The Bazura Project

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format = Movie Review, News Program
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starring = Shannon Marinko
Lee Zachariah
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opentheme = In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg
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network = Channel 31
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first_aired = December 7, 2006
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website = [http://www.bazuraproject.com/ The Bazura Project]
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The Bazura Project is a cult, late-night television show broadcast throughout Australian community television stations (Channel 31 Melbourne, 31 Brisbane and Television Sydney) written and hosted by Shannon Marinko and Lee Zachariah.

The show opens with Marinko and Zachariah parodying a classic film, which then leads into a waggish news segment, followed by "feature story", which is an extended segment dealing with either film patronage or making, followed by an interview with a usually Australian film director, then more reviews, waggishness and finally a studio-based outro. The show, in any case, hinges on the personalities of the hosts, who are generally funny, self-deprecating and winsome.

Opening Sequence Spoofs

These sequences are not strictly parodies, but rather hosts Shannon and Lee finding themselves in situations that closely resemble famous scenes. They have been:

Episode 1.01 (December 7, 2006) - The Sixth Sense
Episode 1.02 (December 14, 2006) - Clerks
Episode 1.03 (December 21, 2006) - It's a Wonderful Life
Episode 1.04 (January 4, 2007) - Say Anything (film)
Episode 1.05 (January 11, 2007) - Apocalypse Now
Episode 1.06 (January 18, 2007) - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)
Episode 1.07 (January 25, 2007) - The Usual Suspects
Episode 1.08 (February 1, 2007) - Goodfellas
Episode 1.09 (February 8, 2007) - Manhattan (film)
Episode 1.10 (February 15, 2007) - American Psycho (film)
Episode 1.11 (February 22, 2007) - The Graduate
Episode 2.01 (June 7, 2007) - The Blues Brothers
Episode 2.02 (June 14, 2007) - Trainspotting (film)
Episode 2.03 (June 21, 2007) - Faster Pussycat Kill Kill
Episode 2.04 (June 28, 2007) - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Episode 2.05 (July 5, 2007) - Pulp Fiction (film)
Episode 2.06 (July 12, 2007) - Donnie Darko
Episode 2.07 (July 19, 2007) - Adaptation (film)
Episode 2.08 (July 26, 2007) - The Untouchables (1987 film)
Episode 2.09 (August 2, 2007) - "On the Town"
Episode 2.10 (August 9, 2007) - Midnight Cowboy
Episode 2.11 (August 16, 2007) - A Clockwork Orange (film)
Episode 2.12 (August 23, 2007) - King Kong (1933 film)
Episode 2.13 (August 30, 2007) - Back to the Future Part II
Episode 3.01 (October 9, 2008) -

Season two's Back to the Future Part II spoof impressively ran through time, interrupting the spoofs from the preceding episodes and featured an actual DeLorean. It flew.

Interviews

People interviewed on the show include Richard Wolstencroft, Pete! Ford, George Miller (producer), Melanie Coombs, Rohan Michael Hoole, Anthony Lucas, Sarah Watt, Chris Noonan, Everett De Roche, James Hewison, Jack Sargeant, Danny Boyle, Geoffrey Wright, Jerome Ranft, Paul Topolos, Roger Donaldson, Robert Connolly, Sue Maslin, Jonathan King (film director), Scott Hicks, Rolf de Heer, Jason Schwartzman and Gillian Armstrong.

Spin-off Media

Election 2007: Countdown to a Letdown

In 2007, the crew moved away from movies to apply the Bazura style to the Australian Federal Election. The one hour special aired on the eve of the election, Friday November 23, and featured a look back at the campaign, an instructional video about who to vote for, a guide on how to be a politician, and an interview with the Australian Democrats' Laura Chipp.

The Bazura Project presents Saturday Night Cult Movie

Beginning in March 2008, The Bazura Project began introducing Saturday night movies on Channel 31 Melbourne. The films included such classics as the 49th Parallel, Confidential Report and Hercules Against the Moon Men.

External links

* [http://www.bazuraproject.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/bazura Official Myspace Website]