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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NC State played a role in the demise of Burt Reynolds’ football career at Florida State and the beginning of his acting career, way back in 1957. No, really. I hadn’t heard about this historical footnote before Tuesday (thanks, Tim!), but it’s true--after Reynolds was beaten by Dick Christy for the game’s only score, he got an earful from FSU’s coach, and he decided he’d had enough of football.
Reynolds could be forgiven for his mistake given that it came as the result of an illegal--er, crafty (unprecedented?) veteran move. Christy ran out of bounds and into the FSU sideline during the play late in the second quarter, apparently ran all the way behind the FSU bench, returned to the field of play, caught a long pass, and scored. Those were the only points scored in the game; somehow, Christy was not penalized for his field trip out of bounds.
Reynolds became the goat, and the rest is Hollywood history.
“My side of the story is that, first, he ran out of bounds,” Reynolds said in the fall of 2006. “Secondly, I think he ran behind our bench and came back on the field. He just disappeared out of my line of sight and was behind me.
“The ball player that played against Dick Christy was not the same ball player I was as a freshman. That’s not to say that he wouldn’t have gotten behind me anyway. He was a great, great ball player, and the person responsible for starting my acting career. After that game, I am going off to become a movie star.”
TRIVIA---Academy Award-nominated Burt Reynolds is best known for starring in DELIVERANCE, THE LONGEST YARD, SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT and others.
TRIVIA---in THE LONGEST YARD, Burt Reynolds played ex-NFL star Paul Crewe, whose pro football career ended after a point-shaving scandal. After intentionally stealing and destroying his wealthy girlfriend's expensive car, he is sent to a Florida prison where the corrupt prison warden forces him to quarterback the prison football team, the "Mean Machine", against the warden's semi-pro team of prison guards. The warden blackmails Crewe to lose to the guards team, but Crewe defies the warden and finds redemption when he scores the winning touchdown against the guards.
Ironically, the Academy Award-nominated Reynolds' career as one of Hollywood's sexiest actor began when he played football at Florida State. In FSU's game against North Carolina State in 1957, Reynolds was covering NC State halfback Dick Christy, who apparently ran out of bounds behind the FSU bench, came back in bounds and caught the winning touchdown with the final score being 7-0. FSU Coach Tom Nugent and Reynolds' teammates blamed him for the NC State victory. Unhappy with being the scapegoat, Reynolds left the team after the loss and decided he wanted to be an actor.
In 2006, Reynolds commented on the play, “My side of the story is that, first, he ran out of bounds. Secondly, I think he ran behind our bench and came back on the field. He just disappeared out of my line of sight and was behind me. The ball player that played against Dick Christy was not the same ball player I was as a freshman. That’s not to say that he wouldn’t have gotten behind me anyway. He was a great, great ball player, and the person responsible for starting my acting career. After that game, I am going off to become a movie star.”
In THE LONGEST YARD, ex-NFL star Paul Crewe defies being blackmailed by the sadistic prison warden and finds redemption by scoring the winning touchdown against the warden's semi-pro guards team (player #65 is Burt Reynolds' adopted brother, James Hook Reynolds, who also played football at FSU).
Burt Reynolds decided to become an actor after quitting the Florida State football team when Coach Tom Nugent and his teammates blamed him for allowing North Carolina State halfback Dick Christy to score the wining touchdown in the 7-0 loss to NC State.
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John Leguizamo appeared in two airliner skyjacking movies--EXECUTIVE DECISION and DIE HARD 2.
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In 1956, Bissell appeared in the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers in a minor uncredited role as a hospital psychiatrist who interviews the film's main star, Kevin McCarthy. When the film was remade in 1978, Bissell's character was greatly expanded and played by Leonard Nimoy.
A psychiatrist, Dr. Hill, is called to a Los Angeles hospital, where a man named Dr. Miles Bennell is being held in custody. Miles recounts the events leading up to his arrest and arrival at the hospital.
Whit Bissell – Station Manager Lurry
TRIVIA---in the STAR TREK episode "The Trouble with Tribbles", Leonard Nimoy played Spock and Whit Bissell played Deep Space Station K7 Manager Lurry. In the original 1956 INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, Bissell played psychiatrist Dr. Hill who examines Dr. Miles Bennett, who claims alien space pods have taken over his California town by make copies of the residents. In the 1978 remake INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, Nimoy played psychiatrist Dr. David Kibner, who examines scientist Elizabeth Driscoll, who fears San Francisco residents are being taken over.
In the STAR TREK episode "The Trouble with Tribbles", Leonard Nimoy played Spock and Whit Bissell played Deep Space Station K7 Manager Lurry.
In the original 1956 INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, Bissell played psychiatrist Dr. Hill who examines Dr. Miles Bennett, who claims alien space pods have taken over his California town by make copies of the residents.
In the 1978 remake INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, Nimoy played psychiatrist Dr. David Kibner, who examines scientist Elizabeth Driscoll, who fears San Francisco residents are being taken over.
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Carl Sigman was a songwriter who served in the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II, where he was part of a glider crew. For his service, he was awarded the Bronze Star, and for his songwriting, he wrote the 82nd Airborne's official song, "The All American Soldier," for which he received a $25 war bond.
Military Service: Sigman was drafted in 1942 and served in a glider division. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his heroism in Africa.
Songwriting: While in the service, he wrote "The All American Soldier," which became the 82nd Airborne's official song.
Award: He received a $25 war bond for writing the song.
Legacy: Sigman became a celebrated songwriter after the war, with hits including "Pennsylvania 6-5000" and "Where Do I Begin?" from the film Love Story.
It's All in the Game" is a pop song whose most successful version was recorded by Tommy Edwards in 1958. Carl Sigman composed the lyrics in 1951 to a wordless 1911 composition titled "Melody in A Major", written by Charles G. Dawes, who was later Vice President of the United States under Calvin Coolidge. It is the only No. 1 single in the U.S. to have been co-written by a U.S. Vice President[1] or a Nobel Peace Prize laureate (Dawes was both)
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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.
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In 2009, after watching the 1999 movie "Stuart Little" with his young daughter, Hungarian art historian Gergely Barki noticed a famous "lost" Robert Bereny painting hanging in the background. A set designer had purchased it for $500, and after this discovery, "Sleeping Lady with Black Vase" went to auction where it sold for $285,700. The original 1927-1928 painting was sold in 1928 and disappeared during World War II. Do you find it interesting how this painting was discovered after all those years?
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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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"The Prime Mover"----Kitty Cavanaugh and Jimbo Cobb.
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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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"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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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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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.
TRIVIA---in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, Steven Spielberg offered the Marion Ravenwood role to Debra Winger, but she turned it down because she felt the role was beneath her, so the role went to Karen Allen. The next year, Winger did have a cameo Spielberg's E.T.: THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL in the Halloween trick-or-treat scene where she is the person wearing the zombie doctor costume and carrying a poodle.
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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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“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.
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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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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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28 Primetime Emmy Awards from a record of 117 nominations.
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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
