An out-of-work drifter (professional wrestling legend ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper) wanders into Los Angeles, looking for work and a place to stay. An idealistic individual, he believes that America is the land of opportunity, so long as you work hard, remain patient and follow the rules. However, our drifter is about to have his illusions shattered,… Continue reading They Live: John Carpenter Shows Us The World As It Really Is
There were more twists and turns in the making of the film of The Guns Of Navarone (1961) than the fertile mind of best-selling author Alistair Maclean could ever have dreamed up. The movie narrowly avoided filming in the middle of a civil war, caused a court martial, the director had to be replaced and star… Continue reading New Book About The Making Of The Guns Of Navarone by Brian Hannan
We are very pleased, thanks to ASC, to share the sentiments of their very first store employee, Dom Harman. Here’s what he had to say about the man of steel: In his book about the film They Live (1988), author Jonathan Lethem talks of preserving sequences of film history making a case for when the… Continue reading It’s a bird… It’s a plane…
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