Hollywood Gone Wild episode 5: Starring George Lucas and “Red Tails,” “A Chorus Line” and Sammy Davis Jr.

The fifth episode of “Hollywood Gone Wild” is now available at iTunes. Here’s the lineup and some links to stories and articles mentioned in the podcast:

Sammy Davis Jr. and the Will Mastin Trio

Hollywood Gone Wild story: The night Sammy Davis Jr. killed at Ciro's

George Lucas and “Red Tails”

The New York Times profile of George Lucas

Aint It Cool review of “Red Tails” by Steve “Capone” Prokopy

New York magazine’s review of “Red Tails” by Bilge Ebiri

Terry Gilliam’s “The Wholly Family”

Trailer for “The Wholly Family”

Documentary “Meaning of Robots,” about a man who makes robots have sex on film

Trailer for “Meaning of Robots”

The Bruce Lee documentary “I am Bruce Lee”

Trailer for “I am Bruce Lee”

Praise for a movie I saw recently, a documentary about “A Chorus Line” called “Every Little Step.”

Regret over Joan Collins’ latest reading, over at the Spectator

Spectator article about Joan Collins

A semi-dramatic reading of “The Secret Life of Humphrey Bogart” that I hope proves my point:

Today’s “Hollywood Gone Wild” excerpt. about the night Sammy Davis Jr. killed at Ciro’s. Film of that night doesn’t exist, but here’s a short of the Will Mastin Trio that appeared a few years before:

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