). LAST SEEN: We cannot confirm the last public screening of this...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: YOU THINK YOU KNOW FEAR, YOU KNOW NOTHING

Bravo's epic show on the hundred scariest movie moments made me glad I have cable. A scene from "Jaws" made the top of the list, which wasn't something I...

TALKING PICTURES: NANNY BASHING

“Nannies never get the same kind of respect in real life that they usually do in the movies,” says Suzanne Hansen, a former Nanny herself, and the...

MOVIE MARKETING MADNESS FOR DUMMIES – PART TWO

So last week I promised, after a good bit of griping, to offer some constructive criticism and advice for how movie studios can optimize what they're doing...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: "POPEYE MEETS THE MAN WHO HATED LAUGHTER"

BOOTLEG FILES 118: "Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter” (1972 animated TV mess). LAST SEEN: During the 1972-73 TV season. AMERICAN HOME VIDEO:...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: X3 AND SPIDER-MAN 3 SPOILER WARNING

Speculation. Sneak peeks at photos. Hints of villains. Who will die? Who will come back? Is this the end of the franchise? Yep, it's time for the...

SPIDER-MAN 3 PIC: SPIDEY IN BLACK

Here it is, the first shot of Spidey as he will appear in Spider-man 3: Nerds, commence debate over at Back...

TALKING PICTURES: GROSS NEGLIGENCE

“Listen, there aren’t very many people who are bigger fans of offensive humor than I am,” says Brian Copeland, not long after catching Steve...

MOVIE MARKETING MADNESS FOR DUMMIES – PART ONE

Last year I wrote on Movie Marketing Madness: The Blog about how movie studios had failed to keep up with emerging technologies such as blogs, podcasts and...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: "A BAYOU LEGEND"

BOOTLEG FILES 117: "A Bayou Legend” (1981 made-for-TV all-black opera by William Grant Still). LAST SEEN: In its 1981 PBS premiere. AMERICAN HOME...

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