6 Pack Cinema vol VII..The Final Chapter

Coming up to the end of another week of 6 Pack Cinema Awards w/ the Blue Ribbon still to serve up. But before handing it out there still is one more nomination...

From 1977 Hal Needham's Smokey & the Bandit

The Bandit takes a bet that he & his trucker friend The Snowman can't run a shipment of bootleg Coors from Texas to Georgia. While running blocker for the transport he picks up Frog who is on the run herself from her own wedding. Now not only do they have to run rough shot from the local law the father of groom is a Texas Country Sheriff & he is in hot pursuit.

Gonna wrap it all up in a moment but some quick self promotion before hand.

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Alright time for the big award for the week of 7. Best Picture of the Week – The Blue Ribbon

Those that didn't make the nomination cut were Airport 77, Devil's Angels, Dragstrip Girl, Steele Justice & Silent Night Deadly Night 2 (but it should have..in fact I should have given it all the awards)

Again the nominees were Hot Fuzz, Saturday Night Fever, Barfly, Rabid, Death Rides a Horse & Smokey & the Bandit.

And the winner is..

Barfly

Am I bias because I love drunks in movies? Maybe but Barfly might be the greatest alcoholic movie ever. I would put it in the top 3 @ the very least. It's a great performance piece. That should be of no surprise because I gave The Bush to Faye Dunaway & The Bud To Mickey Rourke. Lovable, sad yet beautiful. I wish my taverns were populated w/ such barflies. I would people watch all day long instead of watching film for such characters. I remembered late in the week that this movie was released in a year ending in 7 & I am thrilled that I pulled it out. It had been years since I had seen it. An utter joy to watch once again & sadly I think it often slips through the cracks. Too bad. It's fucking great.

That will do it for yet another week of 6 Pack Cinema Awards. I'd like to thank those who came back for the 2^nd half. I hadn't forgotten about it but fuck was it hot but like a fool I still threw beer on it which only makes me more laggly...but this isn't the Evian Bottle Awards you know.

Until next time..enjoying cinema served w/ a buzz

 

6 Pack Cinema vol VII..Chapter 6

Getting near the bottom of the week's 6 Pack.

Still one more golden amber to hand out before getting to be big Blue Ribbon winner but before I pour another one here's the next nomination for Best Picture for the Week of 7.

From 1967 Giulio Petroni's Death Rides A Horse

Bill Meceita is out for vengeance. As a boy 4 men murdered his family. He has allowed the venom to fester & has honed his skills..now it is time to kill the men who have done him wrong. On his quest for revenge he meets an ex-con who is after the same men for money owed. Little does Bill know that his new aquanaut holds a secrete that will change the path of fate.

Time for the 5^th award of the pack given to the moment that stuck w/ me more then anything else being so good, so bad it was awesome or just plain fucking ugly – The Colt 45

The nominees are..

Saturday Night Fever – Travolta is a Fucking Dancing Machine

This one scene I think optimizes the disco scene of the late 70s. Travolta is dancing duo but can't be contained. The music takes control causing him to break out on his own to strut his stuff. The crowd parts & he tares up the fucking dance floor. His moves will forever be imitated & for one shining moment Travolta is the king of polyester cool.

Drag Strip Girl – Ice Cream Pizza

While @ their regular hang out of Mama & Papa's pizzeria one of the gang requests a slice of pizza w/ a scope of chocolate ice cream on it. Appalled Mama & Papa comply. After seeing this I got to thinking; I bet that's pretty fucking good. I mean I love both pizza & ice cream. Why not put the two of them together? If Burger King now serves a bacon sundae then why the hell not? ..One of these days Im going to give it a shot.

Hot Fuzz – Timothy Dalton's Horrendous Twist of Fate

In the climax of Hot Fuzz Dalton ends up being impaled by the steeple of a model church...right through that tender spot under the bottom of the jaw! Fuck that looks like it hurt like hell but I still squealed in joy, laughed my ass off & had tears in my eyes. Maybe American's Funniest Home Video was onto something. It is funny to see people hurt themselves. If something like this was on the show & it didn't win $100000 I would cry foul til my dying day.

Barfly – Mickey Rourke Gets Ready To Kick Frank Stallone's Ass

Rourke & Stallone are going to stand toe to toe for another slobber knocker..just another night @ The Golden Horn. Not this time though as Mickey has a belly full of food & is feeling strong. The two head out back for the usual go around but not before Rourke jumps behind the bar & drinks straight from the taps. Now he is fucking super-charged!..I tell you that is the POWER of beer.

Silent Night Deadly Night 2 – Garbage Day!

Ricky was already a little nuts but goes off the deep end. After killing his girlfriend & her ex boyfriend he shoots an incompetent cop & takes his gun. He then takes to the streets of suburbia gunning down just about everyone in sight include some poor fucker taking out his trash. Most catch phrases suck ass but 'Garbage Day' might just one of the greatest of all time. I used to say it every Monday when I took the cans to the curb.

Rabid – Just Give The Mother-Fucker Your Sandwich

After Marilyn Chambers spreads her virus to her latest victim he makes his way to the local diner. While there he scarfs down some dudes sandwich. When taking exception to his lunch being eaten what does the poor bastard get for his troubles? Fucking attacked & mawed in the neck..I learn a lot from movies. Rabid has taught me a valuable lesson. If someone takes your sandwich just let them have it. Trust me some how it's not going to be worth the trouble in the long run.

And the winner is..

Garbage Day!

Ive already let you know how much I love Silent Night Deadly Night 2 but this one scene put this movie over the top for me into the stratosphere of cult dome. It did the first time I saw it / it does the 100^th time Ive seen it. Sure this scene might seem a little softened to many in this day in age of the internet when you can go on youtube & see a million variations of it but trust me the first time I saw this not knowing it was coming I think I peed myself a bit...fuck it's still awesome. Freeman you are the mother-fucking man.

One last golden amber to get to in a moment as I'll crack out the big Blue Ribbon.

Be back after this..

6 Pack Cinema vol VII..chapter 5

That was one long mother-fucking intermission to get to the 2^nd half of this 6 Pack.

The heat rolled in & almost killed your host. Im not dead but the damage has been done. To quote the late great Isaac Hayes 'my balls are on fire'. Goodgoddamn I hates me the extreme summer weather.

Lumpin through & carrying on. Glad to have those back after that lengthy hiatus as there is still more golden amber to hand out for this week of 7. Before cracking into the next one though here's another nomination for the Best Picture Blue Ribbon

From 1977 David Cronenberg's Rabid

After sustaining life threatening injury in a motorcycle accident Rose undergoes experimental surgery. Now something inside of her has a taste for blood & she must feast to survive. Not a vampire tale as she spreads the illness like a plague infecting her victims w/ a madness of blood lust of their own. Canada may never be the same / thank god there's a public healthcare plan but it just might not be enough.

Time for the next golden amber award of the week..Best Male Performance – The Bud

The nominees are..

John Cassavetes as Cody in Devil's Angels

Cassavetes brings a special quality to the biker genre. He's is cool ass w/ a streak of morality. Quite often in biker films gang members are very stereo typical. While everyone around him almost seems to fit that mold Cassavetes is able to break it making him stand out from the rest of the cast & almost gets mild cult aura that thanks to him this film deserves.

John Travolta as Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever

Travolta's greatest role outside of Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction? I think so. He's the coolest loser around & a 70s icon because of this role. Nobody struts like Travolta does in the opening frames..not even me when I try to be the cock of the walk.

Timothy Dalton as Simon Skinner in Hot Fuzz

From films dating back to the 60s in The Lion in Winter into the 80s as Jame Bond I have always found Dalton to be a bit weak. In Hot Fuzz he is @ his best that I have seen him. W/ this one outing it almost makes me forget all the conceptions that I had of him. They melt away w/ his sinister smile in one foul swoop. Dalton has never been more delicious.

Mickey Rourke as Henry Chinaski in Barfly

Quite possibly Rourke best performance even though I might debate that sometimes w/ Angel Heart. He makes we want to become a full time alcoholic & write. He also wants me want to eat a sandwich & get into a fight.

Lee Van Cleef as Ryan in Death Rides A Horse

Lee Van Cleef is a badass mother-fucker. He's always cool as shit & in Death Rides a Horse it is no exception...I adore him so expect to see him hit this list anytime I watch a film of his.

Jackie Gleason as Sheriff Buford T Justice in Smokey & the Bandit

Gleason runs away w/ a 70s drive-in classic. The big man is legendary but w/ Sheriff Buford T Justice added to his resume he is a comic God. How you can not love a man who kicks you in the ass just to get your attention or who when he gets home he's gonna punch your mama right in the mouth? Hell I can even watch him in Smokey & the Bandit 3 in the role..well while drinking anyways.

And the winner is..

Mickey Rourke in Barfly

I think many people forget just how good Mickey Rourke is as an actor. You know along the way he did choose some lesser films & his stint in boxing sure didn't help his career but to be forgotten until The Wrestler came along is a fucking crime. He should have gotten an Oscar for this film. Goddamn right/he's that fucking good. One of the best screen drunks of all time. Rourke rightfully deserves this Bud. Hell he deserves an entire case.. Henry Chinaski would appreciate it.

Still more to come but I have to water the dog..don't fret it won't be as long this time.

Be back after this..

 

6 Pack Cinema vol VII..chapter 4

Gonna work on this 3 beer buzz in just a moment but before serving it up another nomination for Best Picture for the Week of 7.

From 1987 Barbet Schroeder's Barfly

Henry Chinaski is a poet & full time alcoholic. W/ a mind set outside the contemporaries of society he prefers to live life @ the bottom of a bottle or glass. He finds a drinking partner in fellow barfly Wanda & the two of them make an attempt to become part of the working class so they can drink in style. His writing has garnered the attention of a wealthy publisher who wants to take Chinaski from his accustom lifestyle but Henry has no dreams to be trapped in a cage w/ golden bars.

Time to top off the 1^st half of this 6 Pack w/ the award for Best Soundtrax or Score – The Rolling Rock

The nominees are..

Smokey & The Bandit

Not only is Jerry Reed great as The Snowman he supplies a fantastic country/western soundtrack. The theme song East Bound & Down makes me jump into a trans-am & high tail it across country running decoy for an 18 wheeler full of bootleg liquor w/ a smokey in hot pursuit...makes me wish I was a 70s red neck.

Devil's Angels

Davie Allan & The Arrows score gives the The Devil's Angels a good late 60s driving force w/ lots of fuzzy guitar. Although I wouldn't classify The Devil's Angels as one of the best biker movies that I have seen you can't deny that the score makes it a stand out for Drive-In flix of this type.

Hot Fuzz

John Spencer's theme song to Hot Fuzz is kick ass. In fact the entire soundtrax is littered w/ greats the likes of T-Rex, Sweet, The Kinks, Adam Ant & The Troggs. Edgar Wright's film is so fast you don't always notice everyone involved but once you see the track listing you just have to go back & listen to it on its own.

Barfly

Booker T & the MG's give Barfly a sorta swagger that fits perfectly w/ Mickey Rourke's character. Some great blues included w/ the likes of Sonny Boy Williamson & Albert King, jazz w/ Jimmy Smith & John Coltrane topped off w/ classical by Mozart & Beethoven. It's a unique combination just like the film itself.

Saturday Night Fever

When Staying Alive by The Bee Gees kicks in I want to strut like Im the cock of the walk. It is the mecca of disco often imitated but never duplicated. It's land mark for what it did for music & culture (or better or worse) in the late 70s. I would classify it in the top 3 most influence soundtrax ever made.

Death Rides A Horse

Ennio Morricone always adds something special when he composes music for film. Personally I find spaghetti westerns to be his forte. His work on Death Rides A Horse is one of my favorite. So fucking awesome Quentin Tarantino couldn't keep his hands off it for Kill Bill & Inglorious Basterds.

And the winner is..

Saturday Night Fever

Coming up w/ a true winner this week was really hard because I like all of them just for different reasons. A lot of them hold a special place in my heart but I can't deny the power that Saturday Night Fever had on me as a kid. I still have my parents vinyl (I wish I had the 8-track). The album ruled the turn table & radio like there was no tomorrow back in the day. I remember dancing like John Travolta w/ my mom in the kitchen & doing 'the bump' w/ her. I was so little after awhile her hips would knock me to the floor.

..Plus it spawned one of my favorite albums @ the time.

Still the 2^nd half of this 6 Pack to get to..hold tight because it will come.

Be back after this..

6 Pack Cinema vol VII..chapter 3

Still lots of golden amber in this 6 Pack to hand out for the week of 7 but before getting to the next one another nomination for Best Picture of the Week.

From 1977 John Badham's Saturday Night Fever

A staple of late 70s cinema Tony Manero has a dead end job but by night he is the king of boogie @ the local disco. Manero is happiest when he's on the dance floor where he's pure machismo but the forces of bitter reality @ home w/ his family, on the town bullshit w/ his friends & the fact that he is going no where fast are closing in. Competing in the clubs dance competition Tony dreams of having a moment of greatness but even that comes w/ a hard pill of reality to swallow.

Time for the 2^nd award of the 6 Pack given to the best female performance. For the past 6 weeks this award was the C.L.I.T but since I have tasted the C.L.I.T & found it not to be such the sweet gumdrop that I had hoped it was so it's now being switched up. The award given out for Best Female Performance will now be – The Bush..Curtis Armstrong would be proud.

The nominees are..

Donna Pescow as Annette in Saturday Night Fever

Pescow has the hots for Travolta wanting his spicy Italian sausage something fierce. Travolta thinks she's a bit of a cunt but still attempts to have a go @ her. Although Tony doesn't give her any sauce for her linguine his friends don't have any problem taking a crack @ her as they give her a gang bang in the back of a car. Tony may say that now she is a cunt in reality she's quite sad like many girls lookin for love but settling on attention.

Sally Field as Carrie in Smokey & the Bandit

Sally Field has always had a perky charm to her dating all the way back to her Gidget days. She's a great counter part to Burt Reynolds being in 4 movies w/ him (this being her first). As the key female in this cast she has natural screen charisma & is a lot of fun to have along for the ride making for a good romantic interest along the way. Her comic delivery is even pretty good. Every time she lights up a cigarette I have to laugh..she enjoys it so much.

Fay Spain as Louise Blake in Dragstrip Girl

I like girls that are into hot rods & Spain doesn't mind getting greasy either. Even though she has a bit of grrl power she still really likes the attention of the boys being indecisive about Steven Terrell & John Ashley sorta playing them both. She's a modern teenager of the 50s who wants to have it all.

Faye Dunaway as Wanda Wilcox in Barfly

Dunaway is a great alcoholic that sometimes seems a bit more crazy then drunk. She'll hook up w/ anyone who has a 5^th of bourbon. She wears the sickness well even if her weakness for the sauce flares her temper, loneliness, personal dependency & jealousy. A great character in the annals of drunks.

Marilyn Chambers as Rose in Rabid

Rabid gives Chambers a nice cross over from XXX. It doesn't demand a lot out of playing to her sensual strengths & natural attractive screen presence. She carries the living sexual virus very well & could have easily became a 70s/80s horror diva after this if not returning to porn. Natasha Henstridge should have watched Chamber's performance before she did Species.

Lilyan Chauvin as Mother Superior in Silent Night Deadly Night 2

Yes I know her whole performance consists of flash backs from the 1^st SNDN but I love Lilyan Chauvin so much that I have to include her. Maybe she'll make this list again when I watch the original SNDN @ Xmas. She's my 2^nd favorite 80s horror female behind Betsy Palmer..Punishment is good!

And the winner is..

Faye Dunaway in Barfly

Barfly could very easily been a great movie carried by Mickey Rourke but w/ the addition of Faye Dunaway it gives this film even more layer. Pathetic @ her core because of the alcohol dependency the audience never has any contempt or overt sympathy for her because she drinks w/ class. She makes me happy that Rourke has found someone to share his drinking w/..well until the booze runs out anyway.

Another trip to the fridge for a cold one as plenty still to serve up.

Be back after this..

6 Pack Cinema vol VII..chapter 2

Gonna start hand out this week's golden amber in a sec but before hand the 1^st nomination for the Blue Ribbon of Best Picture of the Week of 7.

From 2007 Edgar Wright's Hot Fuzz

London super cop Nicholas Angel has been doing his job a bit too well & is making the rest of the force look bad. He is promoted & transferred to the small community of Sandford where everything appears quiet & quite dull of the surface. Teamed w/ his new partner Danny Butterman (who dreams of being an stereotypical movie action hero police officer) they investigate a series of 'accidents' that Angel believes to be murders. The small town police force smirk @ his excessive theories & investigation leaving Angel to peel back the layers of truth of a town that has more going on then what's on the surface.

Time to crack out the first award of the week / that given to the person or thing in media that has had a profound impact on me over the years. The Life of Influence Under the Influence – The 40

This week's recipient is Eric Freeman & Silent Night Deadly Night 2

I have to give Freeman this award this week because even though it was June I decided to crack out a personal cult classic of mine in Silent Night Deadly Night 2. Although I love this movie but in truth it is far from good film making so it won't be nominated for best picture even though I should give it 24 beers for how much I have enjoyed it over the years. Freeman's over the top performance is so campy hilariously that I fucking love it but it won't earn him a nomination for best actor. He & the entire project deserve a special place as it has captured my spirit during a holiday that I fucking hate. Freeman & SNDN 2 is the film that makes this Grinch’s heart grow 10 fold.

When my best friend & I originally rented SDND 2 we were warned by the video clerk not to watch it because everyone was saying it was a bad movie. Apprehensive we did anyways since as slasher fans we would sit through just about anything no matter how bad it was. What a pleasant surprise it was after watching this film (even though it is half flash backs from the original SNDN) the new material w/ Eric Freeman's over the top performance (complete w/ flaring nostrils & eyebrows that Stanislavsky never could have trained) would become a personal favorite. It's a bad movie mecca. Fuck those people who bought into the concept that Troll 2 holds this title. Silent Night Deadly Night 2 transcends that making it so incredibly fucking awesome. I love it so much that I have cracked it out every Xmas for years & years. It's my It's a Wonderful Life. Over the years Ive found Im not alone in my adoration for this flix. Doubt me just look it up on YouTube.

Sadly this was just about Eric Freeman's only movie roll & he has faded into obscurity. Oh how much I would have loved for him to be back for the commentary on the DVD. Is he in hiding? Has this movie caused him too much ridicule in certain circles & too much cult admiration in others? It's a fucking shame that he is not @ every horror convention in existence since. I hope he's not ashamed of it / he shouldn't be. Sure most thespians won't take him seriously but by so many fans he's loved. I think he's so great that I could watch him eat a ham sandwich if only for him to say 'SANDWICH!' w/ his own personal inflection & facial expressions.

Freeman I adore you..please come back & do Silent Night Deadly Night 6 someday even if it is only for a pay check. Trust me I won't hold it against you if only to have you on film once again.

Still plenty of golden amber to serve up as Im just cracking into this 6 Pack.

Be back after this..

 

6 Pack Cinema Awards vol VII

Cheers!

I hope all my friends in The Great White North had a good Canada Day weekend. Some of you were probably even fortunate enough to have the Monday off too since they are still recognizing it as the official stat holiday. The LCBO may be closed due to the fact but Blaxunshine will be serving up the golden amber w/ another 6 Pack Cinema Awards show.

Sorry so late but I had been draggin my ass this week & decided that I would celebrate the holiday a little bit..& truth be known Im a bit of a procrastinator. I'll get to it all piece by piece but there about a dozen things on my mind last week & this week. Plus it has been so hot that all I want to do is lay motionless on the couch in front of the television, cold one in hand & the fan on mach10 blowing on me. After all it is the lazy hazy days of summer.

Since Im onto vol VII I decided to watch movies w/ the release date ending in 7 & got through 11 films. Not everything I planned but still a good chunk..I never get through everything I plan though but that's alright. They will probably eventually turn up in future award shows. I also did a few shows on 6-Pack-Radio for music released for years ending in 7 if you want to check that shit out.

Things will get rolling in a moment & start handing out the week's golden amber but as always as I like to do here on 6 Pack Cinema Awards to start things off w/ a music number.

From last week's nominated best soundtrax for the week of L here's Joe Cocker w/ Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood.

Gonna start serving them up but first a trip to the ice box where the golden amber is chillin.

Be back after this..