Just wanted to say, Lee, how much I enjoyed your Cinema Retro
interview with Rory Flynn, as I'm a big fan of Errol's and always on the lookout
for new info about him.
Am also much looking forward to the upcoming article on William
Tell that you mentioned. Don't know if you've seen the attached still, but
it's Errol with director Jack Cardiff during the aborted shoot. Feel free to use
it if you'd like.
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Cinema Retro is a regular stop and always the online
highlight of my day!
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Best To You,
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John McElwee
Retro Responds: Thanks, John-- this photo is a new one for me and most welcome for our readers. I confess to being rather ignorant of Flynn's aborted
William Tell film, but I was greatly impressed by writer Tony Earnshaw's article for issue #16, which is due out later this month. Tony interviewed the director Jack Cardiff at the 2002 Bradford International Film Festival and was able to provide many insights from that interview, combined with a wealth of never-before-published stills. Documentary maker Craig McCall is working on a film about the ill-fated
Tell project that is due for release next year. Although we usually stick to covering films of the 60s and 70s, this fascinating story from the 1950s proved to be so fascinating, we couldn't resist. The irony is that the movie could well have marked a major comeback for Flynn, but bad luck and the drying up of the financing spelled doom for the film. (Visit John McElwee's amazing retro movie site
The Green Briar Picture Show) -
Lee Pfeiffer
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Hi Lee,
I thought I would join in the fun and name a couple of movies I would like to see on DVD.
Who Killed Teddy Bear 1965 - Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse
The Uncle 1966 - Bernard Lee
Three Into Two Won't Go 1969 - Rod Steiger, Judy Geeson
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush 1968 - Barry Evans, Judy Geeson
Smashing Time 1967 - Lynn Redgrave, Rita Tushingham
The Trap 1966 - Oliver Reed, Rita Tushingham
Dr Bloods Coffin 1960 - Keiron Moore
Bye for now,
Kevin Wilkinson.
Retro responds: Thanks, Kevin... as the list of worthy unavailable films continues to grow, I'm becoming more depressed!
I have bought your fine magazine since the issue on 1960's Batman with
Adam West and Burt Ward on the cover. I was so glad to see U.N.C.L.E. in
that issue that I have not missed your magazine since.Will you be
featuring anymore Man From U.N.C.L.E. related issues in the up coming
months?
Thanks,
Richard Fisher
Retro responds: We're finally getting to the end of our regular coverage of U.N.C.L.E feature films with How to Steal the World in issue #16. Kudos to our writer Craig Henderson for his amazing job in digging up such intriguing facts behind these modestly budgeted films. I can't imagine any other magazine on earth would have given these movies the Lawrence of Arabia treatment that Cinema Retro did. U.N.C.L.E. coverage is so popular we can guarantee you'll be finding other articles about the show in the future. In fact, issue #17 will report on our recent reunion of Robert Vaughn and David McCallum at the Players Club. - Lee Pfeiffer
Hi Lee
I just noticed that the new DVD of Polanski's "Chinatown"
is already out of print! I remembered you linked to an excellent article on it. It's a bit strange isn't it? I wonder if it's a little copyright infringement on an extra feature or something more sinister.
Hope all's well and keep up the good work!
Chris
Retro responds: Very strange, Chris...generally these things happen due to one of two conditions: either the entire print run sold out quickly (a la Disney's The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh) or there has been a legal problem. We'll contact Paramount and see if we can get to the bottom of it.
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Hi Lee: I greatly enjoy the magazine, website and own your
John Wayne and 007 books.I got a chuckle out of your posting earlier this week about
a proposed movie version of the board game Risk and how that’s an example
of a creatively bankrupt Hollywood.Here’s another one. I just saw the teaser trailer for
the “Clash of the Titans†remake (due next year) and what’s
the tagline they use in the trailer?
“Titans Will Clashâ€
Well, duh! Did someone in the Warner Bros. marketing department
actually get paid to come up with that? The mind boggles. Anyway, I check the site every day and always look forward
to it. Thanks for all your hard work.
Kevin
Retro responds: Kevin, it doesn't surprise me. Trailers have become so basic and uninspired. They are even cut identically. Ever notice how every one seems to end...only to have the "surprise" sting-in-the-tail final few seconds come on, usually with one of the characters either making a wisecrack or saying something ominous...As for the tag line "Titans Will Clash", it reminds me of the ad campaign for Optimum, one of the biggest cable TV companies in America. Their inspired tagline: "It's either Optimum or it's not!" This is blared day and night on all their ads...to what effect? It doesn't denote why not being Optimum is any less favorable than being Optimum. -Lee Pfeiffer