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Now UPDATED... Bruce Campbell still on his booktour dropping bits of fresh, and not so fresh info to fans along the way
Well Father Geek received a couple (make that 3) of bits on fan fave Bruce Campbell today that I thought You might be interested in, nothing earth-shattering, but cool none the less...
Just wanted to toss out a few tidbits about the Bruce. He appeared in
Philadelphia today for a book signing (still shilling "If Chins Could Kill")
and some other things. The following were mentioned on Philly's Y100 Morning
Show with Preston and Steve this morning:
-- The Chin says that he makes a quick appearance in the new Coen Brothers
George Clooney/Catherine Zeta-Jones movie at the end, playing a scene with
another MAJOR character, which he says "is THE key moment in the film where
it all comes together."
(Father Geek note: This is INTOLERABLE CRUELTY, also starring Billy Bob Thornton and Geoffrey Rush. Its being shot in Las Vegas and LA and is set for a September 4, 2003 release in the Netherlands.)
-- The Chin also DAMNS his new movie, SERVING SARA, saying that "even though
you have big stars and a big budget, it doesn't mean it's going to be good.
That one is, at best, a matinee."
-- And I have got to throw in, he really hyped up BUBBA HOTEP saying it was
premeiring at the Toronto Film Festival, and he really wanted a distributor
to pick up the film since it was "the wackiest script I have ever read...
Ever." He really wants someone to pick this one up and market it right since
he feels it was so well done, and deserves to be seen.
Hope it's newsworthy.
I am...
A Day Late and A Dollar Short
Father Geek back, this time with so info on a future stop on Bruce's neverending tour
Granville Book Company is pleased to present Bruce Campbell, popular actor and star of "The Evil Dead",
"Army Of Darkness", "Spider-Man", "Xena, Warrior Princess", "Hercules:The Legendary Journeys", "The
Hudsucker Proxy", "John Carpenter's Escape From L.A.", "Jack Of All Trades", "The X-Files" and many
other film and TV projects, discussing and signing his book, If Chins Could Kill, Saturday, September
14th at 2:00 P.M. at the Ridge Theatre in Vancouver (3131 Arbutus at West 16th Avenue).
Please tell all
your friends and join us! Info:604-687-2213.
Sakamoto
And here's a third bit on THE BRUCE just in to Father Geek...
Here's a scoop from the middle of Central Illinois---
It's recently been announced that the guest of honor for Springfield,
Illinois' 1st annual Route 66 Film Festival will be none other than BRUCE
CAMPBELL himself! He has been kind enough to schedule a date on his book
tour for Sunday, September 22nd, 2002 to meet and greet the fans at Barnes
and Noble Book Store (3111 S. Veteran's Parkway/ 2-5pm), and (best of all)
make a special appearance at the Route 66 Drive-In! In honor of his
appearance, there will be a Bruce Campbell double feature---the first flick
will be RUNNING TIME (1997) followed by ESCAPE FROM L.A. (1996). The gates
will open at 6:30, and the show starts at 8. There is absolutely no excuse
for anyone in the area to miss this once-in-a-lifetime event. Admission
will be 6 bucks. Check out further details at www.route66filmfestival.com
Also, while I'm at it, I should mention that Robert Forster will be in
Springfield on Friday, September 27th to host a screening of the eternal
JACKIE BROWN at the Esquire Theater at 10pm. He'll take questions and
comments from the audience immediately preceding the film.Hope this is of some interest to your readers.
---Sean
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Why the Hell can't the Bruce stop in Wisconsin so I can get my copy of "If Chins Could Kill" signed. I hate this state.
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Ah well, 1st up for fall reading I guess. + 'Serving Sara' is gonna be a date movie somewhere along the way, maybe not even a matinee. On a completely unrelated note, the new .gif a la 'Resevoir Dogs' rocks my sad little world. Kudos .gif... uh, person. Tragically, not 1st (awww!) Out.
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That is all.
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Bruce... buddy: if you're feeling up to it, how 'bout making a stop in Winnipeg, Canada? We're tucked into a big-ass farmers field that stretches across 3 time zones, nestled gently between Vancouver + Toronto (you know, the 2 Canadian cities you people DO learn about.) Lots of fans, the weather is nice. + maybe (JUST maybe) the mayor, would like, name a street after you. We already have a Campbell street... HEY, + a Bruce avenue for that matter... but can you imagine the property values on Evil Dead road?! Think about it. I hope to see you at the local McNally Robinson in a matter of weeks. Affectionately, Dru. Out.
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I was just at his offical site and it says he's doing a signing in October in Austin and maybe a screening at the Draft House. I think that would be great.
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I'm gonna try to download it. Army of Darkness rules.
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...well ok, a few hours ago anyways...
my god, can you say GEEKS? ok, ok...i mean hey, i love his movies too, yes...especially the Evil Deads and Army Of Darkness...but people...you should have seen the losers at this thing...i'm glad i'm just a FAN and not a frickin' GEEK...there are very few things i'm fanatic about and even those i'm not a geek over! some of the conversations these people were having were just jaw droppingly LAME! and i swear to god this guy in front of my friend and i...he was a dead ringer for Donny Osmond! LOL we couldn't stop laughing at these people...
I've watched Bruce's film 'Fanalysis' and i couldn't feel more sorry for the guy...these people flock to him (and many other poor souls of celebrity...) and it prooves that stars like Bruce are SAINTS! I know i couldn't handle that much dorkiness! wow...
other than that...Bruce fucking rocked...i've rarely been in the presence of a funnier man (except when i went to George Carlin's book signing just last summer her in Philly too...). and he was super nice and super cool...just what I had expected. got all my stuff signed and all was good...but i guess i should have mentioned that he had some salad dressing on his chin while signing the last of my stuff...haha oh well... -
I met Bruce Campbell at the Booksmith store back in July 2001 and I've never met a guy who makes fun of issues, even his own career. Now he's doubting "Serving Sara." Sounds like the words of a guy who's made to be cool.
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...From Fairly Oddparents. Or did I read the credits wrong in that episode?
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Sort of. Since I had already gotten a copy of his book signed on his first go round, my buddy and I drove down for the "Special Surprise Screening" that was held at the Prince Music Theatre. We were hoping for BUBBA HOTEP, but got EVIL DEAD 2 instead. Still, it was a lot of fun and my first time seeing the flick on the big screen. Bruce intro'ed the screening and answered some questions from the audience. Unfortunately, since he spent some of his time answering idiotic questions like "Where you going drinking later?" and discussing with one fan their habit of getting high and watching the film, I wasn't able to ask him about any upcoming projects. He did state though, that CRIMEWAVE will probably never be seen on DVD. (So I guess I need to hold onto my copy which was "liberated" from Blockbuster all those years ago...)
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He's in Manhattan on Tuesday and some town in Jersey on Wednesday. Check his website www.bruce-campbell.com . Groovy!
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Yeah ... Right. The most interested movie goin audience in the world gets this gem first. I can see tons of money on the horizon for the Coens. DORKS
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Yeah, people in Holland couldn't possibly be interested in THIS movie...What crap! Most of the 'big' movies are released months later in Holland than in the USA. So, finally some recognition. The Coen Brothers rule...
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Well that's what I heard. sk
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I live in Philly and I MISSED this? Yup, my head's up my ass. Some movie geek I am...
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Bruce WAS in Wisconsin LAST summer. He made stops at the Harry Schwartz in Madison & Milwaukee during the third week of July. I got my book signed and got a pic. For the signing, we were stuck in line for about 2 hours sweating our asses off. Bruce was cool enough to hand out water and throw candy to everyone in line halfway thru the signing.
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Just finished reading Bruce's Book. What a riot! I hope Bubba Ho-Tep screens near me sometime soon.
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According to IMDB:
"Terms of Endearment" (episode # 6.7) 1/3/1999 -
Aug 27, 2002 10:48:02 AM CDT
Hey Homer Jay...he WAS in Wisconsin and I friggin' MISSED IT
by sod off baldric
Gah!!!! That will teach me not to fart around on the internet all day at work. Dammit...I can't believe I missed that. Thanks for the info, Homer Jay...even though I'm severely depressed now.
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I live two hours away and I knew about it! Keep checkin' the Prince Music Theatre's website, they have some other interesting film geeky stuff coming up like a screening of SPINAL TAP next month and the 30s Spanish version of DRACULA at Halloween.
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Aug 27, 2002 10:50:26 AM CDT
I like Bruce, but they're kinda using the term "star" loosel
by buck mclargehuge
Ah yes, who could forget "Silence of the Lambs," starring Ted Levine. Or the magnificent "Attack of the Clones," starring Jimmy Smits. Or, one of my personal all time favorite movies, "Raiders of the Losk Ark," starring the great Alfred Molina.
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Let the collective fanboy circle jerk begin!
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Punk. And RenoNevada, thanks for the info, if on'y I'd known sooner...
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I don't know how you're fixed for transportation, but Bruce is NYC tonight (Barnes & Noble Union Square at 7 I think) and in some town in Jersey tomorrow. Check his website. If you can scramble, you may just be able to catch him.
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Darkman, Maniac Cop, and Crime Wave. Not to mention Brisco County Junior, From Dusk til Dawn 2, and Congo. (God, I hated Congo) Bruce, you're the man. WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE PICK UP BUBBA HO'TEP!!! PLEASE!!!
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RenoNevada2000, That is too bad about Crimewave. The company who owns the rights should realize how well the DVD would sell with Sam Raimi and the Coen Bros. names on the cover.
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Aug 27, 2002 12:17:13 PM CDT
Bruce played the role of a soul-sucking demon who wanted his hum
by john_howlett_jr
All of his babies were demons, with little horns on their foreheads, which he methodically killed before their birth. He eventually realized that his other wife, whom revealed herself to be another demon, had been killing all of their human babies, because she wanted a demon child.
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"Excuse me. Have to visit Men's Room. Brother."
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I would at least like to have heard if he confirmed what he was saying last year about a fall 2002 DVD release of The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Did this fall through or get delayed? Is it just going to silently appear on upcoming release lists like Major League finally did (out September 24)? If the DVD Nazis are gonna hold back our favorite titles, the least they could do is clue us in a lot better on their expected availability. If anyone has any news from *this year* on a Brisco DVD set, I'd like to hear it.
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I worship bruce campbell just like the next guy, but I've got to say: Brisco County Jr. was a very mediocre show.
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... Is that they should be available from Columbia House some time in the first half of 2003.
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...was the movie Bruce did with Sean Astin? Bruce had a shaved head and was some kind of terrorist that was taking over a ski resort--then Sean had to save the day. Saw it on cable. Very cheesy, very cheeeeeezzzzy. But the X-Files episode he was in was good. Especially liked the part where he thought he sucked the life out of one of his wives, but
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was pretty darn entertaining and had some cool death scenes. I recommend it for any gorehounds.
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"At the the Killington ski resort something has gone awry. Evil terrorists led by the sinister Greig (Bruce Campbell) have taken the resort hostage with a stolen nuclear device. It's up to Ski Patrol bum Matt Foster (Sean Astin) to save the day...and his fiance."
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"It's like the time I wanted to see Mr. T at the mall. I kept saying, 'I'll go a little later. I'll go a little later'. And by the time I got there he was gone. And when I asked the man if he'd ever be back he said -- he didn't know!"
-Homer Simpson
I saw Bruce last year in Seattle and though I didn't stick around for the 4 hours it probably would've taken to get my book signed, it was really fun to see him in person. Whenever my friends and I go to see an author at the University Bookstore, we measure the attendance using "The Campbell Scale" -
Fettastic. Forgot about Mindwarp. Great flick. And then there's the ZZ Top of vampire films, Sundown; Vampires in retreat. Bruce Campbell and Dr. Van Helsing. Heh, heh. Good stuff. And that X-Files episode was a goody. One of the better ones of the latter X-File years. Bruce is still the man. Though, I'm ashamed to say, I have been and will continue to do so, avoid Icebreaker. Too bad too. Both the Bruce and Sean "Samwise" Astin (son of the original Gomez Adams) in the same flick. Righteous.
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Come on, Warner Brothers, wake up! Theres no way that some teenager from Buffy the Vampire Slayer could be believable as GL! BRUCE IS THE MAN!
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Aug 27, 2002 6:55:44 PM CDT
The Draft House is one of the greatest places on the planet...
by triana
Yes it is... which is why it can't move to Dallas. It has to stay in Austin. Near me. lol
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let's not forget "Moontrap" wth Bruce and Walter Koenig.
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I'd just like to point out that in April, I was in a book store in Toronto buying "If Chins Could Kill" and the guy behind me said "You know, I heard that book was pretty good." I turned around and Mr. Bruce Campbell himself was standing in line behind me. He was nice enough to sign my book, unlike Brent Spiner, who was in Toronto this weekend charging over $100 for his John Hancock, and he didn't even sign them in public. The saddest part in this sordid affair? People actually paid it.
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I'd lose it, that must have been soo cool.
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Bring him before me! He will bow down to me! Both him and one day, his heirs!!!! Thou shalt not speak evil of Bruce Campbell, he is the one true icon of cinema. James Lipton must interview and deify him at once! Fuck all you naysayers! Bruce Campbell is my hero! Johnny Teabag, rot in hell!!!
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True story. It was at this club in Chicago called the Manhole. He was selling copies of his book out of the back of an Oldsmobile Delta Royale. Ten bucks got you his signature and a hand job. I gave him 2 bucks, wiped my ass with the pages, and told him to tell his fucking retarded fanboy groupies to go fuck themselves. Did you dorks get the message?
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That you're a joyless, gay-obsessed shit who can't stand the idea of an actor having some fans. Oh, and out of curiousity, you're not the "Super-Medz" that would regularly drone on about how gay he was in the chatroom, are you?
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Aug 28, 2002 12:03:58 AM CDT
Chaffro - I keep thinking that you've peaked, that the joke
by rayanne graff
And you just keep proving me wrong.
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I think I understand your message. Is it that you hate that Bruce campbell has fans and it angers you in some unresolved portion of your psyche? Oh, and by the by; is your name Super Mendez because you have super powers? Or are you a SUPER Mendez because you have extra Mendez DNA derived from parents that were related before they got married?
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What's the big deal? So he was in the Evil Dead movies? I mean, all due respect, but why does everyone on this site want to smoke his weiner?
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Aug 28, 2002 3:14:15 PM CDT
Wee Willie and Super Mendez are obviously gay lovers
by andrecrabtree111
The only people on this talkback that are talking about pole-smoking are the two of you glory-hole loving butt pirates. If you don't like Bruce, don't read the stories and don't post on the threads: it's that simple. I guess the extensive ingestion of drugs you guys have to take (AZT, for example) have made you stupid as well as gay.
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he said he wanted me to tell you dorky fuckers to leave him the hell alone and get a life. I only assume this was to mean that you fanboys should move out of your parents' basement and TRY (I emphasize try) and get laid. He also said that anyone else showing up at his book signings with jizz covered Evil Dead merchandise for him to sign to will be arrested on site. I bet that'll be a real blow to a lot of you. Johnny Teabag was right, you guys should lay of the Bruce Campbell circle jerks.
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It's one that I've pondered: the "original ending" of "Armies of Darkness" is a futuristic parallel to that of "Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn" wherein that Ashe (in AoD) is left screaming at the sight of the city in ruins because he overslept his magic-potion slumber by 100 years. (He did one drop too many, y'see.)
Anyway, does anyone know if Campbell has revealed what I suspect: that the end of AoD was meant to leave the way open for a fourth "Evil Dead" film, this one set in the future? And that Sam Raimi decided to re-shoot the ending now in place because he did not really want to continue the "Evil Dead" saga? -
People like Bruce Campbell for the same reason they like Kevin Smith. Their films are not art and sometimes not even good. But they are endearing. And they give for their fans, with websites and returned e-mails and the like. We can live vicariously through their work because they share. Also, they seem like good guys...someone that would be a blast to hang with. Showing your frustration over not being able to understand this simple concept of fandom by logging your disapproval is annoying. It's comparable to people who complain that there is too much sex/violence/foul language on TV. If you don't like it, change the channel. And if you don't like fan adoration, don't read articles on AICN that say "Bruce Campbell". Never did I hear anyone say "you know what sounds really good right now? Bruce Campbell's Penis!" We just like the guy and are happy when he does well.
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Don't you get it by now... Most 200 mil gross epics are pure shit. Box office take does not a movie make. Bruce is the champion of geekdom. He's been in cult classic after cult classic, and he plays all his characters and delivers his lines like the John Wayne of B movies should. Hollywood might not see the talent inherent in Campbell, but we sure as hell do. Bruce loves films and he loves us fans. It's hard not bow down to the man who cares so much about and enjoys so much of what he does. Particularly with how long he's been at it and how many times he's been shisted by motion picture studios of America.
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Spare yourself the additional embarrassment in life and don't post if you don't have anything good or worthy to say. By posting your pathetic hate filled shit we only get to know what feeble bastards you are.
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Sam Slade, Robo-Hunter, that's who! Think about it - jam a cybernetic stogie between his teeth & a cap on his head - i-friggin'-dentical!
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I saw the movie at the San Diego Comic-Con this year, and it was good. It's everything you expect in a Bruce Cambell movie, except that Bruce is in a wheelchair. It's a B-movie, with some funny scenes and great special effects. I'm sure it'll go straight to video.
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I agree with the masses Super Mendez... if you don't like to read about the posts regarding Bruce then surf elsewhere.
And for those of you who don't know, I do live in Chicago, and once lived on the North Side directly across the street from the Manhole.
It is a GAY club. Sorry to bust your bubble Mr. Mendez.
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