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The Best Show on WFMU => Dear Tom => Topic started by: bakersfieldchimp on December 04, 2008, 02:42:01 PM

Title: Kingdom of the Spiders
Post by: bakersfieldchimp on December 04, 2008, 02:42:01 PM

Tom, I'm listening to the 10.7.03 episode, and Chris mentioned Kingdom of the Spiders (gonna go out on a limb and say that it's quite possibly the best 70's movie about tarantulas overrunning a small country town that starred William Shatner ever made), and I was wondering if you ever got around to watching it. It's been a family favorite for years ever since my mom and I caught it on TV late one night about 20 years ago (god, I'm getting old). If not, you should definitely check it out, because it's great, in a horrible/ridiculous way.

Title: Re: Kingdom of the Spiders
Post by: Tom Scharpling on December 06, 2008, 12:40:31 AM

I have not seen it.

I did just watch Frost/Nixon though. Is that close?

Tom.

Title: Re: Kingdom of the Spiders
Post by: Richard_From_CHI on December 06, 2008, 10:55:46 AM

I thought Frost/Nixon was a shot for shot remake!

Title: Re: Kingdom of the Spiders
Post by: bakersfieldchimp on December 08, 2008, 10:46:28 AM

It's pretty close, but if I recall correctly, Frost/Nixon doesn't have William Shatner portraying a cowboy vetrinarian, which is a pretty big oversight. Not even in one scene-- seriously, how hard would it have been to write that in?