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Quint interviews BRUCE CAMPBELL about the BUBBA HO-TEP DVD and all things Ash!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with an interview I did with Bruce "The Man" Campbell regarding everything from the newly released BUBBA HO-TEP DVD to the future of Ash onscreen, be it fighting famous '80s troublemakers or in a standalone film. The Campbell doesn't need any introduction, especially to you screwheads! So, without any further ado, here he is... the man, they myth, the fucking legend! Enjoy!!!
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QUINT: Jesus... You know it was over 3 years ago when I was sitting there in Downey, California freezing my ass off watching you tussle with Bob Ivy...
BRUCE CAMPBELL: Yeah. Those were the days!QUINT: Are you glad that the long, long road is finally at its end?
BRUCE CAMPBELL: Oh, definitely! Definitely because when you start down those roads you never know if it'll be a dead end or what, so you just have to do it. The main thing with low budget movies that BUBBA seems to prove all over again is it's all about follow-through. It's one thing to make the damn movie, but can you sell it?QUINT: I remember talking to you onset and you were sure that BUBBA was going straight to video.
BRUCE CAMPBELL: Well, that's the way it normally works, but fortunately Don Coscarelli is very stubborn. I'm glad because not only was he stubborn, he was willing to pony up, make it happen, so I give him a lot of credit.QUINT: When you look back on the whole experience from first getting the script to sitting here talking to asshole reporters like me... What is your favorite and least favorite part about the whole journey?
BRUCE CAMPBELL: Well, the favorite part is watching it with an audience because it's just fun to see movies in theaters again. What was most fun was realizing that there are counter-culture places to watch counter-culture movies. Even on a bigger scale. I went to sort of christen an opening of a brand new complex in Washington, DC that showed nothing but alternative movies. And this has got 8 screens or whatever and there's not a DIE HARD in the whole bunch.
To me, I'm like, "Hallelujah, brother!" Because normally those things were limited much more to the Alamo Drafthouses and those were considered more like little blips on the radar rather than a normal movie-going experience. Now I think there's a backlash to this kind of mall/multi-plex mentality where people go, "You know what? I want to go drink beer and eat pizza and watch a movie and I don't wanna watch the same type of movie." So, this is what we're starting to get more. It was nice to get to follow a movie like BUBBA and be allowed into that world and to get more familiar with it. It gave me much more hope than I had 5 years ago for independent movies.QUINT: So, why should the readership of Ain't It Cool News go out and buy the BUBBA HO-TEP DVD? What's in it for the geek?
BRUCE CAMPBELL: Ahhhh, what's in it for the geek is the geek that's never seen the movie, basically. I mean, we toured in, I don't know, 30 some odd cities, but I still get the feeling that there's massive amounts of people who have not seen the movie. The reason why they should see this is 'cause you're not gonna see this on an airplane. It's not the standard fare. You may or may not like it, but it's not made... I'll put it his way: it's not targeted to a 17-24 year old demographic. There's no hip soundtrack. There's a thing called a score. There's no Taco Bell tie ins.
The reason you should see this movie is 'cause MGM may be distributing it, but this is 100% Independent movie. Everyone loves the "I" word now. "My movie's Independent!!!" Not if it's (cough-cough) a Fortune 500 company (cough-cough)... I got news for ya'! This is from the independent pockets of Don Coscarelli. If you like independent movies, this is the ultimate independent movie. And it was distributed kinda by him as well, with the help of Vitagraph.
So, normally your readers are rebel rousers and trouble makers, so why wouldn't they want to watch BUBBA HO-TEP? Because BUBBA HO-TEP is sorta thumbing its nose at Hollywood, really. If you support the counter-culture you'll rent that DVD... through a multi-national corporation.
You know, it's kinda funny, before BUBBA HO-TEP could not find any distributor and so, it's kind of like getting a bank loan. In order to get a bank loan you have to prove to the bank that you don't need the loan by showing them how rich you are in all these other areas... and your wonderful credit. In this case in order to get a distributor you just need to prove to them that you don't need them.
So, with MGM, we didn't technically have to have a distributor... I suppose Don could have figured out someway of doing it himself. He self-distributed through theaters and I think he proved that he could do some numbers. Then MGM went, "Heyyyyy! We like this! Free advertising." So, I give them credit for being smart enough to buy it. They're also, thankfully, enthusiastic about it. It's not like they're going, "OooKKKaaayyy, we'll take it off your hands..." I think Don Coscarelli... one of his deals is you gotta want to do this because we want to treat this right.
The DVD has the usual bells and whistles, so it's not comin' out just as a straight movie.QUINT: Yeah, with just the title and the trailer or something.
BRUCE CAMPBELL: Yeah, it's got the stuff. It has very special commentary done by special arrangement...QUINT: Do you feel honored to have that particular person praise your work?
BRUCE CAMPBELL: Yeah. Honestly, I can't believe we got him.QUINT: I've been grilling Don on how he tracked that guy down, but...
BRUCE CAMPBELL: Yep, well I have no idea and I couldn't comment on it if I did.QUINT: Don told me he swore a blood oath...
BRUCE CAMPBELL: It's not only that, it's a contract. It's a legal deal.QUINT: I've wanted to mention... I've seen you pop up in the last 2 Coen Brothers flicks...
BRUCE CAMPBELL: Sure.QUINT: Is there any chance of a more prominent role in the next one?
BRUCE CAMPBELL: (laughs) You know what? I don't know. I know not to lobby the Coen Brothers because they won't listen to anybody, so there no point in saying, "Give me a bigger part!" They will when they feel like it, like with HUDSUCKER. Because in their mind it all has to work perfectly and if you fit in perfectly with their thing, then they'll cast you. They're pretty serious about what they do and it has to make sense to them. So, whenever that day comes I'll be around, but it doesn't matter to me if it's a cameo or whatever.QUINT: It's been really fun watching the flicks and hearing the 4 or 5 people outside of my group go (whisper-whisper-whisper) when you pop up on screen.
BRUCE CAMPBELL: Hahahahaha.QUINT: Especially in LADYKILLERS where if you don't know who Bruce Campbell is...
BRUCE CAMPBELL: Yeah, I'm just some guy over at craft service.QUINT: Yeah, watching the dog asphyxiate...
BRUCE CAMPBELL: Yeah, while the dog is dying. Perfect Coen Brothers... I love the credit, though. I don't know if it's credited in the finished movie, but in the script he was referred to as the "Humane Fucker." QUINT: "The Humane Fucker?" (laughs)
BRUCE CAMPBELL: Yeah! Like, "Don't tell the humane fucker!" That's what they were really concerned about. Hey, how's LADYKILLERS doing? Is it making any money?QUINT: Ahhhh, it's doin' better than I would have expected an R-rated Coen Brothers movie to do, but in terms of a Tom Hanks comedy, it's not doing all that... But I thought it was great. I loved it.
BRUCE CAMPBELL: Well, there are a lot of people who say it's swell, but I haven't seen it yet. QUINT: So, I would be remiss to not bring up all this FREDDY VS JASON VS ASH stuff...
BRUCE CAMPBELL: Hey, you know what? I'm just not sure... We'll have to see if the math works. That's the first hurdle.QUINT: I have some sources in New Line that say there are people determined to push this thing through...
BRUCE CAMPBELL: I think that's optimistic.QUINT: I also have something I want to run by you... I don't know if this is something you can comment upon or have even heard about yet, but I'm told that Sam Raimi may be signing to direct a big budget Ash film at New Line... to so sometime after SPIDER-MAN 3 and FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH.
BRUCE CAMPBELL: You know what? I think it's guys just getting all geeked up. I think there are various things that are being talked about, but it's just not something that I think has gone that far. You know, I think there are various topics that people ARE talking about, but I think to the extent that they think these are solidified are overstating it.
It really is, from Sam's point of view, is what do you want to do with that series and/or character. The issue is whether he cares enough to get involved, whether he cares enough to defend it from making it these other things. He has to define, really, what his interest for the series is, and then everyone else will pretty much follow. He's been kinda busy these last couple of years, so I think it's not a huge priority right now.
I think there are certain execs at New Line and others who are, of course, very excited and rightfully so... I'd hate to just spew bologna when it's just bologna... I think it is real in New Line's mind that it is a viable project and everyone knows it's a viable project. The thing is that making time and figuring out what... um...
Like, let's say you made Ash out of the bounds of the EVIL DEAD series. We do have rights issues that we have to clarify because we've got certain rights owners that are involved in the first EVIL DEAD and then there are other rights owners for the other EVIL DEAD. So, what if you have the character that's got the chainsaw on his arm? Well, he's from EVIL DEAD 2... You know what I mean? And he's spouting bullshit of this and that from these other movies and I don't know. It's a real landmine.
That's why some of these movies get delayed forever. They're legal landmines because it starts to cause every rights owner to go, "Well wait a minute! What do I control?" So, it's awakening the sleeping giants. You know what I mean? Now you have to think about stuff that you never have to think about and you have to start paying attention and that's what eats up the time.
And then the other thing is... OK, so you wade into the sequels... Or let's just say you took the Ash character and made him fight other creatures. Those are other possibilities, too. So, it's not like there's only one thing being discussed. There's just sort of a review of what's possible and New Line is partially involved in having serious discussions, but it all has to be serious with Sam first.
None of us are going to make it against his desires. If he feels the series should die at 3, fine! We all walk away. No big deal. I have no problem not-diluting the series. Three is fine with me because you ask people what is the plot of FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 6? No one can tell you. "Oh, that's the one where he got his face ground off with a boat... Or was that PART 4?" Everyone starts to get them confused. They just become sequences instead of individual movies.
So, I don't know. I mean, no one's gonna weep if there isn't... I mean, look! We've got these EVIL DEAD games coming out left and right. The new one's coming out next year, next Spring. I did the voice for it for Cranky Pants.QUINT: Well, you know that no matter what happens with this potential rebirth of Ash into the cinema... The fact that it's even being talked about you're not going to be hearing the end of this.
BRUCE CAMPBELL: Oh yeah. It's fine. It's fine for people to chat, but the readers should be aware of the complexities. It really is not as simple as... Really, if I picked up the phone today and called New Line and said, "Boy, I wanna make this movie!" And if Sam called them up and wanted to make the same phone call, if we all made that same phone call today, it would certainly get the legal things going forward, but it doesn't mean they would go, "OK, great!"
A, is rights issues and B, you're now sharing with two other franchises. So, everyone's whipping out their penis going, "Well, my franchise did this and mine did this and mine did this." You know what I mean? I think Ash is a good mixture to nothing but bad guys. Why would you have bad guys fighting bad guys? Who gives a shit? I mean, why not have a good guy fighting both bad guys?
I'm fine with that and I think most of the viewers would be fine with that, but the reason why some things don't happen is because of all these other factors. And sometimes they just get bogged down into molasses death for a year because people are just slowly looking at paperwork. Filmmakers who are busy, like Sam, they're not going to wade through some old deal that was made 15 years ago. That's just impractical.
That's the truth. That's the real story of it all. I'm not even trying to hide anything. There really is nothing to hide because it's all in the formative stages and I wouldn't want to give people false hope or dash their hopes, you know what I mean? Wouldn't want to do either one, so the torment will just continue.
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Sounds like there's not going to be a Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash, at least not in the near future. Bruce Campbell doesn't seem particularly eager to take up the role again either (I noticed how much time he spent talking about the legalese as opposed to how much time he spent talking about whether he was interested or not).
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i saw him at UNH and we yelled at someone for asking a freddy vs jason vs ash question. it was great
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To participate in this foolish hogwash, this silly tomfoolery.. these shenanigans. This.. umm.. CONSARN IT! -
'Nuff said.
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What that was supposed to say was...
You should have asked if Bruce had any idea if and when Warner Brothers are going to release the series on DVD.
I need my Comet, Lord Bowler, Soc, Dixie and Brisco. -
what the fuck business does ash have in a freddy and/or jason movie?
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I would definately not see it. Another Evil Dead/AOD...now that sounds like a plan! Legal crap ruins everything doesnt it.... Bruce is a class act and really speaks the truth. No bullshit and you have to respect that.
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Damn right! I want to see some DVDs!
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I cant find this damn dvd anywhere. It was sold out at Best Buy..yes I shop at best buy..its cheap and I am poor.
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I still think a better team-up would be Ash and Reggie getting together to fight the Tall Man and the Evil Dead. You get two funny, dunderheaded, and likeable horror geek icons facing off against one of the coolest horror cinema villains ever. Add to that (for cannon fodder purposes) flying spheres, dimunitive interdimensional henchmen and deadites by the bushel and you get a much better geekfest than Ash vs Freddy&Jason. My guess is that the legal wrangling would also be much easier to handle. C'mon folks, where's the love? Think of the potential one-liners! You know this makes sense. Don, Sam, Bruce, Reggie -- if you read this, please make it happen, mmm'kay?
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If you missed Campbell on Megas you missed an excellent experience of this man...It was awesome in the way you hardly feel as a geek...
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Nuff said
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.....would lick dick
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Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash is a HORRIBLE idea! Ash has no place in that movie! Shit-can that idea fast.
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Lets just hope the "paperwork" gets looked over and evrything in limbo clears.But the only 2 people who could really direct this film is either ronnie yu or sam raimi and ronny yu already said he'd direct one more FVJ film.Thats all I want is one more where freddy or jason "remember jason goes to hell" gets ahold of the book of the dead and in the end Ash puts them both away forever.The End.
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IMHO, I think this would make a better picture.
Imagine Ash, trying to gets his life together and struggling to make it on his Wal-Mart... oops, S-Mart... salary, being offered one of the cute, furry Mogwais as a gift from some creepy, Asian Deadite who amnaged to pass himself off as a shopkeeper.
Because he knows Ash, who barely
is able to take care of himself under normal circumstances, would screw up the 'no feeding after midnight' instructions.
By the end of the first reel, the twon's up to its collective necks in those psychotic little bastards, and the Big Man has to dust off his boomstick and chainsaw.
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Now that's a figth!
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I cannot believe my eyes!! You have an interview with GOD HIMSELF and you do not even mention the name GOD!!!! Bruce Campbell is like a squad of ten thousand angry Jesus men, he can beat alligators and cat women without even waking up! I hope you will all die young, alone and in pain for your lack of true respect!!! Show your fucking respect to the only MAN that Planet Earth had given birth and the ONLY man that deserves to survive after US will be blown away by a mutant Ninja Turtle!!! AND IT WILL BE!!!!! Bruce, hear me man, my friend, my father, my Jesus man, just keep in mind there are people in fucking Romania who builds altars for you on every street from Transylvania!!! Bruce, you are the fucking Antichrist!!! I love you man, of fuck....
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May 29, 2004 4:17:18 PM CDT
Ash vs Kathleen Turner as Serial Mom vs MIlton from Office Space
by supertooth
'nuff said
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yea, Ash vs Gremlins, thats a fuckin awesome idea
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May 29, 2004 4:41:43 PM CDT
Ash vs. Gremlins is a good idea, Van Damned. Joe Dante, as a gee
by declan_swartz
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Unfortunatley, "Bubba-Ho-Tep" is one of the handfull of movies which, in my life, has sucked so much that I walked out of it. Not a Bruce Campbell problem, just a "let's try really damn hard to be a 'cult movie!'" problem.
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No matter how a Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash movie would turn out, or anything else for that matter, I always make sure to get out and support Bruce's stuff. And Brisco on DVD ASAP please.
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Try reading the story you ignorant asses. The movie was made based on a story. The director wanted to keep exactly to the story. It's from "Writer of the purple rage" or something like that from Joe R. Lansdale. That's your problems sometimes geeks. You forget to open a book and learn something different for a change. Oh and Future Reference, I think your post is just too short and vague. Get a job.
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uh, could you repeat that? I don't think you took up enough space with something nobody reading this gives a hot fart about. thanks.
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Or should I say obscure reference? Give it up man! You have your chance to vote Bush out in November...Stop posting these stupid off-topic posts! Liberal wacko! Christ I stand somewhere in the middle as far as politics go, but extreme left and extreme right are equally annoying. Go hug a tree or something....
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I'm a HUGE Bruce fan, and I really, REALLY wanted to like this movie, but it sucked. Not completly, if you're baked on something you may like the camera shots, but it still blew chunks all over my TV.
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Does anybody have the Batman Begins script and be willing to 4ward it? I'd be ever so gratefull! Cheers.
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com'on, give the people what they want!
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... but I just couldn't help it. I had to express my joy at tomorrow's SE DVD release of The Wild Geese in R2. Finally, the greatest late-night, post-boozer testosterone-fuelled movie is on disc! One of the greatest/cheesiest men-on-a-mission films ever. Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Roger Moore, Hardy Kr
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May 30, 2004 3:28:07 PM CDT
ASH & SNAKE PLISKIN & JACK BURTON & THE FROG BROTHERS FROM LOST
by bjk4ku
Just think of the possibilities. you could have pacino play the devil from the devil's advocate and tim curry play the dark lord from legend and some cenobytesand the demon dogs from ghostbusters and you have yourself a great fun movie.
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Ask them to point to a single recount vote in which Bush lost the election or one which shows Gore had more votes than Bush. And I mean a documented source, not some liberal website saying that Gore won, a source with numbers... Funny thing is they can't respond to it, because there is no such source. Almost 4 years later and these whiny bitches just won't give it up. You fucking lost! Leave it at that, you've got yourself another chance in a few months, just tell your dumbass consituents to read the ballot instructions this time and everything should be fine. As for me I don't want a bunch of idiots who can't mark a simple ballot correctly deciding the fate of our national elections. In terms of Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash... I mean do we really think this is going to happen? Or if it does will it be any good? Doubtful on both accounts. Bruce should just do us a favor and refuse to do such a film, I think we all know what the results would be, and he is the only one with the power to really stop it if it is greenlighted. I can only hope he uses his head....
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The only thing is that Ash is just a normal guy who happens to have a chainsaw attached to where his hand used to be and a 30-odd 6 "boom stick." He really wouldn't be much of a match for dream killer Freddy and undead and damn near invincible slasher Jason.
It could be funny, though, (particularly some of the dialogue that could occur between Freddy and Ash) and I do agree with Campbell when he said nobody cares about a bad guy vs. bad guy match. I remember reading that they were going to try to make you feel sympathetic for Jason in Freddy vs. Jason. I don't know about the rest of you, but honestly I didn't give a shit who won, I just wanted a good fight. We did get that, but the ending was almost predictable... -
And very few actors could have pulled of Elvis/Sebastian Haff with as much humanity as Bruce Campbell. ~ If Ash comes back: great. If not, I can live with it. Long Live Bruce.
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Hey KryptonsLastSon can you list some legit sources that says Bush won the election? These double standards that the right has is so damn funny. "Liberals are always whining, so we'll just whine about them whining but we aren't whining, we just don't like those who hate freedom"...make sense? Nope not really. Those are neocons for you.
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Sweep the fin--no mercy!!!
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that's be sweet!
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"YEAH JOHNNY! Get him a Body Bag!"...."I'm gonna have me some fun...I'm gonna have me some fun, Oh Baby."
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This movie is Awesome!! Campbell's inner dialouge is hilarious...the elderly Elvis Kung Fu Karate is fall on the floor funny in some tense scenes and they work! Nobody else could've pulled this role off. The DVD, like the movie, will continue to ploarize the audience. You either get it and love it, or don't get it and hate it. Of course I'd sit through 2 hours of Bruce Campbell reading the phone book...!
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or Superman or President or God. Whatever.
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Where?
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Come on, Freddy vs Jason vs Ash would have been cool, if you don't think so well then don't watch it stupid ass it would have been make for the people who like these type of sequel I know i do.
GOT IT? Duh
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