Tag: Basil Poledouris

Revisiting No Man’s Land (1987)

Revisiting No Man’s Land (1987)

August 9, 2017 | By

Review of No Man’s Land (1987), Peter Werner’s upper-B actioner, new on Blu from KL Studio Classics + links to vintage P.R. ephemera & the ridiculous bonus short ‘The Magic Beta Case’.

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Summer Tales, and Tributes to Basil Poledouris and Wes Craven

Summer Tales, and Tributes to Basil Poledouris and Wes Craven

September 1, 2015 | By

R.I.P. Wes Craven + reviews of Randal Kleiser’s Summer Lovers (1982), plus two doc tributes to the film’s composer: Basil Poledouris: His Life and Music (1997) + Tribute to Basil Poledouris (2009).

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BR: Summer Lovers (1982)

BR: Summer Lovers (1982)

August 30, 2015 | By

After achieving a meteoric career boost with Grease (1978) and The Blue Lagoon (1980), Randal Kleiser took time off in Greece, and quickly noticed the swathes of young adults arriving by boat and plane, camping on the nude beaches, and engaging in assorted relationships…

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BR: Basil Poledouris – His Life and Music (1997)

BR: Basil Poledouris – His Life and Music (1997)

August 30, 2015 | By

Back in 1997, film music magazine Film Score Monthly (FSM) had launched the first volume in what became their only entry in the branded Film Composer Interview Series, and the roughly 50 min. doc provides a rare homey snapshot of Basil Poledouris

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BR: No Man’s Land (1987)

BR: No Man’s Land (1987)

January 11, 2014 | By

Filmed soon after Charlie Sheen’s appearance in The Wraith (1986), No Man’s Land is a slick action drama supported by executive producers Ron Howard and Tony Ganz, and features a script by Dick Wolf, then a contributing writer to Hill Street Blues and especially Miami Vice…

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