#dickvanpatten

[duranduratulsa]

Up next on my Star Wars Movie 🎥 Marathon...a little intergalactic levity...Spaceballs (1987) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #movie #movies #comedy #scifi #spaceballs #starwars #billpullman #johncandy #ripjohncandy #rickmoranis #DaphneZuniga #JoanRivers #ripjoanrivers #DickVanPatten #ripdickvanpatten #melbrooks #AbeVigoda #MichaelWinslow #JohnHurt #DomDeLuise #stephentobolowsky #PhilHartman #ripphilhartman #rickducommun #riprickducommun #HarryShearer #DickWarlock #tommyswerdlow #vintage #vhs #80s #starwars47 #starwarsday #maythe4thbewithyou #maytheforcebewithyou #maytheschwartzbewithyou

[dogwelder]

If you start watching The Shaggy DA at 11:08:05 on #NewYearsEve at #midnight you can see a man in a dog suit punch #DickVanPatten in the face.

[geekynerfherder]

#Spaceballs, first released in cinemas #OnThisDay in 1987⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #TitleScreen #OTD #MelBrooks #JohnCandy #RickMoranis #BillPullman #DaphneZuniga #DickVanPatten #GeorgeWyner #JoanRivers https://www.instagram.com/p/CQgzts1HcQv/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thepeppysquid]

Westworld (1973) Tonight’s Friday late-night cable tv classic movie! 🦑🦑 I have loved this movie since I watched it on late-night cable tv back in the 90s. Have you seen this movie? Notable cast includes: #yulbrenner #richardbenjamin #jamesbrolin #dickvanpatten • • • • • #cultmovie #1970s #cinephile #70s #seventies #1973 #1970smovies #70smovies #70smovieposters #movieposters #movieposter #movienight🎬 #latenightmovie #70sscifimovies #cultclassics #westworld #backinthedays #70snostalgia #movieclassics #70sparty #vintagelover #vintagelovers #70scinema https://www.instagram.com/p/BtpXHztALvJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1s3yhis8fy5kt

[doomonfilm]

Thoughts : Westworld (1973)

Before it was a blockbuster HBO original series, Westworld led a very different life.  Michael Chricton was a novelist looking to expand into the world of film, with Westworld being his writing/directorial debut.  The film served as an homage to a dying genre, a signal of what was to come, and a groundbreaking film of a scope that the creators could not imagine.

Peter Martin (Richard Benjamin) and John Blane (James Brolin) are visitors to the the Westworld section of a famous amusement park run by the Delos corporation.  The park is made up of three sections (Romanworld and Midievalworld being the other two) where guests intermingle with androids programmed to serve their deepest carnal desires, be it crime, violence or sex.  Guests are given specialized weapons that allow them to act out against the androids without fear of harming one another.  Blaine, a common visitor to the park, is doing all he can to make sure first timer Martin enjoys himself and gets the full experience.  This particular visit, however, happens to coincide with park malfunctions and androids that begin to act in an autonomous matter, harming guests and staff.  Martin becomes the target of a particularly vicious android cowboy dawning all black (Yul Brynner).  What was meant to be a relaxing vacation becomes a much more visceral experience than intended.

Westworld famously holds the title of being the first major motion picture to incorporate digitized images.  While the computer readouts and Brynner-vision may look rudimentary by today’s standards, those images were very distinct and arresting looks at the time.  Computers were not what they are today back then, and rendering these images took considerable time combined with a very unique skill set.  The look was clearly effective, as both the computer readout style and android vision were famously emulated in countless films to follow.

In terms of style, the juxtaposition of classic film styles such as westerns, medieval tales and Roman epics with pure science fiction works surprisingly well for the limits of the day.  The science in the film is convincing enough for the narrative, and the auxiliary parks have enough resemblance to their respective times to serve their functions.  The film really soars as an homage to the death of the western.  Yul Brynner was cemented in iconic status by the time of this film’s release, and his role was meant to be a stamp of approval for the western elements, adding an air of seriousness so that the comedy was not too far in the arena of camp.  The gun violence shots are taken straight out of the Sam Peckinpah playbook.  Once the trope-ish elements spill out of their natural elements, things really start cooking.

This film is clearly more about the idea and spectacle than the acting, with the majority of the cast serving as people used to give the park a grander scope and scale.  With as many as people as possible filling the roles of guests and staff, Westworld the park is able to serve as the star of the film.  That being said, James Brolin is wonderfully entertaining in his facsimile of a counter-culture Jon Wayne (even down to his character name).  Richard Benjamin plays the fish out of water turned hardened warrior extremely well.  Yul Brynner nails his role as the heartless, nameless android threat, adding a true sense of dread as the walls start to close in.

Compared to the HBO series, some would be quick to say that this film has not stood the test of time.  The lion’s share of the show’s season one ideas, however, have direct roots to this film and its sequel (maybe Futureworld will find its way to the blog one day).  The film is a fun relic of the times, and if not taken too seriously, an interesting idea with execution beyond that of a first time director.

[max-rainet]

Dick Van Patten * Season By Choice * Menu Plan Cookbook No Salt LIBBY FOODS #cooking #cookbook #DickVanPatten #actor #celebrity #libby #foodie #health #wellbeing #spices #spicetopia #flavor #nosalt #nosugar #menus #meals #stayingfit⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Find this great cookbook at my eBay store. https://buff.ly/3jTrCEE https://www.instagram.com/p/CGOB2ssAaMV/?igshid=2v4odcygq4np

[jamest541975]

I'm watching SPACEBALLS right now. #spaceballs #maytheschwartzbewithyou #melbrooks #presidentscroob #billpullman #lonestar #princessvespa #johncandy #barf #barfthemog #joanrivers #dotmatrix #yogurt #rickmoranis #darkhelmet #dickvanpatten #kingroland #planetdruidia #colsanders #colonelsanders #spaceballs2thesearchformoremoney https://www.instagram.com/p/B7c2x1vFOOq/?igshid=21z3wvu1x4rv

[llpodcast]

Season 3: Episode 96 - Westworld (1973) - Shawshank Redemption (1994)

[blindgirlblog]

What an honor and pleasure to represent @gdb_official at the @naturalbalanceinc National Sales Conference 🐶 We not only met so many wonderful employees, we even met keynote speaker, @danelleumstead plus #jerryvanpatten (son of founder, #dickvanpatten) Swipe to view all 3 photos. #camrytheguidedog #dogsofinstagram #labrador #blacklab #yellowlabradorretriever (at THE US GRANT Hotel)

[duranduratulsa]

Now showing on my 80's Fest Movie 🎥 marathon...Spaceballs (1987) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #movie #movies #comedy #scifi #spaceballs #starwars #billpullman #johncandy #ripjohncandy #rickmoranis #DaphneZuniga #JoanRivers #ripjoanrivers #DickVanPatten #ripdickvanpatten #melbrooks #AbeVigoda #MichaelWinslow #JohnHurt #DomDeLuise #stephentobolowsky #PhilHartman #ripphilhartman #rickducommun #riprickducommun #DickWarlock #tommyswerdlow #BubbaSmith #vintage #vhs #80s #80sfest #durandurantulsas5thannual80sfest

[stinerbros]

showdown in Zachariah (1971) . . . #dickvanpatten is The Dude . . #neowestern #electricwestern #zachariah #donjohnson #70sfilm #gunslingers #stinerbros (at Old Wild West)

[maketheswitchau]

Today marks 30 years since the release of ‘Spaceballs’, Mel Brooks’ classic space comedy. Click here to join in the festivities.

[jmegliorino]

Had the privilege and opportunity of visiting the final resting places for some of the World's greatest entertainers of all time well at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. - 2017 #forestlawnhollywoodhills #cemetery #mausoleum #crypt #vault #hollywood #famous #actor #actresses #entertainer #film #classicmovies #classichollywood #classichollywoodactress #forestlawn #losangeles #stanlaurel #dickvanpatten #bobkane #batman #davidcarradine #johnmegliorino #kungfu (at Forest Lawn Memorial Park)

[elizapdushku]

Space all's, 1987 #spaceballs #rickmoranis #melbrooks #johncandy #billpullman #daphnezuniga #dickvanpatten #georgewyner #joanrivers #michaelwinslow #lesliebevis #jimjbullock #sandyhelberg #ronnygraham #brendastrong #domdeluise #loreneyarnell #ripjoanrivers #riploreneyarnell #ripjohncandy #ripdickvanpatten #ripdomdeluise #ripronnygraham #maytheschwartzbewithyou #moviemonday #moviemondays #moviesilove #favouritemovies https://www.instagram.com/p/CMLfCTAH6to/?igshid=1h3y8w64b4c5y

[psychodrive-in]

Today at http://psychodrivein.com EZMM 2017 Day 1: The Midnight Hour (1985) & Maniac Cop (1988) We decided to kick off the 2017 Easter Zombie Movie Marathon with an 80s flashback double-feature: the relatively obscure The Midnight Hour – a made-for-TV Halloween comedy-horror movie involving curses, witches, werewolves, zombies, and a musical number right in the midst of it all - and the cult classic, Maniac Cop - which for some unknown reason I'd never seen before. --- Read more of Paul's reviews at the link in our profile! #maniaccop #themidnighthour #brucecampbell #tomatkins #robertzdar #williamsmith #richardroundtree #larrycohen #williamlustig #jackbender #williambleich #peterdeluise #levarburton #kevinmccarthy #dickvanpatten #sharibelafonte #kurtwoodsmith #wolfmanjack

[superman-2050]

#robinhoodmenintights #robinhood #caryelwes #sherriffofrottingham #princejohn #richardlewis #latrine #maidmarian #broomhilde #melbrooks #rabbituckman #ericallankramer #ahchoo #blinkin #markblankfield #amyyasbeck #rogerrees #davechapelle #20thcenturyfox #1993 #1990s #90scinema #90skids #comedy #dickvanpatten #abbott #traceyullman https://www.instagram.com/p/CNU1hJ3lq_y/?igshid=5uqmgs0fwpbr