Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site vice.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekcad!vice!keithl From: keithl@vice.UUCP (Keith Lofstrom) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: The Keep Message-ID: <1281@vice.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Dec-83 17:49:35 EST Article-I.D.: vice.1281 Posted: Tue Dec 20 17:49:35 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Feb-84 04:11:37 EST Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 25 I read the book by F. Paul Wilson, and agree with Jef Pozkanzer about it's quality (7 on 0-9 scale). [Quick recap: German soldiers occupy small keep in 1941 Romania. Evil being is released, attacks soldiers. Germans call in Jewish(!) historian to help them (guess who he actually helps). Apocalyptic battle.] I saw the movie, however, and rate it at 2 on the same scale. This movie was badly EDITED. There were scenes where the sound was so poorly mixed the actors couldn't be heard. The lighting was bad for some scenes (did they ever hear of retakes?). The fragments of the plot presented might be incomprehensible to someone who hadn't recently read the book. Some of the special effects were good, and the opening was OK, so the movie isn't a zero. The reason was clear at the end; the copyright belongs to a movie equipment leasing company! I hypothesize that the producers ran out of money, and the leasing company patched together what had been filmed so far. Too bad, it could have been a fine film... -- Keith Lofstrom uucp: {ucbvax,decvax,chico,pur-ee,cbosg,ihnss}!teklabs!vice!keithl CSnet: keithl@tek ARPAnet:keithl.tek@rand-relay