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Brian Trenchard-Smith has directed 42 movies and TV series in various genres from martial arts to comedy to horror to action adventure. He is one of Quentin Tarantino’s favorite directors

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GO SEE QUENTIN TARANTINO’S WRY TAKE ON WORLD WAR TWO - “INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS”. IT’S GREAT FUN!

August 24, 2009

I am about to start shooting ARCTIC BLAST starring Michael Shanks on Monday. Preparations are in high gear, but I am taking the time to enjoy a second viewing of INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS this weekend and watch a Tasmanian audience enjoy it. Recently El Q presented my Vietnam war movie THE SIEGE OF FIREBASE GLORIA double billed with THE LOSERS at Cinemapocalypse in Austin, Texas (video).

Why MGM won’t release FIREBASE on DVD is a mystery to me. They would sell a lot of copies to the Marine Corps just for openers. Plus R. Lee Ermey! FIREBASE fans should call MGM and ask…

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7 Responses to “GO SEE QUENTIN TARANTINO’S WRY TAKE ON WORLD WAR TWO - “INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS”. IT’S GREAT FUN!”

norma on August 25th, 2009 5:50 am

Hi from Italy
I love Michael Shanks! I hope you can post some photos of him and the cast and location, I like behind the scene! Good luck with the movie and I hope it’s not too cold in Hobart!
Kristina on August 25th, 2009 7:34 am

Hi ya

Hope you have a great time!…Say Hi to Michael and I know that you will have fun with him…bloody good actor.

Kriss
Fred Anderson on August 25th, 2009 10:02 am

“Gloria” is a fantastic movie! I wrote a review of the other day:

http://ninjadixon.blogspot.com/2009/08/siege-of-firebase-gloria-1989.html

And strangely, today I ordered four of your movies: Day of the Panther, Strike of the Panther, Stunt Rock and The Man from Hong Kong - a lot of Brian Trenchard-Smith right now
Clinton on August 27th, 2009 12:06 am

WoW! The search is finally over: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/STAR-TREK-STUNT-ROCK-USED-ON-STAR-TREK_W0QQitemZ330354245252QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4ceaa5be84&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177
Paolo Gilli on August 29th, 2009 10:51 am

Dear Mr. Trenchard-Smith,

I’m a great fan of your work and love to read your blog.
I write for a magazine called Nocturno Cinema, which is like the italian Fangoria.
Every month we pubblish a 66 page dossier, covering a specific genre or director(s).
The last issue is dedicated to the wonderful world of Ozploitation and - believe it or not - there are 5 pages covering your work (the biggest chunck dedicated to a director in the whole issue), that I had the pleasure to write.
You’ll probably never read it, cause it’s in italian (but even then it’s nice to look through - Mark Hartley was so kind to send us a ton of photgraphic material), but I thought you would be pleased knowing that your work is still much appreciated amongst genre fans.

Here is the cover
[img]http://www.nocturno.it/storage/images/3fdc7549-29b7-448a-ae85-4a7d3ea00373/285_COVER-Dox-prova-84.jpg[/img]

I was wondering if there was any chance for me to contact you in private (via mail) and maybe get an autograph.

Anyway, good luck with your next movie

Best Wishes

PG
Kid In The Front Row on September 9th, 2009 3:29 pm

I didn’t find ‘Inglorious Basterds’ so fun. I mean, it had some fun moments– but I was pretty bored for lots of it. Which is disappointing as, like everyone, I love Tarantino! Oh well, every parent has their favourite children.
Brian Trenchard-Smith on September 10th, 2009 2:10 am

I think the continuing robust box office indicates a lot of people were not bored.
” Grindhouse”receipts fell away quickly - though I loved it - which showed I was in the minority. Tarantino’s latest, his most sophisticated movie yet, clearly has legs and resonates with a large number of his fans. Sorry it did not work for you. Thanks for the comment.