Producer Larry G. Spangler and The Spangler Group announced today the creative team for Happy Trails, a new musical based on the life and career of American icons Roy Rogers and his wife Dale Evans. The musical will feature original music by Tony and multiAcademy Award-winner Alan Menken Little Shop of Horrors, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Newsies, Sister Act, lyrics by Tony nominee Glenn Slater Sister Act, Tangled, ABC-tv's Galavant, upcoming School of Rock, a book by Academy Award-winner Marshall Brickman Annie Hall, Manhattan, Jersey Boys, The Addams Family, and direction by two-time Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff Jersey Boys, Big River, Tommy.
- 1/22/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
December is Tarantino Month here at Sos, and in the week leading up our January month-long theme of westerns, I thought it would be best to whip up an article spotlighting some films that influenced Tarantino’s long awaited take on the western, Django Unchained. For my money, all of the films listed below are essential viewing for fans of Django Unchained. I’ll be diving deeper into these films come January, but in the meantime, this should hopefully whet your appetite. Enjoy!
Note: This is the second of a three part article.
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The Mercenary (Il Mercenario) (A Professional Gun)
Directed by Sergio Corbucci
Written by Giorgio Arlorio and Adriano Bolzoni
1968, Italy / Spain
Second only to Leone, Sergio Corbucci is the best when it comes to making spaghetti westerns. The man would never take a break, directing Django, The Great Silence, Navajo Joe and The Mercenary within a span of two years.
Note: This is the second of a three part article.
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The Mercenary (Il Mercenario) (A Professional Gun)
Directed by Sergio Corbucci
Written by Giorgio Arlorio and Adriano Bolzoni
1968, Italy / Spain
Second only to Leone, Sergio Corbucci is the best when it comes to making spaghetti westerns. The man would never take a break, directing Django, The Great Silence, Navajo Joe and The Mercenary within a span of two years.
- 12/27/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Friday the 13th Part 2 star Warrington Gillette II has co-written a horror movie scrutinizing his real-life stepmother's bizarre reaction to his father's mysterious death. Gillette II remains devastated over the unclear circumstances of his dad F.Warrington Gillet Jr's sudden death on 13 May 2002 and is still baffled by Palm Beach, Florida, socialite Elesabeth Ingalls Gillet's unusual behavior in the months following his demise. So he's shooting Bloody Special in an effort to avenge Elesabeth's decision to flee on a Mediterranean cruise with her new boyfriend, Cuban clothing salesman Andy Avello, so soon after the funeral. But Elesabeth insists Gillette II's film is just a tasteless means of making money. Gillette II - who played legendary movie madman Jason Voorhees in the 1981 second installment of the popular horror franchise - explains his storyline to website Pagesix.Com: "Now the son discovered to his dismay (that) there is no tombstone on his daddy's grave. What heiress in Palm Beach would forget a tombstone? How grave! Something is certainly wrong with this picture." Gillette II, 44, started writing a movie about his life at the urging of his producer friend Larry Spangler. Spangler adds, "When his father died, I smelled a rat. He talked to his father every day for 20 years. But they never let him in the house after that." However, Elesabeth rejects accusations she was having an affair with Avello - who's now dying - insisting their love didn't flourish until six months after her husband's death. She says, "The poor man (Avello) is dying now. The whole thing is a lie. The boy (Warrington) is very mixed up. He is desperate for money." Two years ago Warrington made an aborted attempt to have his father's body exhumed for forensic testing, claiming he backed off after receiving death threats.
- 12/7/2004
- WENN
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