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After doing some research I feel confident in saying that this recording with Carolee Carmello as Trina is from 1992!

The first national tour of Falsettos began in December 1992 starring Carolee Carmello as Trina and Adrian Zmed as Marvin; Zmed was also a temporary replacement for Michael Rupert on Broadway. This recording clearly isn't from the tour, as Stephen Bogardus and Chip Zien are also starring, so it's from his time as a replacement. He sounds a little unfamiliar with the role here, which in combination with other evidence makes me think that this recording is pre-tour. It would have to have been after Carmello left her role as Cordelia as well, which was at the end of July 1992. My guess would be that once it was decided Zmed would play the tour with her she came back to Broadway to practice her new role alongside him for a few shows.

Additionally, I'm pretty sure Jason is played by Jonathan Kaplan, who left the show in late 1992!! It really looks like him, and that would fit with this timeline. (Exciting, bc I didn't realize any recordings of his performance existed!)

#falsettos 1992 recording not clickbait! !!!1!1 #kinda proud of myself ngl #falsettos #falsettos 1992 #carolee carmello #adrian zmed #jonathan kaplan

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brokehorrorfan · 3 months

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Unlawful Entry has been released on Blu-ray by Scream Factory. Limited to 1,620, the 1992 psychological thriller is available for $29.98 exclusively from Shout Factory.

Jonathan Kaplan (The Accused, ER) directs from a script by Lewis Colick (October Sky, Charlie St. Cloud). Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta, and Madeleine Stowe star with Roger E. Mosley, Ken Lerner, and Andy Romano.

Unlawful Entry is presented in high definition with 5.1 Surround DTS-HD Master Audio and 2.0 Stereo DTS-HD Master Audio. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by director Jonathan Kaplan

Interview with director Jonathan Kaplan (new)

Interview with cinematographer Jamie Anderson (new)

Interview with film music historian Daniel Schweiger on the thriller scores of James Horner (new)

Making-of featurette

Theatrical trailer

TV spots

After an armed robbery attempt on their suburban home, Michael (Kurt Russell) and Karen (Madeleine Stowe) do what anyone would do — they call the police. That is when they meet Los Angeles policeman Pete Davis (Ray Liotta) and immediately warm up to his caring and sensitive attitude. Making the couple's safety his personal concern, Pete begins frequent patrols of their property. But his friendship descends into a twisted obsession as he begins to force his way into the couple's private lives. Plunged into a nightmare where protector becomes predator, Michael and Karen must somehow escape the web of security that has become their ultimate enemy.

#unlawful entry #kurt russell #ray liotta #madeleine stowe #90s movies #1990s movies #scream factory #shout factory #dvd #gift #jonathan kaplan #thriller #psychological thriller

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90smovies · 5 months

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#Unlawful Entry #Kurt Russell #Madeleine Stowe #Ray Liotta #Jonathan Kaplan #George Putnam #John Katchmer #Lewis Colick #90s

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schlock-luster-video · 7 days

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On April 19, 1974, Truck Turner was sneak previewed in San Francisco, California.

Here's some new Isaac Hayes art!

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chaptertwo-thepacnw · 1 year

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1979

#gif #over the edge #1979 #film #teensploitation #new granada #jonathan kaplan #george litto

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watching-pictures-move · 3 months

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Movie Review | Death Ride to Osaka (Kaplan, 1983)

Decided to mark Jennifer Jason Leigh’s birthday by checking this out. As expected, she’s a great centre to this movie. The movie definitely plays into her innocence, and she brings enough warmth and sympathy to her character so that this doesn’t just play as a pure fear mongering sleazefest but as actual engaging drama. Plus she sports a number of amazing hairdos, although given her character’s predicament, you should maybe feel a little bad about them.

With this material you’re probably you can’t expect positive portrayals of the Japanese, but I think it compares favourably in this regard to something like Midnight Express in that it gives you actual Japanese characters to latch onto. Plus it has some juicy roles for Asian American actors, including Richard Narita as a conflicted underboss, Mako as a sleazier one, and Soon Tek Oh as their superior. There is the questionable casting of Caroline Seymour as the half Indonesian wife of Mako, but I will say that she’s pretty good in this, just as ruthless as he is, if a bit more polite.

Tonally this is somewhere between serious drama, ripped from the headlines sensationalism and diet sleaze, or as much as you can get away from in a TV movie, although the international cut (which I watched) is a little bit naughtier, with some nudity that’s probably justified by the subject matter. Jonathan Kaplan directs with some verve, especially in the neon overload new wave nightclub performances, and he gets to throw in a few cheap thrills by the end. But the location shooting and JJL’s performance help ground this in something genuinely involving.

#film #movie review #death ride to osaka #girls of the white orchid #operation osaka #jonathan kaplan

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gotankgo · 5 days

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#over the edge #favorite #1979 #jonathan kaplan

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erstwhile-punk-guerito · 8 months

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#The Accused #Kelly McGillis #Jodie Foster #Jonathan Kaplan #1988

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oldshowbiz · 1 year

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The incredible roster of filmmakers that Roger Corman and AIP gave the world

#american international pictures #AIP #American International #roger corman #martin scorsese #jonathan kaplan

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traderrock · 10 months

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Over the Edge (1979) - film soundtrack playlist on Spotify.

Featuring: Cheap Trick, Van Halen, The Cars, Little Feat, The Ramones, Jimi Hendrix, Valerie Carter.

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courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme · 10 months

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Best Jodie Foster movies and performances:

1. The Silence of the Lambs - Jonathan Demme (1991)

2. Taxi Driver - Martin Scorsese (1976)

3. Un long dimanche de fiançailles - Jean-Pierre Jeunet (2004)

4. Contact - Robert Zemeckis (1997)

5. The Mauritanian - Kevin Macdonald (2021)

6. The Accused - Jonathan Kaplan (1988)

7. Carnage - Roman Polański (2011)

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mannyblacque · 8 months

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OVER THE EDGE (1979)

Directed by Jonathan Kaplan

#over the edge #1979 #70's movies #teenage angst #juvenile delinquency #coming of age movies #jonathan kaplan #teenage wasteland #suburbia #cinephile #rebellious youth

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brokehorrorfan · 2 months

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Blu-ray Review: Unlawful Entry

Box office draw is anything but predictable, but Hollywood sure likes to hedge its bets. From Scream's teen slasher revival to Paranormal Activity's found footage trend to Marvel's superhero craze, a novel concept that over-performs is almost guaranteed to yield similar projects until audiences tire of the fad. Fatal Attraction launched a cycle of racy thrillers in the early '90s that included the likes of Basic Instinct, Single White Female, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Sleeping with the Enemy, and Cape Fear.

While not as well remembered as the aforementioned efforts, Unlawful Entry remains an effective entry in the subgenre from journeyman director Jonathan Kaplan (The Accused, ER). Lewis Colick's (October Sky, Charlie St. Cloud) script may traverse familiar tropes, but Kurt Russell (The Thing), Ray Liotta (Goodfellas), and Madeleine Stowe (12 Monkeys) gracefully elevate the material with their performances.

Bookended by tense home invasion sequences, the 1992 film opens with a burglar breaking into the upscale home of recent Los Angeles transplants Michael (Russell) and Karen Carr (Stowe). Although ultimately unharmed, they're left shaken up by the ordeal after Michael is forced to watch helplessly as the assailant holds Karen at knifepoint. Responding officer Pete Davis (Liotta) goes out of his way to help them feel safer.

Pete presents himself as the sincere lawman at first, but it quickly becomes clear to both the viewer and Michael that he's unhinged. He grows increasingly obsessed with Karen, invading not only the couple's home but also their lives as he does everything in his considerable power to take Michael out of the picture. The third act is exactly the suspenseful thrill-ride you'd want from a movie of this ilk.

While a lesser film would pit Russell and Liotta against one another in a testosterone-fueled stand-off, Unlawful Entry takes a more interesting approach. Although their conflict is not without machismo, their personalities repel one another on a granular level. Beyond coveting his wife, Pete has no respect for Michael. In Pete's mind, he is the alpha male getting his hands dirty and protecting the streets, so he deserves Michael's prosperous life.

Liotta is effectively disarming at first before unraveling into a deranged stalker. Russell is as charming as ever, but he's not afraid to show vulnerability. Stowe brings a cleverness to the damsel in distress. The cast also includes Roger E. Mosley (Magnum P.I.) as Pete's level-headed partner, Ken Lerner (The Goldbergs) as Michael's lawyer, Dick Miller (Gremlins) as an impound clerk, and a young Djimon Hounsou (Guardians of the Galaxy) as a prisoner.

Unlawful Entry is now invading homes on Blu-ray via Scream Factory exclusively on ShoutFactory.com. While the company's limited releases are typically reserved for titles with a more narrow appeal, Unlawful Entry's allotment of 1,620 units sold out in a matter of days, prompting them to increase the run to 2,600 (which brings into question the point of limiting it in the first place, but I digress).

The film is presented in high definition from an existing transfer with 5.1 Surround DTS-HD Master Audio and 2.0 Stereo DTS-HD Master Audio options. The quality is aggressively fine; it certainly won't win any competitions against a modern 4K master, but it's a welcome improvement over the old DVD.

Despite its limited status, new special features were produced: a 28-minute interview Kaplan, who sets the stage by highlighting his genre-hopping career before focusing on Unlawful Entry; an interview with cinematographer Jamie Anderson (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Small Soldiers); and an featurette in which music historian Daniel Schweiger breaks down the score by James Horner (Aliens, Avatar).

Archival special features include: a DVD commentary by Kaplan, who notes how he learned how to reflect the subjectivity of human experience in film by watching Alfred Hitchcock and details how the Rodney King riots impacted the movie; a vintage EPK-style featurette with snippets from Kaplan, Russell, Liotta, Stowe, and more; the theatrical trailer; and two TV spots.

In a time when police misconduct is caught on camera on a near-daily basis, Unlawful Entry is all the more relevant over 30 years removed from its original release. Coupled with a severely underrated performance from the late Liotta, the '90s thriller gem begging for rediscovery.

Unlawful Entry is available now on Blu-ray via Scream Factory.

#unlawful entry #kurt russell #ray liotta #madeline stowe #90s movies #1990s movies #scream factory #shout factory #dvd #gift #review #article #jonathan kaplan #dick miller #djimon hounsou

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themoonprincessaaaa · 2 years

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