THE PUNISHER (Mark Goldblatt, 1989)

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Re: THE PUNISHER (Mark Goldblatt, 1989)

Postby Jox on 22 Mar 2022, 20:50

Rare production announcement advert in "Variety", August 31, 1988

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(Sadly it's being sold on eBay for over $100 and the seller wouldn't lower the price even though it's been on there for more than a year)
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Re: THE PUNISHER (Mark Goldblatt, 1989)

Postby Jox on 23 Mar 2022, 18:13

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The Cinematic DNA of The Batman (by Tom of course!)
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With sunken eyes and a detachment from his soul, Dolph Lundgren’s portrayal of Frank Castle in The Punisher was undervalued upon release. In time the film, and indeed Lundgren, have found plenty of reappraisal. For the opening third of The Batman particularly, Pattinson plays Wayne as a vapour. He’s a husk of a man drifting on the fumes of vengeful instinct. He loiters in the dark underbelly of a crime ridden world, targeting perpetrators. He stalks the city on his motorbike, riding through dark alleys, desolate roads and through tunnels. He has no life but this, to the point his demeanour becomes near vacant, almost devoid of a soul he once had. In The Batman where the arc skews from Lundgren’s Punisher, is that some hope and humility is found thanks to his encounters with Selena Kyle, Alfred, and to a lesser extent Gordon. Additionally the films resolution is about the futility of vengeance, whereas Dolph’s Punisher hasn’t escaped that thirst quite yet. Additionally, our villain roster perfectly balance between slimy mobsters (a great Jeroen Krabbe), and the more outlandish (in Punishers case, a female Yakuza boss, played with theatrical verve by Kim Miyori).
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Re: THE PUNISHER (Mark Goldblatt, 1989)

Postby Jox on 23 May 2022, 20:33

Free screening June 21 at the Rock Island Public House (RIPH), Blue Island, IL
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Re: THE PUNISHER (Mark Goldblatt, 1989)

Postby Jox on 02 Jun 2022, 20:56

Long before the internet era, a couple cuts of THE PUNISHER workprint leaked as VHS bootlegs you could notably find in conventions.

By August 1990, the film had already come out in France, Germany, and Japan but not in the US, Andy Mangels reviewed one of the latest workprint cuts (March '89) in the magazine "Amazing Heroes" (issue #182)...

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Re: THE PUNISHER (Mark Goldblatt, 1989)

Postby Jox on 04 Jun 2022, 19:16

THE PUNISHER on magazine covers (chronological order from December 1988 to June 1990)

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Re: THE PUNISHER (Mark Goldblatt, 1989)

Postby Jox on 08 Jun 2022, 18:04

There were 3 VHS editions released in France between 1990 and 1992 through the then renown label Delta Vidéo.

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P.S.: Note that the French theatrical and home video releases were the uncut unrated version (as the R-rated US cuts were made after it had already come out in France).
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Re: THE PUNISHER (Mark Goldblatt, 1989)

Postby Jox on 21 Jun 2022, 18:41

Me in front of a video store and what was inside the display window (summer '90)

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Re: THE PUNISHER (Mark Goldblatt, 1989)

Postby Jox on 20 Jul 2022, 16:52

Why Dolph Lundgren Should Return as The Punisher
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Re: THE PUNISHER (Mark Goldblatt, 1989)

Postby Jox on 25 Jul 2022, 18:58

Rare find 8)
A contact sheet with shots of Dolph trying out the Harley that was customized for him...

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Re: THE PUNISHER (Mark Goldblatt, 1989)

Postby Jox on 24 Aug 2022, 19:01

Japan video retail promotional poster (with a color scheme change)

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Re: THE PUNISHER (Mark Goldblatt, 1989)

Postby Jox on 05 Sep 2022, 19:13

The initial script drafts of THE PUNISHER '89 showed the antihero fighting the Yakuza by blade instead of with machine guns during the final showdown (inspired by SHOGUN ASSASSIN / LONE WOLF AND CUB)...

Original writer Boaz Yakin summed up this concept by saying, “My thought at the time was, how lame for your hero to shoot a bunch of people armed with swords, when you could be directing a great sword-fight in a modern context?”

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Re: THE PUNISHER (Mark Goldblatt, 1989)

Postby Jox on 19 Sep 2022, 20:00

Outtake sourced from the behind the scenes gag reel

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Re: THE PUNISHER (Mark Goldblatt, 1989)

Postby Jox on 06 Oct 2022, 19:14

Rare publicity transparencies

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Re: THE PUNISHER (Mark Goldblatt, 1989)

Postby Jox on 11 Oct 2022, 20:11

WORKPRINT / FINAL VERSION

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