tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29213270.post5248457671224255830..comments2024-02-25T11:14:29.460-05:00Comments on TEMPLE OF SCHLOCK: Movie Ad of the Week: UNDERGROUND HI-JACK (1975)Temple of Schlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16054224371623000524noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29213270.post-30954859248856632652017-05-18T03:12:28.284-04:002017-05-18T03:12:28.284-04:00It that first ad, "Underground Hi-Jack" ...It that first ad, "Underground Hi-Jack" looks like more of a tag line that it does a re-titling. The original title of the film is presented directly below.Bob DiMuccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06911269012010072673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29213270.post-63513987472771768842016-12-14T05:59:44.102-05:002016-12-14T05:59:44.102-05:00UNDERGROUND HI-JACK would be the second retitling ...UNDERGROUND HI-JACK would be the second retitling for THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE. It received a semi-large resolicitation under the title THE MASTERMIND, complete with alternate trailers and posters circulated by NSS. <br /><br />UA did a similar reissue for THE MECHANIC, under the new title KILLER OF KILLERS, though that may have been for the UK only.Marc Edward Heuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07563779617157443811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29213270.post-25736912680975092992016-09-14T16:03:45.667-04:002016-09-14T16:03:45.667-04:00Kind of an odd move with 'Pelham 1-2-3', a...Kind of an odd move with 'Pelham 1-2-3', as the whole hi-jack "craze" was a few years earlier. Guess they were trying to make it look more grindhouse-y?<br />Also, the 'Herbie'/'Gods' double bill is amazing.Guy Callawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02237807931893298891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29213270.post-85362614430619282682016-09-11T21:12:07.257-04:002016-09-11T21:12:07.257-04:00I remember "The Taking of..." as a relat...I remember "The Taking of..." as a relatively mainstream, big-budget picture - not the sort of thing to get a an exploitation-style retitle. Was that more common than we remember?Muscatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.com