DID ANYONE GET THE LICENSE NUMBER OF THAT SCHEDULE CHANGE?

Look, it's going to happen. Every now and then, the schedule is going to change without my knowledge and it's going to change after I have already posted by overly detailed run-through of the following weekend's activities. So, it happened this last weekend. Some of the stuff that was to be shown Friday and Saturday was rescheduled to the following weekend. All you need to know is that if you missed them, there are two new items in the catalog that have already popped up in a scheduled slot. They are:


VIXEN (1968)
The Director Russ Meyer (Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill!, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Mudhoney)
The Stars Erica Gavin (Caged Heat, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls), Harrison Page (Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Sledge Hammer), Garth Pillsbury (If You Don't Stop It... You'll Go Blind), Jon Evans, Vincene Wallace, Robert Aiken, Michael Donovan O'Donnell, Peter Carpenter, John Furlong, Jackie Illman
The Plot The story takes place in British Columbia, of all places, where a bush pilot and his wife (the Vixen of the movie, played by Gavin) reside, flying visitors to and from their cabin. Vixen is not the faithful wife, however, as, in her very first scene, she makes it with the local Mountie. Later, she gets it on with both the husband and wife who are the latest guests in the bush pilot's cabin. Other character's in this movie include Vixen's brother, whom she taunts about as aggressively as she does with non-familial relations, and the brother's friend, Niles, an African-American who, like many people of the era, jumped the border to escape the Vietnam draft.
Fun Fact 1: One of the first films to receive the newly-formed MPAA's X rating.
Fun Fact 2: One of the critics who notably gave this film a rave review was Roger Ebert. Years later, Ebert would write Meyer's Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.






RETURN TO THE PLANET OF THE APES
#102 - "Escape from Ape City" -- Original Airdate 9/13/1975
The Plot This comes from one of those new-fangled user comments on the IMDB (as opposed to the usual descriptions I lift without attribution): "The second episode in Return to the Planet of the Apes, "Escape from Ape City", primarily follows the plight of Bill as he is taken to Cornelius and Zira's lab for experimentation. Bill quite naturally proves to be brighter than the average human. But when brain surgery is suggested, Bill blows his cover and the apes discover he can speak. Not wanting to see him put to death, Cornelius and Zira agree to help Bill escape. As with the first episode, "Escape from Ape City" doesn't provide many surprises for those familiar with the basic storyline found in Planet of the Apes. The plot closely mirrors Taylor's ordeal from the movie. One interesting change is that ape city and the civilization presented in this episode more closely resembles Pierre Boulle's original book. It's a more advanced culture with transportation, communication, and other "modern" infrastructure. Also, I feel I should mention that I do enjoy the way the story arc continues from one episode to the next. It gives the overall series a more natural flow.



So, there you go. Just go to the HCC Rewind Catalog to see these items and more. Other stuff has just been added as well, but we'll cover that in upcoming schedules. I'm also prepping a detailed look at many of the films available for voting in the queue.

DO NOT DISAPPOINT THE SMILING FACE OF ROGER CORMAN!
I STILL WANT YOUR CAPPER LINKS!!!