Episode 731: Fatal Beauty (1987)

Special Guests: Bill Svanoe, Tom Holland
Guest Co-Hosts: Kevin Lehane, Rob St. Mary

#Whoopbruary keeps the action rolling with Fatal Beauty (1987), a hard-hitting crime thriller starring Whoopi Goldberg as tough-talking detective Rita Rizzoli. Directed by Tom Holland and based on a script by Bill Svanoe, the film follows Rizzoli as she battles to keep a deadly designer drug off the streets. Co-hosts Rob St. Mary and Kevin Lehane join the discussion, and we’ve got exclusive interviews with writer Bill Svanoe and director Tom Holland to break down the film’s mix of action, comedy, and social commentary.

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Links:
Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me by Whoopi Goldberg
Buy Fatal Beauty on Blu-Ray

Music:
"Criminal (Theme From Fatal Beauty)" - Shannon
"Sin City" - War

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Mike White May: Underseen Milos Forman Films

Chris Stachiw made the mistake of continuing the Kulturecast tradition of allowing Mike to program a full month of movies for his show. For 2023, Mike chose to look at four films directed by Milos Forman that he had never seen -- Black Peter, Taking Off, Valmont, Goya's Ghosts -- along with one of his favorites, Ragtime.


Black Peter:

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Taking Off:

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Valmont:

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Goya's Ghosts:

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Ragtime:

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Episode 588: Wise Blood (1979)

Special Guests: Jean W. Cash, Michael Fitzgerald, Dan Shor, Amy Wright
Guest Co-Hosts: Maitland McDonagh, Philip Marinello

Maitland McDonagh and Philip Marinello join Mike to discuss the 1979 film from John Huston, Wise Blood. Based on the book by Flahnery O’Connor, the film stars Brad Dourif as Hazel Motes, a veteran who goes to the big city and decides to become a street preacher and he’s not out to make a quick buck though everyone else around him does.

Interviews on this episode include Prof. Jean W. Cash (author of Flahnery O'Connor: A Life), writer/producer Michael Fitzgerald, actor Dan Shor, and actress Amy Wright.

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Links:
Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy Wise Blood on Blu-Ray
Buy American Masters: Flannery on DVD

Music:
Wise Blood Soundtrack - Alex North

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Episode 289: Sonny Boy (1989)

Special Guests: Robert Martin Carroll, Graeme Whifler, Michael Boston
Guest Co-Hosts: Maitland McDonagh, Mike Malloy

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.

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Links:
Buy Sonny Boy on Blu-Ray
Buy Little Boy Blue on DVD
Buy Deadly End on DVD
Buy Icky Flix on DVD
Keep up with David Carradine: The Lost Auteur by Mike Malloy
Learn more about Mike Malloys's Plastic Movies Rewound
Buy Mike Malloy's Eurocrime on DVD
Buy books by Maitland McDonagh
Learn more about The Cinematic Spectacles of Ovidio G. Assonitis on Mondo Digital
Support The Projection Booth on Patreon

Music:
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

Watch:

PLASTIC MOVIES REWOUND sizzle reel from Mike Malloy on Vimeo.