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What fans and critics are saying about Red State starring Michael Parks:
"Michael's performance was outstanding on every level. The audience was blown away.”
"Michael Parks gives one of the most intense and riveting performances I’ve seen all year..."
“The people I went with were overwhelmed by Michael's performance which was flawless. He is truly gifted."
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Michael Parks
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->Video clips ->Photos ->Songs ->Then CameBronson clips ->TCB photos ->Blog
(Video clips Table of Contents below)
Michael Parks broke into television when a talent agent discovered him (1958) performing in a theatrical group's production of Compulsion in Hermosa Beach, California at the age of 18. He has been in over 150 television episodes and movies since 1961 but he is probably best known by older generations for his 1969-1970 TV series, Then Came Bronson. ->Video clips ->photos and ->episode details.
Michael also sang the show's theme song, ->Long Lonesome Highway which became #20 on Billboard's Hot 100and #41 on Hot Country Songs. Music albums from the late 1960s and 1970s from his parallel music career included: Closing the Gap (1970), Blue (1970), Lost and Found (1971), You Don't Know Me (1980) and Coolin' Soup in 1998. To hear songs from these albums ->here.
In the early 1960s, he appeared in TV shows such as The Detectives, Ben Casey, Perry Mason and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. After the Perry Mason episode (The Case of Constant Doyle) with Bette Davis, she commented, "Without a doubt, and with neither hesitation or reservation, I'd have to pick Michael Parks as the greatest young actor in the business today."
Clips of these episodes on ->video page 2 and ->video page 3.
Michael is probably best known by younger generation by his more recent work with director Quentin Tarantino, From Dusk 'Til Dawn (1996), Kill Bill:Vol.1 and Kill Bill: Vol.2. Mr. Tarantino has referred to Michael as, "The world's greatest living actor".
Michael also sang the show's theme song, ->Long Lonesome Highway which became #20 on Billboard's Hot 100and #41 on Hot Country Songs. Music albums from the late 1960s and 1970s from his parallel music career included: Closing the Gap (1970), Blue (1970), Lost and Found (1971), You Don't Know Me (1980) and Coolin' Soup in 1998. To hear songs from these albums ->here.
In the early 1960s, he appeared in TV shows such as The Detectives, Ben Casey, Perry Mason and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. After the Perry Mason episode (The Case of Constant Doyle) with Bette Davis, she commented, "Without a doubt, and with neither hesitation or reservation, I'd have to pick Michael Parks as the greatest young actor in the business today."
Clips of these episodes on ->video page 2 and ->video page 3.
Michael is probably best known by younger generation by his more recent work with director Quentin Tarantino, From Dusk 'Til Dawn (1996), Kill Bill:Vol.1 and Kill Bill: Vol.2. Mr. Tarantino has referred to Michael as, "The world's greatest living actor".
For Michael's history and filmography, try these two sites:
->http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662981/ (Internet Movie Database)
->http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Parks (Wikipedia)
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Here are some great Then Came Bronson sites to explore:
->www.jimbronson.com and ->www.thencamebronson.tv
->http://sportstermanuals.com/Bronson.html
You can buy the series here ->www.horseapple.com and here ->www.jimbronson.com
Video Clips Table of Contents
Filmography clips: pages 1-19
Then Came Bronson: pages 1-6
click on blue title/video page number
Then Came Bronson 1969-1970
->Pilot
Episode list:
1) The Runner
2) The Old Motorcycle Fiasco
3) A Famine Where Abundance Lies
4) Circle of Time
5) Where Will the Trumpets Be?
7) The 3:13 Arrives at Noon
9) Your Love is Like a Demolition Derby
11) All the World and God
12) A Long Trip to Yesterday
13) The Spitball Kid
14) Sybil
16) A Pickin' an' a Singing'
17) The Gleam of an Eagle's Mind
18) The Undiscovered Country
19) Lucky
20) Mating Dance for Tender Grass
more episode clips coming soon...
->Video 17 1990-93
Twin Peaks
The Hitman
Out of Control
Storyville
Sea Quest
->Video Page 19 *
8 new movie clips from 2000-2007
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Changes, updates and additions will start happening in February.
Michael stars in Kevin Smith's new movie, Red State, a horror/thriller film in which a group of misfits encounter fundamentalism gone to the extreme in Middle America: ->http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0873886/
Release date: Red State on VOD this September and in theaters this October.
Interview ->http://www.thewrap.com/deal-central/column-post/red-state-24150
Though Red State received a wide range of reviews,
all critics and fans raved about Michael's performance. Here are a few quotes:
"...RED STATE is a showcase of the many talents of Michael Parks. Parks has a very distinguishable voice that is perfect for the character he’s portraying. He’s a gifted entertainer that has a great control and awareness of the performance he is given and is always savoring the moment and feeding off the energy and grimness in the script. One moment he can be brooding and creepy the next he could be lovable and funny and a second later be intense and crazy. The constant shift of his actions makes for a performance that’s screen grabbing and unforgettable..." ->http://ptentertainment.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/movie-review-red-state-2011/
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"...their great performances would not have been possible without the spellbinding Michael Parks as Abin Cooper. His mesmerizing performance doesn't have him acting in an overtly terrifying or evil manner; he delivers a subtle and nuanced performance to authentically portray belief. Parks chills, as he is able to navigate between suggesting a murderous cleanse of all the ‘unholy’..." ->http://flickeringmyth.blogspot.com/2011/07/movie-review-red-state-2011.html.
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"...The movie itself is dark with the hateful and violent nature of the people that inhabit the Five Points Church, but there are still hints of Kevin Smith’s signature humor. Michael Parks gives one of the most intense and riveting performances I’ve seen all year so far..." ->http://www.moviesonline.ca/2011/03/red-state-movie-review/
New for October 2011
Check "Articles" below
New for September 2011
Video Page 19 ->8 new movie clips from 2000 to 2007
L.A. Times:> http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-michael-parks-20110905,0,2472053.story
New for August 2011
2011 Interview ->http://www.thewrap.com/deal-central/column-post/red-state-24150
2007 interview: ->http://dvd.ign.com/articles/778/778116p1.html
1997 interview: ->http://www.thencamebronson.tv/images/Worldly_Remains_Pdf_no_covers.pdf
Listen to Michael sing ->Just a Closer Walk with Thee
New for July 2011
James Parks (Michael's son) is an actor
->James Parks on Michael Parks For You
James filmography->http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662960/
Michael and James in Kill Bill.
James Jean Parks
New: 7-2011
Michael Parks in:
>1961 The Detectives:
Personal Enemy
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> 1963 Wagon Train:
Heather & Hamish
New 7-2011
->Video page 10 -New clip from Escape From Bogen County
->Video Page 18 (The Player, Deceiver, Julian Pro, Wicked, Walker Texas Ranger, Dusk Till Dawn)
->Video 19 (Bullfighter and Kill Bill vol.1)
~ Articles ~
1997->http://www.thencamebronson.tv/images/Worldly_Remains_Pdf_no_covers.pdf
1970 -> Then Came Bronson, Harley-Davidson's Hottest Salesman
->http://www.thencamebronson.tv/images/Cycle_Mag_PDF.pdf
->http://jimbronson.com/news/Don_News/MCClassics1.htm
May 1982: >Michael Parks Interview (Custom Bike)
March 2000: ->Bronson Rides Again (Easy Rider)
