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In the early 80s, fresh off the directors "Apocalypse Now" spectacle, Francis Coppola decided to make a romantic drama all in his own studio. But the deal was, he'd be using technicians that he wanted to work with, all under his complete control, done inside a portion of an aeroplane. This deal would included Coppola's complete ownership of the 1982 film too. Paramount Pictures though would be handling the distribution. This Paramount deal was shot when the studio wondered what kind of movie it was at the critical premiere. Columbia Pictures was then brought in to handle the release of the ill-fated films acceptance. This was no trouble-fee production as you can tell. The filming budget increased beyond the filmmakers expectations, this which destroyed him financially. Frederick Forrest, Terri Garr, Raul Julia, and Nastassia Kinski - all were brought in to star in the directors feature. But once word got out to the public, critical comments soaked the Zoetrope film with disappointing reviews, right across the board. Mostly pointing towards the $25 million dollar budget, ignoring the actual photography advances shown throughout the film. With this afoot, "One From the Heart" was sent out of the cinema only after a few days. It was a massive set back for Coppola at the time as the film had no chance of finding an audience. Its burdened financial legacy has taken Francis years to overcome. The groundbreaking films production recoopment was met with his future directorial efforts throughout the eighties and nineties. Remember the film "Jack"? The facts are that the motion picture is a technical marvel of colours, effects, all done under Coppola's expertise, focusing with the art of his love for big screen entertainment set in his hands. With his own studio effort, he developed new ways to capture the scene using video and film together. This would enable Francis to cut the scenes during the actual shooting. This progressive method which wasn't heard of at all in Hollywood at the time. Many MTV videos were later shot using Coppola's unfamiliar way of never-before-seen motion photography. With "One from the Heart," the director now had inspired professional movie and television directors with technical cinematically advanced images, captured to show how a story can be shown on a theatre or televised screen. With Coppola's vision, he brought a complete new way to mark the start of music video productions with his original playback method.
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Added: 24th July 2009
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In 1976, the Climax Blues Band released an album produced in London, England entitled 'Gold Plated', which included this classic radio hit "Couldn't Get It Right."
This band started out in Stafford, England at the end of the 1960's. They changed a few things with their group members, and sound of the group, which made them a band to see in concert. In the beginning, they had more of a jazz feel, just before this album changed things for them in America.
Often recognized from the mid 1970s about being on the open road looking for a place to sleep for the night, "Couldn't Get It Right" was delivered to the number three position on the American singles chart in 1977. The single was rewarded with lasting twenty-two weeks on the chart.
The funny thing about this song is that it was wrote in a short time. The studio producer got frustrated about not having a hit single on the album. The band could not predict that they could of wrote "Couldn't Get It Right" in the studio. It just happened.
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Added: 22nd August 2009
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This was Woody Allen's foray into science fiction, originally intended to be a much longer comedy film. Allen actually won 2 awards from science fiction organisations for his written and directed movie. Woody was included in the recording of the jazz soundtrack with his prominent instrument, the clarinet. Allen has been making movies since the 1960s, which most have been films with critical success. "Sleeper" came out prior of Christmas 1973
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Added: 24th August 2009
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From the album 'Feels So Good', Mangione's instumental was on your radio during the summer of 1978. Chuck Mangione became a celebrity practically overnight back then, playing that loud instrument, which is called a flugelhorn. The 1977 album version of 'Feels So Good' runs almost 10 minutes. 'Feels So Good' remains one of the best, if not thee best known instrumental to come out from the 1970s.*E*
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Added: 19th September 2009
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Here is a mid 1960s clip of the master, influential,a never monotonous funny guy, who was known for tossing pies into guests faces during his entire broadcast career. Shaving cream pies were his life-long trademark. He was number one on television for years with his own brand of comedic style.
Soupy Sales made five thousand on-air live TV appearances throughout the 50s-60s, which he later continued with more television appearances into the late 70s with another popular show he hosted. He did a lof a crazy things on air, mostly with his studio crew in on the jokes.
The comedians popularity was the highest in the sixties when celebs, including musicians dropped-in for the famous widespread shaving cream pie toss thrown at them usually by Soupy. His popularity rose soon later when the New York program became syndicated nationwide.
Pookie the lion, shown here was the musical one out of all his furry cohosts. The puppet was often featured with a hit song or popular jazz number.
At the time, entire families were attracted to his comedic program. Stars such as Alice Cooper,and Frank Sinatra allowed themselves to be splattered with a Soupy pie. Sinatra loved his sense of comedy. it was the "thing to do" back then on television.
Sales had one of the most quirkiest shows ever to be shown on television. Most of the things he did would not be allowed years later. Physical comedy and fun gags were what motivated the comedian weekly.
If you view most of these programs, you'd see Soupy had no scripts. He looked pretty much spontenous on-air.
Soupy Sales inspired many comedians throughout the 1950s, 1960s, and 70s and 80s. Soupy was at one time a guest host on 'The Tonight Show' too. Soupy got his start as a disc jockey radio host, and then when he became more popular than most others he moved to television.
Years ago, in New York City, Soupy began having large puppet cohosts, Black Tooth and White Fang, both adding something different to his unordinary show. Both of these characters worked well with the comedian. Soupy had tried them out on radio with soumd effects years earliar.
Soupy Sales legacy includes appearing on 5,370 "live" television programs, some of which were aimed at kids, but mostly brought adults to the set to see what Sales would say or do. At times, Sales humour was bordering on risque for youngesters.
During the early 1970s, I remember seeing him on 'The Mike Douglas Show'often. He was often shown on game shows as well.
He was one of a kind at improvisation comedy. There will never be another like him. He came at the right time.
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Added: 23rd October 2009
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