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Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer	Sep 23 2007, 02:41 PM
Balconeer Creeper Posts: 14,178 Group: Members Member #244 Joined: July 6, 2007	My son, his best friend Jake and I arrived at the Belcourt 6 minutes before showtime last night. We were late because I wasn't keeping track of the time very well. We set our seats in the front row and the boys held the fort down while I walked to the pizza parlor for our pie. I returned to the last minutes of a Betty Boop cartoon with Koko The Clown. Betty and Koko were sellin' an elixer that caused all the toons to sing and dance at the end. Hell, I haven't seen Koko for 40 years. The cartoon was followed by a preview for ET stating the film was coming in June 1982. FORBIDDEN PLANET was the Feature Presentation. I've only seen this film once, sometime around 1973 I'd say. I'd also say I didn't care for it back then......but that was then and this ain't!!!! A team of astronauts, lead by Leslie Nielson, are sent to a planet to search for a missing team of astronaunts, lead by Walter Pidgeon. I should say, they were lead by Walter because they were all murdered by a mysterious killer. I like this story alright, along with the sets and the robot. Alot of the dialog was downright hilarious. Anne Fancis was given some short skirts to wear. One scene has Anne sitting with her forearm across her hemline because the skirt is so short. Another scene has her swimmin' in the buff, yet you can see her outfit as she exits the pool. My favorite part has Earl Holliman as the ship's cook. Seems that the robot can mimic organic materials, so Cookie just happens to have a partial pint of Kentucky bourbon. The robot reproduces 60 gallons of the bourbon complete with glass pint bottles, but the funny part has Cookie tasting the robot's brew and as he makes a face as if his guts were on fire he exclaims "Oh, that's smooth!" I'll end up buying this flick, I found it entertaining even with those 1956 special effects. Dessert for the night was NASHVILLE 99, the 1978 TV cop show. The detectives were played by Claude Akins, Jerry Reed and Charlie Pride. Claude plays Stony or Stoney, a hard nosed cop. Jerry Reed plays a cop who's alot like his SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT character and Charlie Pride had about 3 lines of cardboard dialog. This was the 4th and final installment of the short-lived series. Next month the crowd will get to decide which of the 4 episodes will be repeated. I hope it's not the 4th one because it's the only one I've seen. The boys and I had a great time. They liked the movie but laughed at the monster and ray gun special effects of FP. The crowd was about 300 strong. Next up ET.
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