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Post by bodieci5 on Apr 26, 2008 19:52:27 GMT -5
There's a reason why I did not go and see the Ethan Hawke / Larry Fishburne re-make and THIS IS IT! It's coming out on Region 2 next Monday. One of John Carpenter's greatest movies and in its own right, a brilliantly crafted siege thriller that must have influenced the likes of Die Hard in some way. Both Austin Stoker and the late Darwin Joston were awesome heroes. There was even talk of them starring in a sequel, but it never happened. Frank Doubleday was the stand-out bad guy, kinda like Andy Robinson from Dirty Harry, but not as manic. He hardly says a word and is like a mini-Terminator. Who can forget his slaying of that sweet little girl? ('I wanted vanilla twist!') The shootout scenes are supremely handled and Carpenter's soundtrack is way ahead of its time. I first caught this off the tube in '92 and my sad brother accused me of watching 'such trash.' What a douchebag!
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Post by shaun on Apr 28, 2008 6:47:28 GMT -5
I still remembering the first time I saw the exploding Ice Cream scene where the young girl gets a bullet. A great film, I've been looking for this for quite some time, glad it's getting a release, never saw the remake.
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Post by bodieci5 on Apr 28, 2008 17:08:09 GMT -5
I read somewhere that for some reason, its UK release is being delayed and it's likely to be later in the year when this comes out here on DVD. I came across an interesting thing recently on youtube. It was a clip of an ITV Granada continuity announcer who said, 'I hope my wife wasn't watching Assault On Precinct 13 tonight, otherwise I'm going to have a hard time trying to get in.' His other half must have been squeamish. This was from 1982.
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Post by sonofbronson on Apr 29, 2008 20:37:19 GMT -5
Great movie. Simple and well made with great action. One of Carpenter's best.
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Post by Voelkermord on Apr 29, 2008 23:31:52 GMT -5
She wanted Vanilla Twist.
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Post by bodieci5 on Apr 30, 2008 8:38:10 GMT -5
The Vanilla Twist girl's name was Kim Richards. She was a child star who was in quite a few Disney films. The police secretary Leigh who helps Bishop and Wilson kill off the thugs was very nice . I don't think she had many more acting roles after that. John Carpenter previously said that he was glad he got a cast of unknowns for the film, although it is rumoured that he was thinking about signing on Kurt Russell for Assault. Back in '78 in some US cinemas, this was shown as part of a double-bill with the ass-kicking Walter Hill actioner The Driver. BTW over here in the UK, Assault On Precinct 13 is coming out in October.
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Post by Voelkermord on May 17, 2008 23:54:21 GMT -5
BTW over here in the UK, Assault On Precinct 13 is coming out in October. Which one? That recent piece of shit with Ethan Hawke? Or a latent DVD release of the good one?
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Post by bodieci5 on May 18, 2008 8:07:51 GMT -5
The '70s one. From what I've heard, there are gonna be interviews with John Carpenter and Austin Stoker (the main hero) and a Carpenter audio-commentary.
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Post by Voelkermord on May 19, 2008 1:54:27 GMT -5
That is most awesome.
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Post by bodieci5 on May 20, 2008 8:02:56 GMT -5
Glad you think so.
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Post by WesReviews on Jan 10, 2012 13:29:52 GMT -5
Anyone else find it odd that as it's mentioned in the film, the precinct in question is "precinct 9, division 13". But I guess Assault on Precinct 9 just doesn't have the same ring to it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2012 14:28:04 GMT -5
From what I understand, the studio suggested the name, as it was catchier than Carpenter's initial title, The Anderson Alamo.
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Post by The Italian Kid on Jan 10, 2012 14:45:56 GMT -5
Yes, I believe that is the case Fake.
But, I saw this one sometime back for the first time, and it was a thrilling, action-packed adventure. Defintely one of Carpeneter's best, and I feel people tend to forget it at times.
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Post by bodieci5 on Jan 12, 2012 10:29:21 GMT -5
This movie had elements of Don Siegel and Sam Peckinpah about it. I think the Siegel influence was found in the depiction of the heroes like Ethan Bishop and the mysterious Napoleon Wilson as well as the cold-blooded villains and the bloody shootouts owed a debt to Peckinpah.
Over here in the UK, we had a series called Moviedrome where director Alex Cox would introduce cult films. Back in 1990, he did the intro for Assault On Precinct 13 and I managed to watch the opening credits of it (with that awesome theme tune) as well as the clip when the convicts come to the station.
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Post by MacReady on Jan 30, 2013 15:49:43 GMT -5
I watched this yesterday for the first time since I was a kid and it`s fucking fantastic, raw and tense through out.
It`s pretty much a prefect movie in my eyes.
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