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Get an exclusive look at the first 5 minutes of the Crispin Glover historical cannibal flick THE DONNER PARTY!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a little taste (yuk yuk yuk) of an indie retelling of the real life Donner Party tale starring the great Crispin Glover.
Below you get the first five minutes of the flick and a bit of the bearded Mr. Glover. The flick has a DVD release date of January 26, 2010. Hope you enjoy it!
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THATS A SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE IF I EVER SAW ONE! IF THERE EVER WAS ONE THIS IS IT! THATS IT WE ARE DOOMED WE ARE TOAST A SOCIETY AS A PEOPLE! WE ARE REMAKING SHORT CIRCUT?!?! WTF!??!?
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When it was called Cannibal: The Musical. Yes, I know CTM wasn't about the Donner party.
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The "Donner Party of 4" quote...because that's the first thing that came to mind when I saw this...but I couldn't remember where I heard it. It's not Seinfeld, is it?
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I am cracking up right now that someone has recognized that line, never in a million years would I have thought someone would recognize that reference, anyway it's a quote from the Playstation game "Gex 3" and Gex would say it during the Christmas themed level
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...that's OK, just eat the vegetables! HAH!
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Oct 28, 2009 12:57:17 AM CDT
Donner party of 12 ... 11 ... 10 ... 9 ... 8 ... 7 ... 6 ... 5 .
by chuck_chuckwalla
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Yeah, you're thinking of Seinfeld. Of course, maybe you've played GEX.
It's an old joke. -
well I heard it in Gex
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I haven't psted a thing since the Bale flap. But, bottom line, I'm more than willing to eat shit and call it Lou Malnati's for a friend. The guy behind this is TJ Martin. And, since I'm out in the open about this, I don't think I can be called a plant to say this was a labor of love. In 2005, I answered a Digital Webbing ad to do the graphic novel adaptation of the story. Things didn't work out due to budgeting issues. What I can say though is TJ has busted his ass on this for more years than I'm sure he'd like to admit. And I'm thrilled it's finally come to fruition for him. Folks, as a friend of TJ's, and someone who read the script almost five years ago now, I can tell you, this one is special. He knew what he was doing, where he was going with it, and why he wanted to do it. This one will be worth your time.
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And he can fuck off. I'm amazed this son of a bitch is able to get cast anywhere.
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I love when people accuse people of being things without any explanation whatsoever
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fudge, packer?
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If they wanted to recast the joker in batman 3 He could be pretty good!......Might Work!
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the credit sequence, even for an indie was pretty lacklustre..
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...bring your own chilli and garlic sauce!
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was early Robin Williams stand-up, but it's probably older tahn that. I could imagine Mel Brooks or Steve Allen saying that ages ago.
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the donner party saga, from everything i've read, is pretty boring -- except for the cannibalism, of course. an alferd packer movie would be much more exciting, since packer was the only survivor, and no one's really sure what actually happened. you could postulate what happened, a la "the perfect storm." i've been waiting for a decent historical cannibalism flick for a while, as "ravenous" was solid but far from great.
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frustratingly shit
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an episode of WEST WING.
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Was that not also on Patch Adams? The joke has been around more than a $2 hooker.
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remembered for his Letterman appearance. You can't see one interview or read about him without that being mentioned. That includes this thread. :)
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First rule of filmmaking.
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In that case best of luck to him. Nice-looking camerawork but perhaps its a bit much using both caption cards and a voiceover in the opening 3 minutes. Use one or the other i'd say. Will definitely give it a look though.
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Oct 28, 2009 5:52:03 AM CDT
If Crispin Glover is the big star of this event motion picture
by anything but tangerines
I take it he is one of the last fellows sitting there with a belly full of friends.
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Richard Donner and Lauren Schuller Donner will be revealed!
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Oct 28, 2009 6:08:36 AM CDT
But the question is, will Rubin Farr be in this?
by fa_tass_dinomolester
And if so, will he come dangerously close to kicking David Letterman in the head? "THESE AREN'T MINE! I CAN KICK"!!!
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Oct 28, 2009 6:14:58 AM CDT
I expected the camera to pan to the The Tales of an Ancient Empi
by kikuchiyoboy
chicks, just standing there looking at Glover.
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Donner party did a great job with those flicks!
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Though obviously it's not exactly historically accurate.
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Oct 28, 2009 7:51:09 AM CDT
What the hell did Glover do on Letterman???
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
Is he now a Nigger-guy??
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And swapping him out for that puny Joseph Gordon-Levitt! Fickle fanboys!!!!!
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and i didn't hear that they were filming this. that sure looked like donner lake in the background there. i think this looks good, and i'll definitely check it out.
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I'd rather not get the history treatment in the form of text. It would be more interesting to just let it play out I think. Just cut out the text garbage and you would have a much more compelling introduction.
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Not a bad flick wrote a review of it. Here's a link to the festival reviews:
http://aff.bside.com/2009/films/thedonnerparty_tjmartin_aff2009#reviews
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Oct 28, 2009 10:01:11 AM CDT
Factoid: There's a Burger King a few minutes walk from the site.
by royston lodge
...of the Donner party's winter camp.
At least, that's according to the dialogue on a snowboarding video I bought once.
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Parts of Ric Burns's documentary on the Donner Party were inaccurate, but for context, magnitude, and an ever-increasing sense of dread and hopelessness in the face of hope, he paints a chilling, memorable picture.
This looks like a piece of Hallmark crap so far... I'll check it out because of my fascination with the subject, but I'm expecting to be jarred and insulted.
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Oh yeah.
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Had NO IDEA something like this was in the works, so I'm very pleased to hear this. Crispin adds that peculiar tang of crazyfucker to everything he does, even "Charlie's Angels." Ever since "The River's Edge," I've been a fan. Anyone seen his "Wizard of Gore" remake yet? Haven't yet myself and I'm kind of worried it sucks...
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I think he should be a far more utilized actor than he is. He should have been Willy Wonka. He should have been the Joker. That said, however, this looks like a steaming chunk of straight-to-DVD poo.
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'Cause he loves his people crispy! :P
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I've seen all of his Letterman stuff,his "music" and other shit but what really puts it over the top is those God awful movies he directed put the shit icing on the crazy cake. It had kids with down syndrome fucking each other and all kinds of other just weird shit man. With Glover it isn't an act.
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I know he's thrilled just to be looked at here.
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Seriously, wasn't the Andes Plane Crash Cookbook enough for people? Unless there are zombies in it, this has to be the most unappetizing idea for a movie out there.
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Got Tickets for this at the Imax Austin tonight.
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cant be beat
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Classic man, made my day.
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I thought it was "He was licking me!!!" Might be wrong though, it's been ages. Still, do love me some Ravenous.
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. . . Went dressed as Blitzen instead and nobody even noticed.
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Try the veal- his name was Steve!
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Here's an hour long Crispin interview he did a week or two ago. tomgreen.com/?video=1492
He covers a lot. Crispin fans should watch.
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