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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, June 30, 1991

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    European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Leforc Highway to heaven before Little House on the Prairie Alves. Even before Bonanza Michael Landon was a drive in kind of Guy. This week recognizing Michael a supreme contribution to drive in culture Ria Columbia pictures Home video is launching a new series by releasing the Ong out of circulation movie l hat started it All. A.  a a a. A. You know what in a talking about by now done to you its 1957, Michael Landon plays Tony the brawling smart Mouth teen Ager with a Chip on his shoulder who May not get a College schol warship because he a a Hothead and hangs out in a beatnik club and listens to bad Bongo music. I is Girlfriend whines at him. His friends Tell him he a out of line. Cops and parents and teachers Tell him he needs to  finally he s sent to the most nightmarish place any kid in the �?T5l s could be sent the psychiatrists office. Once inside he a a goner the doctor brings out a hypodermic injection and suddenly we re watching the transformation Seene in one of the scariest or tics of  decade i was a teen age Werewolf. A lot of this movie seems Kinda lame today especially the scenes where cops stand around in front of Wall maps planning their investigation of every farm animal in a the area. A i think he was killed by fungal Quot hut  Isno what was scary about the movie. The �?T50s were when people started coming Down on juvenile delinquents a a a hoodlums a a Van Daisy a anybody who was Young wore a motorcycle jacket and did no to act polite around older people. It did no to take much to get fanned out to the boys reformatory or forced into psychiatric treatment where they a shoot you up with drugs a to control your  so when or. Alfred Brandon starts mixing up his special serum for a my perfect subject and puts Tony under hypnosis so he can find a your True self a it was pretty much a version of what you would expel to happen in  Guys office. This is one of the few monster movies Ever made where you identify with the monster and Root Lor the monster.  the cops and the principal and the parents and the psychiatrist w to were the real monsters. As Tony says in the. First scene of he movie. Quot people Bug  and in the �?T50s. You did t say stuff like . ,. To show you what in a talking about this movie Ivas made in six Days for 5125.000.  grossed 52 million in less  a Yea people have always made fun of the title but mostly its people who Haven Feen the movie. A. To. This is a great movie. A first in a series of �?T50s flicks called a Idrise in classics  were All prod iced by James ii. Nicholson and the legendary  the others recently released Are it conquered the world. Starring Peter Graves As. The scientist who tries to make friends with invaders from Venus with a monster  s one of the More ridiculous ones from the 50s female Jun Glt a thriller and the first movie of Jayne mans meld and machine Cun Kev Charles Bronson s first slurring role. Oddly enough. Machine Cun Kelly is being remade with a big budget and is scheduled Tor release next  yeah one More thing Michael land no a acting m i was a teen age Werewolf. Is great. The rest of the East was apparently to Holotin de right before shooting began done to miss Ken a dlr singing  would be �?T50s hit deny. Afee Neyva Niev. To. This May be the most cd crucial ing Inree minutes in the history of film four dead bodies. One dead dog. No breasts v never w Crean the. �?T50s. One excellent hot fight dog is. Werewolf fight gratuitous Itle bugging. Hypnosis fun. Bongo fun. Dave in Aca Durny award nominations for Michael Landon for saying a i done to like to be pushed around  the detective w to u 11 e is o n a of t he most famous lines in drive in history when he says a a it a not for Man to interfere in the ways of god Ralph Thornton the screenwriter for Trot chg out every adult cliche in the. Book including. A Tony you really ought a smile More often and a Tony you be got to follow authority and a a you re standing in t h e Way of Progress a Vladimir Sokoloff the Happy janitor. A whose Only Job in the Movi e is to d cd t.  Wolf is ones a a from the old country and especially Whit Bissell As the evil. Child psychiatrist for saying Quot in a going to transform i in and unleash the Savage instincts  lie hid Den within. And then ill be judged the Benefactor. Mankind is on the verge of destroying itself. The Only Hope for the human race is to hurl it Back into its primitive Norm to Siart All Over again. What a one life compared to such a Triumph Quot believe me  rip his Throat out too. Four stars. A. A. Joe Bob says Check it out. A Joe bobs advice to the hopeless communist Alert the Harriston drive in theatre just Oil Highway v Ltd Harriston Qatar no never opened this year even though or. And mrs. Bill Young the owners still live inside the screen 1 his done a was once the Home of the famous a. Pick your of n Straw berries  a a Joe Bob Briggs. Cro Alors Syndicate John Charles of  up  to Salvage a Lew speakers the snack bar marquee which hangs in his Kitchen and a relies ment land intermission promo reel but he reminds us  without eternal vigilance it Civ happen Here.  a hear Job we still have a Lew drive ins in Melbourne but could you please come on Down and show these dumb As a Box of rocks people How to run them i mean you done to get any decent movies at them anymore. I mean they used to put on ome Terril in . 1 saw saw at the  the australian premiere of evil dead but the commies must have taken Mem Over. Help us get our drive ins to Pul on proper Dave in movies again and i Promise ill throw up d you want.  a a a a a  expectantly. . Sardam. Melbourne Australia dear t.a.,.  a.  a Australia is the third greatest drive in going. Nation m the world after the . And Canada but 1 had no idea tilings lad gotten so bad did you Ever notice  things started going downhill a when Mel Gibson Tell Australia and came to the Stales Over there he made mad Max one of the greatest licks of the is Over Here he makes 111-door-Bullsluff  Goldie hawn.  i wont even mention what happened to Crocodile Dunder head. A ally All need to do is keep your wonderful god Given drive in talents at Tome. When they come to America its All Over. Howdy Joe Bob. There a a whole Burneha lawyers where i work. By the time 1 write Back i Hope to report  there a Only a Lew old pm Lell Hev now   make a i xxx plot Loi a Siovie now playing Legal evil the Story of eight Yuppie lawyers who a successfully defend a mass Imide in a Only to lose their last plea agreements to him. Also showing. And Jason for a Friday he 13lh part 10. A Rich Law firm buys Camp Crystal Lake and throw s one last Bash there before razing to build apartments. Guess who does no to like lawyers sneak preview this tuesday Harrison Ford Heads a  of necrophilia prosecutors in la Hume  Richard Nixon presidential Library is incomplete. It does no to have a non fiction Section. George Bush slogan Quot Burn taxpayers not .  a.  a.  a a. I Lave fun.  a John Kush ,. .  a. Glendale Ariz. Dear John a ,. Jason to Uhlna to kill a lawyer.  professional Courtesy.  Tari Seuss tit of nearing o h Ltd Wilh Jolt Iob it to got Iree junk in   world Martinu i iwo. Am  we Jwuc no Stonar ,.  a Bon 3002. Dollias. 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