Mafia on the Bounty (lost comedy film; 1980): Difference between revisions

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Poster for the film.

Status: Lost

Mafia on the Bounty is an independent 1980 gangster spoof film written and directed by Joseph Van Winkle.^[1] It starred several well known actors, including Jackie Vernon, Vic Tayback, and Jackie Gayle.^[2]

The plot concerns a mob boss who becomes interested in taking advantage of Atlantic City's recently legalized gambling laws. He organizes a pretend meeting with many of the top Dons in the country on a luxury yacht off the coast of San Francisco and plants a bomb aboard the ship, planning to blow them up to gain complete control over the territory. However, matters are complicated when the yacht comes in contact with another ship filled with homosexual rights activists who rally against the mobsters and a young actress who mistakenly believes the mobsters are filmmakers and tries to audition onboard.

Production on the film took place in the summer of 1977. After completion, the film was shelved for three years until the spring of 1980, when a sneak preview was screened at California's Fallbrook theater. The film's short run in theaters suggests it was received poorly, and the studio permanently shelved it.

No copies of the film are known to exist, and the original copies' whereabouts are unknown. No footage or production photos have surfaced. Only posters, promotional fliers, and standard and disco versions of the soundtrack single "Big Boss Man" have survived.^[3]

References

↑ Blog Post about the film. Retrieved 25 Mar '16.
↑ IMDb page. Retrieved 25 Mar '16.
↑ BadMovies.org Limited Search Progress.

[1] Blog Post about the film. Retrieved 25 Mar '16.

[2] IMDb page. Retrieved 25 Mar '16.

[3] BadMovies.org Limited Search Progress.

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-'''Mafia on the Bounty''' is an independent 1980 comedy/gangster spoof written and directed by Joseph Van Winkle. It starred several well known actors such as Jackie Vernon, Vic Tayback, and Jackie Gayle.
+|title=<center>Mafia on the Bounty (1980)</center>
+|image=Mafia_on_the_Bounty.JPG
+|imagecaption=Poster for the film.
+|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
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-The film concerned a mob boss, wishing to take advantage of Atlantic City's recently legalized gambling laws by organizing a supposedly friendly meeting with many of the top Mafia Dons in the country on a luxury yacht off the coast of San Francisco, while actually planning to rub them all out with a bomb he has planted aboard the ship, thereby giving him sole control over the territory. However, matters are complicated when the yacht comes in contact with another ship, "The Pinky Bee", filled with gay liberationists, one of whom has suffered a seizure, giving him the delusion that he is the historical Captain Bligh, causing him to rally his crewmen against the mobsters. Also along on this voyage is a young aspiring actress who mistakes the Mafia Dons for movie executives casting a film, and attempts to audition for them.
+'''Mafia on the Bounty''' is an independent 1980 gangster spoof film written and directed by Joseph Van Winkle.<ref>[http://templeofschlock.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-endangered-list-case-file-136.html Blog Post about the film.] Retrieved 25 Mar '16.</ref> It starred several well known actors, including Jackie Vernon, Vic Tayback, and Jackie Gayle.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323143/ IMDb page.] Retrieved 25 Mar '16.</ref>
-Production on the film took place in the summer of 1977, and near the end of the year, it was submitted to the MPAA ratings board, where it received a PG certification. However, the film was then shelved for three years until the spring of 1980, when a sneak preview was screened at California's Fallbrook theater. However, no records of the film's run after that seem to indicate that it was presumably met with a negative reception, which caused the studio to permanently shelve it.
+The plot concerns a mob boss who becomes interested in taking advantage of Atlantic City's recently legalized gambling laws. He organizes a pretend meeting with many of the top Dons in the country on a luxury yacht off the coast of San Francisco and plants a bomb aboard the ship, planning to blow them up to gain complete control over the territory. However, matters are complicated when the yacht comes in contact with another ship filled with homosexual rights activists who rally against the mobsters and a young actress who mistakenly believes the mobsters are filmmakers and tries to audition onboard.
-To this day, the film's current whereabouts are unknown, and it is a mystery if it even exists any longer. No footage or even on set photographs have even surfaced. The only items that are available to a degree are posters, promotional fliers, and a soundtrack single entitled '''Big Boss Man''' available in a standard and disco beat version, and performed by actor/singer Eddie Mika, most recognizable as Carmine "The Big Ragu" Ragusa on the 70's sitcom, ''Laverne and Shirley''.
+Production on the film took place in the summer of 1977. After completion, the film was shelved for three years until the spring of 1980, when a sneak preview was screened at California's Fallbrook theater. The film's short run in theaters suggests it was received poorly, and the studio permanently shelved it.
+No copies of the film are known to exist, and the original copies' whereabouts are unknown. No footage or production photos have surfaced. Only posters, promotional fliers, and standard and disco versions of the soundtrack single "Big Boss Man" have survived.<ref>[http://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php?topic=129334.0;wap2 BadMovies.org Limited Search Progress.]</ref>
 ==References==
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-http://templeofschlock.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-endangered-list-case-file-136.html Information on the film.
 [[Category:Lost films]]