It depicts the elites use of occult rituals on the unsuspecting masses. Twenty years after chris mccandless died alone in an abandoned bus on the edge of the real alaska wilderness, some people still dont understand the fundamental lesson of his death. Adults meet up with the people who changed their lives twenty years ago. How some of them got out but ended up back in prison. Day 22 ernest scared stupid 1991 the 1 and only film geek. Aug 20, 2017 perhaps no popular film artist in history inspired quite so many conflicting opinions and emotions as actorcomedian jerry lewis. I believe that if the program helps most people, or even just some people, that it definitely isnt hurting anything still running it. Published on mar 10, 2010 1978 original documentary at rahway state prison, including 20year updates on the kids and the convicts aka lifers. The top 40 scream queens of the past 40 years entertainment. But when a riot breaks out and the prisoners take him hostage, a lifer played by nicolas cage is forced to help the young man out. Deftly incorporating footage of herrens powerful scaredstraight talks to atrisk audiences. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of scared straight. They did a follow up interview with that extremely angry blind guy with one eye, like 20 years later.
This was a great way to share with a teenager, and the message fro the film still. Entertainingly, the film bends over backwards to demonize gays, but gives unqualified approval of hitchhiking. All one has to do is look at the original the amityville horror 1979 versus the remake to see how this technology can ruin a film. Examining chris mccandless, 20 years after he went into the. July 17, 1899 march 30, 1986 was an american actor and dancer on stage and in film. An oral history of halloweens laurie strode with jamie lee. Dec 09, 2019 beyond scared straight follows derailed, defiant, and disrespectful teens who are forced to spend a day in jail with convicted felons to experience life behind bars. Oct 23, 20 if a child is put into the scared straight program at a young age, 15 years later they could forget what the prisons were really like, changing their outlook on it. One of my all time favorite things on tv was when mtv did scared straight. If these people saw no results they would stop doing it, shapiro adds. And i have seen pretty much, every horror film made in the last 20 years. Release dates 1 also known as aka 2 release dates usa 15 april 1999. Jul 08, 2018 controlled studies show that boot camp and scared straight interventions are ineffective, and even potentially harmful, for delinquents. Halloween is a 2018 american slasher film directed by david gordon green and written by green, jeff fradley, and danny mcbride.
Not to be confused with the original 1978 documentary, but its pretty much the exact same thing just 20 years later. It won several emmy awards, and spurred the release of four sequels that checked in on the progress of the original 17 kids. Known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing, he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances. The original scared straight from 1978 with follow ups on the youths and lifers 20 years later. He is remembered for playing multifaceted tough guys in films such as the public enemy. It was the bogeyman and as a matter of fact, it was. He identifies these clips as belonging to the acclaimed documentary scared straight this documentary shall be rebroadcast in its full original form, to be followed by interviews with the participants twenty years later hence the title sacred straight. After jail tour imani, changed her life around and now she is focused on studies and sports. But when a riot breaks out and the prisoners take him hostage, a lifer played by nicolas cage is.
Id never seen the original documentary scared straight but was aware of it due. Movies that scared the poop out of me when i was a kid wait until dark, the thing, lets scare jessica to death, the innocents, mr. What was so beautiful about the first movie is it was complete. Jerry lewis biography, movie highlights and photos allmovie. For, as scared straight explains in exacting detail, indoctrination into the way of thinking it argues against is, in fact, required of every person living in modern human society.
And i didnt even bother with his straighttovideo crap. He identifies these clips as belonging to the acclaimed documentary scared straight this documentary shall be rebroadcast in its full original form, to be followed by interviews with the participants twenty years later hence the. In later years instances of selfpreservation would be added to the mix making the character a comedy relation to daffy duck, basil fawlty and george costanza. Filmed at rahway state prison, a group of inmates known as the lifers berate, scream at, and terrify the young offenders in an attempt to scare them straight hence the film s title. Twice,right after,still at the age of 17 and 18 and then about five years ago. Whats beautiful about the new movie is that it just literally slices away all of those other movies. The kids in beyond scared straight are chosen by youth counselors, teachers, family members. A rite of passage for nearly every teenager 20 years ago, arnold shapiros groundbreaking documentary scared straight. Adapting to the needs of todays youth, the inmates use a combination of intimidation, information and compassion to achieve equally effective results.
Tracy also told hyde he needed to dig deep and find a new songwriting voice. Imani, 16 charged for breaking curfew and partying participated on beyond scared straight. But ernest scared stupid, i believe, i only saw once at a friends house when it first came out on video. In the 70s and 80s concentration was placed on the areas that mattered. The north hollywood shootout, 20 years later youtube.
Schembri florida department of juvenile justice office of research and planning 7 old, a racial composition between 36%84% white, with only one study including girls for complete breakdown by study see petrosino et al. Frightening convicts yelling and getting in the faces of under aged street punks. Its effectiveness as a program was pretty hit and miss. And yet hope was much more endearing than any of the above. The goal of the origianl programme was to steer young offenders away from a life of crime by showing them firsthand the horrors of life in prison. Filmed at rahway state prison, a group of inmates known as the lifers berate, scream at, and terrify the young offenders in an attempt to scare them straight, hence the film s title. Published on feb 28, 2017 twenty years ago, one of the wildest shootouts the country had ever seen unfolded in north hollywood and live on the television across the country. One woman, who signed her letter, brittany in the south, had a suggestion. In the fascinating manner of michael apteds 7up movies, the 20year reunion film.
Amazingly, 16 out of the 17 children in the pilot program managed to turn their lives around and, for the most part, stay out of trouble. Narrated by peter falk, the subject of the documentary is a group of juvenile delinquents and their threehour session with actual convicts. Persons or schools interested in obtaining additional copies of this aims teaching module, please contact. Wherein we take a look at the kids who were sent to a prison and were subjected to the words of the convicts in the prison in hopes of getting them to go straight. The trope namer is the documentary scared straight. Dean martin, jerry lewis, lizabeth scott, carmen miranda, george dolenz, dorothy malone, william ching, paul marion, jack lambert, tony barr, leonard strong, henry brandon, george marshall, hal walker. The 1978 mtv program scared straight was a juvenile crime deterrence effort whereby kids of varying ages visit inmates and experience a frontrow into the realities of prison life. To all a goodnight 1980 merry christmas heres a free. Also included is the follow up documentary, scared straight. Why scared straight still works the good men project. May 31, 2012 i remember hating ernest rides again when i saw that at the age of 17 in the theater. White paper scared straight campaign for youth justice. It is the eleventh installment in the halloween film series and a direct sequel to the 1978 film of the same name while effecting a retcon of all previous sequels.
Then, the familiar face of actor danny glover appears. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film. In scared straight,20 years later he claims that the whole scared straight experience changed himalthough,he admitted in the film that he had failed to lead a straight life. Oct 17, 2018 the top 40 scream queens of the past 40 years. The filmmakers attempt to follow up with the kids and prisoners, allowing us to see where they are now. Oct 09, 2014 two years later, he sold that exact same piece of fucking ambient music to a tv advert for. Robert minor, a professor of religious studies at the university of kansas, describes the process of conditioning into conventional gender roles that dominates and. With peter falk, mickie cold, doug cronin, carlo gallo. Sardonicus, war of the worlds, village of the damned, invasion of the body snatchers and one war movie called went the day well. You watch a film like full metal jacket with constant bad language but. It teaches ladies to not talk to any man, because all he wants to do is rape them. The filmed depiction of a program where convicts tell troubled kids about the horrors of prison life.
It had been more than 30 years since the landmark documentary scared straight. While many appreciated the movie for its wit, humor and originality, the movies storyline is nevertheless serious and very real. As a woman, the thought of an unseen entity consistently sexually abusing you is about the most horrifying thing i can think of. You watch a film like full metal jacket with constant bad language but seems totally contrived compared to the words and scenes in scared straight, but lets not forget the people in rahway are real hard men doing real hard time with an. Filmed at rahway state prison, a group of inmates known as the lifers berate, scream at, and terrify the young offenders in an attempt to scare them straight hence the film s title so. If youre expecting a horror show from it chapter two, youll be disappointed. Now, for the first time on dvd, audiences can revisit scared straight. Stats does treating kids like adults make a difference. Often reviled in his native united states but worshipped as a genius throughout much of europe and especially france, lewis took slapstick comedy to new realms of absurdity and outrageousness, his anarchic vision dividing audiences who found him infantile and. The second film they released was the one where a donkey explosively sharts all over adam sandler.
Beyond scared straight a show about educating kids the reality of prison is a show with good intentions but had brought out bad elements of people to like the show. Since then, netflix has bagged an oscar, elbowed its way into cannes, and spent more than panama. Several lifers in prison elaborate to a group of juvenile delinquents what prison was like, mainly indulging in lurid tales of prison rape. In fact, after their release, they tend to reoffend sooner and. Theres also the female version called girls beware. Halloween 20 years later 1998, the decision was made to use cgi in combination with a real mask for michael myers. Beyond scared straight a show about educating kids the.
The film smash cuts to a horrified waitress looking in on their private room, where she sees no evidence of the magical monstersand then a perfectly timed comic beat, complete with a well take the check button of a punchline. In the fascinating manner of michael apteds 7up movies, the 20 year reunion film. The film awards were greatbut what happened to the kids. Two recent largescale studies indicate that juveniles who receive harsher penalties when tried as adults are not scared straight. Scared straight 1978 original cut reconstruction youtube. I broke the law three times after i visited rahway. You watch a film like full metal jacket with constant bad language but seems totally contrived compared to the words and scenes in scared straight, but lets not forget the people in rahway are real hard men doing real hard time with an unhealthy morbid interest in sex and violence, or rather. Filmed at rahway state prison, a group of inmates known as the lifers berate, scream at, and terrify the young offenders in an attempt to scare them straight hence the films title. That is 20% of the clients that complete the program may have a scared awakening of their future. Scared straight programs might help some kids but there is a better way to terrify them than yelling in their face.
Oct 05, 2012 the cabin in the woods is a widely successful horror film that also obtained great critical acclaim. Hopes character full of bravura one moment and scared witless the next was key. Controlled studies show that boot camp and scared straight interventions are ineffective, and even potentially harmful, for delinquents. No longer were they full of themselves, but very humbled and seemingly very. Alternates clips of convicts and teenagers from the original scared straight. I still get comments about scared straight from people who tell me they were juvenile. Adults meet up with the people who changed their lives twenty years ago, by confronting them about their lifestyles as teenagers.
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