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From: leeper@mtgzz.UUCP (m.r.leeper)
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Subject: Re: small flame about trivia in reviews
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Date: Thu, 25-Jul-85 01:43:32 EDT
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>> EXPLORERS
>> Starring Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix and Jason Presson.
>> Also starring Amanda Peterson and Dick Miller.
>> Directed by Joe Dante. Written by Eric Luke. Produced by Edward S.
>> Feldman and David Bombyk.
>> Photographed by John Hora. Production Designed by Robert F.
>> Boyle. Edited by Tina Hirsch.  Music by Jerry Goldsmith. Visual
>> Effects Supervision by Bruce Nicholson for Industrial Light and
>> Magic. Special Makeup Effects Created by Rob Bottin.
>> From Paramount Pictures (1985).
>
>Please!  Why is all this stuff included in a movie review?  

I don't go to the effort to put it in, but I consider it valuable.  I
don't recognize some the names, but they are all of some interest to
me.  I have respected Bottin's work in the past (THE HOWLING?).
Goldsmith has done some very good scores (QB VII).  Dante can be good
(HOWLING) or terrible (TWILIGHT ZONE).  And then there is Dick Miller,
he seems to be the biggest in-joke of Hollywood.  You could do a thesis
about him.  Yes, there is a lot of information in a small space in
those credits.  They are a valuable part of the review.  In fact, few
respected professional reviewers would publish a review without a more
extensive credit list.  Look in the NY Times, Variety,
Cinefantastique.

				Mark Leeper
				...ihnp4!mtgzz!leeper