The Bazura Project
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| The Bazura Project | |
|---|---|
| Format | Movie Review, News Program |
| Starring | Shannon Marinko Lee Zachariah |
| Opening theme | In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg |
| Country of origin |  Australia |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Tim Egan |
| Running time | 27 mins. (approx) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Channel 31 |
| Original airing | December 7, 2006 |
| External links | |
| [The Bazura Project Official website] | |
The Bazura Project is a cult, late-night television show broadcast throughout Australian community television stations (Channel 31 Melbourne, 31 Brisbane and Television Sydney) written and hosted by Shannon Marinko and Lee Zachariah.
The show opens with Marinko and Zachariah parodying a classic film, which then leads into a waggish news segment, followed by "feature story", which is an extended segment dealing with either film patronage or making, followed by an interview with a usually Australian film director, then more reviews, waggishness and finally a studio-based outro. The show, in any case, hinges on the personalities of the hosts, who are generally funny, self-deprecating and winsome.
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[edit] Opening Sequence Spoofs
These sequences are not strictly parodies, but rather hosts Shannon and Lee finding themselves in situations that closely resemble famous scenes. They have been:
Episode 1.01 (December 7th, 2006) - The Sixth Sense
Episode 1.02 (December 14th, 2006) - Clerks
Episode 1.03 (December 21st, 2006) - It's a Wonderful Life
Episode 1.04 (January 4th, 2007) - Say Anything (film)
Episode 1.05 (January 11th, 2007) - Apocalypse Now
Episode 1.06 (January 18th, 2007) - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)
Episode 1.07 (January 25th, 2007) - The Usual Suspects
Episode 1.08 (February 1st, 2007) - Goodfellas
Episode 1.09 (February 8th, 2007) - Manhattan (film)
Episode 1.10 (February 15th, 2007) - American Psycho (film)
Episode 1.11 (February 22nd, 2007) - The Graduate
Episode 2.01 (June 7th, 2007) - The Blues Brothers
Episode 2.02 (June 14th, 2007) - Trainspotting (film)
Episode 2.03 (June 21th, 2007) - Faster Pussycat Kill Kill
Episode 2.04 (June 28th, 2007) - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Episode 2.05 (July 5th, 2007) - Pulp Fiction (film)
Episode 2.06 (July 12th, 2007) - Donnie Darko
Episode 2.07 (July 19th, 2007) - Adaptation (film)
Episode 2.08 (July 26th, 2007) - The Untouchables (1987 film)
Episode 2.09 (August 2nd, 2007) - On the Town
Episode 2.10 (August 9th, 2007) - Midnight Cowboy
Episode 2.11 (August 16th, 2007) - A Clockwork Orange (film)
Episode 2.12 (August 23rd, 2007) - King Kong (1933 film)
Episode 2.13 (August 30th, 2007) - Back to the Future Part II
The final Back to the Future Part II spoof impressively ran through time, interrupting the spoofs from the preceding episodes and featured an actual DeLorean. It flew.
[edit] Interviews
People interviewed on the show include Richard Wolstencroft, Pete! Ford, George Miller (producer), Melanie Coombs, Rohan Michael Hoole, Anthony Lucas, Sarah Watt, Chris Noonan, Everett De Roche, James Hewison, Jack Sargeant, Danny Boyle, Geoffrey Wright, Jerome Ranft, Paul Topolos, Roger Donaldson, Robert Connolly, Sue Maslin, Jonathan King (film director), Scott Hicks, Rolf de Heer and Jason Schwartzman.
[edit] Spin-off Media
[edit] Election 2007: Countdown to a Letdown
In 2007, the crew moved away from movies to apply the Bazura style to the Australian Federal Election. The one hour special aired on the eve of the election, Friday November 23, and featured a look back at the campaign, an instructional video about who to vote for, a guide on how to be a politician, and an interview with the Australian Democrats' Laura Chipp.
[edit] The Bazura Project presents Saturday Night Cult Movie
Beginning in March 2008, The Bazura Project began introducing Saturday night movies on Channel 31 Melbourne. The films included such classics as the 49th Parallel, Confidential Report and Hercules Against the Moon Men.
[edit] External links
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