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Tuesday, August 01, 2006 

Media Orchard Interviews Beer Goggle Theater's Andy Sidaris

Andy Sidaris is our kind of guy. The 73-year-old film director, an SMU alumnus who has shot many of his movies in Dallas, is no Martin Scorsese -- but he sure seems to know how to have a good time.

Not familiar with Andy's films? Watch this scene from Hard Ticket to Hawaii -- it'll tell you all you need to know. That's right; Andy did "Snakes in a Toilet" when Snakes on a Plane was a twinkle in David Ellis' eye.

Joe Swanberg of FilmBrats sums up the Sidaris canon well:

I remember my first Andy Sidaris film like it was yesterday. I was a pimple-faced teen working at Hollywood Video and Return To Savage Beach appeared on the new release wall. After staring at the box for 10 minutes, I decided I should rent the movie. I figured the big breasted, bikini clad babes who fought crime as the members of the L.E.T.H.A.L. Force would be good for a laugh. Laugh I did, but there was something more to these movies. I got the distinct sense that the filmmakers knew the kind of movie they were producing, and were having fun with it.

Joe went on to develop the Andy Sidaris Hi-Five.

There are other things to like about Andy. Like Cathy and me, Andy and his wife Arlene have also managed to build a husband-and-wife business with no one getting killed -- at least not yet.

Click here to read the entire interview!!!