Before TV movies were dissed with the phrase ‘disease of the month,’ this 1973 film surprised and moved audiences with the realistic story of a young mother facing a fatal illness. It’s directed by the great Joseph Sargent and graced with the music of John Denver, but its impact rests upon the remarkable, affecting performance of actress Cristina Raines, then just twenty years old.
Sunshine
Blu-ray
Redwind Productions
1973 / Color / 1:33 flat / 124 min. / Street Date 2018 / Signature Release / 33.95
Starring: Cristina Raines, Cliff De Young, Meg Foster, Brenda Vaccaro, Bill Mumy, Alan Fudge, Corey Fischer, James Hong, Bill Stout, Noble Willingham.
Cinematography: Bill Butler
Film Editor: Buddy Small, Richard M. Sprague
Original Music: Hal Mooney
Songs by John Denver
Written by Carol Sobieski suggested by the journal of Jacquelyn Helton
Produced by George Ekstein
Directed by Joseph Sargent
“What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died?” That’s the first line...
Sunshine
Blu-ray
Redwind Productions
1973 / Color / 1:33 flat / 124 min. / Street Date 2018 / Signature Release / 33.95
Starring: Cristina Raines, Cliff De Young, Meg Foster, Brenda Vaccaro, Bill Mumy, Alan Fudge, Corey Fischer, James Hong, Bill Stout, Noble Willingham.
Cinematography: Bill Butler
Film Editor: Buddy Small, Richard M. Sprague
Original Music: Hal Mooney
Songs by John Denver
Written by Carol Sobieski suggested by the journal of Jacquelyn Helton
Produced by George Ekstein
Directed by Joseph Sargent
“What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died?” That’s the first line...
- 12/8/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Tony Richardson’s look at corruption in the border patrol service is both sensational and insightful, and Jack Nicholson gives a committed performance as a downtrodden functionary who finds himself in a major moral and humanitarian catastrophe. The problem is still there today, with no consensus on the right diagnosis or solution. The action melodrama costars Harvey Keitel & Valerie Perrine, and introduces (to the U.S.) the impressive Elpidia Carrillo.
The Border (1982)
Region B Blu-ray
Indicator
1982 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 108 min. / Street Date January 22, 2018 / available from Powerhouse Films UK / £14.99
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Perrine, Warren Oates, Elpidia Carrillo, Shannon Wilcox, Manuel Viescas, Jeff Morris, Lonny Chapman, Alan Fudge.
Cinematography: Ric Waite, Vilmos Zsigmond
Film Editor: Robert K. Lambert
Original Music: Ry Cooder
Written by Deric Washburn, Walon Green, David Freeman
Produced by Edgar Bronfman Jr.
Directed by Tony Richardson
It’s no surprise that Tony Richardson’s 1982 The Border is indeed more relevant now,...
The Border (1982)
Region B Blu-ray
Indicator
1982 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 108 min. / Street Date January 22, 2018 / available from Powerhouse Films UK / £14.99
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Perrine, Warren Oates, Elpidia Carrillo, Shannon Wilcox, Manuel Viescas, Jeff Morris, Lonny Chapman, Alan Fudge.
Cinematography: Ric Waite, Vilmos Zsigmond
Film Editor: Robert K. Lambert
Original Music: Ry Cooder
Written by Deric Washburn, Walon Green, David Freeman
Produced by Edgar Bronfman Jr.
Directed by Tony Richardson
It’s no surprise that Tony Richardson’s 1982 The Border is indeed more relevant now,...
- 2/9/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Here is a list of May's additions to Warner Archive Instant's streaming video service. If you aren't a subscriber, you can sign up for a free two week trial at instant.WarnerArchive.com.
Man From Atlantis (1976-78)
It all begins with a storm and a man washed up on shore. A man with gills... Before he shot to superstardom in Dallas playing Bobby Ewing, Patrick Duffy donned swim trunks for a super-heroic turn as Mark Harris, Man from Atlantis. Debuting in a series of Sci-Fi movies-of-the-week, the adventures of the amnesiac Atlantean so captivated audiences that the movies spawned a weekly TV series. Eschewing the TV movies' more cerebral approach for more light-hearted action fare, the series took a more campy turn only to sink into the depths of TV history (but not before becoming the first American TV import to Communist China!). Now's your chance to explore below the...
Man From Atlantis (1976-78)
It all begins with a storm and a man washed up on shore. A man with gills... Before he shot to superstardom in Dallas playing Bobby Ewing, Patrick Duffy donned swim trunks for a super-heroic turn as Mark Harris, Man from Atlantis. Debuting in a series of Sci-Fi movies-of-the-week, the adventures of the amnesiac Atlantean so captivated audiences that the movies spawned a weekly TV series. Eschewing the TV movies' more cerebral approach for more light-hearted action fare, the series took a more campy turn only to sink into the depths of TV history (but not before becoming the first American TV import to Communist China!). Now's your chance to explore below the...
- 5/3/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Victor Medina)
- Cinelinx
Actor Alan Fudge has died at the age of 77.
The prolific TV star passed away on 10 October in Los Angeles after a battle with lung and liver cancer, according to Variety.com.
Canadian screenwriter Graham Yost paid tribute to Fudge, telling the website, "Alan was one of the most generous, kind and caring men I have ever known. Many of the roles he played over the years reflected that side of him. And then there were the roles where he got to go really dark and twisted - those were the roles that made all of us who knew him smile and applaud. He was a great actor and a great man."
Fudge racked up a large number of TV credits in his long-running career, with roles in Man from Atlantis, Eischied, Paper Dolls, and Bodies of Evidence, along with parts in Kojak, Charlie's Angels, Magnum, P.I., Cagney & Lacey, The A-Team, Beverly Hills, 90210, Baywatch, and Dawson's Creek. He also enjoyed a recurring role in family drama series 7th Heaven over eight years.
Fudge's movie roles included parts in Capricorn One and Edward Scissorhands.
He was last seen onscreen in 2009 with guest appearances in Big Love, The Closer and The Office.
The prolific TV star passed away on 10 October in Los Angeles after a battle with lung and liver cancer, according to Variety.com.
Canadian screenwriter Graham Yost paid tribute to Fudge, telling the website, "Alan was one of the most generous, kind and caring men I have ever known. Many of the roles he played over the years reflected that side of him. And then there were the roles where he got to go really dark and twisted - those were the roles that made all of us who knew him smile and applaud. He was a great actor and a great man."
Fudge racked up a large number of TV credits in his long-running career, with roles in Man from Atlantis, Eischied, Paper Dolls, and Bodies of Evidence, along with parts in Kojak, Charlie's Angels, Magnum, P.I., Cagney & Lacey, The A-Team, Beverly Hills, 90210, Baywatch, and Dawson's Creek. He also enjoyed a recurring role in family drama series 7th Heaven over eight years.
Fudge's movie roles included parts in Capricorn One and Edward Scissorhands.
He was last seen onscreen in 2009 with guest appearances in Big Love, The Closer and The Office.
- 11/8/2011
- WENN
One of the joys of the Warner Archive program is that movies and television shows for small groups of fans can be released. The restoration costs seem to have reached a reasonable scale and these direct-to-order projects don’t really require the bells and whistles higher profile releases deserve. As a result, we can revel in the stuff we grew up or recall fondly. In my case, that includes a ton of Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears stuff that has been coming out over the last year or two. It also meant I finally got a good copy of the pilot to the Search series.
And while some will turn their noses up to those offerings, they may begin salivating at some of the others that have been released; titles which I personally find not worth our time and attention. One such series is the short-lived NBC clunker Man from Atlantis, best...
And while some will turn their noses up to those offerings, they may begin salivating at some of the others that have been released; titles which I personally find not worth our time and attention. One such series is the short-lived NBC clunker Man from Atlantis, best...
- 8/2/2011
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
In the 1970s, NBC was the network you could turn to when seeking high concepts series that never lived up to the expectations of its audience. A perfect example was Man from Atlantis, a short-lived concept about a man who could live under the sea.
One of the interesting conventions of the time was that concepts would be allowed to grow and develop through telefilms before a show went to series. In this case, there were four such films produced for the 1976-1977 season before the strong ratings convinced the Peacock Network to let this go to a weekly series. When it arrived in fall 1977, the demands of producing 22 episodes proved too much and the show was weakened, the ratings fell and the series became a footnote; another wreck during the network’s decline (Supertrain anyone?).
Warner Archive has recently released the pilot film on DVD and it’s interesting...
One of the interesting conventions of the time was that concepts would be allowed to grow and develop through telefilms before a show went to series. In this case, there were four such films produced for the 1976-1977 season before the strong ratings convinced the Peacock Network to let this go to a weekly series. When it arrived in fall 1977, the demands of producing 22 episodes proved too much and the show was weakened, the ratings fell and the series became a footnote; another wreck during the network’s decline (Supertrain anyone?).
Warner Archive has recently released the pilot film on DVD and it’s interesting...
- 6/15/2011
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
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