NEWS
JUNE 2008
Germany's own Rudiger Abend has reviewed all 12 Andy Sidaris films on the Internet Movie Database. You can read them all right here!
Malibu Express
Hard Ticket to Hawaii
Picasso Trigger
Savage Beach
Guns
Do or Die
Hard Hunted
Fit to Kill
Enemy Gold
The Dallas Connection
Day of the Warrior
Return to Savage Beach
MARCH 2008
Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Oakhurst, CA
www.southernyosemite.com
Noon - Special Luncheon Featuring
An Andy Sidaris Retrospective
Introduced By Anatoly Arutunoff
Learn More About Andy
Stacey Featuring Rarely Seen Riverside Raceway Footage |
James Garner's Documentary
The Racing Scene Directed by Andy Sidaris |
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5:30PM - Presentation of "The Autobooks Aerobooks Automotive Film Excellence Award"
To Arlene Sidaris for Andy Sidaris' Great Documentary - The Racing Scene
MARCH 2007
IN LOVING MEMORY February 20th 1931 - March 7th 2007  |
Andy Sidaris, a celebrated Emmy-award winning director for ABC Sports where he spent the first 25 years of his colorful career, died after a long battle with cancer. He was 76.
His work on ABC’s Wide World of Sports, the Olympics and college football -- where his signature ‘honey shots’ became legendary -- set the standard for innovation and excellence during the pioneering days of television sports. He was Wide World’s first director and spent much of his career cavorting the globe as he directed every sport imaginable. As an 18-year Southern Methodist University graduate, Sidaris -- who was hired by ABC affiliate WFAA in Dallas -- voluntarily prepared a compendium for camera coverage of college football and sent it to Roone Arledge, the president of ABC Sports. Arledge was so impressed, he immediately hired Andy, who went on to spend a quarter of a century as one of the network’s most accomplished directors. Andy helped to develop the techniques that are standard today, including instant replay, slow-motion replay and split screen views. |
Affable and self-effacing, Andy became a beloved figure by his colleagues and competitors alike, unique in a pressure-packed industry fraught with stress, tension and hostility. Imbued with a keen sense of humor and a loyal affection for his camera crew, Sidaris’ levity and light heartedness “brought out the best in everybody who surrounded him,” said Keith Jackson, ABC’s top announcer on Sidaris-directed college football games. “Andy was one of a kind.”
During the 1976 Olympic Games in Mexico, Andy -- a Greek who had a life long passion for sports -- refused to take a shot of John Carlos and Tommie Smith showing the black power salute on the victory stand because he did not believe there was a place for politics in the Olympics.
Following his departure from ABC Sports, Sidaris directed episodes of Kojak and Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys, produced by his wife. In 1969, Andy directed The Racing Scene, a documentary featuring his friend James Garner.
Fun loving and adventuresome, Sidaris branched out into movies in 1973, and with his wife Arlene, formed Malibu Bay Films in 1985, when he wrote, produced and directed Malibu Express, featuring Playboy Playmates. The family partnership, flourished as it combined vitality, verve and versatility to each production. He and his wife produced 12 films in the fabled Bullets, Bombs and Babes collection. The Sidaris formula remained the same: beautiful women, exotic locales and action personified.
Sidaris was as popular among the Hollywood glitterati as he was with the celebrities of sport -- and whether directing a Playboy show for his friend Hugh Hefner or a college football game, he remained unflappable, unpredictable and unswerving in his quest for delivering top quality entertainment. Andy never took himself -- or the TV and film industry -- too seriously, always lighting the set with his sense of humor and a relaxed and laid back manner.
In addition to his wife Arlene, Andy is survived by his daughters Alexa Garner Sidaris, and her husband Matt Weiss, Stacey Avelar and her husband Steve, and son Drew.
If people should wish to honor Andy by making a donation, please consider the following foundation, set up by his dear friend Kate Edelman Johnson, in honor of her husband, Deane, as follows:
The Deane Johnson Alzheimer's Foundation
c/o The E.F.I. (Entertainment Industry)
1201 West 5th Street
Suite T 700
Los Angeles CA 90017
CLICK HERE FOR MORE TRIBUTES TO ANDY SIDARIS
FEBRUARY 2007
Don't miss the screening of The Racing Scene, a documentary on James Garner's Formula 5000 racing season, directed by none other than Andy Sidaris! Meet drivers Scooter Patrick and Davey Jordan. James Garner will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Automotive Films.
The 2007 Southern Yosemite Automotive Film Festival
Oakhurst, California
Saturday, March 24th
1:00PM
Theatre #1
Visit the Southern Yosemite Automotive Film Festival website for ticket reservations, directions, and more information.
JANUARY 2007
Check out the new Digitally Obsessed interview with Andy!
Finally, Andy's Wikipedia entry!!!
JULY 2006
Media Orchard Interviews Beer Goggle Theater's Andy Sidaris
Andy Sidaris is our kind of guy. The 73-year-old film director, an SMU alumnus who has shot many of his movies in Dallas, is no Martin Scorsese -- but he sure seems to know how to have a good time.
Not familiar with Andy's films? Watch this scene from Hard Ticket to Hawaii -- it'll tell you all you need to know. That's right; Andy did "Snakes in a Toilet" when Snakes on a Plane was a twinkle in David Ellis' eye.
Joe Swanberg of FilmBrats sums up the Sidaris canon well:
I remember my first Andy Sidaris film like it was yesterday. I was a pimple-faced teen working at Hollywood Video and Return To Savage Beach appeared on the new release wall. After staring at the box for 10 minutes, I decided I should rent the movie. I figured the big breasted, bikini clad babes who fought crime as the members of the L.E.T.H.A.L. Force would be good for a laugh. Laugh I did, but there was something more to these movies. I got the distinct sense that the filmmakers knew the kind of movie they were producing, and were having fun with it.
Joe went on to develop the Andy Sidaris Hi-Five.
There are other things to like about Andy. Like Cathy and me, Andy and his wife Arlene have also managed to build a husband-and-wife business with no one getting killed -- at least not yet.
Click here to read the entire interview!!!
MARCH 2006
The reviews are coming in for THE "BULLETS, BOMBS & BABES" COLLECTION!!!
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Video Vista (The Dallas Connection)
Video Vista (Day of the Warrior)
Video Vista (Fit to Kill)
Sean Axmaker (IMDB)
CineSchlock-O-Rama
Video Business
Mr. Skin
DVD Late Show
DVD Late Show (Mirror Site)
Polly Staffle (Do or Die)
BEER GOGGLE THEATER!!!
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT IN MARCH SPIKE-TV WILL AIR AN ANDY SIDARIS FILM!! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST & GET THE NEWS!
FEBRUARY 2006
MAX & MIKE RECAP (JANUARY 7TH, 2006):
"We were joined by cult movie auteurs Andy and Arlene Sidaris, who are responsible
for the cheerful exploitation classics Picasso Trigger, Malibu Express and Hard Ticket to Hawaii, Mike’s favorite which features a giant mutant poisonous snake. Andy and Arlene hinted that they’re working on a sequel wherein said serpent will return."
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JANUARY 2006
IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE PREMIERE OF
BEER GOGGLE THEATER!!!
BEGINNING JANUARY 2ND
SPIKE-TV AIRED 11 OF THE 12 FILMS IN
THE ANDY SIDARIS COLLECTION
MONDAY-FRIDAY FOR THREE WEEKS!
FILL OUT A FEEDBACK FORM & WE'LL KEEP
YOU POSTED ON ALL THE TV AIRDATES & MORE!
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NOVEMBER 2005
the BCI ECLIPSE release of
THE
"BULLETS, BOMBS & BABES"
COLLECTION!
Two Separate Three-DVD Collector's Sets
Available November 15th for$19.98 each (plus S&H)*
CLICK HERE TO ORDER NOW
CLICK HERE TO VIEW NEW TRAILERS!
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Volume One features: MALIBU EXPRESS HARD TICKET TO HAWAII FIT TO KILL |
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Volume Two features: PICASSO TRIGGER GUNS THE DALLAS CONNECTION |
Each volume in the "Bullets, Bombs & Babes" collection features a variety of extras, including:
- Audio commentary
- Interviews with the stars
- Deleted/Extended scenes
- Behind-the-scenes featurettes
- On-location featurettes
- Film School - A "How'd-They-Do-That" featurette
- Photo Galleries
- Trailers
*Note: CC Now offers support for the following currencies, in addition to the US Dollar: Canadian Dollar,
Pound Sterling, Euro, Australian Dollar and Japanese Yen for all Visa and MasterCard purchases.
SEPTEMBER 2005
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THE ANDY SIDARIS COLLECTION VOLUME I $49.95(plus S&H) CLICK HERE TO ORDER NOW | |
FEBRUARY 2005
CLICK HERE TO READ AN ENTERTAINING INTERVIEW WITH ANDY SIDARIS:
JANUARY 2005
MALIBU BAY FILMS PROUDLY ANNOUNCES: Ava Cadell, star of Do or Die, Hard Hunted, Fit to Kill and Return to Savage Beach is the author of
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Click on AMAZON.COM to buy the book now! It's a great Valentine's Day gift!
JUNE 2004
More BULLETS, BOMBS & BABES!!! Read the review from the Wall Street Journal.
FEBRUARY/MARCH 2004
UNITED
KINGDOM'S SLEAZENATION PUBLICATION
CROWNS ANDY SIDARIS "CULT HERO."
Check out the Andy
Sidaris interview from 
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In case you missed Stun
Magazine's premier issue,
one of their cover stories was about Andy Sidaris:
"Action movie-maker Andy Sidaris bites the bullet
and tells the truth about life with pistols
and babes that pack a punch!"
Click the cover to read more.
JANUARY 2004
THE
PHOTOS FROM GLAMOURCON ARE HERE! BILL & SHARON LIEBOWITZ INVITED MALIBU BAY
FILMS TO JOIN THEM AT THEIR GOLDEN APPLE BOOTH. ANDY & ARLENE SIDARIS AUTOGRAPHED
COPIES OF ANDY'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY (OF SORTS) BULLETS, BOMBS & BABES
ALONG WITH JULIE STRAIN, LIV LINDELIND, DEVIN DEVASQUEZ, SHELLEY TAYLOR
MORGAN and SYBIL DANNING. CLICK 1
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TO SEE LOADS OF PHOTOS OF FANS AND CELEBS. WE EVEN MANAGED TO NAB HUGH HEFNER
AND A FEW BEAUTIFUL BABES.
YOU CAN ORDER YOUR AUTOGRAPHED COPY OF BULLETS, BOMBS & BABES FOR $19.95 PLUS S&H. CLICK HERE.
Read the Hitch Magazine review here.
DECEMBER 2003
Read what legendary L.A. Times sports columnist Larry Stewart had to say about BULLETS, BOMBS & BABES by clicking here.
Devin
Devasquez, star of GUNS,
is a recognized name in beauty.
Check out her new website.
Devin is featured in the extra
entertainment segment of the
DVD version of GUNS.
CLICK HERE TO ORDER
NOVEMBER 2003
UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS: Andy & Arlene Sidaris will join Golden Apple at Glamourcon, November 15th.
Glamourcon 33 in Los Angeles
November 15 & 16, 2003
At The Radisson Hotel at the Los Angeles Airport
Glamourcon 33, the last event of the 2003 - 10th Anniversary year is coming
up.
Attend the show for free by staying at least one night in the airport friendly
Radisson LAX.
Click here
for more details.
SEPTEMBER 2003
DARK DELICACIES SIGNING EVENT: Saturday, September 6th Andy & Arlene Sidaris signed copies of Andy's book, Bullets, Bombs & Babes. Julie Strain and her sister Lizzie joined them along with author Gary Brandner, who wrote "The Howling" along with the very talented Heavy Metal artist, Lorenzo Sperlonga. Click to see photos of the event (See anyone you know?): 1 | 2
ANDY & ARLENE APPEARED AT THE HEAVY METAL PRESS BOOTH AT COMIC-CON TO INTRODUCE THE BOOK AND TO AUTOGRAPH COPIES. THEY WERE WELL RECEIVED AND TOOK PHOTOS WITH SOME OF THE FANS WHO CAME BY TO VISIT.
Take a look at some of the photos: 1 | 2
And don't forget to check out the updated DVD Photo Gallery, with loads of never-before-seen photos!!!
AUGUST 2003
THE BOOK IS HERE! AN ANDY SIDARIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY (of sorts).
CLICK
HERE TO VIEW SAMPLE PAGES
CLICK HERE TO ORDER
Read
the reviews of the book:
Video
Store Magazine
Videoscope
Femme
Fatales
Los Angeles Times
Hitch Magazine
Wall Street Journal
JULY 2003
Available on DVD: The Andy Sidaris Collection - Volume I. Finally, the films of Andy Sidaris have been collected in this, the first of two definitive DVD boxed sets.
CLICK
HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
ORDER NOW
Read the reviews:
IGN.com
Stuff
Magazine
Genre
Online
DVD
Movie Central
UGO:
Underground Online
Digitally
Obsessed
The
Wichita Eagle
USA Today
Sean
Axmaker's DVD column on the IMDB
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MARCH 2003
Now on DVD: Pat Morita & Erik Estrada in Do or Die and R.J. Moore in Hard Hunted!! Featuring more commentary from Andy and Arlene Sidaris, more "Andy Sidaris Film School" and more never-before-seen extras. ORDER NOW.
And when you purchase a DVD from The Sidaris Collection you will get a coupon for a FREE Autographed Special Edition of Spy Chicks, the comic book featuring the adventures of the L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies!
"'B'WARDS FOR VIDEO RECALL BEST, WORST OF 2002: Now that those other movie awards have been handed out, it's time once again to bestow the trophies that really matter — i.e., the Phantom's Annual 'B'wards — as we praise or bury, as the case may warrant, those video titles, individuals and institutions that kept us glued to the tube in 2002. Best Audio Commentary: John Frankenheimer, "Seconds" (Paramount Home Entertainment); runners-up: Andy and Arlene Sidaris, "Savage Beach" (Ventura Distribution)."
JANUARY
2003
Malibu
Express and Enemy Gold is the
latest pair from The Andy Sidaris Collection released on DVD!! See these two
favorites as you never have before and enroll in another semester's worth
of classes in "The Andy Sidaris Film School." Order your copies
direct from our Products page or visit your local
video store today. Remember, every order from Malibu Bay Films arrives with
a FREE autographed photo.
Click the Playboy cover to read about Savage Beach & Guns.
Plus, G. Noel Gross and our friends at DVD Talk continue their tribute to The Sidaris Collection with an exclusive interview with Andy and Arlene. You can't miss this... read it here.
Video
Store Magazine takes a closer look at "The Andy Sidaris Film School"
and the always-entertaining DVD audio commentaries from Andy and Arlene. Have
a read.
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The reviews for Malibu
Express and Enemy Gold keep coming in...
DVD Talk
Monsters
at Play
DVDeNewZealand
Femme Fatales
Ken
McIntyre: Malibu Express
Ken
McIntyre: Enemy Gold
The Phantom of the Movies
Video
Vista: Malibu Express
Video
Vista: Enemy Gold
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Click here
to see Shae Marks as you have never seen her before...as a cartoon character!!
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JULY 2002
The DVD versions of Savage Beach and Guns have hit the street. Once again, we've included a superb assortment of Behind-The-Scenes Features. As The Phantom of the Movies said in his Video Picks of the Week review in The Washington Times, "...these dynamite discs offer lots of literal bang for the buck."
Click here for some
of the best reviews you'll ever read about a DVD...
The Phantom of the Movies
The New York Times
Video
Vista
DVD Talk
Monsters
at Play: Savage Beach
Sergio
Martorelli: Guns
Mondo
Digital
Ken
McIntyre: Savage Beach
Ken McIntyre:
Guns
And this is only the
beginning! You are invited to visit our Products
page to order your DVD copies today. Remember, an autographed photo is
included with every shipment. Or, visit your local video store. If you
have trouble finding our DVD's, be sure to register a complaint at your favorite
store or, let us know. Perhaps we can help you locate a retailer in your neighborhood.
Tell your friends about our terrific DVD's. They'll thank you for it. (We
certainly do!)
APRIL 2002
Playboy.com's latest offering focuses on Playmates
in the Movies, including a look at the Eighties... when Andy Sidaris was
crowned king! Dona Speir and Cynthia Brimhall are among the Centerfold/Malibu
Bay vets featured. Take a look!
And speaking of Cynthia, click
here for an update on Cynthia Brimhall's life as a Las Vegas showgirl! One
of our favorite L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies, Cynthia can be seen in HARD
TICKET TO HAWAII, PICASSO TRIGGER,
GUNS, DO
OR DIE, HARD HUNTED and FIT
TO KILL.
Julie Strain stars as Judge Julie on Playboy TV. Click
here to find out more.
MARCH 2002
Be sure and visit Girls & Guns (formerly Video
Vista) on the web, now featuring a special section on "The
Cult Cinema of Andy Sidaris." Complete with an Andy Sidaris profile, interview
and filmography, you won't want to miss this site!
The Phantom of the Movies' VIDEOSCOPE MAGAZINE Winter 2002, Issue #41
features among its many compelling stories, Andy Sidaris:
Bullets, Bombs & Babes. Click here
to read the article. Then, visit Videoscope
Magazine for more news from Joe Kane, The Official Phantom Biographer.
You'll be able to order your own autographed copy of the Phantom's new book with
one click!.
The Premier issue of STUN magazine features an interview with Andy Sidaris.
Click here to read the news.
JANUARY 2002
 Hard Ticket to Hawaii Click for wallpaper size |
 Picasso Trigger Click for wallpaper size |
The reviews
are in and they are terrific. To read more on the DVD release of HARD
TICKET TO HAWAII & PICASSO TRIGGER,
click the following links...
DVD
Authority on Hard Ticket to Hawaii
DVD
Authority on Picasso Trigger
DVD Talk
Mondo Digital
Film Brats
The Phantom of the Movies
Sleazegrinder
Treats
From the Underground!
Axe
Horror Reviews
Julie Strain remains the most
enterprising Lethal Lady. E-clips Productions produced "Julie Strain: Self-made
Star" for their series "BLITZ" to be aired on German TV's SAT 1. We'll let you
know the air date and probably let you see a clip.
DECEMBER 2001
HARD
TICKET TO HAWAII &
PICASSO TRIGGER are the first two action-packed
DVDs in the Andy Sidaris collection to be released exclusively by Ventura Distribution.
These DVDs are available in stores
now! Tell Your Friends!
For immediate online purchase, click here.
The DVD special features are:
Hosted by Andy Sidaris & Julie Strain
Audio Commentary
"Andy Sidaris Film School" featurette
Trailers for the entire Andy Sidaris Collection
Still gallery
Collectible booklet with production stills
And more!
You're invited to view our ALL-NEW DVD PHOTO GALLERY, featuring photos from
Hard Ticket to Hawaii and Picasso Trigger! Click
here to enter
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