I picked Bubba Ho-Tep up night before last at a signing party
for the cast and crew at Dark Delicacies in Burbank. The
movie is terrific, based on a wild and wooly Joe R. Lansdale
story, and the DVD is loaded with fun extras. It hit #2 on
Amazon yesterday (just barely trailing behind that little
Lord of the Rings film) so there must be a lot of fan
excitement and anticipation out there for the movie.
There is also a very cool companion book available from Night
Shade that contains the original story by Lansdale and the
screenplay by director Don Coscarelli (who wisely stays
miraculously close to the original material in his adaption).
It includes intros by both men which go far in explaining how
it all came to be.
I promised a report on Al Guthrie's TWO-WAY SPLIT when I
returned from my tour, but unfortunately the distractions of
the road proved too great and I only just started the book
yesterday. I'm about halfway through and find it mesmerizing.
Al has found a way to blend the old with the new and make it
all seem very fresh. It's a complex character study (of a
number of interesting characters) punctuated by startling
moments of violence. It's hard to believe this is a first
novel, if, in fact, it is.
Is it, Al?
TL
On May 27, 2004, at 2:12 PM, Pat Zeitoun wrote:
> If you have not already heard, Bubba Ho-Tep is
available now. Look
> around,
> my daughter, found very good prices. Can't wait for
it to get here.
>
> This message is a reminder that the Collector's
Edition DVD of BUBBA
> HO-TEP
> (2003) was released on Tuesday, May 25.
>
> Pat Zeitoun
>
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