list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around The Shadow on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/The_Shadow/89496/default.aspx Title: The Shadow
Year: 1994
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Plot: A crime fighter created in the 1930s and popularized in movies, pulp novels, and a radio show starring a young Orson Welles, The Shadow came back to life in 1994 in this slick, well-cast production. Alec Baldwin stars as Lamont Cranston, a murderous opium dealer reformed by a Tibetan mystic, who teaches him how to use his keen mental powers to manipulate others. As penance for his past misdeeds, Cranston masquerades as a degenerate New York City playboy by day and secretly plays the heroic Shadow by night, staving off evildoers with a network of agents and a cab-driving sidekick (Peter Boyle). A greater challenge arrives when Cranston must fight Shiwan Khan (John Lone), the final descendent of Genghis Khan, who has received training from the same Tibetan master who instructed Cranston. Shiwan plans to use atomic weapons to take over New York and then the world. At the same time, Cranston meets socialite Margo Lane (Penelope Ann Miller), and, although he's instantly enamored of her, he discovers that her psychic abilities render his secret identity vulnerable. The Shadow was directed by former music video creator Russell Mulcahy, whose feature film debut Highlander (1986) was a cult classic. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
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]]>Fri, 15 May 2009 17:45:59 GMTThe Shadow1994Russell MulcahyA crime fighter created in the 1930s and popularized in movies, pulp novels, and a radio show starring a young <a href="/players/P___116368/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Orson Welles</a>, The Shadow came back to life in 1994 in this slick, well-cast production. <a href="/players/P_____3515/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Alec Baldwin</a> stars as Lamont Cranston, a murderous opium dealer reformed by a Tibetan mystic, who teaches him how to use his keen mental powers to manipulate others. As penance for his past misdeeds, Cranston masquerades as a degenerate New York City playboy by day and secretly plays the heroic Shadow by night, staving off evildoers with a network of agents and a cab-driving sidekick (<a href="/players/P____82691/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Peter Boyle</a>). A greater challenge arrives when Cranston must fight Shiwan Khan (<a href="/players/P____43078/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>John Lone</a>), the final descendent of Genghis Khan, who has received training from the same Tibetan master who instructed Cranston. Shiwan plans to use atomic weapons to take over New York and then the world. At the same time, Cranston meets socialite Margo Lane (<a href="/players/P____49300/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Penelope Ann Miller</a>), and, although he's instantly enamored of her, he discovers that her psychic abilities render his secret identity vulnerable. The Shadow was directed by former music video creator <a href="/players/P___103738/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Russell Mulcahy</a>, whose feature film debut <a href=/films/15383/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Highlander</a> (1986) was a cult classic. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide2Slightly Tagged (1-5)832http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t06183h4dqi.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_Shadow/89496/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/the_mow/archive/2009/5/7/42136.aspx Post By: The_MOW
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Body: "Lamont Cranston" (Alec Baldwin) was a murderous opium dealer who was brought to a Tibetan mystic who knew his true identity. He was taught for seven years how to "cloud the minds of men" to where they only see his ("Cranston") shadow. After his training, he goes to 1930's New York City, where he assumes the role of a playboy by day, and the vigilante known simply as "The Shadow" by night who uses a network of what he calls "agents" to keep him informed on "what evil lurks in the hearts of men." One of those in his network is a cab driver (Peter Boyal), who drives "The Shadow" around the city. "The Shadow" has been fighting the local gangsters -- until now. "Shiwan Khan" (John Lone), the last descendant of Ghengis Khan, who was also received the same training by the mystic. "Khan" plans to take over the city by using an atomic weapon big enough to destroy "The Big Apple". He then plans to take over the world. As "Khan" is in the begining stages of his plans, "Cranston" meets local socialite "Margo Lane" (Penelope Ann Miller). He is instantly attracted to her, but discovers her psychic abilities, which she is unaware of, are strong enough to uncover his secret identity. Her father has created a device that would help in "Khan's" plans. Now, "The Shadow" has to save "Lane's" father, the city and defeat "Khan" once and for all. This movie is not at all as bad as the audiences in 1994 thought. The performances of almost the entire cast is strong, it has an authentic 1930's feel, good action scenes and good special effects. It also has a pretty high body count, with a minimal amount of blood. Baldwin, Miller and Lone have the strongest performances and the most character development. The supporting cast is also good, but many of them are not developed quite as well as the main cast. The look of the movie is nice. The clothing, cars and other props look pretty authentic to make it feel as if you are looking at something from the 1930's. The lighting uses lots of shadow to give the movie some sense of mystery. The special effects are quite unique in this movie. Mostly, the special effects appear as fog when "The Shadow" is on screen or when something is appearing to those coming out of a hypnotic phase. The only problem I could see in the film is that many of the characters were poorly developed. Another thing that was poorly developed was the blooming romance between "Lane" and "Cranston" was barely touched upon. This one might be worth renting for a Friday night.
]]>Thu, 07 May 2009 23:57:58 GMTThe_MOWThe_MOW Blog5/7/2009 7:57:58 PM"Lamont Cranston" (Alec Baldwin) was a murderous opium dealer who was brought to a Tibetan mystic who knew his true identity. He was taught for seven years how to "cloud the minds of men" to where they only see his ("Cranston") shadow. After his training, he goes to 1930's New York City, where he assumes the role of a playboy by day, and the vigilante known simply as "The Shadow" by night who uses a network of what he calls "agents" to keep him informed on "what evil lurks in the hearts of men." One of those in his network is a cab driver (Peter Boyal), who drives "The Shadow" around the city. "The Shadow" has been fighting the local gangsters -- until now. "Shiwan Khan" (John Lone), the last descendant of Ghengis Khan, who was also received the same training by the mystic. "Khan" plans to take over the city by using an atomic weapon big enough to destroy "The Big Apple". He then plans to take over the world. As "Khan" is in the begining stages of his plans, "Cranston" meets local socialite "Margo Lane" (Penelope Ann Miller). He is instantly attracted to her, but discovers her psychic abilities, which she is unaware of, are strong enough to uncover his secret identity. Her father has created a device that would help in "Khan's" plans. Now, "The Shadow" has to save "Lane's" father, the city and defeat "Khan" once and for all. This movie is not at all as bad as the audiences in 1994 thought. The performances of almost the entire cast is strong, it has an authentic 1930's feel, good action scenes and good special effects. It also has a pretty high body count, with a minimal amount of blood. Baldwin, Miller and Lone have the strongest performances and the most character development. The supporting cast is also good, but many of them are not developed quite as well as the main cast. The look of the movie is nice. The clothing, cars and other props look pretty authentic to make it feel as if you are looking at something from the 1930's. The lighting uses lots of shadow to give the movie some sense of mystery. The special effects are quite unique in this movie. Mostly, the special effects appear as fog when "The Shadow" is on screen or when something is appearing to those coming out of a hypnotic phase. The only problem I could see in the film is that many of the characters were poorly developed. Another thing that was poorly developed was the blooming romance between "Lane" and "Cranston" was barely touched upon. This one might be worth renting for a Friday night. http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2009/1/1/39018.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 1/1/2009 3:00:49 PM
Body: The Spirit drove straight into Tanksville last weekend, earning only $6.5 million dollars. But before we can claim that we saw it coming and gloat over its still-warm corpse, it might just be a sign that old-school comic book / radio / serial heroes just can’t make it with today’s audiences. Why is it that Batman and Superman can rake in hundreds of millions of dollars, but heroes that are arguably just as interesting end up tanking at the box office? Producers have tried to revive the nostalgic exploits of the cadre of “The” named heroes of yesteryear ranging from The Lone Ranger to The Shadow, but each time the box office take has been far less than the studios had hoped for, and the grand plans for a franchise of movies, action figure tie-ins, and a breakfast cereal get canceled. Below is a list of the high-profile attempts to revive old heroes that have fallen flat on their masked faces. The Legend of the Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger was first broadcast on radio airwaves in the early 1930s, eventually spanning more than 3,000 (!) episodes between the radio and television shows. However, in 1981 a feature film version tried to bring the hero back, and it wasn’t met with much enthusiasm. It wasn’t helped by the fact that the studio sought an injunction against Clayon Moore during filming that forced him to stop referring to himself as “The Lone Ranger,” and kept him from appearing in a cameo in the movie. It made only $12 million dollars at the box office, and when the WB tried to bring the hero back in 2003 with a two hour TV movie, that also tanked. Disney is working on a new version with Johnny Depp as Tonto, which could frankly go either way. The Rocketeer While Dave Stevens’ seminal Rocketeer comic books and graphic novels first appeared in the early 1980s, the character and storyline were meant as homage to pulp heroes from the 1930s and 40s. Disney spent $40 million dollars bringing the helmeted hero to the big screen, but it barely made that back at the box office, and thus Disney canceled plans for a franchise of films, and title hero Billy Campbell spiraled from feature film roles to parts in television shows. Dave Stevens unfortunately passed away earlier this year, but it would be great if someone could revisit this and do it justice. Especially with some decent effects, because some of the flying scenes in the first filmed version are just painfully bad. The Shadow Admittedly, this 1994 Alec Baldwin movie based on the old The Shadow radio serials is a guilty pleasure of mine. I own the DVD, and whenever I flip past it on cable, I usually end up watching it. It’s not a good movie by any means: Tim Curry applies way too much ham to his performance, they play fast and loose with The Shadow’s origin story, Penelope Ann Miller is miscast as the damsel in distress, and it just falls apart halfway through. Still, the shots of Baldwin in the billowing coat and fedora hint at what this could have been. It managed to pull in $32 million, but failed to make back its budget or to launch the multi-film legacy they’d hoped for. It also pushed then up-and-coming Highlander director Russell Mulcahy off the Hollywood bandwagon. The Phantom Whatever happened to Billy Zane? People always remember him as the jerk millionaire in Titanic, but they completely forget The Phantom, his starring pulp hero role from 1996. Zane played the titular masked hero, the Phantom, a mysterious figure who fights crime from a jungle sanctuary and passes down his mantle from generation to generation. This movie was advertised everywhere with giant purple posters that shouted, “SLAM EVIL!,” and you could get real steel Phantom rings with your Slurpee at 7-11. Despite that, the movie topped out at $17 million total and faded away. Recently it was announced that an $80 million dollar plus reboot / revamp is in the works. This time, most likely without Billy Zane. The Mask of Zorro / The Legend of Zorro The Mask of Zorro is one of those exceptions to the rule, but its sequel The Legend of Zorro falls squarely under it. Mask starred Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and pulled in over $250 million dollars worldwide. It paid homage to the original Zorro storyline by including Anthony Hopkins Don Diego de la Vega, who was the Zorro in the original pulp novels and the old Disney television series. Banderas portrays a new Zorro, Alejandro Murrieta, who takes up the mask after it is passed to him. The sequel, which inexplicably came seven years later, grossed $100 million dollars less and is considered to be far inferior… mostly because it skimps on action and treats the Zeta-Jones character as a fool. The Green Hornet The Green Hornet was actually inspired by The Lone Ranger, and he was even written as the Ranger’s grand-nephew. The Hornet and his faithful sidekick Kato fought crime with their tricked out Black Beauty hornetmobile for 16 years on the radio, but when the series came to television in 1966, it was canceled after only one season. Despite Bruce Lee playing Kato and a cameo appearance by the crimefighters on the popular Batman television series, The Green Hornet just couldn’t fly. Seth Rogen and his writing partner Evan Goldberg are working on an updated version for Sony, which should be in theaters in 2010. Rogen will play the title hero, and currently Stephen Chow is slated to play Kato. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:00:49 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com1/1/2009 3:00:49 PMThe Spirit drove straight into Tanksville last weekend, earning only $6.5 million dollars. But before we can claim that we saw it coming and gloat over its still-warm corpse, it might just be a sign that old-school comic book / radio / serial heroes just can’t make it with today’s audiences. Why is it that Batman and Superman can rake in hundreds of millions of dollars, but heroes that are arguably just as interesting end up tanking at the box office? Producers have tried to revive the nostalgic exploits of the cadre of “The” named heroes of yesteryear ranging from The Lone Ranger to The Shadow, but each time the box office take has been far less than the studios had hoped for, and the grand plans for a franchise of movies, action figure tie-ins, and a breakfast cereal get canceled. Below is a list of the high-profile attempts to revive old heroes that have fallen flat on their masked faces. The Legend of the Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger was first broadcast on radio airwaves in the early 1930s, eventually spanning more than 3,000 (!) episodes between the radio and television shows. However, in 1981 a feature film version tried to bring the hero back, and it wasn’t met with much enthusiasm. It wasn’t helped by the fact that the studio sought an injunction against Clayon Moore during filming that forced him to stop referring to himself as “The Lone Ranger,” and kept him from appearing in a cameo in the movie. It made only $12 million dollars at the box office, and when the WB tried to bring the hero back in 2003 with a two hour TV movie, that also tanked. Disney is working on a new version with Johnny Depp as Tonto, which could frankly go either way. The Rocketeer While Dave Stevens’ seminal Rocketeer comic books and graphic novels first appeared in the early 1980s, the character and storyline were meant as homage to pulp heroes from the 1930s and 40s. Disney spent $40 million dollars bringing the helmeted hero to the big screen, but it barely made that back at the box office, and thus Disney canceled plans for a franchise of films, and title hero Billy Campbell spiraled from feature film roles to parts in television shows. Dave Stevens unfortunately passed away earlier this year, but it would be great if someone could revisit this and do it justice. Especially with some decent effects, because some of the flying scenes in the first filmed version are just painfully bad. The Shadow Admittedly, this 1994 Alec Baldwin movie based on the old The Shadow radio serials is a guilty pleasure of mine. I own the DVD, and whenever I flip past it on cable, I usually end up watching it. It’s not a good movie by any means: Tim Curry applies way too much ham to his performance, they play fast and loose with The Shadow’s origin story, Penelope Ann Miller is miscast as the damsel in distress, and it just falls apart halfway through. Still, the shots of Baldwin in the billowing coat and fedora hint at what this could have been. It managed to pull in $32 million, but failed to make back its budget or to launch the multi-film legacy they’d hoped for. It also pushed then up-and-coming Highlander director Russell Mulcahy off the Hollywood bandwagon. The Phantom Whatever happened to Billy Zane? People always remember him as the jerk millionaire in Titanic, but they completely forget The Phantom, his starring pulp hero role from 1996. Zane played the titular masked hero, the Phantom, a mysterious figure who fights crime from a jungle sanctuary and passes down his mantle from generation to generation. This movie was advertised everywhere with giant purple posters that shouted, “SLAM EVIL!,” and you could get real steel Phantom rings with your Slurpee at 7-11. Despite that, the movie topped out at $17 million total and faded away. Recently it was announced that an $80 million dollar plus reboot / revamp is in the works. This time, most likely without Billy Zane. The Mask of Zorro / The Legend of Zorro The Mask of Zorro is one of those exceptions to the rule, but its sequel The Legend of Zorro falls squarely under it. Mask starred Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and pulled in over $250 million dollars worldwide. It paid homage to the original Zorro storyline by including Anthony Hopkins Don Diego de la Vega, who was the Zorro in the original pulp novels and the old Disney television series. Banderas portrays a new Zorro, Alejandro Murrieta, who takes up the mask after it is passed to him. The sequel, which inexplicably came seven years later, grossed $100 million dollars less and is considered to be far inferior… mostly because it skimps on action and treats the Zeta-Jones character as a fool. The Green Hornet The Green Hornet was actually inspired by The Lone Ranger, and he was even written as the Ranger’s grand-nephew. The Hornet and his faithful sidekick Kato fought crime with their tricked out Black Beauty hornetmobile for 16 years on the radio, but when the series came to television in 1966, it was canceled after only one season. Despite Bruce Lee playing Kato and a cameo appearance by the crimefighters on the popular Batman television series, The Green Hornet just couldn’t fly. Seth Rogen and his writing partner Evan Goldberg are working on an updated version for Sony, which should be in theaters in 2010. Rogen will play the title hero, and currently Stephen Chow is slated to play Kato. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/1/10/23735.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: I’m pretty sure I am not related to actor Bill Campbell, but I am sure that we think alike, at least when it comes to desires for a Rocketeer sequel. Campbell, who starred as the title character in Disney’s 1991 superhero adventure, tells MTV Movies Blog that he’s still interested in the idea of a Rocketeer 2: ???I was talking to [writer] Dave Stevens just the night before last. We always talked about having a sequel,??? Campbell confessed. ???[Unfortunately] the movie didn???t make as much money as Disney had hoped and that coupled with the acrimonious relationship that the director [Joe Johnston] and the studio had contributed to them not even considering it.??? Yes, like Timothy Dalton in that awesome clip above, The Rocketeer unfortunately crashed and burned. And considering its been almost 17 years since the first film and there’s been nothing to indicate the public is more interested in pulpy period superheroes than they were back then, Rocketeer 2 is never going to happen. Even if now Oscar-winning actors Jennifer Connelly and Alan Arkin and now Emmy-winning actor Terry O’Quinn (John Locke on Lost) wanted to return, I doubt Disney would even discuss the chance. But that’s a shame, because if I remember correctly (and I must admit I haven’t seen the thing since it came out — when I was a just a teen), the original was a blast. Anyway, I’d like the idea to at least be thought about. Hollywood is making another attempt at a Shadow movie after failing back in the ’90s, so why not this ’30s-era tale, too? Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:01:16 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com1/10/2008 3:01:16 PM I’m pretty sure I am not related to actor Bill Campbell, but I am sure that we think alike, at least when it comes to desires for a Rocketeer sequel. Campbell, who starred as the title character in Disney’s 1991 superhero adventure, tells MTV Movies Blog that he’s still interested in the idea of a Rocketeer 2: ???I was talking to [writer] Dave Stevens just the night before last. We always talked about having a sequel,??? Campbell confessed. ???[Unfortunately] the movie didn???t make as much money as Disney had hoped and that coupled with the acrimonious relationship that the director [Joe Johnston] and the studio had contributed to them not even considering it.??? Yes, like Timothy Dalton in that awesome clip above, The Rocketeer unfortunately crashed and burned. And considering its been almost 17 years since the first film and there’s been nothing to indicate the public is more interested in pulpy period superheroes than they were back then, Rocketeer 2 is never going to happen. Even if now Oscar-winning actors Jennifer Connelly and Alan Arkin and now Emmy-winning actor Terry O’Quinn (John Locke on Lost) wanted to return, I doubt Disney would even discuss the chance. But that’s a shame, because if I remember correctly (and I must admit I haven’t seen the thing since it came out — when I was a just a teen), the original was a blast. Anyway, I’d like the idea to at least be thought about. Hollywood is making another attempt at a Shadow movie after failing back in the ’90s, so why not this ’30s-era tale, too? Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/sad/MemberTagFilms.aspxsad
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