Showing posts with label Menahem Golan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Menahem Golan. Show all posts

April 18, 2019

Episode 412: The Passover Plot (1976)

Guest Co-Hosts: Spencer Parsons, Chris Bricklemyer

Just in time for Easter, we get passionate about a film with a very inflammatory title, The Passover Plot (1976). Directed by Michael Campus (The Mack, Z.P.G.), the film is loosely based upon the controversial book by . It stars Zalman King as Jesus, Scott Wilson as Judas, and Donald Pleasence as Pontius Pilate, and co-produced by Menahem Golan.

Spencer Parsons and Chris Bricklemyer join Mike to discuss various passion plays, Jens Jørgen Thorsen's The Return (AKA Jesus vender tilbage), and more.

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Links:
Download The Passover Plot
Buy The Passover Plot on DVDr
Buy The Passover Plot by Hugh J. Schonfield
Visit the official Bart D. Ehrman website
Buy Screen Jesus: Portrayals of Christ in Television and Film by Peter Malone

Music:
"Heaven On Your Minds" - Terry Wallace And His Interstellar Moog Sounds
"King Herod's Song" - Christo Graham
"Superstar" - Minoru Terada

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May 6, 2017

Special Report: Stories from the Trenches, The Official Sam Firstenberg Book

Special Guests: Marco Siedelmann, Sam Firstenberg

On a special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks to author Marco Siedlmann about his book, Stories From The Trenches: Adventures in Making High Octane Hollywood Movies with Cannon Veteran Sam Firstenberg as well as the subject of the book himself, Sam Firstenberg, the director of films such as American Ninja, American Samurai, Cyborg Cop, and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.

Links:
Buy Stories From The Trenches: Adventures in Making High Octane Hollywood Movies with Cannon Veteran Sam Firstenberg
More about The Untold, In-Depth, Outrageously True Story of Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment
Read about other books by Marco Siedelmann

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Music:
"Electric Boogaloo" - Ollie and Jerry
"American Ninja" - Michael Linn
"Stylin' Profilin'" - Firefox

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December 20, 2016

Episode 302: Lemon Popsicle (1978)

Special Guests: Boaz Davidson, Zachi Noy, Diane Franklin
Guest Co-Hosts: Oren Shai, Heather Drain

Lemon Popsicle (AKA Eskimo Limon AKA Going All the Way AKA אסקימו לימון‎‎) is a heartfelt 1978 coming-of-age sex comedy written and directed by Boaz Davidson and produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.

Mike talks with writer/director Boaz Davidson, star Zachi Noy, and star of the Lemon Popsicle remake, Last American Virgin, Diane Franklin.

Oren Shai and Heather Drain join Mike to discuss the original film, the American remake, and the 8(!) other films in the series.

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Links:
Find Lemon Posicle on DVD
Buy Last American Virgin on DVD
Buy Diane Franklin:The Excellent Adventures of the Last American, French-Exchange Babe of the 80s by Diane Franklin
Buy The Lemon Popsicle Book by Roy Mitchell and Paul Sutton
Follow Diane Franklin on Twitter
Visit the Diane Franklin website
Visit the Lemon Posicle Fan Site
Visit Oren Shai's website
Visit Heather Drain's website
Read How to Stuff a Lemon Popsicle by Oren Shai
Hear the interview with Oren Shai and Webb Wilcoxen about The Frontier

Music:
"Green Fields" - The Brothers Four
"Happy-Go-Lucky-Me" - Paul Evans
"Are You Ready For The Sex Girls" - Gleaming Spires
"Brick" - Ben Folds Five

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January 18, 2012

Episode 46: The Apple (1980)

Special Guests: Menahem Golan, Coby Recht, Iris Yotvat, Joss Ackland, George S. Clinton, Catherine Mary Stewart
Guest Co-Host: Eric Bresler, Dan Tabor


Time to break out your BIM marks... we're talking about The Apple, the oft-maligned musical that combines Genesis, Revelation, and a little Faust which takes place in the distance future... 1994. See how the world will really look like.

Co-hosts this week are Eric Bresler from Cinedelphia and Dan Tabor of Geekadelphia. There's a whole lot of delphia going on.

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Links:
Read Judge Crabb's opinion on Recht Vs. MGM
Get Coby Recht's new CD
Iris Yotvat's Official Website
Cathrine Mary Stewart's Facebook Fan Page
Read Nigel Lithgoe's memories of the film
Read Joss Ackland's autobiography
Buy The Apple on DVD
Download The Apple Soundtrack
Read about another cut of The Apple
Listen to the Good Bad Flicks episode on The Apple
Read Jim Donahue's thoughts on The Apple

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