Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Daffy Duck Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1949 Daffy Duck Hunt, (co-starring Porky Pig) and directed by Robert McKimson.
Look for it: On the calendar hanging on the wall, the month April appears to have 31 days instead of the correct 30 days.
Before the start of our feature presentation, the staff of ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour watched this movie trailer of a Wes Anderson remake of the greatest film about American Business and want so very much for it to be real -
I'm still crying laughing about Owen Wilson saying, "Wow."
We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's film is the 1963 thriller, The Haunting, directed by Robert Wise, based on a novel by Shirley Jackson and starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, and Russ Tamblyn. The film was well received when released and is found on many critics favorite horror films. Martin Scorsese has placed The Haunting first on his list of the 11 scariest horror films of all time. The Haunting was the last film that director Robert Wise ever made in black and white. Wise loved black and white and believed it was more effective for certain stories, even in the modern age. The Haunting was remade in 1999 under the same title. Directed by Jan de Bont, it starred Liam Neeson in the Richard Johnson role, Catherine Zeta-Jones in the Claire Bloom role, Lili Taylor in the Julie Harris role and Owen Wilson in the Russ Tamblyn role. The film was widely panned and did not do well in the box office As always, The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching The Haunting. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film. You may even leave the lights on.
Claire Bloom was intrigued to the play the role of a woman who was attracted to another woman. She said she got along with everyone on the set, except for Julie Harris, who tried everything to avoid her and not talk to her. At the end of the shoot, Harris went over to Bloom's house with a present and explained that the reason she had kept to herself was to stay in character, because Harris' role in the film was that of an outsider that none of the others understand or will listen to. Bloom was happy to hear the real reason behind Harris' behavior, since Bloom stated that she really liked Harris and could not understand what she herself had done wrong to be treated like that by her co-star.
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