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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE THREEPENNY OPERA”

By | February 2004

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 tracks down an elusive Mack the Knife!”?

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE THREEPENNY OPERA”

BOOTLEG FILES 018: "The Threepenny Opera" (1962 German film version of the Brecht-Weill musical classic). LAST SEEN: Turns up occasionally on German...

MOVIES ON THE BRAIN: “UNDERWORLD”

1:02 – The term “coven” should be used only for witches. Vampires using it just seems wrong. 1:05 – Apparently Grandpa Simpson is the head...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: LET’S LYNCH THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT

I, like many film fans, enjoy David Lynch's work. The mainstream filmgoers, however, have a different take on his films. Put simply: They don't know what...

MEMO TO SANDLER ET AL: STOP REMAKING GOOD MOVIES

Dear Adam, I understand your predicament. You finally made a movie that Roger Ebert liked (Punch Drunk Love) and nobody went to see it. Hell, even the...

MOVIES ON THE BRAIN: “UNDERWORLD”

I love stories like this. Vampires versus werewolves just sounds too cool and the addition of the ever-so-lovely Kate Beckinsale has made this a must see...

THE 10 BEST URBAN LEGENDS IN FILM HISTORY

URBAN LEGEND #6. Chaplin leading lady returns as an extra. The legend: Edna Purviance, Charlie Chaplin's leading lady in the 1910s and early 1920s, had...

“THE DIAMOND DEAD” WAR JOURNAL – NOTES FROM THE FRONT

It’s one o’clock in the afternoon, I’m sitting in Atria’s restaurant just outside of Cranberry, PA. To my left is actress Amy Lynn Best. To my...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE IMMORTAL STORY”

BOOTLEG FILES 017: "The Immortal Story" (Orson Welles' 1968 made-for-French-TV feature). LAST SEEN: A rare one-time screening is slated for April at New...

LET’S KILL THE OSCARS: MY VOTE FOR JOHNNY DEPP

Survivor isn’t the greatest reality show of all time. Award shows are, and everybody knows that The Academy Awards, which give out those cherished Oscars...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: ARNOLD THE KILLER

I don’t recall the radio show or the host, but I remember how the conversation went that evening in the mid-nineties. The host, we’ll call him Tom,...

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