RED SCORPION (Joseph Zito, 1988)

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Re: RED SCORPION (Joseph Zito, 1988)

Postby Jox on 06 Apr 2019, 01:35

Nameless Media presents two new limited editions that are "almost exclusives" for the upcoming Week-end of Hell convention where Dolph attends next week. First one gets my vote:

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You can still order them here:
https://www.medienversand.at/Red-Scorpi ... Media.html

https://www.medienversand.at/Red-Scorpi ... 67842.html
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Re: RED SCORPION (Joseph Zito, 1988)

Postby Krom on 11 Apr 2019, 18:37

The first one is very nice, loe the retro style that’s getting popular these days!
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Re: RED SCORPION (Joseph Zito, 1988)

Postby alex.sp89 on 12 Apr 2019, 06:41

U are right !!! The old VHS covers are the best !!! Someone says - that was the time when covers were better than movie itself ( I mean the VHS era '80s-'90s) !!! In the case of Red Scorpion both of them - VHS COVER AND MOVIE- were good !!! Joseph Zito did a good job on this, reminded me his work in Missing in Action (1984) starring Chuck Norris which is considered by fans one of his best movies and the best in Missing in Action Trilogy !!!
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Re: RED SCORPION (Joseph Zito, 1988)

Postby Jox on 21 Apr 2019, 18:12

Released 30 years ago today in America!



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Re: RED SCORPION (Joseph Zito, 1988)

Postby Jox on 22 Apr 2019, 16:51

Signing a Belgian / Dutch poster

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Re: RED SCORPION (Joseph Zito, 1988)

Postby Jox on 01 May 2019, 13:58

Russian VHS (1997)

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Re: RED SCORPION (Joseph Zito, 1988)

Postby Jox on 24 May 2019, 12:07

30 years ago today was the French theatrical release (in a heavily cut 92 min version), no publicity to announce it (though in magazines for the past year) and I happened to visit Paris with my family when I saw large posters of Dolph on street and cinema marquees. It sold 105,000 tickets and only ran for 2 weeks and I managed to see it (alone in the theatre) the night before the movie was taken out.

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(From "L'Officiel des Spectacles", our Parisian "Time Out")

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Re: RED SCORPION (Joseph Zito, 1988)

Postby Jox on 07 Jun 2019, 16:49

"Lakeland Ledger", April 6, 1989

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Re: RED SCORPION (Joseph Zito, 1988)

Postby Jox on 14 Jun 2019, 18:59

My ticket stub from June 13, 1989 along with the booklet I wrote for the Synapse special edition released 7 years ago this June...

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Re: RED SCORPION (Joseph Zito, 1988)

Postby Jox on 25 Sep 2019, 20:55

At a RED SCORPION event (premiere?) in Malaysia.

The woman posing with Dolph is a Malaysian actress it seems.

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Re: RED SCORPION (Joseph Zito, 1988)

Postby Jox on 21 Jan 2020, 23:45

Never seen that trailer before, it seems to have been used by Vestron who released the film in the UK straight to video...

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Re: RED SCORPION (Joseph Zito, 1988)

Postby Jamesflavell on 20 Feb 2020, 15:48

A brief but interesting account of the debris left behind by the making of the film - and of the role played in its production by the SADF.

https://twitter.com/ModernConflict/stat ... 5906750471
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Re: RED SCORPION (Joseph Zito, 1988)

Postby Jox on 20 Feb 2020, 23:13

I must have posted a link(s) to the entire newspaper(s) at the time above (which were then spotted by the NY Times who made it the big story). PDF of the vintage newspapers are online.



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Here they are:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1100&start=420#p35235

Jox wrote:A couple of set photos published in the local English speaking weekly paper 'The Namibian' (which articles ignited the controversies about possible South African military involvement), as well an ad for extras auditions placed December 4th 1987.

Full article page 13:
http://www.namibian.com.na/archive_pdf_ ... 201987.pdf

Full article page 4:
http://www.namibian.com.na/archive_pdf_ ... 201987.pdf

Photos page 1 & 3:
http://www.namibian.com.na/archive_pdf_ ... 201988.pdf


There's even a casting call ad

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Re: RED SCORPION (Joseph Zito, 1988)

Postby Jamesflavell on 20 Feb 2020, 23:41

Thanks, Jox; I hadn't seen those before.

Some dodgy dealing to get it made - but an underrated film all the same.
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Re: RED SCORPION (Joseph Zito, 1988)

Postby Jox on 08 Mar 2020, 01:29

Glorious Japanese trailer

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