You may already know this but just in case you didn't, you can watch Jack Nicholson in the movie The Wild Ride online. It is considered a public domain film and is available free of charge at Google Video. The quality is not great but it's a good way to see it and decide if you want to get it on DVD to watch. You will need the google video recorder but it's quite fast to download. This 1960 film was Jack Nicholson's second and the 59 minute production is worth watching for the soundtrack and to see how Jack contends with some truly awful lines.


Reds will be screened at the New York Film Festival which runs from Sept 29 - Oct 14. The schedule isn't due out until Sept 10th - we'll post when and where and ticket info on that day, for anyone lucky enough to be able to go. The release date for the 25th Anniversary edition, Region 1 DVD seems to have been moved back 1 week, from October the 3rd to the 10th, according to the pre-order info on Amazon.

HBO will be screening a 13 minute special "HBO: First Look - The Departed" starting on Sept 24th and then repeating it regularly through to October 18th. The First Look programs usually have some behind the scene footage and cast interviews. Click here to see the schedule make sure you set your DVD or video recorder.

Finally from The New York Daily News

Quick & Dirty

JACK ATTACK: For every lady who's ever wanted to know what it's like to be in a threesome with Jack Nicholson, former Miss USA Sallie Toussaint (pictured left) is dishing about her love scenes with Nicholson in the upcoming Martin Scorsese movie "The Departed." Toussaint tells Steppin' Out mag's Chaunce Hayden: "He kept giving me instructions. He's very intense! During the threesome, we would talk about games guys play. … I asked Jack if older guys play as many games as younger guys. And he said, 'Actually, sometimes older guys don't play any games at all.' We kept having little conversations like that. He likes to talk about life and health a lot. He's really an intense man. He kept telling me how beautiful he thought I was." She went on, "Martin Scorsese is so elegant and creative that it wasn't uncomfortable to film at all. It was actually kind of fun. … The other girl in the threesome was very nice, and she plays his main girlfriend. I play the friend who joins them in bed. All I'll say about the scene is that everybody who sees it is going to be shocked! A lot of people are going to get aroused watching us together! I was very aroused in the scene. I think it was Jack Nicholson's most erotic scene of his career."

Asked if Jack appears naked, she says: "What do you think? I mean, why would he be wearing a bathing suit in the bedroom?"

And if Jack is looking for love, Toussaint said: "He's not an ugly man. If we had chemistry, I could definitely be with him in real life."

We will all have to wait and see how much of these "infamous" sex scenes make the final cut.