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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “CHASTITY”

By | April 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 fondles a pre-nosejob Cher…

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Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “CHASTITY”

BOOTLEG FILES 029: "Chastity" (1969 debacle with a Sonny-less Cher as a teenage runaway). LAST SEEN: On the Showtime cable channel two years...

MOVIES ON THE BRAIN: “TIMELINE”

I read the Michael Crichton book this is based on a few years ago and was pretty intrigued when I heard it was being made into a movie. That anticipation...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: REDNECK STEW

The soundtrack from "Pulp Fiction" is pumping out of the speakers as I write this, and I have no problem picturing Zed and the gimp. Can't get enough of...

THE GEEKS SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH: FRIGHT FIGHT

I’m starting to think that there are just too many conventions. Ohio, especially, has eleven dozen of them. The highly enjoyable MidOhio Con kicked off...

THE GEEKS SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH: FRIGHT FIGHT

Anyway. Saturday was rife with complaints (long before the “porn at the hot tub incident”). There were guests and paying customers who were grumbling...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “EL TOPO”

BOOTLEG FILES 028: "El Topo" (1970 avant-garde Mexican Western that launched the midnight movie craze). LAST SEEN: We cannot confirm the last official...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: ALICE, SWEET ALICE

The plane began its ascent into the heavens. I, of course, was gripping whatever I could get my hands on as I tried to maintain a semblance of calm. My...

ENTER THE DEN OF SIN: THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT ARGENTO

After a short break and some comments regarding our new entrance carpet (it's bright blue and has movie reels and popcorn all over it, very late '80's...

MILK CARTON CINEMA: “KRIPPENDORF’S TRIBE”

Premising the Mark If you were like most and did not see this film just looking at the movie poster of Richard Dreyfus in full native garb is sufficient...

TALKING PICTURES: DEATH & TEXAS

Scott Gerber is a full-time, real-life singing cowboy. The colorful focus of Bonnie Burt and Judith Montel’s recent short documentary "Song of a Jewish...

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