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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE FOUR MUSICIANS OF BREMEN”

By | May 2006

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 unearths a primitive Disney stinker…

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE FOUR MUSICIANS OF BREMEN”

BOOTLEG FILES 130: "The Four Musicians of Bremen” (1922 cartoon from Walt Disney). LAST SEEN: We cannot confirm the last public screening of this...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: "CHARLEY'S AUNT"

BOOTLEG FILES 129: "Charley’s Aunt” (1957 TV romp with Art Carney and Jeanette MacDonald). LAST SEEN: In its only broadcast, on March 28,...

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What a wild, warped little morsel this is. Like startled beachcombers stumbling onto a bloated whale carcass, viewers of 1976’s “The Witch who came...

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The film quality is spotty to say the least. It’s obvious it was done with a cheap camera. The voice of the man on the screen isn’t disguised. His...

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It was only a matter of time. Blood is finally beginning to seep back into the corners of film again with the gradual revival of splatter movies in...

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I’d become familiar enough with Chinese pop music after some time to finally buy a CD (or Music VCD, as they are commonly packaged) of a group that I...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: "AT LONG LAST LOVE"

BOOTLEG FILES 128: "At Long Last Love” (1975 musical with Burt Reynolds and Cybill Shepherd). LAST SEEN: We cannot confirm the last public...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS

If you’re old enough, you remember when a certain little movie from 1984 called “Beverly Hills Cop” ruled the fucking planet. The soundtrack was...

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