Cruel and Unusual film-makers

Entertainment Weekly ( http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/01/watchmen-cruel.html ) has an item on The Watchmen movie's director/producer team of Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, and Wesley Coller launching a website for their own Hollywood production company.

In the Lounge of Cruel and Unusual Films ( http://www.cruelandunusualdigital.com/lounge.htm ), the creative trio list their pop culture delights - movies, books and music. Sound-wise, they're digging the Jimi Hendrix version of "All Along the Watchtower" and Allison Crowe's Hallelujah cover.

A few years back, a national Canadian news magazine, Macleans, interviewed Allison, asking her favourite, classic, jazz and rock recordings. Her top classic rock picks included Janis Joplin's "Me and Bobby McGee" and the Hendrix version of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" - both tracks will be heard in the upcoming Watchmen movie.

Add to these, Cohen's song that's currently sweeping the world, recordings from some all-time fave singers, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone, songwriters, and composers, and, the soundtrack alone appears worth the admission:

Desolation Row - My Chemical Romance

Unforgettable - Nat King Cole

The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan

The Sound Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel

Me & Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin

I'm Your Boogie Man - KC & The Sunshine Band

You're My Thrill - Billie Holiday

Pruit Igoe & Prophecies - The Philip Glass Ensemble

Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

Ride of the Valkyries - Budapest Symphony Orchestra

Pirate Jenny - Nina Simone* (*end credits of the "Tales From The Black Freighter" DVD).

The studio promises these iconic recordings "once heard in the context of the film, will never be thought of the same way again."

Here's wishing the Cruel and Unusual crew great success, and, sending big thanks, as well, for listening to, and sharing, Allison Crowe's music.