1, 2, Jayne is coming for you. 3, 4 better lock the door....
Gonna switch gears from Mr. Garcia to Mr. Kreuger for a moment here.
The original Nightmare On Elm Street is turning the big 2-0 and New Line Cinema is not only releasing a 2-disc special edition, featuring the films first remaster since the Laser Disc release. And to kick start the whole thing, the film is being theatrically re-released for 2 days with a brand new print!
Sadly the only place it's playing in the state is the f'n Supermall in Auburn, but if anyones a big Freddy fan, this may still be worth checking out.
In addition to that, I just happen to run across a link
that the original home from the first "Nightmare" film is on the market for sale. This 4-bedroom "Fixer Upper" is going to a wopping 1.1 Million dollars. I'm pretty sure someone could just straight up buy Crystal Lake for that kind of green.
Unlike Jason Vorhees, there was a time when Freddy was a seriously scary movie monster. He's been seriously watered down progressively over the last 20 years so it's easy to forget the kind of bite he had as a character.
This film really kickstarted three careers:
1. Wes Craven:
Nightmare was actually Wes' 5th or 6th film, but tit was the first time he broke past just a cult audience. Previous to this, he had a following in the horror community with "The Hills Have Eyes" but he was a relative nobody anywhere else. Luckily this movie gave him the opportunity to make such classics as "Vampire In Brooklyn" (j/k).
2. Johnny Depp:
It's hard to believe, but this was actually Depp's very first film. And it was a total fluke at that. He actually went to the audition with a friend, not intending to try out himself (He was still planning on being a musician at this point). The casting director asked him to read and the rest, as they say, is history. So Dude, when you build your time machine, this is the point to come back to and change in order to avoid being made fun of for not liking Pirates (btw, I don't know if this counts, but I was dissapointed with Pirates 2)
3. Newline Cinema
Twenty some years ago Newline was nothing more than a small time distributor. Finding themselves on the brink of Bankruptcy they did the equivlant of placing all their cash on 23 Red on a roulette table and hoping to let it ride.
The gamble paid off huge, and for a time Newline was nicknamed "The House That Freddy Built". Without this flick...no "Lord Of The Rings". I don't even want to think about that.....
The original Nightmare On Elm Street is turning the big 2-0 and New Line Cinema is not only releasing a 2-disc special edition, featuring the films first remaster since the Laser Disc release. And to kick start the whole thing, the film is being theatrically re-released for 2 days with a brand new print!Sadly the only place it's playing in the state is the f'n Supermall in Auburn, but if anyones a big Freddy fan, this may still be worth checking out.
In addition to that, I just happen to run across a link
that the original home from the first "Nightmare" film is on the market for sale. This 4-bedroom "Fixer Upper" is going to a wopping 1.1 Million dollars. I'm pretty sure someone could just straight up buy Crystal Lake for that kind of green.Unlike Jason Vorhees, there was a time when Freddy was a seriously scary movie monster. He's been seriously watered down progressively over the last 20 years so it's easy to forget the kind of bite he had as a character.
This film really kickstarted three careers:
1. Wes Craven:
Nightmare was actually Wes' 5th or 6th film, but tit was the first time he broke past just a cult audience. Previous to this, he had a following in the horror community with "The Hills Have Eyes" but he was a relative nobody anywhere else. Luckily this movie gave him the opportunity to make such classics as "Vampire In Brooklyn" (j/k).
2. Johnny Depp:
It's hard to believe, but this was actually Depp's very first film. And it was a total fluke at that. He actually went to the audition with a friend, not intending to try out himself (He was still planning on being a musician at this point). The casting director asked him to read and the rest, as they say, is history. So Dude, when you build your time machine, this is the point to come back to and change in order to avoid being made fun of for not liking Pirates (btw, I don't know if this counts, but I was dissapointed with Pirates 2)
3. Newline Cinema
Twenty some years ago Newline was nothing more than a small time distributor. Finding themselves on the brink of Bankruptcy they did the equivlant of placing all their cash on 23 Red on a roulette table and hoping to let it ride.
The gamble paid off huge, and for a time Newline was nicknamed "The House That Freddy Built". Without this flick...no "Lord Of The Rings". I don't even want to think about that.....
posted by Casey at 11:27 AM
17 Comments:
The Depp thing is the fascinating part about the film's legacy for me... spawning Depp into film. Not sure if you've seen Depp's Inside The Actor's Studio interview, but the story is quite interesting.
Pirates 2 doesn't count...I'm speaking solely to Pirates One...good points MCP, didn't know that about Newline...at the time of production you could've gotten a lot of bets on which company would be around 20 years later? Carolco or Newline?
and what the hell is wrong with LA? That house should be a f'n natl' monument...instead it's an extremely overpriced s-hole...
Yeah, it got so bad at newline that there was a two week period in production of the film that Newline was unable to actually pay anyone. Surprisingly not a single person walked away from the film.
I hear the Walsh house from 90210 is for sale as well.
Let's give a little love to the Supermall and the 253 for being the place to go.
I'm sorry, but if your main draws to the outlying area is that you have a freaking huge mall, than I don't think I have any love to give.
Side note
I'm at FX McCorys right now for a lunch meeting. In walks the Mayor of Seattle and Chuck Armstrong.
I wonder If they'll let me join them.
Kind of a cool place to watch people.
Hey Goose, let me know if you have time after lunch... I'll walk down the block for a drink with the Mayor of the Lodge, Jeff "Mother Goose" Serling.
two of the most incompetent men in Seattle and the Goose...why don't you drop off a Lodge Card on your way out the door...and tell them..."We can help...with everything"...
Let's not forget Emerald Downs and the nearby Muckleshoot Casino in Auburn. Not only do they have a SuperMall but two other fine establishments designed to suck your money away and keep you working at the auto yards and refineries.
on a side note: my Uncle is of the opinion that the Mayor was previously a woman.
Your uncle would know. I wonder if he has inside information from his "male" friends around town.
Jimbo, are we running tomorrow around Greenlake? Gotta stay disciplined.
don't know about tomorrow, I'll be running, but I'm not going to be at work so it'll probably be around Alki...if you want to head over to the 935 after work and do the Alki run with me I'll get you home later...
In other fascinating stories between 2.0 and Jimbo tune into our new blog...Things 2.0 and Jimbo do on Wednesday's...(that came out rather wrong)
I'm not sure there was a way that could have come out that would have been right.
while you're running, see if you can spot my IPOD in the rocks at the first tree following the city skyline viewpoint.
that sounds like a story Duke...and I'm sure it's still there...the tides tend to depress at the first sight of Mac based products...
so I was jogging alki this past Sunday evening... and then...it was high tide... i was playing the new Basement Jaxx and well... *sniff* i'm sorry, i can't continue this.
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