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Apr 18, 2018 - 12:22 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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In the horror comedy THE FRIGHTENERS, after a tragic car accident kills his wife, "Frank Bannister" (Michael J. Fox) discovers he can communicate with the dead to con people. However, when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it.
There are some scenes with the spirits that are set in a cemetery. When writer Fran Walsh and writer-director Peter Jackson were creating the part of the Drill Sergeant in the graveyard, they wrote the part as a spoof of R. Lee Ermey's character in FULL METAL JACKET, with the intention of getting an actor in New Zealand (where the film was shot) for the role. But they didn't feel the actors who auditioned were right, and finally ended up approaching Ermey himself, who took the role of "Sergeant Hiles."
The script originally included another character at the cemetery called the Gatekeeper, a big chubby angel who would be acting as the cemetery's guardian. A large Gatekeeper prop was created, and some scenes with him were filmed. However, these were omitted from the film, as Peter Jackson couldn't really find a good explanation for the angel's presence. Most of its role was taken over by the Sergeant Hiles character.
Danny Elfman's score for the 1996 film was released by MCA.
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Apr 18, 2018 - 1:49 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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R. Lee Ermey co-starred with Dennis Quaid and Danny Glover in SWITCHBACK, about an FBI agent, "Frank LaCrosse" (Dennis Quaid), who has been trailing the serial killer that murdered his child. A subplot involves a local election for sheriff in Amarillo, Texas, where most of the characters start out. The local incumbent, "Sheriff Buck Olmstead" (Ermey), who loses the election, becomes the agent's crucial ally at a moment when he needs all the help he can get.
Jeb Stuart directed this 1997 thriller. None of Basil Poledouris' score showed up on the RCA song-track CD, so Intrada released it in 2000 and re-issued it in 2014.
R. Lee Ermey as "Sheriff Buck Olmstead" in SWITCHBACK
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Apr 18, 2018 - 3:27 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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In 2001's SCENES OF THE CRIME, "Lenny Burroughs" (Jon Abrahams) is about to get married, and he is trying to earn some extra cash for the wedding but also to set up his own garage. It is why he does driving for small time hood "Rick" (Peter Greene) who has him go on a run with him to take "Jimmy Berg" (Jeff Bridges) hostage. Jimmy is reported to have stolen money from Rick's boss "Mr. Morrison" (Brian Goodman). But Bridges has a team of enforcers, led by Noah Wylie, trying to rescue him.
Part of the action takes place in and around a local deli, attended to by Madchen Amick and Morris Chestnut, while R. Lee Ermey plays, "Mr. Parker," a lonely elderly man of slightly diminished capacity. Dominique Forma directed this thriller, which went straight to video in the U.S. BSX released Christopher Young's score in 2008.
Jon Abrahams and R. Lee Ermey in SCENES OF THE CRIME
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