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Jimmy Hemphill

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About Me

www.badreputationmovie.com

My Interests

anamorphic cinematography

Music:

Cheap Trick, Handsome Devil, The Vincent Black Shadow, Tom Waits, Vette, Regina Spektor, Kelly Clarkson, Sahara Hotnights, Tara Erickson, David Holmes, Mr. Henry Rollins, The Runaways, Manfred Mann, The Goo Goo Dolls, Shania Twain, The Carrie Nations, Duran Duran, Van Halen, Patti Smith, Slade, Hindi Guns, AC/DC, Warren Zevon, Led Zeppelin, The Replacements, Limp Bizkit, Bob Dylan, Joan Jett, The Ramones, Billy Joel, Pat Benatar, Kid Rock, Nelly, The Donnas, Hollywood Trash, Bruce Springsteen, Lisa Cornelio, Heart, The Clash, Hole, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Britney Spears, Lit, Robert Palmer, New Found Glory, Scandal w/ Patty Smyth, Bon Jovi, Hilary Duff, My Chemical Romance, Dave Edmunds, Liz Phair, The Who, X, Head Automatica, Nick Lowe, Johnny Cash, Phil Spector, Joni Mitchell, Prince, Blink 182, Rob Zombie, Fluid, Metallica, Simple Plan, Marilyn Manson, Bowling for Soup, Night Ranger, David + David, The Veronicas

Movies:

All-time Top Fifteen: Age of Innocence, All That Jazz, Boogie Nights, Bull Durham, Contempt, Dressed to Kill, The Godfather Trilogy, Halloween, I Know Where I'm Going, Marnie, Only Angels Have Wings, Rules of the Game, The Shining, Streets of Fire, Touch of Evil. The Rest: James Bond movies, Friday the 13th movies, New World Pictures from the 1970's, Cannon Films from the 1980's (especially THE APPLE and anything with Norris or Bronson), About Last Night, Aliens, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, American Gigolo, An American Werewolf in London, Audition, L'Avventura, Back to School, The Bad Sleep Well, Before Sunrise/Before Sunset, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, The Big Parade, Big Wednesday, The Bird With the Crystal Plumage, Bitter Moon, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, Bob Roberts, Body Heat, Bone, Borat, Bride of Frankenstein, Bubble, California Split, Carnal Knowledge, Criss Cross, Dawn of the Dead, Days of Heaven, Dead Man, Deliverance, The Descent, Die Hard 1 and 2, Diner, Faces, The Final Conflict aka OMEN III, 48 Hrs., The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Fright Night, Gone with the Wind, Grace of My Heart, Hannah and Her Sisters, Heat, He Said She Said, Hiroshima Mon Amour, A History of Violence, Hostel Part II, The House on Sorority Row, Imitation of Life, In a Lonely Place, JFK, Kill Bill, The Killer, Kiss Me Deadly, Kolobos, The Lady Eve, The Last Picture Show/Texasville, Laughing Dead, The Leopard, Lipstick, Looking for Mr Goodbar, Lost Highway, Modern Romance, Ms. 45, The Naked Kiss, 1900, Presumed Innocent, Prom Night, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, Raw Deal, Reds, Ride Lonesome, Robocop, Rock and Roll High School, Scenes From a Marriage, Scream, The Seduction, Sharky's Machine, She's All That, Singin’ in the Rain, Skin Deep, Some Came Running, Something Wild, Strange Days, Sugar Town, 10 Things I Hate About You, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, To Live and Die in L.A., Tootsie, Trouble in Paradise, True Romance, The Two Jakes, Under Fire, Unforgiven, Up the Creek, Vengeance is Mine, Waking the Dead, When the Levees Broke, The Wild Bunch

Television:

Yes.

Books:

AMERICAN PASTORAL by Philip Roth, BRIGHTNESS FALLS by Jay McInerney, THE BURNT-ORANGE HERESY by Charles Willeford, CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER by Ann Beattie, THE CHURCH OF THE DEAD GIRLS by Stephen Dobyns, THE COLD SIX THOUSAND by James Ellroy, DEAD CITY by Shane Stevens, THE DEVIL'S GUIDE TO HOLLYWOOD by Joe Eszterhas, DOG EAT DOG by Edward Bunker, ENDLESS LOVE by Scott Spencer, EVERYBODY PAYS by Andrew Vachss, THE EXECUTIONER’S SONG by Norman Mailer, FREAKY DEAKY by Elmore Leonard, GHOST STORY by Peter Straub, GUIDED TOURS OF HELL by Francine Prose, HOW TO READ AN UNWRITTEN LANGUAGE by Philip Graham, I WAKE UP SCREAMING by Steve Fisher, LESS THAN ZERO by Bret Easton Ellis, LIBRA by Don DeLillo, THE LITTLE SISTER by Raymond Chandler, MIAMI PURITY by Vicki Hendricks, NAKED LUNCH by William Burroughs, NIGHT SQUAD by David Goodis, RAVELSTEIN by Saul Bellow, SAVAGE NIGHT by Jim Thompson, SHOOTERS by Terrill Lankford, A SIMPLE PLAN by Scott Smith, THE SHINING by Stephen King, STILL HOLDING by Bruce Wagner, TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald, THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING by Milan Kundera, ZOMBIE by Joyce Carol Oates, Any film criticism by Joe Bob Briggs, Carol Clover, James Harvey, Laura Mulvey, James Naremore, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Robin Wood

Heroes:

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My Blog

I am the Scary Stud of the Month!

A lifelong (well, okay, months-long) dream has come true: Pretty Scary has chosen me as their Scary Stud of the Month for November! Check it out:www.pretty-scary.net
Posted by Jimmy Hemphill on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:12:00 PST

it’s now easier than ever to see my movie...

Hey everybody,Warner Bros. has picked up the Video on Demand rights for BAD REPUTATION, which means it's now available for VOD and Pay Per View on cable and dish services across the country, as well a...
Posted by Jimmy Hemphill on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:52:00 PST

REDACTED

Greetings from the Telluride Film Fest! I'll be writing an article on the fest for www.reel.com in a couple days, but I just had to jot down a few notes about the highlight of the fest thus far, Bria...
Posted by Jimmy Hemphill on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 01:25:00 PST

telluride

I'm heading out of town for the Telluride film fest for a week, so I may be a little slower than usual responding to e-mails, calls, etc. See everybody when I get back--JH
Posted by Jimmy Hemphill on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:37:00 PST

the last blog about my movie on DVD (I think)

So, if you've missed by relentless bulletins in the last few weeks, the time has come: my movie BAD REPUTATION is finally out on DVD. You can rent it at Blockbuster, buy it at Best Buy (where, for so...
Posted by Jimmy Hemphill on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 04:01:00 PST

the best review I will ever get

Today I got the greatest early birthday present I could ever ask for: the kick-ass women's horror site Pretty Scary gave BAD REPUTATION an incredible review. The critic who reviewed the movie got eve...
Posted by Jimmy Hemphill on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:23:00 PST

My movie wins at Shriekfest!

Years of work on my indie horror movie BAD REPUTATION came to a sweet climax tonight when we took home the Audience Choice trophy at the Shriekfest closing night awards ceremony. This meant so much t...
Posted by Jimmy Hemphill on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 02:03:00 PST

another interview with moi

For those of you who just haven't got enough of me pontificating this week, there's a new interview with yours truly on the cinemusings website. Check it out at http://www.cinema-crazed.com/badreputa...
Posted by Jimmy Hemphill on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:05:00 PST

latest review of my movie

Hey everybody,The Comic Book Bin website just ran a pretty nice review of my movie BAD REPUTATION. You can check it out at http://comicbookbin.com/badreputationreview001.htmlDon't forget the movie's ...
Posted by Jimmy Hemphill on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 10:27:00 PST

new interview with yours truly

I was interviewed as the "myspace filmmaker of the week" on the Australian film show Indie Film Nation yesterday.  You can check out the program for free at Itunes (it's under podcasts at "I...
Posted by Jimmy Hemphill on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 03:16:00 PST