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Movie Movie (1978)
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Movie Movie VHS (1980) (USA) - YouTube A nostalgic return to 1930s Hollywood filmmaking satirizes a double feature combining a boxing drama and a lavish musical, and features a coming attraction in between. The all-star cast of this comedy includes George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Barbara Harris, Red Buttons, Barry Bostwick, Ann Reinking, Art Carney and Eli Wallach. Magnetic Video Corporation #9020 NOTE: Originally released by Warner Bros. theatrically. Although the Big W logo is not to be found on the cassette, the two individual shorts packaged feature a sendup of that studio's name. Contents: FBI Warning Logo: Magnetic Video [first version of the ITC Entertainment version of the narration] Opening credits Introduction by George Burns Logo: A Warren Brothers Picture [name, as aforementioned, is a satiric homage to the film's original distributor] DYNAMITE HANDS: Harry Hamlin plays a young, impoverished boxer, who, through the dedication of promoter George C. Scott, becomes a champion of the boxing ring until he gets caught up in a tempestuous romance with a sultry singing star (Ann Reinking). This tape, and most TV prints of this film, have the segment in color; it was also fil…
Directors & creators
Jesse Coffey
Subjects
Stanley Donen, George C. Scott, b movie, 1930s, VHS, Magnetic Video Corporation
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