edgarwright
@edgarwright • 790,952 subscribers
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Am so sad to read that Bill Oddie has passed away. Although he later became equally famous as the BBC’s resident ornithologist, he had been a comedy hero of mine since my earliest days of watching television, as one of 'The Goodies'. The show was hugely influential on me: its glorious, go-for-broke silliness, almost like a kids’ companion to Monty Python, made it one of my earliest comedic touchstones. I loved Bill’s anarchic energy, musical brilliance and willingness to do absolutely anything for a laugh. And, it must be said, as the shortest member of the trio, he spoke to me. 'The Goodies' was always part of a direct line for me, from 'The Monkees', to 'Monty Python's Flying Circus', to 'The Young Ones', right up to our own 'Spaced', in terms of the wild freedom of the television format. I’ll never forget the giddy thrill of watching this opening sequence as a kid (the theme sung by Bill himself), and the resulting rush of total absurdity filling the box. Farewell to a true Goodie. RIP.
edgarwright65,506 views • 1 month ago
My new music video for Julia Cumming's 'My Life' single on Partisan Records has been out for one week. It was a hugely fun one to put together. Please enjoy the FULL video here! It's mostly one single shot (take 14, since you asked) and I couldn't even begin to make a vid like this without an AMAZING crew who worked their socks off. Full credits in previous posts and eternal thanks to them all.
edgarwright115,535 views • 6 months ago
A very sad, but extremely fond farewell to the unforgettable Bud Cort, a welcome and magnetic presence in every film lucky enough to have him, not least the co-lead in, arguably, the cult film to rule them all; 1971’s ‘Harold And Maude’. Not only is this beloved film a pitch perfect black comedy-cum-love story for the ages, but Bud Cort delivers one of the greatest looks to camera in film. He was always fun to watch in any part big or small, some other films of his I enjoyed include 'M*A*S*H', ‘Brewster McCloud’, ‘Gas-s-s-s’, ‘Invaders from Mars’, ‘The Chocolate War’, ‘Heat’, ‘Dogma’ and ‘The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou’ among many others that I implore you to list below. And if you haven’t seen ‘Harold And Maude’, rectify this tonight. Keep breaking that fourth wall, Bud. We’ll miss you x
edgarwright109,350 views • 6 months ago
Physical media is back, baby! The extras packed Blu-Ray & Steelbook for The Running Man Movie finally drops next week! As a sneaky peek over the next few days, I wanted to share a look at some of the 2 HOURS of extras. Here’s a clip from the fantastic Making Of featurettes. Enjoy this and see the whole damn thing on the disc too.
edgarwright96,599 views • 6 months ago
Arnold Schwarzenegger loved The Running Man so much he kindly invited local veterans in Los Angeles to experience the movie at the Skydance screening room. I’m beside myself listening to him speak about the film we all worked so hard on. He has been so kind and generous throughout our production. Thank you, Arnold!
edgarwright131,697 views • 9 months ago
Extra! extra! The jam packed Blu-Ray & Steelbook for @runningmanmovie finally drops this week! I As a sneaky peek, I wanted to share another look at some of the 2 HOURS. Here’s a third clip from the fantastic Making Of featurettes. Shout out to London, Glasgow and Sofia!
edgarwright55,278 views • 6 months ago
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Americano Grande! The jam-packed disc for The Running Man Movie drops this week, with a whole lot more of fictional Network series, 'The Americanos'. If you’ve seen the film, you will have seen tantalising clips of an in-movie reality show showing the simple, everyday lives of zillionaire coffee magnates. This footage was the very first thing we shot for the film (Oct 30th, 2024). Even though the actual scene in the script was short, we wrote full pages for it, and then our incredible cast riffed like crazy. What an absolute BLAST to have cameos from (the legend) Debi Mazar, plus killer queens Cat Cohen and Emma Sidi. There’s much more of them all to enjoy. Special shout-outs to Leslie Powell for her infectious cover of the great Holly Johnson solo single, as well as Two Fresh Creative for their insanely brilliant title sequence! NSFW!
edgarwright45,505 views • 6 months ago
Lights. Camera. Anarchy. The Running Man Movie is finally streaming in the UK / Ireland on Paramount+ UK & Ireland. I had a blast making this. Was a dream to do this Stephen King adaptation and go on the run with this insane cast and crew. You want a show? I’ll give you a show! #runningmanmovie
edgarwright19,276 views • 2 months ago
Wowed by this Running Man tribute trailer made by editor Maxime Brun. Our adaptation was lovingly made with the future wastelands of 80s cinema in mind, those wild, gritty dystopias that John Carpenter and Paul Verhoeven played in. Could easily splice right into Grindhouse after Don't. Check out his YouTube page before the Network takes this post down.
edgarwright36,304 views • 6 months ago
Los Angeles! Tickets are on-sale for 5th anniversary screening of the The Sparks Brothers with legends Ron & Russell Mael S P A R K S, myself AND special guest moderator Fred Armisen at American Cinematheque's wonderful Egyptian Theatre. Be there on Sat. 3/28 at 7 pm!
edgarwright31,076 views • 5 months ago