RED SCORPION (Joseph Zito, 1988)

[Jox]

Korean Laserdisc cover

[Jox]

Hi-res French one-sheet

http://www.wrongsideoftheart.com/wp-content/gallery/posters-r/red_scorpion_poster_02.jpg

[Jox]

Interesting news: Kevin Spacey would be set to star as Jack Abramoff in CASINO JACK, a political thriller / biopic the ex-RED SCORPION producer and scandalous Washington lobbyist. Spacey and the director of FACTORY GIRL negotiated to visit Abramoff in jail:

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/e ... ood-visit/

I doubt they even mention RS in the movie but that production could make a movie alone...

Not to confuse with the upcoming Kevin Spacey starrer also comes a documentary about Abramoff that seems to tackle bit of the RED SCORPION production as well:
http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/features/movies/e3i2bf7a2a5a7ec6db26f318a283c60478e

House arrest: Alex Gibney's 'Casino Jack' probes the Abramoff scandal
April 14, 2010
-By Daniel Eagan


Alex Gibney
The center of a lobbying scandal that stretched from sweatshops on the Marianas Islands to casinos in Texas, Jack Abramoff became for many the face of corruption in American politics when he was indicted in 2005 for fraud and conspiracy. Director Alex Gibney explores his influence and background in Casino Jack and the United States of Money, a Magnolia Pictures release. A wide-ranging and freewheeling documentary, Casino Jack portrays a political system that may be irrevocably broken, from campaign financing to special-interest legislation. Throw in a Mob-related hit, “Dancing with the Stars” and Dolph Lundgren action movies, and you have a sense of the breadth of Abramoff's story.

Currently serving a four-year sentence in a federal penitentiary, Abramoff helped control the equivalent of an international extortion scheme, one that ultimately resulted in the resignation of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and the conviction of Congressman Bob Ney. Gibney originally set out to make a film about the reporters who broke the story, but in untangling Abramoff's empire he became fascinated by a character who was both outrageous and at the same time representative of Washington politics.

"At the end of the day, Abramoff thought he was doing the Lord's work," says Gibney from his office on Manhattan's West Side. "He believed he was doing something good. He was a family man, religious, gave millions to charity. But he was also on a mission to destroy the government—and not incidentally fund the Republican Party."

On the other hand, making Casino Jack helped alter Gibney's opinion of Abramoff. "One thing I've learned over time is that it's never so simple as to think this person is the bad person and that person is the good one. It's not just a question of a black hat or a white hat. What I discovered about Abramoff is that he'd done bad things, but you couldn't say he was a thoroughly bad guy. Jack kind of took the fall for the sins of a lot of his brethren. He became a very convenient scapegoat."

Casino Jack is filled with eye-opening archival footage of Abramoff working with the College Republicans, producing the Dolph Lundgren vehicle Red Scorpion, and attending a "Freedom Fighters" summit in Angola with a machine-gun-toting Jonas Savimbi. Because Abramoff is a film buff, Gibney felt it would be fun to include clips from Red Scorpion as well as from classics like Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. "I didn't want to pitch this to someone who subscribes to Politico," he says. "I'm trying to reach people who want to be entertained and engaged. The idea is that they see it as a story, and along the way learn a little something about government.".......

[Jox]

http://www.ifc.com/blogs/indie-eye/2010 ... dragon.php

[Jox]

One of my favorite scenes

[Mosquito]

One of my favorite scenes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGziSB1q_BU

Oh yeah, mine, too. Recognized it from the thumbnail. I used it in a clip that I did about Dolph a few years ago, as the final scene.

[Tom]

Interesting piece of trivia I just discovered. The Director of photography in Red Scorpion was also the DP on Deep Throat.

You learn something new everyday.

[Jox]

WOW I never noticed that, the guy indeed started his career in porn and collaborating with Gerard Damiano!

[Jox]

RED SCORPION playing on the big screen (35mm print) in Toronto on September 25th!

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/for/1968259974.html

SHOCK AND AWE - All night Grindhouse film festival

SHOCK AND AWE is the dusk till dawn grindhouse homage showcasing an eclectic mix of exploitation, from killer tarantulas (Kingdom of the Spiders), awol commie agents (Dolph lundgren in Red Scorpion), an Osmonds espionage musical (Goin Coconuts) and ending with the home video classic GHOULIES. Most of the prints have been unseen on the big screen in Canada for decades, and the event padded with lots of ta...sty themed food at the snack bar, SHOCK AND AWE is not a film screening, it's an event! 6 films, one night/morning! Sleep when your dead, and join the celluloid sleepover!


DION CONFLICT AND THE FOX CINEMA PRESENT
"SHOCK AND AWE" - THE DUSK TILL DAWN GRINDHOUSE FILM EXPERIENCE

Presenting (ALL ON FILM! 35mm and 16mm)

KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS – Bill Shatner returns as a small town vet in Arizona who deals with an onslaught of deadly spiders. This cast of creepy crawlers will stop at nothing to take over your ranch… or take down a 747 ! Can Shatner out emote the evil eight legged menace!??

GOIN’ COCONUTS – Donny and Marie “That Nutri-System girl” Osmond in an espionage/musical shot in Hawaii and Utah? Crime was never such a laugh riot as in this wonderful mega flop that is just as disastrous as you’d think.

MYSTERY FILM – A rare film, guaranteed to delight! First Canadian screening in decades!

THE STUD: Joan Collins (Dynasty) plays Khalid Fontaine a woman with an unmatched sexual appetite who gets what she wants! Amidst LSD disco pool parties, she discards inadequate men like common garbage! High society divas treat each other like dirt in this trash epic!!

RED SCORPION – The ‘world’s greatest actor’ Dolph Lundgren plays Nikolai, a KGB agent sent to kill an African revolutionary. When the commies double cross Nikolai he goes into killing machine mode to deliver boatloads of vengeance. Makes Rambo look like Justin Bieber.

GHOULIES –Satan worshippers and sexy girls bring to life the Gremlins’ ghastly gorgon relatives. Your toilet bowl will never be safe again!

Please note: The order listed below will be adhered to on the 25th.

Tickets on sale Wednesday September 1st.
Only $25 in advance and $35 at the door.

[Jox]

Seems to be a 35mm print circulating in Canada because RS is screening again tonight in Ottawa!
http://mayfairtheatre.ca/movies/Red-Sco ... escription

[Jox]

Dolph's first attempt at singing on camera, 20 years before the Red Cross commercial and the Melodifestivalen

[Jox]

http://www.allouttabubblegum.com/main/?p=9604

[Krom]

Dolph's first attempt at singing on camera, 20 years before the Red Cross commercial and the Melodifestivalen

One of my fav Dolph momments.

[Stadanko]

From Don May of Synapse Films:

Then there’s ’89’s RED SCORPION, with Dolph Lundgren as a KGB agent rebelling against his superiors and taking up arms alongside African rebels “It’s Joe Zito [director, also of FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER and THE PROWLER],” May notes. “It has Tom Savini effects. It’s awesome. We will also be remastering this film in 2K HD. We understand there are some additional scenes floating around, and we have found what seems to be a longer, but older, master of the film, labeled in the vault as ‘Long Version.’ We’re going to search the vaults high and low for the most complete version and the original negative material. It may take a lot of research to find the additional footage on film, but we’re up to the challenge. Savini may have some behind-the-scenes video, and if so, it’ll be fun to showcase some of that stuff. We’ll have extras, but it’s early yet, so we have to wait and see what we can come up with.” SCORPION will be issues on DVD and Blu-ray; stay tuned for updates!

Pretty stoked about this. I just got red scorpion a few months ago but I would have no trouble double dipping on this one.

[Jox]

Hell yeah!
let's hope it's not just bluf
http://fangoria.com/index.php?option=co ... Itemid=167