Send your movie questions to FlickChickSee Maitland McDonagh and Ken Fox review this weeks new flicks in Movie TalkQuestion I read somewhere that the song Maniac from Flashdance was originally written for the slasher movie Maniac I find that really hard to believe but could it be true Gary FlickChick This is one of those rumors so nutty youre inclined to believe it and it appears theres a speck of truth to it but only a speck Michael Sembellos Maniac was not written for Bill Lustigs notorious Maniac 1980 which starred Joe Spinell as a New York-based serial murderer who stalks and scalps women Sembellos account of how the song came into being has his writing partner Dennis Matkosky seeing Maniac and scribbling down the presumably parodic lyrics Hes a maniac maniac thats for sureHe will kill your cat and nail him to the door Presumably the two worked it into a rough track and set it aside because Sembello claims that when he was working
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Question: I have seen a timeless comedy on late-night TV about a mother who gives her daughter a dog-training book to use as a relationship guide for her hubby. I can't recall a title or the actors, but I would love to watch it with my daughter upon her engagement! Answer: It's the Bobby Darin/Sandra Dee comedy If a Man Answers (1962). Although not one of Dee's best-known films, its fans are very devoted. The strong supporting cast includes French actress Micheline Presle as Dee's mother, Cesar Romero as Darin's father and a very young
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