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Bob Hope’s Vile Sodomite Agenda, Right Here!

August 27th, 2007 by Scott Marks

EC will go to great lengths (that includes giving credence to groups of lunatic fringe dwellers) to prove to the world that Bob Hope was a very old, not so funny, violently insane psychopath who utilized the medium of television to interfere with the thought patterns of millions of Americans.

While God Hates F*gs is most assuredly a group comprised of the lowest forms of human waste, they did manage to get one thing right.

Les…

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Travis Bickle’s real-life inspiration set to be paroled

August 27th, 2007 by Scott Marks

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Q: What do austere auteur Robert Bresson, religious founder John Calvin and bungling political assassin Arthur Bremer have in common?

A: They were all prime inspirations for Paul Schrader’s Taxi Driver screenplay. Schrader cites Bremer’s autobiography An Assassins Diary as the well of hatred from which Travis Bickle sprung. For those of you too young to remember, it was Bremer whose bullet permanently put Alabama’s racist governor George Wallace in a wheelchair.

Many were quick to fault Bremer for his miserable marksmanship.

Bremer’s “King Midas touch in reverse” eventually rubbed off on John Hinkley. Hinkley, the man who viewed Taxi Driver as a how-to-pick-up-chicks manual, attempted to gun down Ronald Reagan in order to impress starlet Jodie Foster.

If nothing else, credit Bremer with an assist.

After serving 35 years of a 53 year sentence in a Maryland slammer, Bremer, 57, is set for a December 16 release.

The news comes just one week after the release of a special 2 DVD commemorative collector’s edition of Taxi Driver

Suck on this!

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Jerry Lewis vs. Bob Hope? Raging Debate Settled Once and For All!

August 26th, 2007 by Scott Marks

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Breath Easy, Fellas: Kaye Ballard Gave Up Sex 40 Years Ago!

August 26th, 2007 by Scott Marks

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In a shocking tabloid interview, comediane, singer and star of The Mothers-In-Law, The Love Boat, Baby Geniuses and countless other largely forgettable projects admitted to giving up on sex “35, 40 years ago.”

The bovine loudmouth, out stumping her autobiography, confessed, “It just wasn’t worth the aggravation.”

Damn! Just when I thought I had a shot at her!

Funny Lady Kaye also called Barbra Streisand a “bitch” for not interrupting her dinner to sign autographs for leering fans. After witnessing the incident Kaye noted, “I can’t understand how you can be rude to the people who put you there.” I guess the fans must not have noticed that Kaye Ballard was dining in the same restaurant. Anyone with an ounce of brains would have instantly leapfrogged over a has-been like Streisand to get a napkin signed by the star of Which Way to the Front?

Not only didn’t Ms. Ballard recieve any major awards, she was never once nominated. “(I regret) not having created a Broadway show that was mine,” the 80-year-old Ballard admits, “like Carol Channing’s Hello Dolly…I would have been a bigger star if I had.”

Hey, if the Queen had balls she’d have been the King.

BTW, I think there’s a typo. She meant to say that she gave up “vaginal sex.”

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PARKWAY and VARSITY THEATRE Schedules

August 25th, 2007 by Scott Marks

Since so many friends of cinematreasures.org visited ec’s Parkway Theatre rant, I thought it might be fun to post a complete schedule from it’s last gasp as a Landmark revival house. As an extra bonus feature, I added one from The Varsity, The Parkway’s sister theatre located in Evanston, IL. I can’t believe that I made it all the way through Our Hitler!

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THE RED BALLOON / Albert Lamorisse (1956)

August 25th, 2007 by Scott Marks

Albert Lamorisse’s THE RED BALLOON (1956)

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Directed by: Albert Lamorisse

Written by: Albert Lamorisse

Genres: Family, Fantasy, Short

Cast: Pascal Lamorisse

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

Running Time: 34 min.

This charming short film follows a young boy being tailed by a single red balloon. Shot on location in Paris, this dialogue-free confection stands as a masterful child’s fantasy. Lamorisee gets a better performance out of the balloon than most directors do working with actors. It’s certainly more convincing than anything Harrison Ford’s handed in. A warm, touching experience with a final shot that will leave you with goosebumps. Essential family viewing. Makes a great pre-Curse of the Cat People featurette.

Rating: ★★★★★

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