ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour Today (313)

ACME would like to wishes all of their friends and family a happy and healthy New Year!

Before our feature presentation,

ACME would like to start the evening with another Daffy Duck Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1946 Baby Bottleneck (co-starring Porky Pig), directed by Bob Clampett.



When Daffy is manning the phones, he gets a call from an angry "Mister Dionne". This is a reference to the famous Dionne quintuplets. Daffy also gets calls from Bing Crosby and Eddie Cantor. Both entertainers were known for their large broods; all boys for Crosby, all girls for Cantor.


Before the start of our feature presentation, join us in watching this argument inducing video about the Essential Film for Every Year of Cinema -



While we can't agree with all of the choices Brickwall Picture made in their video Film Crash Course, we can appreciate the work that went into it.


The Lunar New Year celebrations are at an end and we're sure you need to relax. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour is proud to showcase another film in honor of of the New Year. Here at ACME headquarters, it's as cold as the dickens, so we can think of no better way to relax and stay warm than watch a two part historically based battle epic, over four hours long, directed by the great director, John Woo. The films Red Cliffs Parts 1 and 2, is purportedly the most expensive movie ever filmed in China, (budgeted at over $80 million). The film makers received help from the Chinese Army who lent them approximately 1500 soldiers to play extras and build roads.

This movie had been divided in two parts for the theatrical release in the Asian market. The American release created a condensed version of these two parts. The reason given was that the Asian viewers are more familiar with the characters and their exploits while the western viewers might be confused with the numerous characters and their similar names (therefore keeping it simple for the US market). The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching the 2008 international version, Red Cliff (Parts 1 & 2), (Once again, if you can't watch this today, please put it on a list of films you much watch.) So why not sit back and relax (quick, find the most comfortable seat on the sofa,) get a snack or even a meal (perhaps order in some take out,) and a beverage and join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching the films.





Chow Yun-Fat was originally selected for the role of Zhou Yu, and had even earlier been considered for the role of Liu Bei. However, he pulled out just as shooting began. Chow explained that he received a revised script a week earlier and was not given sufficient time to prepare, but producer Terence Chang disputed this, saying that he could not work with Chow because the film's Hollywood insurer opposed 73 clauses in Chow's contract.

Ken Watanabe was originally selected for the role of Cao Cao. According to a report, some Chinese fans voiced objections over the choice as they felt that it was inappropriate for a Japanese actor to portray an important Chinese historical figure. The report claimed that the protests influenced the decision of John Woo, who eventually chose Fengyi Zhang for the role.



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