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Ease on Down the Road with 1978 “The Wiz” Souvenir Movie Book

61104310_thewiz_800x445-thumb-497xauto-1809Adapted from the 1975 Broadway musical, “The Wiz,” a retelling of L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” featured an all African-American cast starring the likes of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor, Lena Horne, Nipsey Russell, Mabel King, Ted Ross, Thelma Carpenter, and Therese Merritt. It was directed by Sidney Lumet with a screenplay by Joel Schumacher and was released theatrically in 1978.

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“Star Trek” Fotonovel Giveaway Contest Begins Now! * UPDATE * THE CONTEST HAS NOW ENDED!

Know It All Joe Giveaway ContestUPDATE * THE CONTEST IS NOW OFFICIALLY OVER!

Original Story * Okay, so I changed my mind and decided to begin the contest with its own separate posting instead of hiding it inside a random posting.  I just thought it was more fair that way.  And if you’re saying ‘what?’ then don’t worry about it.  It’s not important.

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Walk This Way to Mel Brooks’ “Young Frankenstein” 1974 Pressbook

title young frankenstein“Young Frankenstein” is arguably one of Mel Brooks’s greatest pictures. It was released in 1974 in black and white and starred Gene Wilder, Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle and Madeline Kahn. It was a critical and box office success.

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Haunted by “The Amityville Horror” 1979 Press Kit

the-amityville-horror-wallpapers_5Based on Jay Anson’s 1977 bestselling novel, “The Amityville Horror” was a supernatural horror movie that was released in cinemas in 1979. It starred James Brolin and Margot Kidder. 

The film is about a family who moves into a home in Amityville, New York, where a series of murders had been committed a year earlier. While there, they experience all sorts of supernatural freakiness. The film, though not a critical success, turned out to be a huge financial success.

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Avoiding Cylons with a Vintage “Battlestar Galactica” 1978 TV Guide Article

Battlestar GalacticaBears… Beets… Battlestar Galactica!  Frack yeah!

Long before we had Miami Vice play Commander Adama, who led a rag-tag fugitive fleet on a lonely quest to a shining planet known as Earth, we had Bonanza occupying the very same role. Or respectfully, I should say Edward James Olmos played the role more recently, but the role was originated by the now departed Lorne Greene. Greene gave a more fatherly portrayal of the overburdened Commander whereas Olmos performance was a bit more militaristically grounded and less approachable (and grumpier). And don’t get me wrong, I loved Olmos’ portrayal. He played it just perfectly for the reboot.

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Going to War with Steven Spielberg’s “1941” Pressbook

1941-uk-quad“1941” was an action/adventure period comedy directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale (of “Back to the Future” fame). It was released in 1979 and even though it sported an incredible cast of characters (Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, John Candy, Ned Beatty, Christopher Lee, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Stack, Treat Williams, the list goes on) it was considered one of Spielberg’s weakest films, both critically and financially.

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Know It All Joe’s Vintage Week (Plus Giveaway Contest)

Know It All Joe Vintage Week PicMany times since the beginning of this site, I’ve provided downloadable content such as TV and Movie Scripts, Photo Novels, Storyboards and such that you might not find elsewhere on the net. So for the remainder of the week I thought I’d throw up a bunch of various things from older and more popular films that you might not have seen before. Many of these things are in the forms of Press Books, Movie Souvenir Books and an occasional Press Kit or two (all downloadable).

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