Episode 289 · Film year 1989
Sonny Boy (1989)
- Special Guests
- Robert Martin Carroll, Graeme Whifler, Michael Boston
- Guest Co-Hosts
- Maitland McDonagh, Mike Malloy
Show notes
Produced by Ovidio Assonitis, Sonny Boy 1989 stars David Carradine and Paul L. Smith as Pearl and Slue, two desert-dwellers who end up "adopting" Sonny Boy (Michael Boston). Slue turns his boy into a feral killing machine in something of a Frankenstein tale.
Screenwriter Graeme Whifler, director Robert Martin Carroll, and star Michael Boston share the history of this fascinating film.
Mike Malloy, author of the upcoming David Carradine: The Lost Auteur, and Maitland McDonagh join Mike White in discussing Sonny Boy.
Screenwriter Graeme Whifler, director Robert Martin Carroll, and star Michael Boston share the history of this fascinating film.
Mike Malloy, author of the upcoming David Carradine: The Lost Auteur, and Maitland McDonagh join Mike White in discussing Sonny Boy.
Labels: Brad Dourif David Carridine Graeme Whifler Maitland McDonagh Michael Boston Mike Malloy Ovidio Assonitis Paul L Smith Robert Martin Carroll
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Music credits
- Soundtrack - Carlo Maria Cordio
- "Dueling Banjos" - Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell
- "Midnight Cowboy" - John Barry
- "Road to Mandalay" - Jerry Colonna
- "Midnight Cowboy" - Faith No More
- "Hello Skinny" - The Residents
- "Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night?" - Johnny Copeland
- "Maybe It Ain't" - David Carradine
Links & resources
- Buy Sonny Boy on Blu-ray (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Little Boy Blue on DVD (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Deadly End on DVD (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Icky Flix on DVD (opens in a new tab)
- Keep up with David Carradine: The Lost Auteur by Mike Malloy (opens in a new tab)
- Learn more about Mike Malloys's Plastic Movies Rewound (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Mike Malloy's Eurocrime on DVD (opens in a new tab)
- Buy books by Maitland McDonagh (opens in a new tab)
- Learn more about The Cinematic Spectacles of Ovidio G. Assonitis on Mondo Digital (opens in a new tab)
- Support The Projection Booth on Patreon (opens in a new tab)
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Comments (1)
Anonymous Another great episode of the Projection Booth. I thoroughly enjoyed learning about the creation of such a singular film. My introduction to Sonny Boy was an airing by TCM Underground almost eight years ago now. It succeeds in creating a unique cinematic world, something that films with much bigger budgets frequently fail to accomplish. Of all the strange films I introduced to my ex-girlfriend, this is the one she brought up when I asked her about the weirdest thing she ever watched with me. Pearl's defense of Sonny Boy at the end of film left quite an impression on her.