Episode 581: The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

Guest Co-Hosts: Emily Intravia, John Atom

We continue Sci-Fi July with a look at Jack Arnold’s The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957). Based on the book by, and adapted by, Richard Matheson, the film tells the story of Scott Carey (Grant Williams), a man who goes through a mysterious fog bank on the ocean only to find that it’s caused his body to inexplicably shrink.

John Atom and Emily Intravia join Mike to discuss the film and its 1981 remake, The Incredible Shrinking Woman.

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Links:
Become a supporter of The Projection Booth
Buy The Incredible Shrinking Man on Blu-Ray
Buy The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson
Buy The Incredible Shrinking Woman on BLu-Ray
Hear Mike talk about Safe and The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Read about the Nebula awards ballot controversy
Visit the Feminine Critique podcast
Visit the Heroic Purgatory podcast

Music:
"Five Foot One" - Iggy Pop
"Galaxy Glue" - Linda November

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Episode 422: The Omega Man (1971)

Special Guests: Joyce Hooper Corrington, Mark Protosevich
Guest Co-Hosts: Andrew Nette, Maurice Bursztynski

Boris Sagal's The Omega Man (1971) stars Charlton Heston as Robert Neville — possibly the last man on earth after a plague which has killed the majority of the population, leaving pockets of albino mutants who can’t stand the sun. They're known as The Family and lead by the one and only Anthony Zerbe as Matthias. They've vowed to kill Neville if it’s the last thing they do...

Maurice Bursztynski and Andrew Nette join Mike to discuss The Omega Man as well as the two other filmed adaptations of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend.

Joyce Hooper Corrington (The Omega Man) and Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend) discuss adapting Matheson's work for the screen.

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Links:
Buy The Omega Man on Blu-Ray
Buy The Last Man on Earth on DVD
Buy I Am Legend on Blu-Ray
Buy Richard Matheson's I Am Legend Screenplay (Censored and Unproduced) by Richard Matheson (and Mark Dawidziak)
Read Looking back at The Last Man On Earth by Ryan Lambie
Read The Last Man on Earth: Drama of a Lifeless Ordinary by Steve Johnson
Read An Apple Store Employee Has Written the Follow-up to I Am Legend by Don Kaye
Read I Am Legend by John Logan
Read The Legend of I Am Legend by David Konow
Read The Best Films Never Made: Ridley Scott's I Am Legend by David Brake

Music:
"I Am Legend" - White Zombie
"The Omega Man" - Cash McCall

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Introducing: The Kolchak Tapes

Kicking off a new podcast series, The Kolchak Tapes, Kulture Shock's Chris Stachiw and The Projection Booth's Mike White discuss The Night Stalker and the character of Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin).

Reporter Carl Kolchak's first reported encounter with the supernatural, The Night Stalker, was broadcast on January 11, 1972 to jaw-dropping ratings.

Based on a book by Jeff Rice and adapted by Richard Matheson (I Am Legend), the made-for-TV movie was produced by Dan Curtis (Dark Shadows) and directed by John Llewellyn Moxey.

Special Guest: Professor Mark Dawidziak, author of The Night Stalker: A 25th Anniversary Tribute.

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Links:
Buy The Kolchak Papers by Jeff Rice
Buy The Night Stalker / The Night Strangler on DVD
Visit Mark Dawidziak's blog
Buy Mark Dawidziak's Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Twilight Zone: A Fifth-Dimension Guide to Life
Visit The Kolchak Tapes Facebook page
Subscribe to The Kolchak Tapes on iTunes

Music:
Music by John Walker, Robert Cobert, Gil Milles

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