Special Guests: Benni Korzen, Mike StarrCo-Hosts: Chris Stachiw, Richard Hatem
The Rankin on Bass podcast is still going strong so I wanted to share our most recent episode with Projection Booth listeners:
On episode 21 of the Rankin on Bass podcast we're discussing "Tom" Kotani's The Bushido Blade (1981). Written by William Overgard, it's the fictionalized account of Commodore Perry (Richard Boone) and his crew making a treaty with Japan. The film fractures into essentially three storylines featuring Frank Converse, Timothy Patrick Murphy, and Mike Starr in his first film role.
Interviews include a snippet of an earlier interview with Starr as well as a new interview with producer Benni Korzen who worked on the live action Rankin & Bass pictures going all the way back to The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye.
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Music:
All music by The Great Octopus
Watch:
Chris Stachiw (The Kulturecast), Richard Hatem (Titans, Under Siege 2), and I joined forces to talk about the classic holiday specials from Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass. This will be a short-lived series of five or six episodes over the holidays in 2020, though we might return in 2021...