Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Porky Pig Looney Tunes cartoon, the 1937 Porky's Romance, directed by Frank Tashlin.
This is the first appearance of Petunia Pig. She was intended to be a recurring character, as the staff were trying to find a new character to star with Porky Pig. Petunia was unsuccessful, along with many other characters, and only starred in a handful of shorts and a couple of books. A second star would not be found until Porky's Duck Hunt, Daffy Duck's first cartoon.
Before the start of our feature presentation, the staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like to watch with you one of our favorite personalities, Puddles Pity Party's tribute to Pee Wee Herman.
Puddles would have been great on Pee Wee's Playhouse
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 1977 drama The Last Wave, directed by Peter Weir and starring Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, and Nandjiwarra Amagula. The Last Wave was an immediate critical and financial success. The film is a visually startling and totally engrossing meditation on the close connection between the mysteries of nature and the power of dreams. The film asks us to reconsider our perception that we understand how the world works while suggesting that any miscalculation could be catastrophic. So, just push away from the table, get ready to enjoy this cinematic classic, and join us in watching The Last Wave.
Prior to the casting of Richard Chamberlain in the lead role, two Australian actors were considered. One was rejected and the other wasn't available. A short-list was made of six actors who had international recognition. Chamberlain was sent the script which he thought interesting but was at first cautious about making a film in a foreign country and with a director he was unfamiliar with. Peter Weir visited Chamberlain at the Broadway Theatre where he was starring in Night of the Iguana and the two clicked. Chamberlain was then screened Weir's previous film Picnic at Hanging Rock where the film had yet to be shown at all in the USA. Chamberlain liked this film and at some time soon after this, Chamberlain was signed.
Demand Euphoria!
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