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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “BURT BACHARACH IN SHANGRI-LA”

By | May 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 reheats a forgotten appetizer to a classic turkey…

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “BURT BACHARACH IN SHANGRI-LA”

BOOTLEG FILES 078: "Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La" (1973 TV special starring the composer of the "Lost Horizon" score). LAST SEEN: In its only broadcast,...

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “BURT BACHARACH IN SHANGRI-LA”

It seems difficult to conceive this today, but back in 1973 the Ross Hunter musical production of "Lost Horizon" was a highly anticipated prestige picture....

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: STAR WARS EPISODE III — SITH BASTARDS

I am a "Star Wars" fan, and The Empire Strikes Back is my favorite of the bunch. I read the Dark Horse comic books and the prose novels. I collect some of...

MOVIE MARKETING MADNESS: STAR WARS: EPISODE III – REVENGE OF THE SITH

When Star Wars came out I was two. My parents have told me they took me to see it, which I did with wide-eyed wonder. When Return of the Jedi came out I...

THE STAR WARS REPORT: THIS IS THE END, BEAUTIFUL FRIEND

Reviews of “Episode III” have been trickling out for the last week or so, and it just had its big debut at the Cannes Film Festival (no doubt sending...

THE STAR WARS REPORT: THIS IS THE END, BEAUTIFUL FRIEND

DING DONG, THE BITCH IS DEAD And yet, those of us who sat through the first two prequels – with their midichlorians and virgin births and Jar Jar – in...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “STARCRASH”

BOOTLEG FILES 077: "Starcrash" (1979 Italian rip-off of "Star Wars" with Caroline Munro, Christopher Plummer and David Hasselhof). LAST SEEN: We cannot...

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “STARCRASH”

Long ago, in a low-rent Italian galaxy far, far away was the 1979 atrocity "Starcrash." Unlike the celebrated looniness of The Turkish Star Wars or The...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: DO STUDIO EXECUTIVES DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?

Years ago I remember reading about an American Ultraman movie that was supposed to be written by author Alan Dean Foster. Actually, my memory of the...

LETTER FROM CHINA: “12 MONKEYS” STARRING BLUE WILLIS

I hadn’t been in China long when a student asked me if we might watch her newly-purchased copy of "Harry Potter" (or "Halibut", as they pronounce it here...

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