On July 10th, Shout! Factory debuts The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark – the first of four from the DVD line-up by The Film Crew (Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett—three of the guys behind the cult classic TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000). The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark is a 1968 film about a down-on-his-luck loner who falls in with the wrong crowd in Tinseltown and finds salvation in the arms of a stripper (Rue McClanahan of TV’s The Golden Girls in her skivvies). The disc features a built-in ‘crew’ commentary track and live-action interstitials. For samples of the laughter that awaits you, see below for streams of the trailer and two clips (including Rue McClanahan “stripping”).
Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett—three of the brilliantly insane minds behind the cult classic TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000—finally reunite to unleash their warped sense of humor on the cinema of yesteryear as The Film Crew. Charged with the task of giving all movies their own commentary tracks, the Film Crew valiantly steps forward to tackle the best of the worst, starting with Hollywood After Dark, which was chosen as the first release by MST fans in an online contest.
Rue McClanahan (Golden Girls) stars in this drama from 1968 as a young actress attempting to make her Hollywood debut. However she falls into the seedy underworld of stripping when she’s exploited by her unsavory producers. We’re sorry to say that there’s no nudity on this one. Includes a collectible Film Crew patch (while supplies last).
Hollywood After Dark trailer:
http://www.shoutfactory.com/av/film_crew/intro-trailer.asx
Rue McClanahan dancing (!) clip:
http://www.shoutfactory.com/av/film_crew/rue_mcclannahan.asx
Additional Hollywood After Dark clip:
http://www.shoutfactory.com/av/film_crew/hollywood/hollywood_clip512.asx