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Combining their knowledge on over a century of film, adding a dash of trivia and a sprinkle of blue humor to give every episode. For the analysis, weve built an index the stacker score that combines imdb ratings and rotten tomatoes audience scores. Despite the title, the film is a ripoff of land of the lost. He also did a few minor spaghetti westerns and he turned up in the bad italian star wars 1977 ripoff, starcrash 1978.

Orson welless last completed film and the first movie shown at piff. Feb 26, 2019 the portland international film festival, by the numbers our 42yearold celebration of cinema is back march 721. Jul 14, 2018 film company golden harvest was impressed enough to ask ho to act as bruce lee in the game of death, which was completed after lees death. The legal document was filed tuesday in federal court in colorado on behalf of writers arthur lee alfred ii, e. To suggest a film is a rip off or unofficial remake is to suggest that it is so close to the source material it feels like it must. The film also was the breakout film for danny devito, who would later be a lead actor in ruthless people 1986 and later would debutdirect throw momma from the train 1987. She had therefore completed all her pending film assignments. The film is about a 18 foot grizzly bear terrorizing campers in a national park with christopher george, the park ranger, andrew prine, the helicopter pilot, and richard jaeckel, the naturalist, teaming up together to bring the big bad bears rampage to an end.

Orca is yet another one of these jaws ripoffs, instead it has a killer whale. Controrapina is a 1980 film directed by antonio margheriti. Both films featured rudolph valentino in their stories. In 2009, american independent film studio the asylum released a sciencefiction film based on the aforementioned burroughs novel and a remake of the 1975 film, promoted under the title edgar rice burroughs the land that time forgot and released in other countries as dinosaur island. Rip off 1971 four highschool pals go from making a movie to forming a rock band to scoping out communal life. That movie was gene wilders the worlds greatest lover 1977. Apr 18, 2017 evil dead gets a japanese ripoff and its insane. The ripoff was filmed in hamburg and on location in new york city from december 1977 to february 1978. Film critic leonard maltin awarded the film 2 out of 4 stars, calling it an ok rip off of jaws. The kentucky fried theater was a comedy group zaz had formed in 1971 while attending the uw. Otherwise, this entry would be the other way around. While relaxing on a boat, scott is enveloped by strange fog. Pulp fiction go may not have a ton in common with pulp fiction when it comes to tone or plot, but its nonchronological storytelling, its pitch black humor, and its tendency to have characters display their quirkiness via forced pop culture references were all lifts from quentin tarantinos now classic 1994 film. The films tremendous success spurred hollywood studios to aggressively look for further modern blockbusting, bigevent films that could break weekend boxoffice records fueled by increasingly more expensive ad campaigns, and the film industry did so with star wars 1977, grease 1978, and superman 1978, while overlooking or.

December 19 2019 ripoff report reevaluated primerica financial services and finds that the company continues to offer a business opportunity that is well worth considering. Mar 08, 2017 10 movie rip offs that are actually better than the original posted on march 8, 2017 march 8, 2017 by james swift imitation, it is oft said, is the sincerest form of flattery. You could say that ripoff is indebted to the british sex comedies of the late 60s, but theres a a real sincere streak in the film that rolls over the silliness that youd see in stuff like confessions of a window cleaner. Most influential, significant and important films in. A small time drug dealer gets released from prison and wants to avenge those who put him there. Sherman supposedly came up with the gameshow angle as a way to spice up the film, with. Most influential, significant and important films in american. This japanese retro gore fest has been described as a cross between the 1977. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. The complete legends history star wars explained duration. Carol kane also appeared in another movie about the silent era released in the same 1977 year.

Two young greek fugitives pool their fortunes in search of the gold at the end of the american rainbow. In celebration of campy scifi excess, stacker has ranked the worst 100 scifi movies of all time. Quentin tarantinos film is in the tradition of blaxploitation movies, and brown in particular recorded a couple of terrific soundtracks for the early70s flicks slaughters big rip off and black. If he looks familiar, we previously saw him in ss girls 1977. Apr 01, 2016 25 great cult films that are rip offs of popular movies posted on april 1, 2016 april 1, 2016 by raul j. The 50 best serial killer movies of all time paste.

The original film was actually completed in 1972 and carried the title the cuckoo clocks of hell, but watkins, who wrote, directed, starred, edited, and produced the picture couldnt find exhibitors. On 31 december 1971, dharmendra had gone to meena kumaris residence to meet her. It is also one of the most densely populated regions in africa. The rift, which stretches through uganda, rwanda, tanzania, burundi and the democratic republic of congo drc, has been rife with decades of conflict. Maybe that had something to do with another movie stealing its thunder canadian animator richard williams, best known for spearheading the animation to who framed roger rabbit, began the project in 1964 as an attempt to make the greatest movie of all time. Get the best deals on blaxploitation dvds when you shop the largest online selection at. At a small hifi shop in a big city things arent quite what they see. Very long story short, the film didnt get released until 1977, at which point its distributor cut it down to 77 minutes and retitled it the funhouse. The story centers on a group of high school students who decide to get in the swing of things and find. Ripoff r 1h 14min comedy, thriller may 1977 usa two young greek fugitives pool their fortunes in search of the gold at the end of the american rainbow. There was only one bruce lee, but when he died hong kongs film. May 24, 20 last house on dead end street is a particularly horrific and gruesome exploitation horror flick released in 1977 from writerdirector roger watkins.

Nov 15, 2017 thirdgeneration dodge chargers have made numerous appearances in films, including speedtrap 1977 and slaughters big rip off 1993, but the best is undoubtedly the rare 1971 charger rt with 440 six pack engine that appears in this mid1990s eddie murphy film. That james brown2pac song in django unchained and other. The actress and model has lived a life of unparalleled excess. This is one of the films that would be referred to as zmovie, with a much lower production budget than even a bmovie would have. Lawsuit claims pirates of caribbean movies a ripoff. Star wars is such a big part of the world but if you dont know it is a science fiction set of movies that chart the life of anakin skywalker. Quentin tarantinos film is in the tradition of blaxploitation movies, and brown in particular recorded a couple of terrific soundtracks for the early70s flicks slaughters big ripoff and black. Maybe the reason martin scorsese doesnt like marvel or dc media franchises. Lawrence kasdan had just completed work on the empire strikes back when george lucas offered to produce a film that kasdan could write and direct. If that is so then why is sentry considered a rip off of superman. Staying alive 1983 written and directed by rocky 1976 star sylvester stallone, a ripoff sequel to saturday night fever 1977 sudden impact 1983, the fourth screen adventure of dirty harry callahan clint eastwood, followed by the dead pool 1988 48 hrs. Reviewing the films that are legendary, even in hell. Features, lists everybody borrows from everything, and nowhere is that more true than in hollywood.

Hoima district is situated within the albertine rift, an african region unparalleled in its wealth of natural resources and biodiversity. Ripoff is a story about a group of friends in their last year of high school. The single was featured on the album of the same name. Thru our experience with primerica, we continue to find that they maintain a high level of commitment to treating consumers fairly and in most cases they have gone way beyond the call of. Release edit the ripoff was released in italy on 1 april 1980. The brody family is featured in all of the films as the primary antithesis to the shark. The incredible shrinking man is a 1957 american science fiction film directed by jack arnold based on richard mathesons novel the shrinking man. One of the most popular ways to make a quick buck in hollywood is to rip off a hit. But ho refused because the film was also to feature. In 2010 some consider it stealing because are ignorant enough to think they were the ones to discover this. By the time hed completed his 10page handwritten treatment the star wars. So the fun bits open the film and its made even more outrageous by having the beast sound like the bugs bunny tasmanian devil. On its surface, george lucass original 1977 film is a rollicking and humorous space fantasy that owes debts to more influences than one can count on two hands, but filmgoers became entranced by its basic struggle of good vs. Jaws is an american actionadventurethriller film series that started with a 1975 film that expanded into three sequels, a theme park ride, and other tiein merchandise, based on a 1974 novel.

Truth is superman and his story that they both were raised in a farm and pretended to be weak around others before. Foolish, hot boyz, phat beach, caught up dvd set tnt jackson dvd jeanne bell. I am in receipt of your 819letter regarding the above subject complaint our records show the home serial number for this home is this home was manufactured on 616and shipped to the dealer on 78the records further show we serviced this home on 119there isnt anything on the 119work order regarding a problem with a window to date we havent received any correspondence from this. The ultimate in low budget knock off films and pretty much just a straight rip off story wise of the 1976 american version, except the ape escapes a freighter and terrorizes the city of seoul. Vantassle anytime that a movie gets released and is popular or a huge success, some smaller studio is going to try and take advantage of that success and release its own movie that is somewhat similar. After production completed, leone brought back sommer to shoot scenes in a. Deadly hands of kung fu aka the dragon lives again 1977. Longtime oregonian critic ted mahar panned it, saying, this film is rated rfor ripoff. One of the earliest jaws rip off films, it came out only two years later. Anatomy of a dewback, star warriors, star wars tech, a conversation with the masters. The film has been released in the united states under the titles the ripoff and the squeeze. The film stars grant williams as scott and randy stuart as scotts wife louise.

Heck, i recall an interview where he specifically said he adapted the ending of dam busters supposedly as a cost cutting move when trying to film the. The omen 1974, audrey rose 1977, and the bad seed 1956. Wood, on the outskirts of london, england sold in 1976 due to financial difficulties. Its a pastiche, as mashedup and hyperreferential as any movie from quentin tarantino. And that practice has a long, sketchy history in the film industry around the world. The colleges are authorized as fouryear liberal arts colleges and empowered to issue b. It was followed by the similar sequel, the romantic adventure comedy the jewel of the nile 1985. Turner was an employee of gunit books, which is a company owned by 50 cent. Theres an art to making a proper ripoff, and these movies are. His first film as director, celik bilek 1967, was a ripoff of another italian comic series, this time il grande blek. Spoof movies scary movie 5 a haunted house inappropriate comedy meet the blacks dirty step stomp fifty shades of black national lampoons the legend of awesomest maximus reno 911. Movies that shamelessly ripped off better ones screenrant.

Even though i worship at the altar of john carpenter and have a nearcomplete collection of stephen king. The verve cleared the sample with decca records but the verve didnt think to get the permission for the underlying stones track that inspired the composition until after their track was. The film s release is often considered one of the most important events in the film history. Larry johnson, the plaintiff in this case, claims that in 2005, he completed a script called tribulation of a ghetto kid to nikki turner. June 22 walt disney productions releases the rescuers, which brings back an interest in animation that had been lost to both film goers and critics throughout the beginning of the 1970s. Original international movie posters for sale ebay. Rich markey, an early kft fan, indicates the creation of the sketch group was inevitable given the students penchant for street theater. Begun in 1923 and completed three years later, reinigers film, made with fellow avantgarde artists walter ruttmann berlin. Unjustifiably criticized as a jaws ripoff at the time of its release grizzly is a really good monster on the loose movie. In 1977, everyone knew this, so no one considered it stealing. James masters was born on june 23, 1949 in newcastleunderlyme, staffordshire, england.

The film is more sentimental than moores graphic novel, which is darkly. Kane plays starlet in valentino 1977 and was made up to resemble silent film star zasu pitts in the worlds greatest lover 1977. The thief and the cobbler spent a whopping 30 years in production before it finally hit screens in 1995, where it died a quiet death. Dec, 2015 his first proper film at usc was look at life. Set firmly in the age it was shot, the kids decide to set themselves apart from the rest and so set out to prove they are indeed different from their friends and from other generations. When a blockbuster movie takes american box offices by storm, overseas rip offs follow close behind. Keep in mind that were discussing better movies and not more successful ones. Months later, he discovers that he appears to be shrinking. Oscar isaac, carrie fisher, harrison ford, adam driver, john boyega, daisy ridley. The cg remake the lion king is coming this summer, several video clips has been spread widely on bilibili youtubelike chinese website, weibo twitterlike chinese website, and tieba chinese forum website, pointing out that a number of similar scenes between the lion king and kimba the white lion and some behaviors of disney, saying that the lion king is a complete ripoff of the lion king. Thirdgeneration dodge chargers have made numerous appearances in films, including speedtrap 1977 and slaughters big rip off 1993, but the best is undoubtedly the rare 1971 charger rt with 440 six pack engine that appears in this mid1990s eddie murphy film. Vimeo gives control freaks the power to tweak every aspect of their embedded videos.

Those confused and troubled teens for the early 1970s become the focus of this drama. Star wars 1977 47x63 original french film poster george lucas filmartgallery. The song was cowritten by iggy pop and david bowie. Body heat, starring william hurt and kathleen turner, would become one of the biggest hits of 1980. The main subject of the saga is a great white shark, and its attacks on people in specific areas of the united states. In november, well be getting the tenth film where these two legends have collaborated to bring forward absolute gems in the film industry, and the. This incredibly unique film creates an allencompassing atmosphere of pathology and grotesque, uncanny horror that will likely get under your skin. Sherman, some might remember, was the cofounder of the production and distribution firm, independentinternational pictures, with the infamous zfilmmaker al adamson 25 july 1929 21 june 1995, a fairly typical film of whom is, naturally, the disasterpiece that is dracula vs. Though suffering from the occasional longueur due to excessive length, the film is buoyed by a most pleasant score from gianni ferrio. Inseminoid titled horror planet in the united states is a 1981 british independent sciencefiction horror film directed by norman j. It proves that you should check out a movie even if it looks like a rip off. Jackie chan didnt work out, but ho chungtao, who looked the part and acted as bruce li, made several ripoff films. Its the bluntly hilariously titled the car, a 1977 film that universal will tell.

Oct 03, 2014 a gangster movie i was inspired by guy ritchies excellent snatch to make, this is rip off. Jackie chan tried to replace bruce lee after he died, and. Rip off is a nice little coming of age movie about 4 soontograduate high school students in suburban toronto in 1971. Kun changs fictional debut draws on the support of a. However, a drunken hunting party complicate matters. Jackie chan tried to replace bruce lee after he died, and so. After ceko, he churned out carbon copies of bonnie and clyde, dirty harry, mad max, jaws, first blood, rocky and rambo ii, making him by far the most prolific of the remakesploitation directors.

For exampleabrahams would wrap his foot in bandages to resemble a cast, and hobble into a study room with an armful of. With michael benet, barbara bourbon, johnny dark, stelios manios. Nov 16, 2017 disneys pirates of caribbean movies are a ripoff, a lawsuit claims. Oct 31, 2016 the sinister ceremonies resemble 1960s experimental films by kenneth anger as much as they do grindhouse gore flicks. This film was nearly lost forever, but one positive print was found in a box marked japanese cartoons. Meena kumari had had a premonition of her death and believed she only had a few days to live. Some of the mysteries surrounding it prove to be more interesting than the film itself, with everyone involved using pseudonyms, and the director himself not even being aware that the film had been released until someone recognized him on the. It stars judy geeson, robin clarke and stephanie beacham with an early film appearance by victoria tennant. They are then asked to complete the mission to destroy the. Ridley scott it would be highly suspect if anyone ever advocated for this film over the silence of the lambs, but despite an. One of the few 70s film genres more lucrative than the exorcist ripoff was the socalled blaxpoitation cycle movies geared towards black audiences whose low budgets and exploitable. It has the images of the early 70s, tieddye shirts, the ecology trip, and the trip to the country in a beat up van. The plot concerns a group of archaeologists and scientists who are excavating the ruins of an ancient civilisation on a distant planet. Higher degrees were available earlier, including m.

Id have to go into the archives, but im pretty sure they even brought this up in a making of at one point. Lust for life is a 1977 song performed by iggy pop. Jan 27, 2002 jack the rip off iain sinclair, author and chronicler of the east end, assesses hollywoods take on the ripper myth. The whale strikes back by biting off bo dereks leg, so harris and concerned. Even if the original point break is a great movie, the fast and the furious has murdered it at the box office you might wonder how these movies are even alike, since one is about surfing and the other is all about soupedup cars, but the plot is identical. In fact, star warsthe original 1977 film that started it allis all these things. A film adaptation of that book done with respect could have been an. By the time hed completed his 10page handwritten treatment the star wars in. Blue with a black vinyl roof, the charger appears completely stock, down to its. After the massive success of 1977s star wars, it seemed like everybody got.