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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE JAZZ SINGER”

By | November 2003

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, Jerry Lewis makes a stinky…

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE JAZZ SINGER”

Bootleg Files 010: "The Jazz Singer" (Inane 1959 telecast with Jerry Lewis playing the role made famous by Al Jolson -- and playing it as a straight...

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE JAZZ SINGER”

For years, bootleg video fanatics have been searching for a phantom videotape of the never-released 1972 Jerry Lewis atrocity "The Day the Clown Cried." ...

TALKING PICTURES: BOAT SHOW

“I love the way the movie opens,” says author and Ship Lit authority Dean King, talking about the new epic film Master & Commander: The Far Side of the...

FOOTAGE FETISHES: “THE WARRIORS”

“You look like you might even like it.” The first obstacle the Warriors encounter on the long trek home are the Turnbull A.C.s: skinheaded toughs who...

FOOTAGE FETISHES: “THE WARRIORS”

“Can you dig it?” As any fan of speculative cinema knows, the future depicted in movies rarely turns out the way it’s shown on screen (I’m not...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: “KILL BILL” IS AMERICA

When Kill Bill Vol. 1 was released there was some controversy generated by the amount of violence in the film. Granted, the movie's mayhem is so over the...

FILM THREAT’S FRIGID 50: THE COLDEST PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD 2003

Power. It's all about perception. But perception is everything in Tinseltown. Hollywood runs on hot air fueled by publicists and the media, which is why...

FILM THREAT’S FRIGID 50: THE COLDEST PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD 2003 (1-10)

1. JACK VALENTI Must every failure in Hollywood be elected to run something? Valenti’s ban on screeners is the equivalent of rigging the game in an...

FILM THREAT’S FRIGID 50: THE COLDEST PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD 2003 (11-20)

11. THE ACADEMY When the MPAA threatened to ban award season screeners across the board, Oscar voters were as vocal as any organization. When a...

FILM THREAT’S FRIGID 50: THE COLDEST PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD 2003 (21-30)

21. M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN & THE BIG SURPRISE TWIST Okay, The Sixth Sense was a good time, but the whole surprise twist thing has gotten totally out of hand...

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