#James B Sikking

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Lawrence H Styles will never sit in the Captain's chair again

RIP James B Sikking (1934-Jul 13, 2024)

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R.I.P. James B. Sikking

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W A T C H I N G

I saw this as a kid on TV, it's the first time I felt myself start understand that the kids who weren't white in my school were treated different. Sometimes by whispers between white kids.

Strange way to learn a lesson about society.

My best friend was a VERY white passing biracial Puerto Rican. But his father was very dark. And the kids snickered and murmured the n-word when he came to pick him up. They told him often, "you must be adopted."

It was confusing for me because I didn't get it. He was just my friend's dad. Like my dad had a European accent, and I didn't.

I just remember I was about 8 or 9 and even teared up at the at the speech that James Earl Jones gives at the end. It really stuck with me for while. It effected me kind of deeply. That even thinking about that day, I'm choked up.

It was a goofy 80s comedy, but for a suburban white kid like me, the message hit me how it was meant to.

Professor Banks: You've learned something I can't teach them. You've learned what it feels like to be black.

Mark: No sir.

Professor Banks: Beg your pardon?

Mark: I don't really know what it feels like, sir. If I didn't like it, I could always get out. It's not the same, sir.

Professor Banks: You've learned a great deal more than I thought.

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Legacy & input by actors from the movie:

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Rae Dawn Chong defended the film, saying of the controversy:

It was only controversial because Spike Lee made a thing of it. He'd never seen the movie and he just jumped all over it… He was just starting and pulling everything down in his wake. If you watch the movie, it's really making white people look stupid… [The film] is adorable and it didn't deserve it... I always tried to be an actor who was doing a part that was a character versus what I call 'blackting,' or playing my race, because I knew that I would fail because I was mixed [Chong is of African, Chinese and European ancestry]. I was the black actor for sure, but I didn't lead with my epidermis, and that offended people like Spike Lee, I think. You're either militant or you're not and he decided to just attack. I've never forgiven him for that because it really hurt me. I didn't realize [at the time] that not pushing the afro-centric agenda was going to bite me. When you start to do well people start to say you're a Tom [as in Uncle Tom] because you're acceptable.

Spike Lee responded by saying, "In my film career, any comment or criticism has never been based on jealousy."

"A white man donning blackface is taboo," said C. Thomas Howell. "Conversation over — you can't win. But our intentions were pure: We wanted to make a funny movie that had a message about racism."

Howell later expanded:

I'm shocked at how truly harmless that movie is, and how the anti-racial message involved in it is so prevalent... This isn't a movie about blackface. This isn't a movie that should be considered irresponsible on any level... It's very funny... It made me much more aware of the issues we face on a day-to-day basis, and it made me much more sensitive to racism... It's an innocent movie, it's got innocent messages, and it's got some very, very deep messages. And I think the people that haven't seen it that judge it are horribly wrong. I think that's more offensive than anything. Judging something you haven’t seen is the worst thing you can really do. In fact, Soul Man sort of represents that all the way through. I think it's a really innocent movie with a very powerful message, and it's an important part of my life. I'm proud of the performance, and I'm proud of the people that were in it. A lot of people ask me today, 'Could that movie be made today?'... Robert Downey Jr. just did it in Tropic Thunder!... The difference is that he was just playing a character in Tropic Thunder, and there was no magnifying glass on racism, which is so prevalent in our country. I guess that's what makes people more uncomfortable about Soul Man. But I think it's an important movie.

Robert Downey Jr. referenced Howell and Soul Man when addressing the potential controversy over his role in Tropic Thunder: "At the end of the day, it's always about how well you commit to the character. If I didn't feel [the role in Tropic Thunder] was morally sound, or that it would be easily misinterpreted that I'm just C. Thomas Howell [in Soul Man], I would've stayed home."

Mathcore band Botch has a track named "C. Thomas Howell as the 'Soul Man'" on their album We Are the Romans (1999).

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It's Excelsior's Captain Styles, sans riding crop or thin moustache

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THE ELECTRIC HORSEMAN (1979) Grade: B 

Loved the cinematography, the acting (Willie Nelson!) & the music worked well.I don't think they make movies like this now, definitely will have a different, more happier ending. 

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Outland | Episode 423

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Outland | Episode 423

Jim reflects his first viewing of a classic Sci-Fi from 1981 from Director Peter Hyams – “Outland,” starring Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, James B. Sikking, Kika Markham, Nicholas Barnes, Clarke Peters, and John Ratzenberger. A Federal Marshall assigned to a mining outpost on Jupiter’s third moon, Io, is faced with a drug smuggling operation that is taking the lives of several workers. Find out how he faces up to incredible odds on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.

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Narrow Margin will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on June 18 via Kino Lorber. The 1990 neo-noir action thriller is a remake of the 1952 film of the same name.

Peter Hyams (End of Days, Timecop) writes and directs. Gene Hackman and Anne Archer star with James B. Sikking, J.T. Walsh, and M. Emmet Walsh.

Narrow Margin was previously restored in 4K by StudioCanal. Special features are listed below.

Disc 1 - 4K Ultra HD:

Audio commentary by writer-director Peter Hyams

Audio commentary by film historian Peter Tonguette

Disc 2 - Blu-ray:

Audio commentary by writer-director Peter Hyams

Audio commentary by film historian Peter Tonguette

Making-of featurette

B-roll and sound bites

Theatrical trailer

Gene Hackman (The Package) stars as an L.A. District Attorney attempting to take an unwilling murder witness (Anne Archer) back to the United States to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically attempting to escape two deadly hitmen sent to silence her, they board a Vancouver-bound train only to find the killers are onboard with them. For the next 20 hours, as the train hurls through the beautiful but isolated Canadian wilderness, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues in which their ability to tell a friend from foe is a matter of life and death.

Pre-order Narrow Margin.

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Lawrence H Styles will never sit in the Captain's chair again

RIP James B Sikking (1934-July 13, 2024)

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Inside O.U.T. - NBC - March 22, 1971

Sitcom (Pilot episode - Not Picked Up for Production)

Running Time: 30 minutes

Stars:

Bill Daily as Ron Hart

Alan Oppenheimer as Edgar Winston

Farrah Fawcett as Pat Boulion

Mike Henry as Chuck Dandy

Edward Andrews as Director of Finance

Val Bisoglio as Bendix

Herb Vigran  as Harry

James B. Sikking as Patrolman

Paul Smith as Chicken man

Jim Begg as Student

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TV: Doing Time On Maple Drive (1992)

No estamos acostumbrados a ver a Jim Carrey en roles que no sean cómicos o protagonistas, pero aquí está, en uno de sus primeras incursiones dramáticas para un telefime emitido por Fox en 1992. Aquí interpreta a Tim, un joven que se ha ganado el descontento de su padre debido a su alcoholismo. Hijo mayor de Phil (James B. Sikking), propietario de un restaurante, y Lisa (Bibi Besch), una ama de casa, Tim se considera la oveja negra de su familia, la desilusión más grande del clan. Su hermana Karen (Jayne Brook), casada con Tom (David Byron), se niega a tener hijos debido a su situación financiera mientras que Matt (William McNamara), el menor del clan y el verdadero orgullo de su padre, lleva a su novia Allison (Lori Loughlin) con el fin de presentarla. El contexto es emocionante, ya que ambos están muy ocupados preparando su boda.

La cotidianeidad le muestra a Allison que la fachada de perfección que detenta la familia de su novio va derrumbándose no bien asoman los primeros, mínimos, inconvenientes. Tom la alerta de la exigencia de perfección que ha impuesto Phil, cuyo influjo domina toda la estructura familiar.

Con la fecha de la boda cada vez más cerca, la muchacha decide dejar a su novio debido a un suceso imprevisto: alguien le ha dejado en el bolsillo la carta que confirma que Matt había mantenido hasta no hacía mucho una relación afectiva con Kyle (Bennett Cale), compañero de colegio. Desesperado por el terror a desilusionar a su familia, Matt toma una decisión brutal, de último minuto, la cual no develaremos porque, claro, la idea es que veas la historia.

Ken Olin es el encargado de poner en imagenes el guión de James Duff, quien intentó plasmar sus experiencias personales, logrando una historia tensa y dramática no exenta de verosimilitud y, fiel a su origen de telefilme, toca otras temáticas de impacto social. Interesante.

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In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Robert Caulfield: Elliott Gould Col. Charles Brubaker: James Brolin Kay Brubaker: Brenda Vaccaro Lt. Col. Peter Willis: Sam Waterston Cmdr. John Walker: O.J. Simpson Dr. James Kelloway: Hal Holbrook Judy Drinkwater: Karen Black Albain: Telly Savalas Hollis Peaker: David Huddleston Walter Loughlin: David Doyle Sharon Willis: Lee Bryant Betty Walker: Denise Nicholas Elliot Whitter: Robert Walden Control Room Man: James B. Sikking Capsule Communicator: Alan Fudge Vice President Price: James Karen F.B.I. Man Number 1: Jon Cedar General Enders: Hank Stohl President: Norman Bartold Dr. Bergen: Darrell Zwerling Dr. Burroughs: Milton Selzer Horace Gruning: Lou Frizzell Mrs. Peaker: Nancy Malone Jerry: Paul Picerni Alva Leacock: Barbara Bosson Reporter (uncredited): Bob Harks Film Crew: Casting: Jane Feinberg Casting: Mike Fenton Set Decoration: Rick Simpson Production Design: Albert Brenner Original Music Composer: Jerry Goldsmith Director of Photography: Bill Butler Costume Design: Patricia Norris Sound mixer: Jerry Jost Stunt Coordinator: Bill Hickman Makeup Artist: Michael Westmore Location Manager: Ron Underwood Assistant Director: Irby Smith Art Direction: David M. Haber Producer: Paul Lazarus III Director: Peter Hyams Special Effects: Henry Millar Associate Producer: Michael I. Rachmil Editor: James Mitchell Still Photographer: Bruce McBroom Script Supervisor: Marshall J. Wolins Hairstylist: Emma M. diVittorio Boom Operator: Joseph Kite Special Effects: Bruce Mattox Special Effects: Robert Spurlock Camera Operator: James R. Connell Title Designer: Dan Perri Movie Reviews: John Chard: It’s a pleasure alright, and I don’t feel guilty about it at all!. A NASA space mission up to Mars fails to get off the ground due to major technical problems. Fearing funding could be taken away and wishing to avoid embarrassment, the powers that be decide to do a fake landing in a studio. With the astronauts forced to pretend that they are actually up on Mars, and fighting with their own personal belief systems, the government executives in charge fear that the fake flight could come to light. Upon learning that the outside world actually thinks they crashed upon reentering the earths atmosphere, the astronauts run for their lives knowing that the government can’t afford for the men to stay alive. Capricorn One is an excellent conspiracy picture that sadly seems to have been largely forgotten. Even today we are still hearing mooted stories of the landing on the moon actually being fake, so here director and writer Peter Hyams takes it and crafts a thrillingly taut piece of work. At the films heart is Elliot Gould’s (his great 70s work under valued) intrepid journalist, Robert Caulfield, after being nudged in the ribs by one of his friends at NASA, is himself under threat of death from shadowy government types who will think of nothing to offing him along with the astronauts. The film is split into two very significant halves, the first half is the set up, the conversations before and after the fake landing are clever and crucially attention grabbing, and of course we get to know our characters with the right amount of time. The film then shifts for the second half into a quality thriller chase movie, our main protagonists pursued by the government assassins courtesy of two gun toting helicopters. Jerry Goldsmith’s score brilliantly becoming part of the chase sequences, making the helicopters seem like death stalking machines operated by no man alone. We even get Telly Savalas joi...

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542 WGCBP | All In

This week on The World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™: We remember Lou Dobbs, James B. Sikking, and Bob Newhart. In Tinsel Town: The original Avengers cast reunited for a special project. Watchmen is getting the animated treatment. Nova will be a Disney+ show. Star Trek Academy has added to the cast. In Comics: DC is going “All In”. Poison Ivy will cross over with Swamp Thing. Tom Hardy has a new…