Turner Classic Movies showed the premiere episode of "Wonderful Worlld of Color' featuring 'Donald Duck in Mathemagic Land' caught the last 30 minutes or so - excellent!! Then after. from Disney 1978, 'Hot Lead and Cold Feet.' Western comedy starring Jim Dale (in three roles), plus Don Knotts, Darren McGavin, Jack Elam and a very fetching Karen Valentine. I suffered through this and others like it the first time around in theaters, and age has not been kind to this one. These movies Disney produced in the 70s 'post-Walt' era all have a similar look. Cinematography is very stark and bright outside, and then has deep shadows for interior scenes -- plus the camera has very little movement. All the dialogue has very obviously been looped in post-production, goofy music underscores whole scenes and then specific queues are used to accent 'funny' scenes or moments, old school sound effects (like gun fire, ricochets, punches and 'castle thunder') and the scripts and dialogue are just painful. In this one, they even have the blonde girl and brunette boy who are obviously replacements for Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann who were in the popular 'Escape to Witch Mountain.' Box office take wasn't as publicly examined back then - but you gotta wonder - did these turkeys make money? I didn't DVR it, but 'Trenchcoat' starring Margot Kidder followed this one on TCM. Oy vey!
