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L.A. Readers! The New Beverly Film Explosion Starts Tonight With CLASS OF 1984 And 3:15: THE MOMENT OF TRUTH!!!
Beaks here...
Let's get reaaaaadddyyyyyyy to rrrruuuuummmmmmble!
The weeklong New Beverly Film Explosion is kicking off tonight at 7:30 PM with an ultraviolent, high-schoolers-gone-murderously-bad double feature! So slip on your brass knuckles, flip open your butterfly knife and let's get it on with...
Mark L. Lester's CLASS OF 1984 boasts a showdown between two of the biggest badasses of 1980s exploitation cinema: Perry King and Timothy Van Patten. King plays the wet-behind-the-ears music teacher who gets assigned to one of the worst high schools in Toronto; Van Patten is the drug-dealing gang leader who makes life miserable for King (and a fresh-faced dork played by newcomer Michael Fox). CLASS OF 1984 was co-written by FRIGHT NIGHT's Tom Holland, and he'll be in attendance this evening (schedule permitting) to candidly answer your questions about his involvement in this shlocky '80s classic.
After CLASS OF 1984, it's on to...
Seeing that VHS box brings back memories. This was one of those movies that arrived in the video store without any fanfare. I remember becoming aware of it right around the time Phil Joanou's THREE O'CLOCK HIGH hit theaters, so I rented it because, hey, what's not to like about teenaged street toughs kicking the crap out of each other? With chains, no less!
I can't remember much of anything from this movie, other than it's ridiculously violent. This was Adam Baldwin's bully-battlin' follow-up to Tony Bill's wonderful MY BODYGUARD (which the New Beverly recently screened), and is probably his sixth best film of the decade (behind FULL METAL JACKET, THE CHOCOLATE WAR, MY BODYGUARD, COHEN AND TATE and D.C. CAB). Deborah Foreman also stars, which should seal the deal for you.
After tonight, the festival continues with a random collection of classic '80s titles that you'd be a complete asshole to miss. Here's the rest of the lineup (bet you never thought you'd see JOYSTICKS on the big screen):
Wednesday June 3
Director Kevin Tenney IN PERSON, schedule permitting
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=79632561497
Witchboard (1986)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0090327/
7:30
Witchtrap (1989)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0098662/
9:30
Thursday June 4
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=76212319612
Under Siege (1992)
dir. Andrew Davis
starring Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey, Erika Eleniak
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0105690/
7:30
The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991)
dir. Sidney J. Furie
starring Ken Wahl, Matt Frewer, Harley Jane Kozak, Robert Davi, Lee Ving
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0105526/
9:35
Friday June 5
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=97445745621
Triple Feature! All Tickets $10
Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter (1984)
dir. Joseph Zito, starring Corey Feldman, Kimberly Beck, Erich Anderson, Crispin Glover
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0087298/
7:30
Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985)
dir. Danny Steinmann, starring Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd, Anthony Barrile, Suzanne Bateman
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0089173/
9:30
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
dir. Tom McLoughlin, starring Thom Mathews, Jennifer Cooke, David Kagen, Kerry Noonan
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0091080/
11:30
Saturday June 6
Clu Gulager plus other special guests IN PERSON!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=80317838642
Triple Feature! All Tickets $10
Hunter's Blood (1986)
dir. Robert C. Hughes
starring Clu Gulager, Sam Bottoms, Joey Travolta, Kim Delaney, Bruce Glover, Billy Drago
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0093232/
7:30
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
dir. Jack Sholder, starring Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler, Clu Gulager, Robert Englund
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0089686/
10:00
Terror at London Bridge (1985)
dir. E.W. Swackhamer, starring David Hasselhoff, Adrienne Barbeau, Clu Gulager
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0088852/
11:59
Sunday June 7
The Wizard Director Todd Holland & star Luke Edwards IN PERSON, schedules permitting
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=81573257350
The Wizard (1989)
dir. Todd Holland, starring Fred Savage, Luke Edwards, Jenny Lewis, Christian Slater, Beau Bridges
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0098663/
7:30
Joysticks (1983)
dir. Greydon Clark, starring Scott McGinnis, Joe Don Baker, Leif Green, Jon Gries, Corinne Bohrer, Jim Greenleaf
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0085764/
9:30
Monday June 8
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=193623670404
Hardbodies (1984)
dir. Mark Griffiths, starring Grant Cramer, Teal Roberts, Courtney Gains, Cindy Silver
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0087385/
7:30
Heavenly Bodies (1984)
dir. Lawrence Dane, starring Cynthia Dale, Richard Rebiere, Walter George Alton, Laura Henry
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0087399/
9:25
Hope to see you there!
Director Kevin Tenney IN PERSON, schedule permitting
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=79632561497
Witchboard (1986)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0090327/
7:30
Witchtrap (1989)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0098662/
9:30
Thursday June 4
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=76212319612
Under Siege (1992)
dir. Andrew Davis
starring Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey, Erika Eleniak
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0105690/
7:30
The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991)
dir. Sidney J. Furie
starring Ken Wahl, Matt Frewer, Harley Jane Kozak, Robert Davi, Lee Ving
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0105526/
9:35
Friday June 5
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=97445745621
Triple Feature! All Tickets $10
Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter (1984)
dir. Joseph Zito, starring Corey Feldman, Kimberly Beck, Erich Anderson, Crispin Glover
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0087298/
7:30
Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985)
dir. Danny Steinmann, starring Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd, Anthony Barrile, Suzanne Bateman
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0089173/
9:30
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
dir. Tom McLoughlin, starring Thom Mathews, Jennifer Cooke, David Kagen, Kerry Noonan
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0091080/
11:30
Saturday June 6
Clu Gulager plus other special guests IN PERSON!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=80317838642
Triple Feature! All Tickets $10
Hunter's Blood (1986)
dir. Robert C. Hughes
starring Clu Gulager, Sam Bottoms, Joey Travolta, Kim Delaney, Bruce Glover, Billy Drago
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0093232/
7:30
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
dir. Jack Sholder, starring Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler, Clu Gulager, Robert Englund
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0089686/
10:00
Terror at London Bridge (1985)
dir. E.W. Swackhamer, starring David Hasselhoff, Adrienne Barbeau, Clu Gulager
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0088852/
11:59
Sunday June 7
The Wizard Director Todd Holland & star Luke Edwards IN PERSON, schedules permitting
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=81573257350
The Wizard (1989)
dir. Todd Holland, starring Fred Savage, Luke Edwards, Jenny Lewis, Christian Slater, Beau Bridges
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0098663/
7:30
Joysticks (1983)
dir. Greydon Clark, starring Scott McGinnis, Joe Don Baker, Leif Green, Jon Gries, Corinne Bohrer, Jim Greenleaf
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0085764/
9:30
Monday June 8
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=193623670404
Hardbodies (1984)
dir. Mark Griffiths, starring Grant Cramer, Teal Roberts, Courtney Gains, Cindy Silver
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0087385/
7:30
Heavenly Bodies (1984)
dir. Lawrence Dane, starring Cynthia Dale, Richard Rebiere, Walter George Alton, Laura Henry
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0087399/
9:25
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Never enough time to make a clever comment racing to be first.. or second..
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Total Guilty pleasure. But I have never seen 3:15.
Hmm. I was supposed to meet some girl tonight. Maybe I will tell her I am sick and go to the New Beverly instead. -
Is that BM for short?
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Jun 02, 2009 3:05:09 PM CDT
I saw Class of 1984 in the theater when it first came out...
by lanemyersclassic
My brother and I were laughing our asses off at the metal detectors in the school. Metal detectors?! In school!? Hahaha! Not so funny anymore.
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Class of 1984 Rules!
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Ruined the whole Clu experience for me.
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Dick Van Pattens kid?
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Did I imagine that title? Might have been a U.K. retitle. I only vagely remember what happenned in the film, but it was cool. As is Class of 1984, which I've watched heaps!
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Love that the guy is a regular at the New Bev. Gotta love a guy who loves movies the way he does.
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are doomed to wear jeans jackets and drive IROC Z-28s. Would I willingly relive even a moment of that stinky butt of a decade? No way... dude.
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I miss the New Beverly that played a lot more foreign and classic films instead of this kind of b-movie crap, which has been way too prevelant in the last year or so. Their long-time manager died a while back so maybe that's the reason. Luckily later this month at there are Powell & Pressburger, Polanski, and Douglas Sirk double features, and I was impressed by the Paradjanov films they showed in May.
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Holy shit is Stegman not the most hardcore high schooler ever?
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Jesus!
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Stegman is part Will Hunting, part Satan's spawn.
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Jun 02, 2009 6:40:03 PM CDT
EVEN THE BLACK GUYS WERE IN FEAR OF STEGMAN AND HIS GANG
by bringingsexyback
of tuffs.
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The best part is the way it all comes together into the perfect climax when the teacher throws Stegman through a skylight into the gym where his music recital is going on.
If you haven't seen it I also recommend Class of 1999. Same director, otherwise unrelated, it takes place in a ridiculous ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK inspired future where schools are prisons and the teachers (including Pam Grier) are military robots. Lots of good low budget Terminator-rip-off effects, and filmed in Seattle too. -
They are still showing all the foreign and classic stuff, but they've added more grindhouse and b-movie madness, because things that don't evolve, you know, die.
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Actually, I think ever since the death of the owner (sorry, but his name escapes me right now) the New Beverly has played less classics, art house and foreign films and more grindhouse/exploitation films. I mean it is always nice to see Spider Baby on the big screen, but it is kind of sad that you can't really see a Bunuel or a Shohei Imamura film at a theatre (Egyptian excluded).
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Why do you think they are looking on in horror
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class film..not seen the other film yet tho. have to check it
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yes i have
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You know there is a higher being when you have a theater like the New Beverly.
Thanks New Bev!
"WHERE THE FUCK IS KURT RUSSELL?"
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I love that movie to death. This movie still stands the test of time. And like another talkbacker said. Metal detectors? Yeah right. I also remember reading somewhere that Class Of 1984 was ridiculed because of the unrealistic portrayal of school being shown. That movie was a taste of the future.
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Night one at the New Beverly was GREAT! Tom Holland was AWESOME! Had a great Q&A. There were great trailers too!! I had never seen 3:15 and LOVED it! Young Adam Baldwin = hot! Great cast, a cameo by JOHN DOE?!?! Dude! So many cool peeps in that movie! Yup! Can't wait for night two! WITCH FLICKS!
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The piss-poor Alice Cooper song from Class of 1984? It was "I am the Future" which was ironic since he was already about 40 at the time
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but my favorite of the killer teenagers has always been Massacre at Central High. Don't know why this film hasn't been released on dvd. Maybe it's too close to the Columbine tragedy(though I'd have thought the same thing about 1984). On the flip side they could do a double feature on kick ass teachers, The Substitute and The Principal.
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I agree, that song is terrible! I was surprised when I saw it was Alice Cooper. It sounded like some kid who was in the movie had a shitty band and they wanted to keep it cheap. And the funniest part is it's written by the great Lalo Schifrin.
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I have really great memories of this film , still have the OST on cassette.
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