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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY”

By | October 2003

The granddaddy of the all-star disaster movie was William A. Wellman’s 1954 “The High and the Mighty,” in which an evening’s trans-Pacific…

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY”

The granddaddy of the all-star disaster movie was William A. Wellman's 1954 "The High and the Mighty," in which an evening's trans-Pacific flight from...

PETE JONES’ “DOUBTING RILEY” DIARY IX

When last we met in PETE JONES' "DOUBTING RILEY" DIARY, Pete was rushing to meet the October 3rd Sundance deadline. So what happened? Why the absence of...

PETE JONES’ “DOUBTING RILEY” DIARY IX (part 2)

Before I get to the nonstop editing for the October 3rd Sundance deadline, the craziest thing also happened to me while editing last week. My editor Gregg...

OUR MAN BEHIND THE REMOTE RETURNS

Still can't decide what to watch on the old boob tube? Paul Goebel, the TV Geek, is back to offer his helping hand. So grab that remote and let's get...

“FROG-G-G!”: CAN A GOOD-NATURED FOAM AND LATEX MONSTER FLICK MAKE I

There’s something deeply reassuring about Cody Jarrett’s “Frog-g-g!” In this era of super-realistic special effects and multi-million dollar...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: NAKED NAZIS AND HUNCHBACKED MIDGETS

If your taste in movies is like mine, there's no way a film featuring naked Nazis having all kinds of kinky sex can fail. That very description means it...

“FROG-G-G!”: CAN A GOOD-NATURED FOAM AND LATEX MONSTER FLICK MAKE IT IN TODA

The Frog-g-g! Prints But the “Hollywood connection” most central to the success of “Frog-g-g!” may have been cinematographer David Diano, who...

“FROG-G-G!”: CAN A GOOD-NATURED FOAM AND LATEX MONSTER FLICK MAKE IT IN TODA

“On the Same Lily Pad” Cody Jarrett’s innate enthusiasm appears to have affected every aspect of the production. Actor Todd Malta, who plays the...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE ETERNAL JEW”

BOOTLEG FILES: 005 Film: "The Eternal Jew" (the infamous 1940 Nazi propaganda tract designed to justify the anti-Semitic edicts in occupied Europe). Last...

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE ETERNAL JEW”

The truly remarkable thing about "The Eternal Jew" is that it took so long for the film to be made. Anti-Semitism was a keystone of the Nazi movement, but...

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