Teaser flier for 2001 Marathon393 viewsThis was distributed in limited quantities before the entire lineup was booked. (Neff)
Flier for 2001 Marathon444 views*Joe Bob Briggs was, of course, our first guest of honor. More on him in subsequent gallery posts.
*Hmmm....we never did play PSYCHO at a Studio Marathon. Actually, the original plan that year was to play Hitchcock's classic, but the Wexner Center had already booked it for their Halloween Horror double feature (with THE BLACK CAT) so we deferred to them.
*I had worked for several years to arrange for charismatic, psychotronic, electro-mashup lounge lizards The Weird Love Makers to appear with NOSFERATU. I met the group through my good friend (and longtime Marathon ally) Steve Carter, who at the time was living with Weird Love Maker Greg Fernandez. After meeting him, I attended a screening of NOSFERATU (with a crowd of around twenty) in the back of Monkey's Retreat on Halloween 1998, at which the WLM provided their own live score. From that moment on, I knew that their act would play well in front of a larger crowd.
I had arranged with head WLM (and Evolution Control Committee mastermind) Mark Gunderson for the group to perform with NOSFERATU at the 2000 Marathon, but that fell through. One year later, though, everything came together. The result was one of my favorite Marathon memories.
*I stole the free breakfast idea from the Boston Science Fiction Marathon, which once offered a free champagne breakfast to all survivors. Our free breakfast consisted of bagels and juice, but hey... (Neff)
Front and back cover of 2001 program437 views
Interior of 2001 program528 views*At the time, Kathy Saunders was a veteran member of the ROCKY HORROR cast, which had settled into a regular run at Studio 35. Her husband, Mike, appeared as the dead body at the top of the stairs in NIGHT OF THE LIVING BREAD.
*THE TEENAGE UFO PSYCHO MONSTER SEX SHOW was a 90-minute trailer compilation from Hollywood sleaze maven Johnny Legend, which had been touring the West Coast fora few months. Johnny pitched it to me as "the history of Western civilization", everything from a Warner Brothers cartoon to rare exploitation trailers. I didn't realize that some of those trailers featured (ahem) nudity, so there were a few shocked reactions during this dinner hour screening. One woman scolded me with "I didn't come to a Horror Marathon to see sex and nudity!" Let the irony roll. In any case, one of the highlights of the screening for me was standing in the back of the theater with Weird Love Maker Mark Gunderson when the trailer for THE WEIRD LOVE MAKERS unexpectedly hit the screen. You can't script moments like that, folks. (Neff)
Interior of 2001 program419 views
Ticket for 2001 Marathon395 views
Interior of 2001 program530 viewsAh, DON'T LOOK NOW. So here's the story: when we originally booked this Nicolas Roeg classic, my intent was to play it in a mid-afternoon slot. However, we subsequently booked CREATURE in 3-D and NOSFERATU with live music, so that slot was taken. Then, we scored the two premieres, so they went in the prime time slots after Joe Bob introduced CARRIE. As a result, DON'T LOOK NOW was pushed back to the early morning hours...which became the middle of the night after the natural delays of any good Marathon. Needless to say, the time slot killed the crowd. It's too bad, as I've spoken with several people that saw it wide awake later and quite enjoyed it. Maybe it will reappear at a more reasonable hour one of these days. (Neff)
Alternate flier for 2001 Marathon450 viewsDesigned by Todd Babbert (longtime decoration crew member and general Marathon ally...and a good guy to boot.)
