Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson

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Brought to life through archival material and the reflections of over 40 colleagues, friends and fans, BLOOD & FLESH is much more than the story of a moviemaking life most unusual. It beautifully captures the worlds of outsider filmmaker communities that existed in California in the ’70s, and the weird ways they intersected with Hollywood mainstream and union indies. On Adamson shoots, regular Orson Welles crew and cinematographers like Gary Graver, Vilmos Szigmond and Lazlo Kovaks worked alongside Bud Cardos — and at one point, Charles Manson! Director David Gregory (founder of Severin Films, director of LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY’S ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU) spent years making this film, speaking to everyone down to the cops who investigated Adamson’s murder, vividly encapsulating both a bold life and tragic demise, with alien conspiracies, go-go dancers and Colonel Sanders coming in along the way. If you’ve got even a passing interest in cinema, you want to see this

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Cast

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Al Adamson actor Fred Olen Ray actor

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Marilyn Joi actor

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Gary Kent actor

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Robert Dix actor

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John "Bud" Cardos actor

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Tim Ferrante actor

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David Konow actor

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Leslie McRay actor

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Chris Poggiali actor

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Linda Sherman actor

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Samuel M. Sherman actor Russ Tamblyn actor

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Zandor Vorkov actor

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Michael J. Weldon actor

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Sharyn Wynters actor

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Biff Yeager actor Vilmos Zsigmond actor Gary Graver actor

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John Bloom actor