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Film Crew releases

The Film Crew–Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett and Mike Nelson–have released their new line of B-movie send-ups, under the Shout! Factory label. Four episodes have already been shot–Giant of Marathon (1959, starring Steve Reeves), Hollywood After Dark (1968, starring The Golden Girls’ Rue McClannahan), Killers from Space (1954, starring Peter Graves) and The Wild Women of Wongo (1958). The price for each DVD is $19.99. If you’d like to order them, we’d appreciate it if you used the following links:

Hollywood After Dark
Killers from Space
Wild Women of Wongo
Giant of Marathon

And you can catch clips from all four releases on YouTube:

Hollywood after Darkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnsXBS447dQ
Killers from Spacehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVwItv77btE
Wild Women of Wongohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGi6jiD81Yw
Giant of Marathonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCK56H9bnJk
Film Crewhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYgHQvvgibA

Hollywood After Dark Killers From Space Wild Women Of Wongo Giant Of Marathon
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Lots of stuff

Lots of stuff happening:

DVD Talk reviews the next Film Crew DVD:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review.php?ID=30192

The Honolulu Star-Bulletin did a piece on Rifftrax and the Film Crew:
http://starbulletin.com/2007/08/31/features/story07.html

Rifftrax is running a new contest, called Rifftrax DIY, using the “cuts.com” platform Legend Films acquired a few months ago. They are calling on fans to create their own riffed videos. Find out more at:
http://www.rifftrax.com/contest

Mike Nelson did a live chat on the Washington Post web site on Friday, August 24. You can read the log at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2007/08/22/DI2007082201850.html

Meanwhile, The Decatur Daily discusses The Film Crew.
http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/columnists/franklinharris/070823.shtml

NewsOK.com interviews the Film Crew:
http://newsok.com/article/3102049

DreadCentral.com interviews Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy at Comic-Con, on video!
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid464121041/bclid463868352/bctid1130907231

The L.A. Times also briefly interviewed Bill and Kevin.
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/08/06/093709.php

And Freezedriedmovies.com interviewed Mike Nelson on the floor of the Comic-Con:
http://www.freezedriedmovies.com/blog/index.php?/archives/225-Exclusive-Interview-Michael-J.-Nelson.html

digitallyobsessed.com reviews the second release by the Film Crew, “Killers from Space.”
http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/showreview.php3?ID=9504

And a second reviewer at Blogcritics.com reviews the first Film Crew outing, “Hollywood After Dark.”
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/08/06/093709.php

One of the best TV shows of all “Time”

Time Magazine TV critic James Poniewozik recently posted his list of The 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME and guess which little show from the Twin Cities made the list! You can read his entry for Mystery Science Theater 3000, plus watch a short clip from “Manos” at the following address:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1651341_1659192_1652619,00.html

Thanks to Courtney for the tip!

Houston Chronicle interviews Mike, and more Film Crew reviews

Our buddy Bruce Westbrook at the Houston Chronicle has interviewed Mike Nelson about The Film Crew and more:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/movies/video/4954105.html

Las Vegas City Life also reviewed the first Film Crew outing:
http://www.lasvegascitylife.com/articles/2007/07/26/ae/dvd/iq_15627259.txt
Thanks to Burke for the heads up.

So did Blog Critics Magazine:
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/07/28/111402.php

A bouncing baby Corbett!

We here at Satellite News would like to extend our best wishes to Virginia and Bill Corbett on the birth of their daughter Molly’s new baby brother, Frederick, on July 3, 2007. He was 8 lbs., 14 oz. Both mother and child are home and doing well. Congratulations!

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Molly and Freddy Corbett Virginia and Freddy Corbett Bill and Freddy Corbett