JOHNNY MNEMONIC (Robert Longo, 1995)

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JM by Vern
http://outlawvern.com/2015/05/27/johnny-mnemonic/



R.I.P. Oscar Winning ‘Terminator,’ ‘Critters’ and ‘Klowns’ Effects Artist Gene Warren Jr. of Fantasy II Film Effects...
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 1738771417
https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3596 ... ssed-away/

Lining up a shot on a Hunter-Killer aircraft at Fantasy II during the making of “The Terminator”:

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Finally was able to get the region free German Blu-ray cut on ebay.

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Great!

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Screening (35mm?) at Alamo Drafthouse Corpus Christi, TX on January 7
https://drafthouse.com/corpus-christi/s ... y-mnemonic

A film that “predicts” the future in a very Windows 95 kind of way, JOHNNY MNEMONIC is a bonkers, pre-Y2K thriller that serves as something of a precursor to JOHN WICK but throws in a cyborg dolphin and Dolph Lundgren as a street preacher assassin for good measure.

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R.I.P. conceptual artist Syd Mead (BLADE RUNNER, TRON, ALIENS)
https://deadline.com/2019/12/syd-mead-d ... 1202818716
https://www.polygon.com/2019/12/30/2104 ... ner-aliens

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Brad Fiedel on scoring JOHNNY MNEMONIC while interviewed for IN SEARCH OF THE LAST ACTION HEROES



(as a reminder Fiedel was brought in after the rejected scores by 1/ the band "Black Rain" and 2/ composer Mychael Danna whose music is still on the Japanese cut)

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Rare trade advert exhumed by Marquee Video
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-arXiIF-o1/

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Today makes the 25th anniversary of JM's release in Japan which was the world premiere






Dolph's Street Preacher sermon cut from the international version:




If you want to hear Dolph in Japanese (skip to 48:35)

[Jox]

Upcoming Italian Mediabook with a new variant cover art featuring Street Preacher.
Limited to 500 each.
Pre-orders start this Saturday 23rd
https://cinemuseum.myshopify.com/search ... y+mnemonic






(click to enlarge)

Video: Master HD (international version)
BD/50 (1920x1080 23.97p 1.78:1)

Audio:
Italian - New DTS-HD MA 2.0 (16 bit)
English - DTS-HD MA 5.1 (24bit)
Italian - Dolby Digital 5.1 (448Kbps)

Subtitles:
Italian (SDH)

Exclusive Front Artwork by: Nos4a2 Design

Exclusive Booklet 36pages

Extra (italian subtitles):

20 Clips from Japan Verison (30 min)
U.S.A. Trailer 1 (1080p)
U.S.A. Trailer 2
Japan Trailer
Futurette (5:30 min)
Behind Scenes (5 min.)
Interviews (11 min.)

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1993 Cannes market catalogue from Vision International (DARK ANGEL, JOSHUA TREE, MEN OF WAR) who were handling the international pre-sales

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US release 25th anniversary today

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I believe this is an electronic press kit like those that companies started to make in those days

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Today marks the 25th anniversary of the French release.


Set of French lobby cards:

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2021 according to Johnny Mnemonic
https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2020/12/ ... -mnemonic/

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I can see on Twitter that JOHNNY MNEMONIC and Dolph's Street Preacher are trending quite well these days (even Joseph Gordon-Levitt twitted about it).

Yesterday January 17, 2021 was the day the movie starts except that they mistakenly pegged it as a Thursday instead of Sunday