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Post by TV's Cowboy on Jul 3, 2014 11:33:31 GMT -5
And I thought the various video covers showing off Demi Moore as the star of this movie were but this one takes the cake. Sure she's the only actor in the movie who's shown on the cover but this one takes it up a notch.  Yeah they put a picture of Bruce Lee on the front and it takes up the majority of the box. Unless maybe the person putting this box together mistook Lee Van Cleef for him. |
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Post by Cubey on Jul 30, 2014 2:51:25 GMT -5
It's a cheap VHS tape.. what do you expect? haha.
I like how it puts two more known star names at the top (Demi Moore & Lee Van Cleef) and poor Timothy Van Patten gets his name cut down to "Tim" and gets put in third place.
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Post by Mike Flugennock on Jul 31, 2014 9:23:24 GMT -5
It's a cheap VHS tape.. what do you expect? haha. I like how it puts two more known star names at the top (Demi Moore & Lee Van Cleef) and poor Timothy Van Patten gets his name cut down to "Tim" and gets put in third place. Yeah, kinda like the "Jimmy Smits" thing. As I recall, that riff was based on a radio commercial for a movie back in the '80s; all the stars are listed normally, but apparently, at the last minute, the commercial was changed to add the name of actor Jimmy Smits to the list, but the end of the commercial was the only place they had room to tag it on. So, at the end of the commercial, you hear an announcer's voice quietly interjecting "Jimmy Smits" -- not "featuring Jimmy Smits" or "special appearance by Jimmy Smits", just "Jimmy Smits". I also seem to recall Demi Moore appearing in this stinkburger before she became a big star; this direct-to-video dung heap was obviously re-released after she first became huge in the '80s. This is the only movie I've ever seen her in. I wasn't impressed. She's a stiff. |
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Post by Torgo on Jul 31, 2014 20:31:57 GMT -5
BRUCE LEE VAN CLEEF IN MASTER NINJA!
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Post by crowschmo on Jul 31, 2014 21:25:06 GMT -5
Explosive Martial Arts Action!
*snorts a laugh*
Hi! I'm Max Keller!
Your $3 down the toilet.
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Post by crispyglennmanning on Aug 1, 2014 22:18:19 GMT -5
It's a cheap VHS tape.. what do you expect? haha. I like how it puts two more known star names at the top (Demi Moore & Lee Van Cleef) and poor Timothy Van Patten gets his name cut down to "Tim" and gets put in third place. Yeah, kinda like the "Jimmy Smits" thing. As I recall, that riff was based on a radio commercial for a movie back in the '80s; all the stars are listed normally, but apparently, at the last minute, the commercial was changed to add the name of actor Jimmy Smits to the list, but the end of the commercial was the only place they had room to tag it on. So, at the end of the commercial, you hear an announcer's voice quietly interjecting "Jimmy Smits" -- not "featuring Jimmy Smits" or "special appearance by Jimmy Smits", just "Jimmy Smits". Regarding the Jimmy Smits thing... The movie was the Blake Edwards film "Switch" and it was TV as well as radio ads that featured the abrupt "Jimmy Smits" mention. As I've heard it, Mr. Smits demanded that he not be referred to as "also starring" or "featuring" or anything that would indicate that he wasn't one of the leading stars of the film, so they just....plugged his name in. |
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Post by Mike Flugennock on Aug 3, 2014 12:06:06 GMT -5
Yeah, kinda like the "Jimmy Smits" thing. As I recall, that riff was based on a radio commercial for a movie back in the '80s; all the stars are listed normally, but apparently, at the last minute, the commercial was changed to add the name of actor Jimmy Smits to the list, but the end of the commercial was the only place they had room to tag it on. So, at the end of the commercial, you hear an announcer's voice quietly interjecting "Jimmy Smits" -- not "featuring Jimmy Smits" or "special appearance by Jimmy Smits", just "Jimmy Smits". Regarding the Jimmy Smits thing... The movie was the Blake Edwards film "Switch" and it was TV as well as radio ads that featured the abrupt "Jimmy Smits" mention. As I've heard it, Mr. Smits demanded that he not be referred to as "also starring" or "featuring" or anything that would indicate that he wasn't one of the leading stars of the film, so they just....plugged his name in. Thanks for filling in the details on that. That, then, would be the origin of the running riff where, when anyone in the movie says "switch", Joike or one of the Bots will quickly interject "Jimmy Smits". |
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Post by crawlinghand on Aug 5, 2014 16:25:56 GMT -5
Seriously though, it is 20% off! And for just a little whiff of Bruce Lee on the cover, this movie HAS to be worth the admission price. |
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Post by kansas on Aug 14, 2014 16:32:05 GMT -5
I was at a used book store several weeks ago and saw a VHS of "Mitchell". The cover art (obviously not a photo) showed Joe Don Baker and Linda Evans dangling from the bottom of a helicopter as it flew over downtown LA. Apparently none of the actual scenes from the movie were considered exciting enough to get anyone to buy it.
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Post by RedTom on Aug 31, 2014 20:49:29 GMT -5
Good God! This is worse than Final Sacrifice's video cover with the extremely horrible rendition of the character painting.
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