Kurt Russell and John Carpenter almost reunited for the Christmas movie

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Whether it is a story about truck drivers who are suitable for powerful witches or soldiers who run away with the soldiers who escape from the futuristic New York, John Carpenter and movies about Kurt Russell are one of the best in the history of iconic cinema. To date, Carpenter has ruled Russell in five films, most of which – the horror films – the trend would also continue if the “Shadow Company”, installed during the Christmas season, went forward in 1988.

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Platnitsky, of course, gave up dignityBut “Shadow Company” could add a festive classic to its impressive creativity. It tells about Jake Palarda, the avoidance of Vietnam’s veteran, who instructed to stop a group of inanimate super-soldiers from waste to the California city on Christmas night. Poplaard has a story with these comrades from his time in Vietnam, and he knows that it will take a lot of firepower to stop them.

Although the room is undoubtedly strange, you may be curious why “Shadow Company” would be a classic, unlike the Schlocky 80s. To begin with, it was written by the Maverick Shane Black and his cohort “Monster Squad” Fred Dekker. Moreover, Walter Hil-Junra legend, which stands behind a conscientious genre classics, such as “warriors” and “southern comfort”-went on board as a producer and punched the script with its solid trademark. Finally, Carpenter wanted Russell to participate (presumably playing Polorda), and their services speak for themselves, especially when it comes to making movies about soldiers.

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With so many great talents attached to the project, Shadow Company had to be sure. So, what prevented this?

Before you delve into why “Shadow Company” was stuck in hell, let’s take the moment to remember how indisputable John Carpenter was in the late 1980s. It was supposed to become his next project after “they live” – ​​a movie that turned off his classics, starting 11 years earlier with “Attack on the Pact 13”. “Shadow Company” is hanging out in the same wheel as some of these films, and Shane Black’s scenario, Fred Decker and Walter Hill full atmospheric horror, socially conscious topics, as well as the massacre with whom Carpenter knows how to send cockatoons. What he is currently sitting on the shelf is collecting dust is a trap.

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At the same time, Hollywood has the history of projects that would be strange and “Shadow Company” has fallen victim to this thinking. In an interview with Jille Bulenger for him Book “John Carpenter: Prince of Dark”, The eponymous subject reminded why the warrior Falic could not see the light of the day. Spoiler’s alert: it came down to money (or its absence):

“It was a great movie-joke. I never came up with a third act. But Walter Hill wrote some wonderful dialogue” Soldier of a Hard guy. “

The carpenter’s director many wonderful moviesSo he probably does not allow that when a story like “Shadow Company” distracts it from the present life in video games and viewing basketball. After all, refusal is part of the game director’s game. Hopefully, after the rest, the project will ever be resurrected, but in the 80’s it would be better if Kurt Russell was in his star Action Prime, and Carpenter was not erected.

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