Oops. Thought for a second you were talking about the singing folk singer
in
"The Creeping Terror" heh
"Jonah Falcon" <jonahnynla@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> a.. Art Nelson convinced several investors that he was making a big
budget
> horror film and appeased them by offering them small parts for the price
of
> a few hundred dollars each, in exchange for a share in the profits.
(This
> explains why so many people are eaten by the creature to allow the
investors
> their moment of glory.) Just before the film's release, Nelson vanished
with
> a few lawsuits hanging over him, and he hasn't been heard from since.
>
>
> a.. Entire film is narrated because, while filming a scene on Lake
Tahoe,
> Nevada, director Art Nelson accidentally knocked the sound recording
> equipment into the lake. There wasn't enough money in the budget to
replace
> it, so Nelson narrated the movie himself in postproduction.
>
> (My entries in the IMDB.)
>
> Jonah Falcon
> "Dennis Kuhn" <doctor9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> > "Lane Meyer" <LMeyer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:<bunm23$juvg2$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>...
> > > Anyone remember the first scene with the kids kissing at the start
of
> > > "Manos"? There's a song playing on the car radio, and Crow says
"Ugh,
> sounds
> > > like Jerry Reed!". But it actually sounds like Michael Nesmith of
the
> > > Monkees singing. I know he's from Texas, and the Monkees hadn't
started
> when
> > > Manos was made.....do ya think?
> > >
> > > I don't know, random thought.
> >
> >
> > Just got the Un-MSTed Manos from Amazon yesterday night,
> > coincidentally. (Late Christmas present from the wife. Gotta love
> > her!)
> >
> > Haven't had a chance to play the whole thing, but if memory serves,
> > ALL of the source (car radio) music sounded like it was performed by
> > the group that did the so-called musical score for the movie,
> > including that ****rley Bassey soundalike.
> >
> > I'll have to listen carefully to see what I can discover.
> >
> > I can say this so far: the picture quality of the DVD is not any
> > better than what anyone saw on MST3K. There are even distortion lines
> > at the bottom of the picture, indicating the VHS source tape was
> > either wonky, or they were using cheap grade hardware to capture the
> > video.
> >
> > Dennis
>
>
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