Marquee Volume 7 Number 5, September/October 1982
Unlike the previous Marquee magazine I featured, this issue was filled with a bunch of movies I haven’t seen. Or that I can’t remember seeing. I know I never saw Yes, Giorgio, but that’s something a lot of people can say. I didn’t check, but I don’t think this issue is quite as sought after as the one with Harrison Ford on the cover.
I also missed Tex, Hammett, and Love Child. Do these movies even still exist? Somewhere? I think I did see My Favorite Year at some point.
I know I didn’t see The Dark Crystal. I’m pretty sure I saw Fast Times at Ridgemont High on TV, but I can’t be sure. Hey, this was over forty years ago!
Surprised Hamnet is in the list, that was a movie from last year!
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Argh! I meant Hammett. I’ll fix that.
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🙂
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I saw the Dark Crystal on vhs. As a kid, it was quite scary. As an adult, all I could see was how “un-Muppets” it was. Henson’s fingerprints were all over it, but in a messy way. I have no idea if there was studio interference or if he just bombed on the idea and execution.
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Yeah I remember it being a big deal when it came out but I never got around to seeing it. Maybe I will someday. I think there is a story behind it.
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If I cared more, I’d investigate. But I don’t, so I won’t 😀
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I know the feeling.
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I was aware of these. Well, except for Love Child. I mean I spent a lot of time at theaters back then and also watched Siskel & Ebert. This was the year they left PBS unfortunately, but I stuck with them for awhile after that anyway. But the only one I actually saw, and the one I can’t believe you haven’t seen, is Fast Times. Maybe seeing it in Canada it was enough to see it on TV, but here in the U.S. the instantly iconic Phoebe Cates scene would have been cut. Many, many years later I even read the book and reviewed the whole thing.
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I do think I saw Fast Times, but it was on TV later. I didn’t see it when it came out.
I remember watching Siskel & Ebert on PBS. And their replacements, Lyons and Gabler, for a while. They were both pretty bright guys I think but they couldn’t duplicate what Roger and Gene had going for them.
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