David DeCoteau on DARKTOWN STRUTTERS
2,705 views · Published 10 June 2013 · 2:38 · Indexed 12 October 2026
Channel: Trailers From Hell · 2013 · Film & Animation
Veteran western and serial director William Witney, a Tarantino favorite who began his career as a bit player in 1934, cashed in his Hollywood chips with this penultimate, extremely cartoony and uncharacteristic effort. New World picked it up from Roger Corman's brother Gene who produced it with Tennessee financing but was unable to find a distributor. When it proved a bit too bizarre for the general blaxploitation market, NW reissued it two years later as Get Down and Boogie, to similarly meager box office returns. For years this was considered Witney's last feature, but in recent years a German-US western called Showdown at Eagle Gap has surfaced on video from Echo Bridge. As always, you can find more commentary, more reviews, more podcasts, and more deep-dives into the films you don't know you love yet over on the Trailers From Hell mothership: http://www.trailersfromhell.com On our podcast, THE MOVIES THAT MADE ME, join Oscar-nominated screenwriter Josh Olson and TFH Fearless Leader Joe Dante in conversation with filmmakers, comedians, and all-around interesting people about the movies that made them who they are. Check it out now, and please subscribe wherever podcasts can be found. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-movies-that-made-me/id1412094313 Spotify: http://spotify.trailersfromhell.com Libsyn: http://podcast.trailersfromhell.com Google Play: http://googleplay.trailersfromhell.com
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