ROBERT BERRY'S
WEIRD MOVIE STUFF #15


(contains GODFATHER III spoiler, but read it anyway, it's no REAL surprise)

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***** WEIRD MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY *****
"Pa would have hocked the tool kit to buy Emmett that guitar!"
                        Ma Otter, EMMETT OTTER'S JUG BAND CHRISTMAS

***** WEIRD MOVIE FACTS FOR YOUR READIN' PLEASURE *****

  • Al Pacino was reportedly only paid $35,000 for his work on the first GODFATHER film. In comparison, Gary Coleman was getting more than this for his weekly appearances on the TV show "Diff'rent Strokes".

  • Notice how in Godfather I, Brando's Vito Corleone has a heart attack with a piece of orange in his mouth, while as GODFATHER III's epilogue closes, Pacino's Michael Corleone falls off his chair, dropping an orange himself. What is the significance, covert product placement by Anita Bryant, perhaps?

  • Spike Lee cast then unknown Rosie Perez in his film DO THE RIGHT THING after seeing how great she looked and danced at a club. Larry Fishburne was approached to play Radio Raheem, but refused the part.

  • Blame the sequel (Hell, I like 'em as long as there ain't kids playing hockey in 'em) on Rudloph Valentino, who's SON OF THE SHEIK (1921) was the first, following up the previous year's hit THE SHEIK. Valentino's funeral was among the largest attended ever.

  • Christopher Walken's character "Max Schreck" in BATMAN RETURNS is named in homage to the star of the original NOSFERATU (which has some of the creepiest scenes ever filmed, BTW). Also catch Paul "Pee-Wee Herman" Reubens as The Penguin's dad in the opening sequence of the film. 


    *WEIRD WEBSTUFF  Check this space out each issue for cool Weird Movie
                 Stuff Related Websites.  Feel free to pass along any
                 recommendations you have.

MARK'S GODZILLA PAGE:
                http://www.ama.caltech.edu/users/mrm/godzilla.html
This is the ultimate page on Godzilla.  Gobs and Gobs o' cool pictures
and a complete filmography on one of filmdoms biggest stars.  There's
so much Godzilla stuff here, it's scary!!!

KUBRICK ON THE WEB:
                http://www.automatrix.com/~bak/kubrick/kubrick.html
Very cool Stanley Kubrick info.  See the latest dirt on the supposed
Cruise/Kidman romance movie, and AI, as well.  The Kubric FAQ on this
page is disgustingly complete.

CASINO Home Page
                http://www.mca.com/universal_pictures/casino
Check out all the studio hype on this great film.


DAVID CRONENBERG Home Page
                http://www.geopages.com/Hollywood/2551/cronen.html
Find out the latest on what's up with Mr. Cronenberg, director of one
of history's greatest films, THEY CAME FROM WITHIN, about little leech
thingies, that crawl inside you and make you so horny, that you spread
it to others during wild sex.  Don't miss it!

THE PAGE AT POOH CORNER
                http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jmilne/pooh.html
Lots of great information on everybody's pal, Winnie the Pooh.  Lots of
good information about AA Milne, and the behind the scenes creation
of the bear named Pooh.

"PEECHY KEEN" THE DAVID LYNCH PAGE
                http://web.city.ac.uk/~cb157/Dave.html
Just what is that crazy fella up to these days?  Find out here!!!
By the way, that gum you used to chew is coming back in style again.

VODKA ORDERPAGE
                http://www.owl.net/OWLspace/spirits/type-lists/vodka-html
Everybody's favorite movie beverage.  Order fine vodkas from around the
world to make that viewing of SHOWGIRLS on video a little more bearable.

    *WEIRD CHRISTMAS REVIEWS

    A YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS (@$12.99 SUNCOAST MOTION PICTURE CO/MUSICLAND) Boy, you can't beat these Rankin-Bass puppet specials for cool Christmastime fun. This one is one of the least-played on TV, and in my opinion, the best of them all. Santa's pretty sick, and he decides to take Christmas off this year so he can recover. Mrs. Claus (with the voice of Shirley "Hazel" Booth, decides to put her two elves to work to make sure the children around the world aren't let down. Along the way, though, they run in to the mean Mr. Heatmeiser and Mr. Coldmeiser, who sing some of the coolest songs around.


    Thanks for reading the latest issue of ROBERT BERRY'S WEIRD MOVIE STUFF. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please send them to Robert A. Berry at 4019149@mcimail.com.

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