The Legend of Boggy Creek Ju Jin Yuki Otoko (Half Human, an extremely bad American re-dit, will have to suffice, as an Ainu lobby has kept Toho from releasing it, much like the NAACP has convinced Disney not to release Song of the South for any home format in the U.S.; with this film, it's much more ridiculous since the people in the film don't bear much resmeblance to Ainu, and they aren't said to be Ainu, either. The Kenneth G. Crane cut (with John Carradine, Russell Thorson, and Morris Ankrum added in) is EXTREMLY bad, though.) I'm sure there are others, but these are the only ones not mentioned that come to mind. Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1957) User Comments: Scott A. Hutchins([log in to unmask]) Indianapolis, USA Date: 18 January 2000 Summary: How to make a good film boring It is a very unfortunate thing that Toho has decided to pull _Jū jin yuki otoko_ from its catalog based on Ainu lobbyists. Had Akira Ifukube scored the film, rather than Masaru Sato, he might have said something against it because he lived among the Ainu and knew the culture presented in this film bears little resemblance to the Ainu. Instead, we are left with this badly edited mess because an American producer got his hands on it, and inserted scenes with American actors that give away the story before we can actually be shown it. Ostensibly this footage was shot to increase Americans' interest in the Japanese production. Instead it brings the action screeching to a halt and we are given glimpses of what is obviously a much better film, with one of the most convincing yet-teh costumes of all time. The older one has a very lifelike face that is showing signs of balding. Because of Toho's quarantine on the original film, one has to sit through a lot of drek to have any film at all, since the 98 minute film runs 63 minutes in this version, even after all the boring footage was added. The sound quality is poor as well, and all (or most) of Masaru Sato's score as been replaced with library music. It's too short to fast-forward through all the nonsense and too dull to sit through it. The only redeeming element of the film are the exquisite Japanese scenes that we hear John Carradine talking over. This film is utterly ruined, thereby demonstrating Gresham's law. The good version is unavailable, and only the bad version can be seen. Scott Andrew Hutchins [log in to unmask] Examine The Life of Timon of Athens at Cracks in the Fourth Wall Theatre & Filmworks http://mywebpages.comcast.net/scottandrewh "But since in fact we see that avarice, anger, envy, pride, sloth, lust and stupidity commonly profit far beyond humility, chastity, fortitude, justice and thought, and have to choose, to be human at all...why then perhaps we *must* stand fast a little--even at the risk of being heroes." --Sir Thomas More, _A Man for All Seasons_, by Robert Bolt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel I Humphrey" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 12:59 PM Subject: Apes in bedrooms > A friend who's not on this list serve asked me to forward this question. > You can send answers to the list serve or me and I will forward them back > to her. Thank you. > > ______________________________ > > I'm currently on the hunt for films that depict, what I like to call, the > "ape and enter" scenario, where a woman is lying in bed only to be > startled by an ape-like creature breaking through into her bedroom. > > Can you think of any off the top of your head? So far I have Island of > Lost Souls, the Murders in the Rue Morgue and King Kong. Any other film > titles you can think of would be really helpful. > > Thanks > > lisa uddin > > ---- > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > http://www.ScreenSite.org ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org