Moon scoops best film and jones best debut director at british independent film awards. It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title. I hadnt even seen within the woods, until recently, since about 1978. Meanwhile, strange and macabre things are happening to. David bowies son duncan jones wins two bifas for directorial debut. A thriller feature film by awardwinning production company savage beast films. Four mental patients who, due to unauthorized experiments, believe theyre living in a dream and have shed all moral imperatives escape and find their way to the nearest busload of stranded schoolgirls. The transformation of jim carrey from wild, scarcely controlled comedian to outstanding screen actor was confirmed with his impersonation of andy kaufman in this excellent biopic. Above you can see our calendar of moon phases for october 1978. John cameron august 31, 1958 detroit, michigan, usa.
How do you go about casting a threelegged dog in a movie. Scott spiegel born december 24, 1957 is an american screenwriter, film director, producer and actor. He is best known for cowriting the screenplay for the movie evil dead ii with longtime friend, film director sam raimi, with whom he attended wylie e. Sugar for sugar scarlett johansson born november 22, 1984 in new york is an american film actress and singer. To the moon productions documentary production company. The main issue i see is that theyd have to find actors with the skills to convey it correctly, and perhaps the ability to relate to their character, which would be very difficult. Le orme is a 1975 italian film starring florinda bolkan and klaus kinski plot. After the completion of the third spiderman film, he planned on producing two more sequels. The film was released in the autumn of 1978 with the charlton hestonjames coburn film the last hard men as a support feature, killers moon also played in some cinemas as a supporting feature to the 1977 william devane film rolling thunder. The story has the potential to be a brilliant film and the music is already amazing. Filmography of bruce campbell includes topgrossing films like the evil dead, evil dead ii. Raimi drew inspiration from his earlier short film clockwork, deciding to produce a prototype horror film to help build the interest of potential investors. Full moon high is a 1981 horror comedy film written and directed by larry cohen.
Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. With bruce campbell, ellen sandweiss, sam raimi, john cameron. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. I was never asked to work on johns film shemp eats the moon. Its a strange insight into the ultimately tragic life of an extraordinary man, best known to british audiences as the. During the early parts of raimis career, he directed films that were mostly classified as comedies, such as booby bartenders, shemp eats the moon and the great bogus monkey pignut swindle. Scott and john cameron refused to work on holding it, then later also refused to work on the evil dead. The film is about a teenager who goes on a trip to transylvania with his father and gets bitten by a werewolf. Starring anthony forrest, tom marshall, david jackson, georgina kean, nigel gregory, jane hayden, alison elliot and joanne good. Killers moon forges a unique personality through shameless exploitation. Acting in a film behind the scenes of she challenged.
A manager is sent to vacation by his doctor due to symptoms of stress. Several of the special effects presented in the film were done in a severely low budget. It looks like we dont have any plot summaries for this title yet. The film follows sam bell sam rockwell, a man who experiences a personal crisis as he nears the end of a threeyear solitary stint mining helium3 on the far side of the moon. The rapidly declining fortunes of british horror in the latter half of the 1970s resulted in some very peculiar films, but few can. Shemp eats the moon 1978 writer sam raimi early shorts 1985 writer shemp eats the moon 1978 second unit director or assistant director. A transgender woman tries to salvage something from the wreckage love has made of her life by confronting her anguished past, hoping to find ultimate acceptance among quondam acquaintances and herself. Killers moon is pretty far from being psychological, though, since its mostly schlockfilled junk that impacts more on a physical level. All while moderately ripping off a film that should have been fully ripped off much more during the late 70s and early 80s. Alice cespi florinda bolkan begins to see her life fall apart due to strange memories from childhood when she was forced to watch a film called footprints on the moon involving an unethical experiment in leaving astronauts. Below you can find dates and hours of all moon phases in 1978. Bill kirk came and went, playing small roles in many of the films, then the lead in holding it. With volker spengler, ingrid caven, gottfried john, elisabeth trissenaar. Completed piecemeal over four years, the film initial obtained notoriety in britain where it became the bestselling video of 1983, defeating out the glowing.
Killers moon is a sleazy and grim knockoff of a clockwork orange, while this could have been an interesting lowbudget british, genre film, it completely lost me by the halfway point and i was left seething with rage for the final twenty minutes there was an interesting foundation, with four men escaping from a mental institution after receiving experimental therapy, the men are under. Following five circus acts from around the world to the academy awards of circus competitions, the monte carlo circus festival, the film reveals the behind the scenes life, history, and culture of circus on an international scale as never done before. A coach full of schoolgirls breaks down in the lake district, forcing the girls to take shelter for the night in a remote hotel. While its nothing that would make a seasoned horror. New moon waxing moon, half moon full moon waning moon. During that time, he also shot the 7minute short film clockwork 1978, starring scott spiegel. Completed piecemeal over four years, the film 1st obtained notoriety in britain where it became the bestselling video of 1983, defeating out the glowing 1980. Killers moon is a 1978 british horror film written and directed by alan birkinshaw, with uncredited dialogue written by his novelist sister, fay weldon. Lyndsy fonseca, michael doneger, tommy dewey, rachel resheff. This burning question and many, many more are answered in the special edition of killers moon, perhaps the least likely film to get the special edition bluray treatment since the formats inception.
The film was shot on a huge old auriconi with an electric motor that had to be plugged into the wall unfortunately, i was technically overwhelmed. Made ageless, he attempts to put his life back together a couple of decades later by enrolling in high school. Killers moon 1978 its not often that im lost for words, but killers moon has that effect on me. Ceskoslovenska filmova databaze 20012020 pomo media group s. With anthony forrest, tom marshall, georgina kean, alison elliott. Though killers moon is certainly full of screams, shocks and gushing blood, 92 minutes worth of audience attention may be a bit too much to ask for. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the plot summary submission guide.
Shemp eats the moon 1978 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Several of the special effects presented in the film were done in a severely. Hes an amazing director and its always such pleasure to work with him. This is one of those oddball protoslashers filmed before or at least right around the same time as halloween, though it takes a much more graphic approach than carpenters film. Shemp eats the moon and the great bogus monkey pignut swindle. Times are shown in daylight savings time when necessary and in standard time in the other cases. The name of a current phase, an approximate percent of an illuminated surface of the moon visible from the earth, and moon s age days are also provided. Keep track of the full moon, new moon, first quarter and last quarter moon then view next months major moon phases. A thriller feature film by awardwinning production company savage beast. Its one of those films that you felt could have succumbed to the vagaries of the censors sensibilities, especially because of its depictions of sexual violence. Available worldwide on dvd, itunes, amazon, hulu, etc. Meredith majors is raising funds for harvest moon movie on kickstarter.
Moon is a 2009 science fiction film directed by duncan jones and written by nathan parker from a story by jones. I first saw this film in the early 1980s, in the good old days of precertificated videos. Scott spiegel biowiki, net worth, married 2018 scott spiegel born december 24, 1957 is an american screenwriter, film director, producer and actor. Ironically, it came out in the same year as an american werewolf in london, covering some of the same ground, but from a very different. Killers moon 1978 letterboxd social film discovery. Classic 1978 radio broadcast has circulated for years as a bootleg, and with good reason it captures the band on a great night, with the guitar firepower of joe perry and brad whitford sounding razorsharp, bassist tom hamilton and drummer joey kramer tirelessly pouring out the beat, and steven tyler delivering the. The exact dates for the phases are given in universal time and therefore can differ by a day at the place where you live. Acting in a film behind the scenes of she challenged the moon. Killers moon 1978 horror, crime movie directed by alan.
In october 2006, johansson signed to rhino entertainments atco records. An astronaut miner extracting the precious moon gas that promises to reverse the earths energy crisis nears the end of his threeyear contract, and makes an ominous discovery in this psychological scifi film starring sam rockwell and kevin spacey. Most recently he wrote the introduction to josh beckers the complete guide to. Between new and half, the moon is a crescent, between half and full, it is a gibbous moon.
Its the spice of life illappointed trash meandering through cheap thrills and laughable sincerity and crude balladry. Demin an odd little filmette called shemp eats the moon with bruce campbell as your rival. Ive seen it twice now for the purposes of this site the first time i forgot to take any notes because i couldnt quite believe what i was seeing. Four years before teen wolf and 24 years after i was a teenage werewolf, larry cohen wrote, produced and directed full moon high, a comedic take on what itd be like to be a werewolf in high school.
Moon related films this category includes films that are, in part or whole, set on the moon, or otherwise notably feature the moon as a central part of the story. Raimi drew inspiration from his earlier short film clockwork, deciding to produce a proof of concept horror film to help build the interest of potential investors. Photos of the moon come from nasas goddard space flight center scientific visualization studio. Killers moon is a sleazy and grim knockoff of a clockwork orange, while this could have been an interesting lowbudget british, genre film, it completely lost me by the halfway point and i was left seething with rage for the final twenty minutes.
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