Matinee Page #2

Synopsis: A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalises on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Joe Dante
Production: MCA Universal Home Video
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
PG
Year:
1993
99 min
569 Views


but neither will we shrink

from that risk...

At any time

it must be faced.

Gene, is dad in Cuba?

Well,

he's on a ship

over near there.

There's a bunch of ships

and they're gonna stop

the Russians...

From taking any more

weapons in there.

How?

If a Russian ships comes

they make them stop,

and they go on

and search it.

Does dad have

to go on too?

He might.

What if the Russians

don't let them?

I don't know.

I'm scared.

[thunder]

Everybody's scared,

everybody in the world.

You have to try

not be, okay?

But you wanted me

to be scared of "mant!"

You should

get some sleep.

Okay, but can you

turn the radio on?

[Radio]

...Steaming towards

the quarantine point...

in the Atlantic.

Meanwhile, in Washington,

round-the-clock meetings

are being held --

the lion sleeps tonight

in the jungle

the quiet jungle

the lion sleeps tonight

hup, hup

owimoweh, owimoweh

owimoweh, owimoweh

owimoweh, owimoweh

owimoweh, owimoweh

["Loco-motion"]

everybody's doin'

a brand new dance now

come on, baby

do the loco-motion

hey, Larry.

Larry! Look at

these headlines.

This key West is only

Shouldn't we postpone this

a few weeks?

You kiddin' me?

The timing's perfect.

This war stuff spooks 'em.

Then we come in... pow!

The main event.

Yeah, right.

Hang with me, baby.

This guy, spector --

wow!

"Man-I-gator,"

"ali-man."

Spector comes to the preview,

he can pick up a phone,

book us into 50 theaters.

Well, he'd better.

This came from the lab.

If we don't pay up

by next Thursday,

they're gonna Sue us.

Boy, this business

has changed!

They used to settle

these things with violence.

That's cute.

Honey?

Hey, boy! Make sure

you get the bugs

off that windshield.

I hate bugs.

"She-gator," "gator gal,"

"gal-I-gator"!

Why don't you hold onto that.

I may not be around

the next time you need it.

What do you mean?

I mean, we're going

nowhere, Larry.

Matter of fact,

we're there.

If this picture's a flop,

I'm gonna look into real life;

which, as we know,

lets you out.

Wait a minute!

You'd leave me over money?

It's not the money,

Larry.

It's ducking the people

that are trying

to collect the money.

Excuse me.

That'll be $2, sir.

[Truck horn honking]

Here.

Thanks.

Hey, aren't you

that guy that makes

them Scary movies?

Well, yes, I am, Richie.

Pleasure to meet you.

What are you doin'

down here?

We're going to key West.

Preview my new picture.

I got a new process.

It's big.

Don't want any of the boys

from the studios comin' around,

steal it from me.

Wow!

Uh, could you --

thanks,

Mr. Hitchcock.

[Woman laughing]

Listen, don't be surprised if

we go on a surgical air strike

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Charles S. Haas

Charles Stephen Haas (born October 22, 1952), also known as Charles Haas or Charlie Haas, is an American screenwriter and actor, and novelist. Haas was born in Brooklyn, the son of Eunice (née Dillon) and Philip Haas, who was an attorney. Haas began his writing career with the film Over the Edge (1979). It was co-written with Tim Hunter and starred Matt Dillon. He later worked on Martians Go Home (1990) starring Randy Quaid. At around this time he was approached to write the script to the film Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), which was directed by Joe Dante and produced by Michael Finnell. Haas also had a small acting role in the film as one of the scientists. Haas later took part in recording the DVD commentary for that film, and it was noted that it was Haas's idea to set that film in New York City. Haas would later work with Dante and Finnell again, writing the script for and appearing in the film Matinee (1993). More recently, Charlie Haas wrote the 2009 novel The Enthusiast, which was published by HarperCollins. He also wrote a humor piece for The New Yorker in April 2010. more…

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