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Episode 498: Gymkata
enJune 28, 2022
About this Episode
The B-Movie Cast is back and the countdown to our 500th episode continues! For film #3 in the countdown, Mary and Nic are joined by show favorite Michael Worth! The gang checks out “Gymkata” the most gymnastics filled rip off of “Enter the Dragon” that director Robert Clouse could come up with in his desperate attempt to recreate the lightning-in-a-bottle magic of his original work on the Bruce Lee classic! This film has everything you could hope for in a martial arts film shot in Hungary from rural villages filled with conveniently placed gymnastics equipment to the director employing the real residents of a local mental hospital to play a town full of crazies! So chalk up your hands and get ready to flip for the first… and last… film to claim to be the ultimate mix of Olympic gymnastics and martial arts- “Gymkata” on episode 498 of the B-Movie Cast!
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Related Links-
Christopher R. Mihm Films https://sainteuphoria.com/movies.html
Bill Mize’s new channel https://www.youtube.com/@BillPlaysCthulhu
The Giant Gila Monster on archive.org https://archive.org/details/giantgilamonster
The Killer Shrews on Prime- https://amzn.to/3LCFIdI
Joshua Kennedy films- https://amzn.to/46sX8l3
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Here are some related links to this episode:
The following are some of Brian Cunningham’s AI generated documentaries on Amazon-
The UFO Chronicles
Immortal Obsessions: A history of Vampires
Oh and don’t forget the action/comedy “Loss Prevention” co-written by Nic Brown
Here are some more links Mary asked me to post-
This is the link about the subliminal message in the national anthem sign off subtitles. It's called A Strange, brief history of Subliminal Messages in Advertising.
(note- do your own research- don’t believe every article on the internet… yes I’m talking to you Mary…)
https://thenichemarketer.com/a-brief-history-of-subliminal-messages-in-advertising/
This is the link from Brian Rosenquist about the blu-ray box set by Indicator films.
https://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Heaven-Ormond-Limited-Blu-ray/dp/B0BWPRD7CN
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