Toby Keith, award-winning country superstar and avid supporter of American troops, will headline the Heroes Honor Festival 2022 alongside special musical guests Justin Moore and Craig Morgan at Daytona International Speedway on Memorial Day weekend.
The event, presented by Engage Your Destiny, an organization dedicated to bringing honor, hope and healing to military veterans and their families, will show appreciation for Vietnam veterans with a grand display of American festivities, feature special guests, pageantry and memorable moments.
“This celebration is long overdue,” said Ben Peterson, Iraq Veteran and Founder of Engage Your Destiny. "Our society largely rejected Vietnam Veterans when they first came home from active duty, yet they chose to become the guardians of honor, committing to never again allow combat veterans to return home to scorn, ridicule and mistreatment.
“On behalf of 9/11 era veterans and citizens who love our military and were welcomed home by these veterans, it’s...
The event, presented by Engage Your Destiny, an organization dedicated to bringing honor, hope and healing to military veterans and their families, will show appreciation for Vietnam veterans with a grand display of American festivities, feature special guests, pageantry and memorable moments.
“This celebration is long overdue,” said Ben Peterson, Iraq Veteran and Founder of Engage Your Destiny. "Our society largely rejected Vietnam Veterans when they first came home from active duty, yet they chose to become the guardians of honor, committing to never again allow combat veterans to return home to scorn, ridicule and mistreatment.
“On behalf of 9/11 era veterans and citizens who love our military and were welcomed home by these veterans, it’s...
- 5/27/2022
- Look to the Stars
By Lee Pfeiffer
Probably no genre illustrates the rapid advance of cinematic screen freedoms than the biker movie. The genre debuted in 1953 with Marlon Brando in "The Wild One". The film, which chronicled the virtual takeover of a small California town by a wild motorcycle gang, was considered extremely controversial at the time. The biker film remained largely dormant until the release of Roger Corman's "The Wild Angels" in 1966, which became a surprising boxoffice and media sensation. Only a year or two before, teenage audiences were being fed a steady diet of white bread rock 'n roll films that bore little resemblance to real life. Suddenly, the biker film blatantly presented raging hormones, gang wars, drug use and group sex without apology. Young people patronized these films in droves. With social constraints falling by the minute, the biker films- cheaply made as they were- spoke to the emerging generation...
Probably no genre illustrates the rapid advance of cinematic screen freedoms than the biker movie. The genre debuted in 1953 with Marlon Brando in "The Wild One". The film, which chronicled the virtual takeover of a small California town by a wild motorcycle gang, was considered extremely controversial at the time. The biker film remained largely dormant until the release of Roger Corman's "The Wild Angels" in 1966, which became a surprising boxoffice and media sensation. Only a year or two before, teenage audiences were being fed a steady diet of white bread rock 'n roll films that bore little resemblance to real life. Suddenly, the biker film blatantly presented raging hormones, gang wars, drug use and group sex without apology. Young people patronized these films in droves. With social constraints falling by the minute, the biker films- cheaply made as they were- spoke to the emerging generation...
- 11/4/2014
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Happy Birthday, Elvis!
by Tom Lisanti / www.sixtiescinema.com
In honor of Elvis Presley's birthday, Turner Classic Movies is running an all-day marathon of his movies on Friday January 8. Below are comments from his former co-stars whom I interviewed for my various publications:
6:15am Harum Scarum
Elvis is a singer kidnapped on tour in the Middle East and goes from swingin' with dancing gypsies Brenda Benet, Gail Gerber and Wilda Taylor to falling in love with a princess, Mary Ann Mobley.
"Elvis was intelligent, quiet and very sweet. But at that time, he seemed like a young man in turmoil—sort of like a ‘Who do I have to fuck to get off this picture’ kind of thing. Elvis was a tortured guy who obviously hoped for, and deserved, something better than the movies he was getting offered to do like Harum Scarum." - Gail Gerber, Trippin' with...
by Tom Lisanti / www.sixtiescinema.com
In honor of Elvis Presley's birthday, Turner Classic Movies is running an all-day marathon of his movies on Friday January 8. Below are comments from his former co-stars whom I interviewed for my various publications:
6:15am Harum Scarum
Elvis is a singer kidnapped on tour in the Middle East and goes from swingin' with dancing gypsies Brenda Benet, Gail Gerber and Wilda Taylor to falling in love with a princess, Mary Ann Mobley.
"Elvis was intelligent, quiet and very sweet. But at that time, he seemed like a young man in turmoil—sort of like a ‘Who do I have to fuck to get off this picture’ kind of thing. Elvis was a tortured guy who obviously hoped for, and deserved, something better than the movies he was getting offered to do like Harum Scarum." - Gail Gerber, Trippin' with...
- 1/6/2010
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Jody McCrea, the son of Joel McCrea, passed away earlier this month. He was primarily known for his roles in cult films. In this excerpt from his book, Cinema Retro columnist pays tribute to McCrea's career.
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Tall, strapping, square-jawed Jody McCrea who became a favorite of teenage audiences during the Sixties for his amusing performances as “Deadhead” in the series of Beach Party (1963) movies starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello passed away on April 4 of this year. As the dumb surfer in the bunch, Deadhead could be counted on to say something idiotic in his slow drawl. Though McCrea was always assured a laugh based on how the role was written, it is to his credit that Deadhead came off as sweetly naïve rather than a complete moron.
Jody McCrea was born on September 6, 1934 in Los Angeles. His father was western star...
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Tall, strapping, square-jawed Jody McCrea who became a favorite of teenage audiences during the Sixties for his amusing performances as “Deadhead” in the series of Beach Party (1963) movies starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello passed away on April 4 of this year. As the dumb surfer in the bunch, Deadhead could be counted on to say something idiotic in his slow drawl. Though McCrea was always assured a laugh based on how the role was written, it is to his credit that Deadhead came off as sweetly naïve rather than a complete moron.
Jody McCrea was born on September 6, 1934 in Los Angeles. His father was western star...
- 4/18/2009
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Our 'Wild Bunch'...
Christopher Lee, Richard Kiel, Raymond Benson, Caroline Munro, Lee Pfeiffer, Jon Heitland, Dave Worrall, Gareth Owen, Tom Lisanti, David Savage, Matthew Field, Tim Greaves, Jaz Wiseman, Mark Cerulli, Robert Fairclough, Michael Siegel, Darren Allison, Gary Giblin, Martin Gainsford, Roger Nash, Laurent Perriot, Peter S. Haigh, Robert Sellers, Stephen J. Spignesi, Michael Lewis, Bill Duelly, Jerome Wybon, Tony Earnshaw, Michael Dainard, Dean Brierly, Christian H.Thompson, Vic Armstrong, Madeline Smith, Steve Saragossi
Tom Lisanti
Tom Lisanti is the author of five books on Sixties Cinema. His latest two releases are Glamour Girls in Sixties Hollywood and Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959-1969. Among his interviewees are such Sixties cult movie actors as Carol Lynley, Pamela Tiffin, Aron Kincaid, Francine York, Jody McCrea, Lana Wood, Diane McBain, Chris Noel and Peter Brown. Tom credits his fascination with film to frequent family outings to the...
Christopher Lee, Richard Kiel, Raymond Benson, Caroline Munro, Lee Pfeiffer, Jon Heitland, Dave Worrall, Gareth Owen, Tom Lisanti, David Savage, Matthew Field, Tim Greaves, Jaz Wiseman, Mark Cerulli, Robert Fairclough, Michael Siegel, Darren Allison, Gary Giblin, Martin Gainsford, Roger Nash, Laurent Perriot, Peter S. Haigh, Robert Sellers, Stephen J. Spignesi, Michael Lewis, Bill Duelly, Jerome Wybon, Tony Earnshaw, Michael Dainard, Dean Brierly, Christian H.Thompson, Vic Armstrong, Madeline Smith, Steve Saragossi
Tom Lisanti
Tom Lisanti is the author of five books on Sixties Cinema. His latest two releases are Glamour Girls in Sixties Hollywood and Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959-1969. Among his interviewees are such Sixties cult movie actors as Carol Lynley, Pamela Tiffin, Aron Kincaid, Francine York, Jody McCrea, Lana Wood, Diane McBain, Chris Noel and Peter Brown. Tom credits his fascination with film to frequent family outings to the...
- 1/1/2006
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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