In another movie with a Seiko and DeLorean connection, in BACK TO THE FUTURE, Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) wore a standard Seiko A826 Time Trainer watch, and his time machine was a modified DeLorean.
In ALIENS, automotive designer Giorgetto Giugiaro, who designed the DeLorean, modified a Seiko 7A28 watch for Ellen Ripley.
In BACK TO THE FUTURE, Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) wore a standard Seiko A826 Time Trainer watch, and his time machine was a modified DeLorean.
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In THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, scientists and US Air Force personnel at the North Pole discover a crashed flying saucer and its pilot frozen in the ice. After recovering the frozen alien pilot, some of the scientists wanted to thaw it out so they could communicate with the advanced being. However, Dr. Chapman, played by 6' 6" John Dierkes, persuaded them that thawing the alien might release deadly alien bacteria that could threaten mankind. Dierkes got the role of Dr. Chapman after originally auditioning for The Thing, but the role went to James Arness, who was 6' 7" and bigger than Dierkes.
Ironically, years later, Dierkes reunited with Arness when he appeared in three episodes of Arness' hit Western tv series, GUNSMOKE.
In THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, 6' 6" John Dierkes played Dr. Chapman.
Dierkes originally auditioned for The Thing role, but it went to James Arness who was 6' 7" and bigger than Dierkes.
Ironically, years later, Dierkes reunited with Arness when he appeared in three episodes of Arness' hit Western tv series, GUNSMOKE.
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Although Bob is very protective of the Kong armature, he has loaned it out on several occasions – but only when Bob himself is never far from the piece at the time. In October of 2005, when director Peter Jackson was finishing his remake of "King Kong," he flew Bob Burns, his wife Kathy, and the King Kong skeleton to the location in New Zealand. They spent a week as guests of the production, showing off the historic armature to the crew. The animators even filmed the model for reference (animating it probably for the first time since its use in the "Kong" sequel in 1933). And Bob and Kathy were given cameos in the film, screaming at Kong during the film’s climax.
When Jackson’s King Kong opened in December of 2005, Bob, Kathy, and the original Kong figure were special guests at the film’s New York premiere. Bob handed Kong over to Jackson for the evening, who held the metal skeleton tightly - jokingly referring to it as his "date." The original King Kong sat on his lap during the screening.
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Sci fi movie historian and prop collector Bob Burns owns the only surviving 18" armature (skeleton) Willis O'Brien made for the original KING KONG. When Peter Jackson filmed his remake in October, 2005, Jackson flew Burns, his wife, Kathy, and the armature to the film site in New Zealand where they were given cameos as two people stunned when King Kong bursts out of the Broadway theater.
At the movie's premiere in New York, Bob, Kathy and the armature were Jackson's special guests. Bob let Jackson hold the armature where he referred to it as his "date" and it sat in his lap during the premiere.
Burns's vast prop collection is located in his home's basement, known to sci fi fans as "Bob's Basement". His collection has props, in addition to KING KONG, from sci fi classics including THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, STAR WARS, FORBIDDEN PLANET, ALIEN, ALIENS, THE TIME MACHINE, BLADE RUNNER, TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY, THE WOLF MAN, GREMLINS and many others.
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LINK: https://www.flapperpress.com/post/the-i ... eff-yagher
Jeff Yagher's television debut was in V: The Series as Kyle Bates. He starred in the pilot of 21 Jump Street as Tommy Hanson.
He is also a talented sculptor and is responsible for many limited-issue plastic model kits over the last twenty years. His favorite subject appears to be classic movie monsters in the style of the Aurora kits of the early 1960s.
In the world of resin models, Jeff Yagher is a world leader, selling busts and models throughout the world. His artistry is superb, creating perfect representations of characters like Karloff's Frankenstein, Max Schreck in Nosferatu, Lugosi's Dracula. His range is huge, and includes figures from 1950s sci-fi and more up-to-date icons.
Jeff was originally cast as Officer Tom Hanson on 21 Jump Street (1987) but was replaced by Johnny Depp.
With close to thirty years in the profession, Yagher is considered "the godfather" of monster model sculptors, his work collected by the likes of George Lucas, Oliver Reed, Peter Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro. A father of twenty year-old twins and married to the incredibly talented Megan Gallagher, Jeff continues to work tirelessly to keep up with the demand for his work and still possesses a true love for the art, for monsters, and for movies.
I was five years old . . . and then I discovered girls and, like all modelers, I left the model kits behind. Well, I kind of did, but not really. They were always in the back of my mind. I was a collector of model kits that were plastic pieces when I was five, six, seven. In the sixties, there was a big Universal monsters craze, and a company called Aurora came out with all these model kits. I got all those—even when I was at Yale drama school. I’d get somebody to drive me into town, because I heard there was a hobby store. I’d look around and find a little model kit that I didn't have yet. They were five bucks, ten bucks. The Auroras were made of styrene, and they all came on these sprues on a sheet, and you’d take them off with tweezers. You glue them together with model glue—the kind of glue kids used to sniff in the sixties and get high. I remember getting headaches but never high. You’d use it in a well-ventilated area. It's really hard to come by that original stuff from the sixties because it's so toxic. Nowadays you use super glue.
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Sci fi fans might know Jeff Yagher, who co-starred on the 1984 alien invasion tv series V: THE SERIES in which reptilian aliens disguised as humans invade Earth. The series also starred Marc Singer, Jane Badler, Michael Ironside and Robert Englund. Yagher was in the 21 JUMP STREET tv pilot, but he was replaced by Johnny Depp.
However, more sci fi fans might unknowingly know Yagher as "The Godfather" of monster model sculptors with his models being bought by George Lucas, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro. Some of his models are inspired by the famous Aurora monster kits of the 1960s. Yagher said, "I was a collector of model kits that were plastic pieces when I was five, six, seven. In the sixties, there was a big Universal monsters craze, and a company called Aurora came out with all these model kits. I got all those—even when I was at Yale drama school."
He added, "...all of this started just because when I first came to Hollywood I got a series called V, and I suddenly had time on my hands between scenes on set. I would get so bored, so I started bringing clay to my trailer and making little sculptures. Then I put my first kit out. When that started to take off, suddenly every makeup artist in Hollywood saw my stuff and thought they could do the same thing too in between gigs. So all these makeup people really all started putting these things out or hiring me to do it for them. And it just grew nonstop from there."
Yagher said his model sculpts keep him busy, "...my dance card's been filled for 20 years. I know most of the guys who own these companies because I’ve been doing it for so long. I’ve known them forever. I’ll do a piece for someone like Sideshow Collectibles and sell it to them for about fourteen to fifteen grand . . . and they’ll make $300,000 or $400,000 on it."
He added, "I actually thought I would be an actor for all my life. I didn't think that this would become my number-one thing. I was 23 years old when I started doing this for a living. I didn't advertise myself in this hobby. People just knew me by name. So all the people who didn't follow my acting career thought of me as this little old man who lived in a tree and did these little magical things. Well, finally, after many years now, I've grown into that little old man that they imagined."
Jeff Yagher (blue shirt) co-starred in the 1984 alien invasion tv series V: THE SERIES.
Yagher began collecting the 1960s Aurora monster kits as a child and uses them as inspirations for his own models, including the Aurora kit from THE MUMMY.
Yagher, known as "The Godfather" of monster model sculptors, ironically sculpted a bust of Marlon Brando in THE GODFATHER.
Yagher's other sculpts include Harrison Ford in BLADE RUNNER and many others.
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Before Nigel Green co-starred in classic movies including ZULU, THE IPCRESS FILE and JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS, he had an uncredited 10-second appearance as a British Army radio announcer in the 1961 monster movie GORGO in which a gigantic dinosaur destroys London in search of its missing baby.
Nigel Green played Colour Sergeant Bourne co-starring with Michael Caine in ZULU.
Green played Major Dalby co-starring with Caine in THE IPCRESS FILE.
Green played Hercules in Ray Harryhausen's JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS.
Green had an uncredited 10-second role as a British Army radio announcer in GORGO.
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Character actor Sandro Giglio played a scientist in two 1950s George Pal sci fi movies.
In WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, the rogue star Bellus is headed on a collision course with Earth, so a modern-day Noah's Ark spaceship is built to carry 45 people to safety on Bellus' planet, Zyra. Giglio played scientist Dr. Ottinger, who does not believe the collision will occur and destroy mankind, "The world will not end."
In THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, Martians land on Earth to conquer mankind. Giglio played Dr. Bilderbeck, who predicts, "If the A-bomb fails...the Martians can conquer the Earth in six days."
In WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, Sando Giglio played Dr. Ottinger, who does not believe a collision between the rogue star Bellus and Earth will occur and destroy mankind, "The world will not end."
In THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, Giglio played Dr. Bilderbeck, who predicts a Martian invasion of Earth will doom mankind, "If the A-bomb fails...the Martians can conquer the Earth in six days."
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"The Prime Mover"----Kitty Cavanaugh and Jimbo Cobb.
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Christine White co-starred in two THE TWILIGHT ZONE episodes in which her male co-star later starred in his own hit tv series.
In the episode "The Prime Mover", White played diner waitress Kitty Cavanaugh, whose boyfriend/diner owner Ace Larsen, convinces diner co-owner, Jimbo Cobb (Buddy Ebsen), to use his telekinetic powers to win big in Las Vegas casinos. Ebsen later starred as Jed Clampett on the hit comedy tv series THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES and private detective Barnaby Jones on the hit detective tv series BARNABY JONES.
In the episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", White played Julia Wilson, whose husband, Robert (William Shatner), has recovered from a nervous breakdown and they are flying back home when Robert sees a dangerous gremlin on the airliner's wing that no one else sees. Shatner later starred as Capt. James T. Kirk on the classic sci fi tv series STAR TREK and LAPD Sgt. TJ Hooker on the hit cop tv series TJ HOOKER.
In the episode "The Prime Mover", Christine White played diner waitress Kitty Cavanaugh, whose boyfriend/diner owner Ace Laresen, convinces diner co-owner, Jimbo Cobb (Buddy Ebsen), to use his telekinetic powers to win big in Las Vegas casinos.
Buddy Ebsen later starred as Jed Clampett on the hit comedy tv series THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES and private detective Barnaby Jones on the hit detective tv series BARNABY JONES.
In the episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", Christine White played Julia Wilson, whose husband, Robert (William Shatner), has recovered from a nervous breakdown and they are flying back home when Robert sees a dangerous gremlin on the airliner's wing that no one else sees.
William Shatner later starred as Capt. James T. Kirk on the classic sci fi tv series STAR TREK and LAPD Sgt. TJ Hooker on the hit cop tv series TJ HOOKER.
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William Hudson played the husband in 1958's cult classic Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. In 1964 he was cast as the doomed first Captain of the Seaview, John Phillips, in the pilot episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. In 1965 he was back on Voyage as a different character in an episode infamous among fans of the series due to its heavy use of archive footage from the pilot episode (specifically a scene with Hudson and Richard Basehart leaving the Nelson Institute, being chased and attacked by a helicopter and which ended with the death of Hudson's character and the car going off a cliff aflame)[2] giving him the dubious honour of being the only person "killed" on that show twice.
William Hudson, who was killed off as Captain Phillips in the pilot, returns here so that he can die in a "stock footage" death. Hudson gives a likable but fascinatingly stilted performance. Some sloppy direction as kidnappers noisily grapple with Liscomb while an oblivious MP stands in the background.
Bill Hudson rehearses firing (at helicopter) as Richard Base-hart looks on from the back seat in this rare studio production shot. Final footage would have rear screen background rolling behind vehicle. Footage was shot in color for Voyage's pilot episode and reused in season two's "The X Factor. "
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William Hudson is best known for co-starring in the 1958 cult classic ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN where he played the unfaithful husband who was killed after his revenge-seeking wife was turned into a 50 foot giantess by an alien in a UFO. He may also be known to sci fi fans as Capt. John Phillips, the original commander of the submarine Seaview in the tv pilot for VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, who was killed off early in the pilot. Hudson returned to co-star in the episode "The X Factor" as Capt. Shire, who was also killed off by using the same footage from the tv pilot, but in color. Consequently, Hudson has the distinction of being the only actor killed off twice in VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.
William Hudson co-starred in ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN as the unfaithful husband who was killed after his revenge-seeking wife was turned into a 50 foot giantess by an alien in a UFO.
Hudson also played Capt. John Phillips, the original commander of the submarine Seaview, who was killed off in the tv pilot for VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.
Hudson returned in the episode "The X Factor" as Capt. Shire, who was killed off using the same footage, but in color, from the tv pilot which gives Hudson the distinction of being the only actor killed off twice in VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.
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THE DEADLY MANTIS--t-he film also suffered from a mass cast defection, too. The star of This Island Earth, Rex Reason, was initially supposed to play the lead, but he didn’t care to play second fiddle to a giant bug and asked to be released from his contract. And Mara Corday, a holdover from Tarantula, made it as far as a wardrobe fitting to play the love interest. But then immediately headed to the nearest bar with her friend and fellow actor, David Janssen, where they started drinking heavily and bitching incessantly about her part and being pigeon-holed, and then started tearing pages out of Corday’s script, converting them into paper airplanes, and started tossing them around the joint. When word of this incident reached the brass at UI, Corday was not only fired off the picture but her contract with the studio was terminated. And funnily enough, her next picture wound up being the even goofier The Giant Claw (1957) for Columbia.
Mara Corday, the star of Tarantula, and later The Giant Claw (1957, review) and The Black Scorpion (1957, review) was originally intended for the role of Marge Blaine, but she thought the script was so poor that she made herself extremely difficult, and was fired by the studio. In an interview with film historian Tom Weaver, though, Corday said her firing didn’t really have anything to do with her behaviour regarding the film, as Universal fired most of its stock in 1957, as part of a restructuring of its organization. This was a period when studios increasingly dropped much of its acting stock.
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I really like your enthusiasm for movies about dinosaurs vs. soldiers in your lead review about PRIMITIVE WAR---I'm a fan of JURASSIC PARK, but I think the franchise has been in a downward spiral since the original movie.
A suggestion for another horror movie set on a train is HORROR EXPRESS starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Telly Savalas----supposedly it was yet another movie inspired by John W. Campbell's "Who Goes There?"
I'm also a fan of THE TWILIGHT ZONES's "The Invaders"-----the "aliens" were designed by director Douglas Heyes and were really gold-colored puppets----with Heyes' own hand inside them.
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"The Galaxy Being" is the first episode of the original The Outer Limits television series, originally broadcast on September 16, 1963. In it, Alan Maxwell, an engineer for a small radio station, somehow makes contact with a peaceful alien creature – the "Galaxy Being" – who is then transported to Earth by accident. The Galaxy Being inadvertently kills several people with its natural radiation, and is met with violence from the people of Earth
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Cliff Robertson and William Douglas appeared in the movie PT 109 which told the story of President John F. Kennedy's heroism in saving the lives of his PT boat crew after it was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer in World War II. Robertson played Lt. (jg) John F. Kennedy and Douglas, the son of US Associate Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, played PT 109 crewman Gerard Zinser.
Three months later, Robertson and Douglas appeared together again in THE OUTER LIMIT's premiere episode "The Galaxy Being". Robertson played radio station engineer Allan Maxwell, whose radio experiments accidentally transport an alien, played by Douglas, from the Andromeda galaxy to Earth which lead to deadly consequences.
In PT 109, Cliff Robertson played Lt. (jg) John F. Kennedy, who saved the lives of his crew after their PT boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer.
In PT 109, William Douglas played PT 109 crewman Gerard Zinser.
William Douglas is the son of US Associate Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas.
In THE OUTER LIMITS premier episode "The Galaxy Being", Cliff Robertson played radio engineer Allan Maxwell.
In "The Galaxy Being", William Douglas played the alien accidentally transported from the Andromeda galaxy to Earth.
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During an interview segment of TV Land's 40th Anniversary Star Trek Marathon on November 12, 2006, Leonard Nimoy stated that Gene Roddenberry's first choice to play Spock was George Lindsey. Because of the flippant way Nimoy makes the comment, it has been suggested that he was joking.[4] The claim that Lindsey was offered the role is given more credibility when Lindsey's close friend, Ernest Borgnine, wrote in his autobiography,, "my hand to God – he turned down the part of Mr. Spock on TV's Star Trek, the role that made Leonard Nimoy famous."
TV LAND LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMsPCC9 ... cv&index=2
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In an interview for TV Land's 40th anniversary celebration of STAR TREK, Leonard Nimoy stated, "Believe it or not, I was not Gene Roddenberry's first choice to play Spock. So who was the first choice, the actor who turned down the role?------George 'Goober' Lindsey----true." Lindsey is best known for playing Goober Pyle on THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW. Ernest Borgnine, a good friend of Lindsey's, stated in his memoir ERNIE, "my hand to God – he turned down the part of Mr. Spock on TV's Star Trek, the role that made Leonard Nimoy famous." However, Lindsey's memoir, GOOBER IN A NUTSHELL, does not mention that he turned the Spock role down. Also, STAR TREK cast memos do not have Lindsey as a candidate to play Spock.
In the TV Land interview, Nimoy was displaying his Vulcan half-human humor when he started the urban legend that George Lindsey almost played Spock.
TV LAND LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMsPCC9 ... cv&index=2
Leonard Nimoy once stated that "George 'Goober' Lindsey" turned down the Spock role in STAR TREK.
George Lindsey is best known for playing Goober Pyle on THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW.
STAR TREK cast memos do not have Lindsey as a candidate to play Spock.
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TRIVIA---Charlton Heston and George Kennedy starred in two Universal Pictures hit disaster movies in 1974. In EARTHQUAKE, in which a massive earthquake hits Los Angeles, Heston played construction engineer Stuart Graff and Kennedy played cop Lew Slade. EARTHQUAKE was the fourth highest-grossing movie of 1974 earning $167 million worldwide. In AIRPORT 1975, Heston played Columbia Airlines test pilot Alan Murdock, who must board an airliner in mid-air after its flight crew were killed or blinded after colliding with another airplane. Kennedy played Columbia Vice President of Operations Joe Patroni. AIRPORT 1975 was the seventh highest-grossing movie in 1974 earning $103 million worldwide.
Heston finished filming EARTHQUAKE and 15 hours later, started filming AIRPORT 1975.
In EARTHQUAKE, Charlton Heston played construction engineer Stuart Graff and George Kennedy played cop Lew Slade.
In AIRPORT 1975, Charlton Heston played Columbia Airlines test pilot Alan Murdock and George Kennedy played Columbia Vice President of Operations Joe Patroni.
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Matthew McGrory (May 17, 1973 – August 9, 2005) was an American actor. At 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m), he was recognized as the tallest actor by Guinness World Records. He portrayed physically imposing characters throughout his career, including Tiny Firefly in the horror films House of 1000 Corpses (2003) and The Devil's Rejects (2005) and Karl the Giant in the fantasy comedy-drama Big Fish (2003). McGrory also held the Guinness World Records for biggest feet and longest toe.[1][2]
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TRIVIA---Mark Hamill said he was offered a starring role in the sequel to the horror movie THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE 2 (FULL SEQUENCE), “Someone said, ‘They want you to be in THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE PART 2.’ And I said, ‘What’s THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE?’ They explained the premise to me, and I went, ‘Oh my God! Thank you for putting those images in my head, and I’ll never forgive you for doing so.’ But that was an easy one. I said, ‘No, don’t send the script.’ The premise alone — I’ll never see one, and I really resent the fact that some human being thought of that concept of sewing people together, mouth to anus. Goodbye, and never enter my life again.”
The sequel plot had a mentally unstable security guard trying to surgically connect 12 people mouth-to-anus.
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B.A. from USC, a B.S. from UCLA, an M.A. from SMU, and a PhD from TCU)
Botany, Chemistry, Biology, Psychology, and Geography: These were his stated areas of expertise.
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.): Received from USC.
Bachelor of Science (B.S.): Received from UCLA.
Master of Arts (M.A.): Received from SMU.
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.): Received from TCU.
a Geiger counter to detect radiation, a power generator to make electricity from a pedal bike, a battery charger using coconut shells and seawater, a radio transmitter built from the shipwreck's parts, and a sewing machine for practical needs. He also created a variety of gadgets for comfort and rescue, such as a record player, a barometer, a sewing machine, a washing machine, and even a popcorn machine.
Everyday Inventions:
Sewing Machine: A bamboo sewing machine was created to provide clothing for the castaways.
Washing Machine: Another invention, a pedal-powered washing machine, provided a more convenient way to clean clothes.
Water Pump: A water pump was built to help the castaways get freshwater.
Record Player: A record player was constructed from the Minnow's steering wheel to entertain the group.
Inventions for Rescue and Safety:
Geiger Counter: After a meteor crash, the Professor built a bamboo Geiger counter to test its radioactivity.
Battery Charger: He fashioned a charger from coconut shells and seawater to power the radio.
Generator: A significant invention was the island generator, a pedal-powered system that served as the sole source of electricity for other devices.
Telegraph: The Professor built a telegraph to attempt communication with the outside world.
Nitroglycerine: To stop a volcano from erupting, he created nitroglycerine from island ingredients.
Other Notable Inventions:
Lie Detector: In an attempt to uncover a secret admirer, the Professor built a lie detector using bamboo and a horn from the Minnow.
X-ray Machine: He also created an X-ray machine.
Ferris Wheel: For entertainment, the Professor constructed a Ferris wheel on the island.
Hot Air Balloon
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The Professor's academic background are a Bachelor of Arts (USC), Bachelor of Science (UCLA), Master of Arts (SMU) and a Doctor of Philosophy (TCU).
One thing the Professor could not do was repair the SS Minnow, so the castaways could sail back to civilization. In an interview, Bob Denver explained the Professor's apparently sole deficiency by saying the Professor, "had no talent for boat-building."
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It appears that Karen Allen was the sure winner of the role once considered, but Spielberg and George Lucas had a few other women in mind beforehand. The most rumored casting what-if for Marion is Debra Winger, who had shown her leading-lady talent in Urban Cowboy (1980) opposite John Travolta, who would go on to play Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction. Winger hadn’t yet achieved the fame she would know after An Officer and a Gentleman and Terms of Endearment, but her tough energy left an impact on Spielberg. According to The Independent, Winger turned down the role because she felt it was beneath her.
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Beach Dickerson, a Corman regular, played four roles in this film... not only is he the fair-haired boy that drowns in quicksand, he is also the stranger riding in from the burning plains, the bear that attacks the hunting party, and a drummer during the funeral for his own character.
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LINK: https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-sc ... ill-199120
LINK: https://sph.unc.edu/sph-news/unc-gillin ... lth-in-us/
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While he was living on Oahu, Boone helped persuade Leonard Freeman to film Hawaii Five-O exclusively in Hawaii. Prior to that, Freeman had planned to do "establishing" location shots in Hawaii, but principal production in Southern California. Boone and others convinced Freeman that the islands could offer all necessary support for a major TV series and would provide an authenticity otherwise unobtainable.[18]
Freeman, impressed by Boone's love of Hawaii, offered him the role of Steve McGarrett; Boone turned it down, however, and the role went to Jack Lord, who shared Boone's enthusiasm for the state, which Freeman considered vital. Coincidentally, Lord had appeared alongside Boone in the first episode of Have Gun – Will Travel, titled "Three Bells to Perdido"
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“The part that Anna Nicole [Smith] played, I almost played,” Anderson said. “It was just scheduling. I couldn’t do it. But it’s good: I’d rather play this role.” Anderson’s character in the reboot-quel is modelled after a classic femme fatale. The character is named Beth, and she comes to the Police Squad for help after her brother is murdered.
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As a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home.
Sandro Giglio played a scientist in two George Pal outer space movies: WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE and THE WAR OF THE WORLDS.
Paul Frees as Radio reporter/pre-titles narrator
Sandro Giglio--WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE--Dr. Ottinger....THE WAR OF THE WORLDS--Dr. Bilderbeck
Paul Frees--WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE---narrator/President.......WAR OF THE WORLDS---first narrator/radio reporter
TRIVIA---George Pal produced two sci fi outer space movies in the early 1950s. In WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE (1951), scientists frantically attempt to build a "Noah's ark" spaceship to take people to a new planet after a star and its planet are due to collide with Earth and destroy mankind. In THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953), Martians land on Earth to conquer mankind. Two actors appeared in both movies.
Famous voice actor Paul Frees was the narrator and President of the United States in WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE. Sandro Giglio played Dr. Ottinger in WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE and he played Dr. Bilderbeck in THE WAR OF THE WORLDS.
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TRIVIA---James Cromwell is best known for playing corrupt LAPD Capt. Dudley Smith in L.A. CONFIDENTIAL and Dr. Zephram Cochrane in STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT, but his first movie role was in Neil Simon's MURDER BY DEATH where he played Inspector Milo Perrier's (James Coco) French chauffeur, Marcel Cassette.
The Salkinds turned their attentions to Hollywood legend Marlon Brando. He wasn’t remotely interested until the Salkinds offered him $3.7m salary, 11.75% of the profits, and a guarantee written into his contract he’d be on-set for 12 days at most.24/59
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For 12 days on set and 19 minutes on screen, Brando was paid about $19 million dollars in total. Donner later said Donner said about it: “I was upset as it seemed like much more money than anybody is worth. But working with him, and seeing him on film, he’s underpaid.”
The Newmans/Benton revised screenplay that Richard Donner inherited (and quickly re-wrote) included one infamous camp moment, where Lex Luthor encountered Telly Savalas playing Kojak in a railway station. Kojak then offered Luthor a lollipop and asked him his trademark line, "Who loves ya, baby?"
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an economist for the United States Department of State. In 1941 he joined the Red Cross and served in Britain during World War II. There he met director John Huston who recommended that he try Hollywood after the war. Instead, Dierkes went to work for the U.S. Treasury Department which coincidentally sent him to Hollywood to function as technical advisor for the film To the Ends of the Earth (1948) and Orson Welles cast him as Ross in his version of Macbeth in the same year. Welles used Dierkes again in his Touch of Evil (1958). He married Cynthia Dierkes and they had two daughters and two sons.
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JACK THE RIPPER miniseries premiered on American television on the exact same day that the movie Without a Clue (1988) was released: October 21, 1988. Both productions featured Sir Michael Caine, Lysette Anthony, and George Sweeney, and were set in Victorian London, and were shot by cinematographer Alun Hume.
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O'Brien married Hazel Ruth Collette in 1925 and they had two sons together, William and Willis, Jr., but the marriage was an unhappy one. O'Brien was reportedly forced into it, and rebelled with drinking, gambling, and extra-marital affairs. The couple had divorced by 1930 and the two boys remained with their mother, who had begun to show unbalanced behaviour. By 1931 Hazel had been diagnosed with cancer and tuberculosis, while William also contracted tuberculosis resulting in blindness in one eye and then the other.
The success of King Kong led to the studio commissioning a hurried sequel Son of Kong (also 1933), which O'Brien described as cheesy. With a limited budget and a short production schedule O'Brien chose to leave the animation work to his animation assistant, Buzz Gibson, and asked the studio not to credit him on the project. While making one of his daily visits to the set, O'Brien, who had remained close to his two sons after his separation from his estranged wife, invited Willis Jr. and the now completely blind William with him to handle the Kong and dinosaur models. A few weeks after this visit O'Brien's ex-wife, Hazel Ruth Collette, shot and killed William and Willis Jr. before turning the gun on herself. The suicide attempt failed and by draining her tubercular lung actually extended her life by another year. A publicity photo of O'Brien taken around this time shows the anguish on his face. Hazel Ruth Collette remained in the Los Angeles General Hospital prison ward until her death in 1934.
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In Too Many Christmas Trees (1965), John Steed received a Christmas card from Cathy Gale, and it was postmarked "Fort Knox". This is in reference to Honor Blackman's appearance as Pussy Galore in Goldfinger
There is a sly reference to Honor Blackman in this episode: as Steed and Emma open his Christmas cards ("And who is 'Boofums'?"), she announces that one of them is from Cathy, and hands it to Steed, who remarks, "Mrs. Gale! Oh, how nice of her to remember me. What can she be doing in Fort Knox?"
"Whatever can she be doing at Fort Knox ...?"
TRIVIA---in the classic British spy tv series THE AVENGERS, Honor Blackman played Cathy Gale and Patrick Macnee played her partner, John Steed. Blackman left the tv series to play Bond Girl Pussy Galore in GOLDFINGER in which Bond Villain Auric Goldfinger plots to explode an atomic warhead and irradiate the entire US gold supply at Fort Knox. Blackman was replaced by Diana Rigg as Emma Peel.
In the Christmas episode "Too Many Christmas Trees", Mrs. Peel opens Christmas cards including one from Cathy Gale which is postmarked "Fort Knox" which leads to Steed saying, "Mrs. Gale! Oh, how nice of her to remember me. What can she be doing in Fort Knox?"
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In Back to the Future, the theater in the background behind the clock tower shows "Orgy American Style" being shown. This is an actual porno from 1973. The male star from that porno played Red the Bum in the film, calling Marty a crazy drunk driver when returns to the present.
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In 1880 Edinburgh, Professor Sir Oliver Lindenbrook, a geologist at the University of Edinburgh, is given a piece of volcanic rock by his admiring student, Alec McEwan, who is in love with Lindenbrook's niece Jenny. Finding the rock unusually heavy, Lindenbrook discovers a plumb bob inside bearing a cryptic inscription. Lindenbrook and Alec discover that it was left by a scientist named Arne Saknussemm, who, almost 100 years earlier, had found a passage to the center of the Earth by descending into the volcano Snæfellsjökull, in western Iceland.
TRIVIA---supermodel Kathy Ireland's first movie role was starring in the sci fi adventure movie ALIEN FROM LA in which she played nerd Wanda Saknussemm, who searches for her missing archaeologist father. Her character was named after archaeologist Arne Saknussemm, the character from the Jules Verne novel JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, who died after discovering the Lost City of Atlantis. The hit 1958 movie based on the novel starred James Mason, Pat Boone and Arlene Dahl.
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TRIVIA---PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW was a 1971 movie in which a serial killer was preying on pretty female students at a California high school. The movie was written by STAR TREK creator Gene Roddenberry, directed by Roger Vadim and starred Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson and Telly Savalas. Later, all three actors were starring in their own hit tv cop shows.
Rock Hudson starred in McMILLAN & WIFE in which San Francisco Police Commissioner Mac McMillan and his wife, Sally, solve crimes. Angie Dickinson starred in POLICE WOMAN in which Los Angeles Police Sgt. Pepper Anderson went undercover to solve crimes. Telly Savalas starred in KOJAK in which he played New York Police Lt. Theo Kojak, who was once ranked by TV GUIDE as number 18 on its "50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time".
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"So I sat down and I thought 'Oh my goodness me.' I felt pain in my bum. I thought 'OK, this is my big moment, my big entrance.' So I stood up and my bottom is on fire at that point..."
Caroline Munro turned down a role in the original SUPERMAN with Christopher Reeve to play Bond villain Naomi in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. In her first scene, she greeted Roger Moore and Barbara Bach in a very revealing bikini. In reality, just before that, she sat on a bee which stung her on her bottom so she was in intense pain during the scene.
Warren Beatty's character, Joe Pendleton, was supposed to live until 10:17 am on March 20, 2025.
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The poster was designed by legendary book cover artist Roger Kastel - he would also go on to create the epic Gone With The Wind-style The Empire Strikes Back poster.
Both beauty and the beast are masquerading as things they are not. Watkins is not Backlinie, and the shark...is not a great white.
For the great white shark, Kastel actually used images of a mako shark, from photos he took at the Museum of Natural History.
And for his rendition of Chrissie Watkins swimming through the water and unaware of what lies beneath, he hired the then 24-year-old model, Allison Maher. The gig was one of her first jobs.
Maher lay across two stools to simulate the swimming motion of the unsuspecting Chrissie, showcasing what we would see in the opening minutes of the film. It's an image you can't shake when Chrissie is being attacked, even though we only see the attack from the surface. Both film and poster are merged.
For her stint on the stools Maher was paid just $35. We don't know if that payment was in cash or check.
The Kastel design was originally for the paperback version of the book, but the publishers, Bantam, allowed it to be used for the film's poster. And so a cinematic icon was born, and with it one of the most famous and oft-imitated film posters in the world.
Speaking to the New York Post, she said: “I knew it was a book cover and that was it. If you know me, you can tell it’s me."
Maher now goes by the name of Allison Maher Stern, after marrying real-estate developer Leonard Stern. He is now a prominent philanthropist, and Allison has an area named for her at the Central Park Zoo, the Allison Maher Stern snow leopard exhibit.
You could say she has gone from supporting a big fish, to supporting the plight of big cats.
Allison may have come a long way since donning that swimming pose on those chairs, but she does have a copy of that iconic Jaws poster. It's made all the more special as it is signed by Steven Spielberg.
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The Jaws poster is arguably one of the most iconic film posters in the history of cinema, showing the great white shark ascending to an unsuspecting Chrissie Watkins, the first victim in the Steven Spielberg film: Behind The Screams: Chrissie’s Attack
Except, it isn't a great white, it is a mako shark. The film poster's artist Roger Kastel didn't head to the ocean for inspiration, instead he paid a visit to the American Museum of Natural History.
There, he took a some photos of stuffed mako sharks waiting to be cleaned. They were laying on their side, but in the finished artwork the shark is positioned as if it is rising through the water.
The great white belongs to the Family Lamnidae (the mackerel sharks), which also includes mako and salmon sharks, so it is a close relative.
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Upon meeting the Joe Don Baker character, Sheree North says, "I didn't figure you for Clint Eastwood." Eastwood had, of course, starred in numerous previous Don Seigel pictures including "Two Mules for Sister Sarah", "The Beguiled" and "Dirty Harry".
When the hit man Molly arrives at Jewell's photo studio and introduces himself, Jewell sarcastically replies, "Yeah, I didn't figure you for Clint Eastwood". The role of Varrick was written specifically for Eastwood, whom, after initially accepting the role, ultimately turned it down, reportedly because Eastwood decided the character had no redeeming features.
TRIVIA---in Don Seigel's CHARLEY VARRICK, Walter Matthau played Charley Varrick, a down-on-his luck crop duster pilot who robbed a bank laundering Mafia money and the Mafia sent hitman Molly (Joe Don Baker) to recover the loot. In the scene where photographer Jewell Everett (Sheree North) met Molly, she said, "I didn't figure you for Clint Eastwood."
In reality, CHARLEY VARRICK was written specifically for Eastwood, who had starred in four Siegel movies, including DIRTY HARRY. Eastwood reportedly withdrew from the movie because the Varrick character had no redeeming qualities, and was replaced by Matthau.
Had Eastwood starred in CHARLEY VARRICK, it would have a reunion for the DIRTY HARRY team of Eastwood, Siegel, Andrew Robinson, John Vernon, Albert Popwell and Woodrow Parfrey.
Clint Eastwood---Inspector Harry Callahan (DIRTY HARRY), Charley Varrick (CHARLEY VARRICK).
Don Siegel---director (DIRTY HARRY), director and cameo as ping-pong player Murphy (CHARLEY VARRICK).
Andrew Robinson---Charles "Scorpio" Davis (DIRTY HARRY), bank robber Harman Sulluivan (CHARLEY VARRICK).
John Vernon---San Francisco mayor (DIRTY HARRY), bank president Maynard Boyle (CHARLEY VARRICK).
Albert Popwell---bank robber (DIRTY HARRY), Rudolph Percy (CHARLEY VARRICK)
Woodrow Parfrey---diner employee Jaffee (DIRTY HARRY), bank manager Harold Young (CHARLEY VARRICK).
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Matheson's last appearance was in the "Kick the Can" segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983).
Murray Matheson is most known for playing The Clown in the memorable 1961 Twilight Zone episode Five Characters in Search of an Exit (1961). Murray was astounding in his role and had most of the screen time. He was a funny and intelligent clown and the audience really cared for his character.
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There was some controversy over the casting. At 54, John Wayne was twice as old as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandevoort had been at the time. At 52, Robert Ryan was 15 years older than Gen. James M. Gavin had been.
After seeing the film, Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort, the character portrayed by John Wayne, said: "I never looked that old. I was 29 then. [Wayne was 55 when he filmed the role.] And no military man ever moved about the way Wayne did. The fact is, I was really scared."
he youngest major general to command an American division in World War II.
TRIVIA---June 6, 2025 is the 81st anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France. THE LONGEST DAY was the 1964 epic movie about D-Day based on the Corenlius Ryan book, although some referred to the movie as "The Oldest Day" because some of the actors were too old to be playing their soldier characters. John Wayne was 54 years old when he played 82nd Airborne Division Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort, who was 27 years old on D-Day. Robert Ryan was 53 years old when he played 82nd Airborne Division commander Gen. James Gavin, the youngest major general to command an Army division in World War II, who was 37 years old on D-Day.
By comparison, in A BRIDGE TOO FAR, also based on a Cornelius Ryan World War II book, Gen. Gavin was played by a much younger Ryan O'Neal.
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Although he would eventually obtain some good will with critics thanks to the success of Frenzy and Family Plot, Hitchcock had plans to make a major comeback with the romantic espionage thriller The Short Night, according to Far Out Magazine. With plans to shoot the film in Finland, the ostensibly old-fashioned adventure film would serve as a throwback to the underrated espionage projects he worked on early in his career. However, Hitchcock knew he needed a major star to fund his ambitious new project; at the time, Eastwood seemed like an obvious choice to take the mantle of his next leading man.
Just as he was peaking in popularity thanks to the success of the Dirty Harry movies, Eastwood met with Hitchcock over lunch to discuss the possibility of starring in what was likely The Short Night. While he has never revealed the specifics of their encounter, Eastwood was not enthused by the script and turned down the opportunity to work with Hitchcock. While it was unclear if Eastwood had any interest in working with Hitchcock on another project outside of The Short Night, he unfortunately never had the opportunity; Hitchcock died only four years after his final film, Family Plot, was released in 1976. It's not confirmed which project Hitchcock and Eastwood met for, but the timeline indicates The Short Night was likely the project.
While Eastwood’s refusal had struck a major blow to the film’s production, Hitchcock considered other actors to star in The Short Night. Aiming to find one of the era’s more popular stars that had experience playing tough, non-nonsense characters, Hitchcock approached, as noted in the previously linked Far Out article, Walter Matthau, Sean Conner
