The Shadow
Even Jerry Goldsmith’s score and an oddball supporting cast – including Jonathan Winters – couldn’t hypnotize moviegoers into making producer Martin Bregman’s 1994 thriller a hit. Alec Baldwin stars as The Shadow, a crime-fighting master of mind control inspired by ’30s pulp fiction and a popular radio show. The film opened to both indifferent critics and wary audiences, possibly uncomfortable with the ambivalent nature of a not-quite-super superhero. The late Tim Curry does his unlevel best to juice up the fun with his gonzo portrayal of Farley Claymore, yet another mad scientist.
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About Michael Schlesinger
Michael Schlesinger was widely acknowledged as the dean of classic film distributors, having worked for more than 25 years at MGM, Paramount and Sony, keeping hundreds of vintage movies in theatrical release (and later DVD), and instigating the restoration of many more, including the completion of Orson Welles' 1942 documentary It's All True some 50 years later. Behind the camera, he wrote and produced the American version of Godzilla 2000, co-produced such Larry Blamire parodies as The Lost Skeleton Returns Again and Dark and Stormy Night, and has written, produced and directed several short films featuring the faux-1930s comedy team of Biffle and Shooster. No power on Earth would have ever convinced him that It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World was not the Greatest. Movie. Ever. Sadly, Michael passed away on the morning of January 9, 2025.