ZERO-G EPISODE #744
30th Nov 09
TITLE: ZERO-G EPISODE #744
TITLE: THUMBS UP!!
PLAYLIST:
-THE TINKER OF RYE PERFORMED BY CHRISTOPHER LEE BY PAUL GIOVANNI FROM THE WICKER MAN (SOUNDTRACK) 2005 SILVA SCREEN RECORDS.
-REASONS TO BE MISERABLE (HIS NAME IS MARVIN) PERFORMED BY STEPHEN FRY AND LUKE DONINGTON LYRICS BY STEPHEN MOORE, DOUGLAS ADAMS AND JOHN SINCLAIR MUSIC BY BANG BANG CLUB AND KEITH COX FROM THE HITCH HIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY SOUNDTRACK ALBUM 2005 HOLLYWOOD RECORDS 20616225062
-EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL LIFE BY DOUGLAS ADAMS FROM DOUGLAS ADAMS AT THE BBC ABC/BBC AUDIOBOOK 2004 ISBN 0-563-4904-2
-TWISTED NERVE BY BERNARD HERRMANN FROM THE DEFINITIVE HORROR COLLECTION SILVA SCREEN SILCD1288 2009
-BELA LUGOSI’S DEAD BY BAUHAUS FROM BAHUAUS SINGLES: 1979-1983 VOLUME ONE 1994 BEGGARS UK-AD
-DESTRUCTION OF EARTH BY JOBY TALBOT FROM THE HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY SOUNDTRACK ALBUM 2005
REVIEWS:
BOOKS:
BOOK REVIEW
DOUGLAS ADAMS’S HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
AND ANOTHER THING ()PART SIX OF THREE)
BY EOIN COLFER
PENGUIN MICHAEL JOSPEH HARDBACK
2009
ISBN 978-0-7181-5514-8
FILMS
9
DIRECTED BY SHANE ACKER
2009
USA
OTHER INFORMATION:
-Douglas Adams Bathtub Auction.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Douglas-Adams-Bath_W0QQitemZ260509947842QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Collectables_SciFi_fantasyCollectables_EH?hash=item3ca79a57c2
HEADS UP !!
SUPERNATURAL- Channel 7-8.30 pm Monday
FLASHFORWARDS- 7TWO- Final episode for the year tonight.
RED DWARF-BACK TO EARTH-ABC2-8.00 pm Monday.
NO HEROICS-ABC2- 10.30 pm Monday.
SBS ONE- Monday. Dead Set, The country and Western Zombie musical Dead & Breakfast,
After that at 12.05 pm is Eight Diagram Pole Fighter the classic Shaw Brothers Hong Kong actioner starring Gordon Liu and Alexander Fu Sheng, directed by Lau Kar-leung.
HEROES-7TWO- Slips back to single episodes Wednesday night 8.30 pm.
STARGATE ATLANTIS- 7TWO- 8.30 pm Wednesday. 3 episodes....
THE HUNGER- 1983- GO! Saturday 11.00 pm. Directed by Tony Scott,
Sunday, December 6, 12.45amThe Hunger is followed by the insanely glorious Hammer/Shaw Brothers collaboration, Legend Of The Seven Golden Vampires, 1974, set in China, which is joint directed by Roy Ward Baker (Moon Zero-2) and Chang Cheh (Five Venoms, One Armed Swordsman)
THE MAKING OF AVATAR- Channel 9. 9.30 PM Saturday.
DOCTOR WHO SPECIAL- THE WATERS OF MARS. ABC1. 7.30 PM Sunday.
MOBY DICK- 7TWO. Saturday 1956 Gregory Peck movie with screenplay by Ray Bradbury. 11.00 am. Followed by a screening of Casino Royale, the James Bond comedy with Peter Sellers and David Niven.
Or you could go to the Rooftop cinema to see it on Sunday the 13th. Winds up several vampire flicks they’re showing starting with Twilight on the 8th, The Lost Boys, Let The Right One In and Interview With A Vampire.
Also at the Rooftop Cinema- Wednesday- Labyrinth-9 pm
13th Japanese Film Festival at the ACMI
Kamui
Yoichi Sa, 120 mins, Japan, 2009, 35mm, Japanese with English
On the run to escape his villainous ninja clan, Kamui (Ken'ichi Matsuyama) roams the earth in search of freedom.
Dates Fri 4 Dec 2009, 8.30pm
K-20: Legend of the Mask
Shimako Sato, 137 mins, Japan, 2008, 35mm, Japanese with English subtitles.
Set in a retro-futuristic Japan, the 'Fiend with 20 Faces' (a.k.a. K20) is terrorising the rich with his crafty burglary.
When a struggling circus performer is framed in an elaborate set-up, he assumes the guise of K20 in an attempt to clear his name.
Dates Sat 5 Dec 2009, 3.40pm
Kamogawa Horumo - Battle League in Kyoto
In this comedy/fantasy, members of a Kyoto University club called the 'Order of the Azure Dragon' prepare to battle in the ancient game of 'Horumo'.
Team members compete by summoning an army of CGI-created demons in a supernatural combat match against teams from other universities.
Australian Perspectives- At The ACMI
On the Beach
Stanley Kramer, 134 mins, USA, 1959, 35mm, B&W. Source: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Courtesy: Chapel Distribution.
On the Beach
50th anniversary screening.
Dates Sat 5 Dec 2009, 4pm
Freaky Fridays-At The ACMI
El Topo
Alejandro Jodorowsky, 124 mins, Mexico, 1971, 35mm. Courtesy: Siren Visual.
Screens in a new, restored 35mm print.
Dates Fri 4 Dec 2009, 9.30pm
Fri 11 Dec 2009, 9.30pm