Back Seat Producers

CNN.com reports that Harvey Korman, director, producer and arguably one of the best comic actors in the business, died Thursday in Los Angeles from complications stemming from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. He was 81. Korman, born in Chicago, Illinois got his start as a voice actor playing The Great Gazoo on The Flintstones. He was also a guest star on [...]

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Sex And The City: The Movie: R. The movie version of the hit HBO series based on autobiographical columns by Candace Bushnell. From New Line Cinema HBO Film.  The Strangers: R. A couple in a remote home is terrorized by three masked criminals in what becomes a struggle for survival. From Universal Studios. Bigger, Stronger, Faster: [...]

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Welcome to the first episode of the Back Seat Producers. In this episode, Tony, Tony and Adam discuss the first three Indiana Jones films. If you haven’t seen Raiders, Temple, or Crusade, you might want to watch them first, because we are spoiling things all over the place in this episode. (Sorry, the settings were [...]

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Earle Hagen, Emmy-winning TV theme composer, author and educator, died Monday of natural causes at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. He was 88.  Hagen, who not only composed the theme from the Andy Griffith Show but also did the whistling for the melody, had a 33 year career in the industry composing original music for more than 3000 [...]

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In Plain Sight is the newest member of the family of the USA “Characters Welcome” family. It is a very welcome addition, and is an intriguing and fun show to watch! The show centers on Mary Shannon (Mary McCormick), a US Marshall working with the Federal Witness Protection Program (WITSEC). She is a feisty, independent [...]

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/Film reports that it seems more Rocky films may be possible. During a presentation at Cannes, MGM chairperson Mary Parent said that the company is entertaining the idea of the possibility of making more Rocky films saying that she believes Rocky Balboa may have some more fight in him. Fraggle Rock Moving forward. Corey Edwards, [...]

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Entertainment Times Online reports that Oscar winning driector Sydney Pollack died Monday afternoon at his home after succumbing to stomach cancer. He was 73. He was born Sydney Irwin Pollack in Lafayette, Indiana to Rebecca and David Pollack, Jewish immigrants from Russia. Pollack studied with Sanford Meisner at The Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City [...]

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  Entertainment Times online reports that 83 year old Christopher Tolkien is calling for “one last crusade” against Warner Bros who he says owes him more than $150 million. In a 1969 deal made to settle family tax debts, Christopher signed away the film rights to his father’s works to New Line Cinema in exchange [...]

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NOTE: I know Edward usually posts the news, but this jumped out at me and I really dig these two guys. CANNES — Werner Herzog and David Lynch are teaming for “My Son, My Son,” a horror-tinged murder drama based on a true story. Herzog and his longtime assistant director Herbert Golder co-wrote “Son,” loosely [...]

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Indiana Jones. The name alone brings up images of whip-swinging, leather hats, and religious artifacts. 30s pulp at its peak. The newest film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (what a mouthful), is set twenty years into the future, in the late 1950s. The change is rocky, and doesn’t succeed in my [...]

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