{"id":240,"date":"2007-12-22T22:31:47","date_gmt":"2007-12-23T04:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=240"},"modified":"2014-09-06T14:59:34","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:59:34","slug":"k-gordon-murray-schlocks-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=240","title":{"rendered":"K. Gordon Murray schlocks again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">In what seems like a scant millisecond after <strong>Ed Glaser<\/strong> evoked the name <strong>K. Gordon Murray<\/strong> via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=239\">the preceding post<\/a>, <strong>C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> received\u00a0an announcement from <strong>Chattanooga, Tennessee<\/strong> filmmaker <strong>Daniel Griffith<\/strong> that the official Web site for his upcoming documentary, <strong>THE WONDER WORLD OF K. GORDON MURRAY<\/strong>, will go live on <strong>Monday, December 24<\/strong>. You may be asking yourself right now, &#8220;What&#8217;s the big deal?&#8221; Well, let me tell you a little story, buckaroo&#8230;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Probably better known for the films he imported rather than the ones he produced on\u00a0United States\u00a0soil, <strong>Bloomington<\/strong> native Murray and his wife\u00a0<strong>Irene<\/strong>\u00a0went into the movie business after relocating from central Illinois to <strong>Florida<\/strong>. The first half of their partnership was marked by a series of fantasy and horror tales made in <strong>Mexico<\/strong> and <strong>Europe<\/strong>, dubbed into English and marketed towards the younger populace as exclusive Saturday afternoon fare, thereby creating what would become known as the\u00a0&#8220;kiddie matinee.&#8221; After studios co-opted and then killed the practice, the Murrays produced their own exploitation flicks in the Sun Belt until K. Gordon passed away in 1979.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"THE WONDER WORLD OF K. GORDON MURRAY (Ballyhoo Productions, Inc.)\" alt=\"THE WONDER WORLD OF K. GORDON MURRAY (Ballyhoo Productions, Inc.)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/Images\/CUBlog%20Art\/cu_kgordonmurray_launchB.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">While documentaries about cult films and filmmakers\u00a0are a dime a dozen\u00a0lately, Griffith seems to be going the\u00a0extra mile to make his effort distinctive. Period reenactments of Murray movie premieres, contemporary footage of drive-in theaters on their last legs, and anecdotes by Murray contemporaries will help fill out the project, which Griffith tells <strong>C-U Blogfidential<\/strong>\u00a0will be finished in the spring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">We have an interview with Griffith in the works, so keep an eye on <strong>CUBlog<\/strong>\u00a0and check it out\u00a0when it appears! Until then, you can actually watch a <a title=\"THE WONDER WORLD OF K. GORDON MURRAY :: Trailer Site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kgordonmurraymovie.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">teaser trailer right here<\/a>, bookmark <a title=\"THE WONDER WORLD OF K. GORDON MURRAY :: Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kgordonmurraymovie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">the official movie site<\/a> once it&#8217;s active, and\u00a0dive into\u00a0<a title=\"The Wonder World of K. Gordon Murray :: Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kgordonmurray.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Rob Craig<\/strong>&#8216;s superlative fan site<\/a> about the man, the movies, and some crazy old-fashioned showmanship.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">[Updated 12\/27\/07, 06:00 p.m. CST]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The official Web site for the upcoming documentary, THE WONDER WORLD OF K. 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