Update on What an Institution!
Posted on March 9, 2020 Leave a Comment
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything on the Police Academy documentary. Got an email update yesterday from the team:
We finally got Steve Guttenberg on board and his 3-hour interview was amazing, but really reshaped the narrative of the doc. We tried to insert him in where he was needed but in the end, we felt we needed to start the edit from scratch. We strongly believe that this was the right decision and now the doc is shaping into something very special. We will have a more detailed update soon!
Team Cult Screenings UK Ltd. – March 8, 2020
So that’s that.
First Look: What An Institution! The Story of Police Academy
Posted on October 7, 2018 Leave a Comment
Hey, you got 10 minutes? That’s about how long this sizzle reel is:
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What An Institution! The Story of Police Academy (2019) Exclusive 10-minute Preview
at YouTube.
What An Institution! The Story of Police Academy is in production now. The team is still collecting interviews, but here’s a list of confirmed participants:
- Paul Maslansky, Executive Producer
- Bobcat Goldthwait, “Zed“
- Michael Winslow, ” Jones“
- Leslie Easterbrook, “Sgt. Callahan“
- Shawn Weatherly, “Karen Adams“
- Marion Ramsey, “Hooks“
- Art Metrano, “Captain Mauser“
- Brant Von Hoffman, “Blankes“
- Peter Van Norden, “Schtulman“
- Tim Kazurinsky, “Sweetchuck“
- Charlie Schlatter, “Connors“
- Matt McCoy, “Nick Lassard“
- Julie Brown, “Chloe“
- G. W. Bailey, “Captain Harris“
- Brian Tochi, “Nogata“
- Donovan Scott, “Leslie Barbara“
- Scott Thomson, “Copeland“
- Lance Kinsey, “Proctor“
- Gregg Berger, “Talinsky“
- Andrew Paris, “Bud Kirkland“
- P. J. Ochlan, “Lester Shane“
- Don Lake, “Mr. Wig“
The film is scheduled for release in 2019. I’ll post updates here from time to time, but if you’re on Facebook, you can follow the project here.
Winona
Posted on August 25, 2018 Leave a Comment
Winona Ryder is back with a new movie, and in New York City two theaters are marking the occasion with events. The Quad is presenting a 16 film retrospective and Alamo Drafthouse is having a 4 film marathon. It seemed fitting to make this the Song Of The Day. Winona is a track from Matthew Sweet‘s 3rd studio album, Girlfriend. The performance presented here was recorded at City Winery in NYC in July, 2014.
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ONE ON ONE: Matthew Sweet – Winona July 18, 2014 City Winery New York at YouTube.
The Truth About Dr. Jekyll
Posted on July 24, 2018 Leave a Comment
The Quad Cinema is showing Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde as part of their Hammer Films retrospective, giving me another excuse to recycle some old material, a clip that was recycling old material to begin with. Back in 2006, I produced a video podcast (before the format had really been established or anyone knew what it was) called Potluck: Substance Over Style. The person I was supposed to interview backed out last minute, so I had to come up with an episode on the fly. I pulled out some old videotape of my mom, a couple of other old tapes and some digitized public domain film and put this together. By the way, my mother has never even seen Tim Burton’s Ed Wood, believe it or not.
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