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Forgotten Films: Bmx Bandits
11 November 2009 10:47 AM, PST
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Forgotten Films [1] is a semi-regular feature on Film Junk where we explore interesting movies that have fallen off the radar or slipped through the cracks over the years.
If you've seen the recent documentary Not Quite Hollywood, about the history of Australian b-movies and exploitation flicks, then you're probably familiar with the name Brian Trenchard-Smith. Trenchard-Smith directed some of the most beloved cult classics from down under including The Man From Hong Kong, Turkey Shoot, and Dead-End Drive In, before eventually going on to helm some of the later installments of the Leprechaun series. To the average person that might not mean much, but for hardcore genre fans, that basically makes him royalty.
Back in the '80s, he also took some time away from the carnage and blood-soaked mayhem to direct a family-friendly film of sorts called Bmx Bandits. The movie has an interesting claim to fame in that
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Film Junk Podcast Episode #234: Extract, Gamer and Halloween II
7 September 2009 11:41 PM, PDT
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0:00 - Intro
2:25 - Jay's Dream Review
12:05 - Headlines: Disney Buys Marvel, Fantastic Four Reboot, Guy Ritchie to Direct Lobo, Bad Boys 3 and Big Momma's House 3, Steve Miner to Direct Halloween 3-D?, YouTube to Start Renting Movies, Summer 2009 Box Office Record, Facebook Movie Casting
25:35 - Review: Extract
43:50 - Review: Gamer
63:40 - Review: Halloween II
85:30 - Review: A Perfect Getaway
1:36:05 - Other Stuff We Watched: Mean Girls, 30 Rock, Durham County, Polytechnique, The Searchers, The Super Friends, Jurassic Park, Fanboys, Bmx Bandits, Sin Nombre
2:16:30 - Junk Mail: Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 7, Panic Attacks, Zombies, Ong Bak 2 Explained, DVD Storage, Rocky IV Training Montage
2:32:40 - This Week's DVD Releases
2:34:15 - Outro
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The Wizard of Ozploitation
29 July 2009 7:27 AM, PDT
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When "Kill Bill: Volume 1" premiered in Australia, Quentin Tarantino dedicated the film to one of his favorite directors, Brian Trenchard-Smith, whose name may not register if you're not already a fan of schlock classics like 1975's "The Man From Hong Kong" (the first Australian martial-arts film!) and 1983's "Bmx Bandits" (starring a young Nicole Kidman!). Featured prominently in Mark Hartley's irreverently entertaining new documentary "Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!", the English-born B-moviemaker was a key figure during the '70s and '80s Australian boom of exploitation films ("Mad Max," anyone?) that rose after the Aussie censorship regime suddenly became more progressive. Since that crazy time when the limits were being pushed by such bold visionaries, Trenchard-Smith has made nearly 40 features, and as the lovingly curated clips in "Not Quite Hollywood" show, every last one is a scandalous romp. Just before going off to shoot his next picture,
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