Phil Karlson
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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
influenced by The Wrecking Crew (1968)
Only someone like Sharon Tate could go from picking up what was probably a very expensive first edition of Tess of the D’Urbervilles — a present for her husband, who made a movie based on the book after her death — to getting into a movie theater for a screening of The Wrecking Crew (her last film) without paying the measly 75 cents to get in just because her lovely face is on the poster.
Al principio solamente la vemos a través del ojo de Dalton cuando llega a la nueva mansión junto a un consagrado Roman Polanski (Rafal Zawierucha), pero después también la acompañamos a una fiesta en la mansión Playboy y un paseo por las calles de la ciudad donde termina entrando a una proyección de The Wrecking Crew.
Sharon is making her own mark in Hollywood and spends the day watching a movie she made with Dean Martin, The Wrecking Crew.
With the “Polish prick” (as Steve McQueen calls him) usually away on business, a pregnant Tate keeps herself occupied by hanging out with friends and watching herself in such efforts as the Dean Martin spy spoof The Wrecking Crew.
Like Rick, we also get to see Sharon grapple with a sense of professional unfulfillment when she heads to the theater where her movie, The Wrecking Crew, is playing.
There many shots of walking feet, and Sharon Tate's bare feet on the seat in front of her as she delightedly watches herself on screen in a theater showing The Wrecking Crew.
Walking Tall (2004)
Directed by Kevin Bray
influenced by Walking Tall (1973), The Shanghai Cobra (1945), Dark Alibi (1946)
Plot
The Rock looks nothing like Sheriff Buford Pusser, the Southerner whose real-life battles inspired the 1973 film “Walking Tall” and two sequels.
The movie is purportedly based on the "true story" of Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser that served as the inspiration for director Phil Karlson's original 1973 "Walking Tall," which starred Joe Don Baker as the stick-swinging lawman.
Buford Pusser was the name of the real-life Southern sheriff whose life formed the basis of the 1973 "Walking Tall," starring Joe Don Baker.
So far, so like the 1973 version of Walking Tall.
That's the question that plagued me throughout "Walking Tall," a remake of the 1973 hit movie of the same name, which spun off into two sequels and a television series.
Nearly 20 years later, Karlson’s hard-edged sensibility hadn’t dimmed (we’re talking about the man who turned his two Charlie Chan movies — The Shanghai Cobra and Dark Alibi — into gritty films noir), but his aims were certainly more dubious.
The Hangover (2009)
Directed by Todd Phillips
influenced by Gunman's Walk (1958), Scandal Sheet (1952), 5 Against the House (1955), The Brothers Rico (1957)
Themes
Gunman's Walk (1958) could fit into Nicholas Ray's filmography with its saga of a stressed-out Western family, but Karlson finds his own kind of turmoil on the Hackett Ranch.
The other films are more or less noir: The Brothers Rico (1957), with Richard Conte trying to keep his nose clean despite family ties; 5 Against the House, the silly but compelling mishaps of a group of college students trying to hold up a Reno casino (1955); the claustrophobic Tight Spot (1955), with star witness Ginger Rogers (!) hiding out in a hotel room with cop Brian Keith; and Scandal Sheet, Karlson's 1952 newspaper exposé starring Broderick Crawford as the unscrupulous (what else?) editor of a sensational big-city tabloid.
The other films are more or less noir: The Brothers Rico (1957), with Richard Conte trying to keep his nose clean despite family ties; 5 Against the House, the silly but compelling mishaps of a group of college students trying to hold up a Reno casino (1955); the claustrophobic Tight Spot (1955), with star witness Ginger Rogers (!) hiding out in a hotel room with cop Brian Keith; and Scandal Sheet, Karlson's 1952 newspaper exposé starring Broderick Crawford as the unscrupulous (what else?) editor of a sensational big-city tabloid.
The other films are more or less noir: The Brothers Rico (1957), with Richard Conte trying to keep his nose clean despite family ties; 5 Against the House, the silly but compelling mishaps of a group of college students trying to hold up a Reno casino (1955); the claustrophobic Tight Spot (1955), with star witness Ginger Rogers (!) hiding out in a hotel room with cop Brian Keith; and Scandal Sheet, Karlson's 1952 newspaper exposé starring Broderick Crawford as the unscrupulous (what else?) editor of a sensational big-city tabloid.
Now the film turns into "Death Wish" (1974) or "Walking Tall" (take your pick of versions), as revenge becomes the central character.
It helps to consider The Punisher comic book itself from the perspective of when it debuted: 1974, the era of movies like Dirty Harry, Death Wish and yes, Walking Tall.
Such spoofery dates back to the ’60s, when movies such as “Our Man Flint” and “The Silencers” were harmless, apolitical fun.