When movies in this genre are listed as "10 best," the original is often number 1, though some lists have it as 2 or (hell no) 3. But as far as worst sequels ever, part II makes people want to spit up, it's so bad.
This movie had three sequels (arguably, not as bad as "The Exorcist II").
It was the final film of actors Van Heflin, Virginia Grey, Thomas Browne Henry, and Jessie Royce Landis, as well as composer Alfred Newman.
The movie was double-billed in some markets with "The Andromeda Strain," with the tag line "Together On One Great Family Program".
The film featured five Academy Award winners (not for this film).
The two main stars each received 10% of the gross, or about $7,000,000 (a lot of money at the time). One of them, however, called this film "the worst piece of junk ever made."
When production costs spiraled over budget, Universal Chairman Lew Wasserman told producer Ross Hunter to shut it down. Hunter persisted, and finished the film. Universal execs predicted the film would be a flop and premiered it in many markets, hoping to recoup their loss before word of mouth killed it at the box office. The film turned out to be a hit, and brought in huge profits. Hunter publicly boasted that the film paid the salaries at Universal for several years, thus earning Wasserman's eternal enmity and resulting in Hunter's contract not being picked up for renewal.
Patty Poulsen, who portrayed Joan, one of the stewardesses aboard the "Golden Argosy" in her first and only film role, was an actual stewardess for American Airlines. She was the winner of a stewardess beauty contest in which one of the prizes was a role in this film. She was also used heavily in American Airlines' advertising of its new uniforms during the mid to late 1960s, photos that have, more recently, appeared in several different coffee table books celebrating the history of the airline hostess.
Ever since the introduction of the MPAA two years prior, this movie was one of the few G rated films to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. The others are Oliver! (1968) which won it, Funny Girl (1968), Fiddler on a Roof (1971), Sounder (1972), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Babe (1995), and Toy Story 3 (2010).
This movie had three sequels (arguably, not as bad as "The Exorcist II").
It was the final film of actors Van Heflin, Virginia Grey, Thomas Browne Henry, and Jessie Royce Landis, as well as composer Alfred Newman.
The movie was double-billed in some markets with "The Andromeda Strain," with the tag line "Together On One Great Family Program".
The film featured five Academy Award winners (not for this film).
The two main stars each received 10% of the gross, or about $7,000,000 (a lot of money at the time). One of them, however, called this film "the worst piece of junk ever made."
A locked steel door was the only exit to the rear alley. Remo sensed no explosives wired to the door. In a spray of mortar and falling bricks, Remo tore it from its hinges.
The door was not wired to explode because there were five men inside guarding it. Remo used the door to crush two against the wall of the basement hallway before they could even finger their triggers. The remaining three, seeing their comrades turned to mushy central masses possessed of human arms and legs, and seeing the figure of legend who had killed them, threw down their guns and threw up their hands.
“We surrender!”
Remo cast a cold eye over the three cowering figures, men who would gleefully murder innocents in the name of their cause, now quivering before him.
“Which one of you is Mohammed?” Remo asked.
Three shaking hands were raised. “Him too,” one of the terrorists said, pointing toward a mangled corpse.
“Okay, which one of you is Mustafa’s brother?”
Two hands lowered.
“Mustafa who was busted before he could fly a plane into the White House in 2001?” Remo asked.
The terrorist had to think for a moment. “Did you say 2001?” he asked. Remo nodded. “Oh.” The terrorist lowered his hand and shook his head.
None of these was the man he was after.
“I will let all of you live if just one of you knows the meaning of the word mercy,” Remo said coldly.
The three startled terrorists huddled like game show contestants. When they had decided on an answer, their spokesman turned hopefully to Remo.
“It means ‘thank you’ in French.”
Remo left the bodies near the alley door and headed for the basement stairs.
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Why didn't you say that 2 days ago Mr. Wolf? Your right Rottie, They are pretty good. Makes it tough on me to get my 2 cents in.
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I was way off going with "The Terminal", except that it didn't have any articles of clothing in the title. I assume WordWolf is correct, but I'm not familiar with it. But that's not unusual.
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Stallone. Also well-known for reprising his Rocky role. I can't see him in Eddie Murphy's role in BHC, though... George
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Is this movie "2010", the sequel to "2001: A Space Odyssey?"
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It is not.
When movies in this genre are listed as "10 best," the original is often number 1, though some lists have it as 2 or (hell no) 3. But as far as worst sequels ever, part II makes people want to spit up, it's so bad.
(Yes, hints are embedded in this post).
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I thought WW had it, but I'll try
The Exorcist
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Technically I was looking for Exorcist II, but...
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This movie had three sequels (arguably, not as bad as "The Exorcist II").
It was the final film of actors Van Heflin, Virginia Grey, Thomas Browne Henry, and Jessie Royce Landis, as well as composer Alfred Newman.
The movie was double-billed in some markets with "The Andromeda Strain," with the tag line "Together On One Great Family Program".
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This movie had three sequels (arguably, not as bad as "The Exorcist II").
It was the final film of actors Van Heflin, Virginia Grey, Thomas Browne Henry, and Jessie Royce Landis, as well as composer Alfred Newman.
The movie was double-billed in some markets with "The Andromeda Strain," with the tag line "Together On One Great Family Program".
The film featured five Academy Award winners (not for this film).
The two main stars each received 10% of the gross, or about $7,000,000 (a lot of money at the time). One of them, however, called this film "the worst piece of junk ever made."
Geroge
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Can we have another clue?
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Sorry.
When production costs spiraled over budget, Universal Chairman Lew Wasserman told producer Ross Hunter to shut it down. Hunter persisted, and finished the film. Universal execs predicted the film would be a flop and premiered it in many markets, hoping to recoup their loss before word of mouth killed it at the box office. The film turned out to be a hit, and brought in huge profits. Hunter publicly boasted that the film paid the salaries at Universal for several years, thus earning Wasserman's eternal enmity and resulting in Hunter's contract not being picked up for renewal.
Patty Poulsen, who portrayed Joan, one of the stewardesses aboard the "Golden Argosy" in her first and only film role, was an actual stewardess for American Airlines. She was the winner of a stewardess beauty contest in which one of the prizes was a role in this film. She was also used heavily in American Airlines' advertising of its new uniforms during the mid to late 1960s, photos that have, more recently, appeared in several different coffee table books celebrating the history of the airline hostess.
Ever since the introduction of the MPAA two years prior, this movie was one of the few G rated films to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. The others are Oliver! (1968) which won it, Funny Girl (1968), Fiddler on a Roof (1971), Sounder (1972), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Babe (1995), and Toy Story 3 (2010).
This movie had three sequels (arguably, not as bad as "The Exorcist II").
It was the final film of actors Van Heflin, Virginia Grey, Thomas Browne Henry, and Jessie Royce Landis, as well as composer Alfred Newman.
The movie was double-billed in some markets with "The Andromeda Strain," with the tag line "Together On One Great Family Program".
The film featured five Academy Award winners (not for this film).
The two main stars each received 10% of the gross, or about $7,000,000 (a lot of money at the time). One of them, however, called this film "the worst piece of junk ever made."
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Has it ever been parodied?
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I was thinking that, but didn't have a chance to post when I did think that.
Is this "Airport 77?"
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Yes. And the parodies did as well as the original.
Not quite.
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How about just plain "Airport"???
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That's just plain right.
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The Spanish title for this movie translates to "The Rebel Novice" ("La Novicia Rebelde.")
This movie features a song with connotations of national pride. It was made up for the movie,
and the country it was made up for doesn't really know the song. That's possibly because it
uses a symbol a DIFFERENT country connects with connotations of national pride.
One actor was trying to get a sense of his character. So, he went to the Salzburg mountains
to ask his nephew what he was like. According to the nephew, he was the most boring man
he'd ever met.
In a scene filmed at a gazebo, one actress injured her ankle in the first take. The final
version has the bandages hidden by makeup.
The principal actress almost turned the role down. At first glance, she thought the role was
too similar to her (eponymous) character in the film she had just finished.
When this film was first released on home video, it stayed on the charts for over 250 weeks,
almost five years.
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"The Sound of Music"?
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That's it.
Supposedly, when adjusted for inflation, it's the #3 movie of all time in overall ticket sales.
As for the gazebo, that reminded me of a story of a different gazebo.
The Tale of Eric and the Dread Gazebo.
https://dndshallneverdie.blogspot.com.ar/2007/11/from-dread-gazebo-part-of-blackhammers.html
BTW,
Austrians don't care about the edelweiss- it's a SWISS symbol.
Julie Andrews had just finished filming "Mary Poppins."
It was in the can but had not been released yet.
Julie sang some of the songs for the kids in this movie.
They thought she invented "Supercalifragil..." for them.
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I'll be gone until Sunday night.
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From its title one can only assume that the producers expected one or more sequels to this movie. None ever appeared.
The characters, and the fictitious martial art of "sinanju," were taken from the "Destroyer" series of books.
George
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Just checking if I'm logging in lately?
You probably remember I'm a fan of the books....
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Actually, I had no idea. If you mentioned it here, before, I've long forgotten it. :)
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"Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins."
Actually introduced me to the character, Remo Williams, aka "the Destroyer."
It wasn't until 1989 that I found any of the books. I later picked up a few of the earlier books in the series,
either as reprints or as used books.
Here's an exerpt from one of the most recent books.
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A locked steel door was the only exit to the rear alley. Remo sensed no explosives wired to the door. In a spray of mortar and falling bricks, Remo tore it from its hinges.
The door was not wired to explode because there were five men inside guarding it. Remo used the door to crush two against the wall of the basement hallway before they could even finger their triggers. The remaining three, seeing their comrades turned to mushy central masses possessed of human arms and legs, and seeing the figure of legend who had killed them, threw down their guns and threw up their hands.
“We surrender!”
Remo cast a cold eye over the three cowering figures, men who would gleefully murder innocents in the name of their cause, now quivering before him.
“Which one of you is Mohammed?” Remo asked.
Three shaking hands were raised. “Him too,” one of the terrorists said, pointing toward a mangled corpse.
“Okay, which one of you is Mustafa’s brother?”
Two hands lowered.
“Mustafa who was busted before he could fly a plane into the White House in 2001?” Remo asked.
The terrorist had to think for a moment. “Did you say 2001?” he asked. Remo nodded. “Oh.” The terrorist lowered his hand and shook his head.
None of these was the man he was after.
“I will let all of you live if just one of you knows the meaning of the word mercy,” Remo said coldly.
The three startled terrorists huddled like game show contestants. When they had decided on an answer, their spokesman turned hopefully to Remo.
“It means ‘thank you’ in French.”
Remo left the bodies near the alley door and headed for the basement stairs.
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There's hope for a new movie, "the Destroyer." Hope is mixed.
It's been speculated that Hollywood can't handle a character like the one in the above excerpt
without making him a villain.
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I'm not sure if you were waiting for confirmation, after that extended description; but, yes, the answer was "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins"
Have at it!
George
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This movie featured a return of the title character to the big screen (but was not a sequel.)
The title character appears 48 minutes into the film. The title is first heard 1 hour, 33 minutes
into the film.
The title character's tagline (an alternate version) is illustrated, in parts, across the movie.
The actor who portrayed the title character the previous time he was in cinema had a cameo
in this movie.
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This movie featured a return of the title character to the big screen (but was not a sequel.)
The title character appears 48 minutes into the film. The title is first heard 1 hour, 33 minutes
into the film.
The title character's tagline (an alternate version) is illustrated, in parts, across the movie.
The actor who portrayed the title character the previous time he was in cinema had a cameo
in this movie.
This film's cast included Larry Hagman and John Ratzenberger.
If Hoover Dam was really in danger, there would be no risk of flooding nearby towns downstream.
In the movie, however, there were towns downstream of the dam where there are none IRL.
If Air Force One lost ONE engine, it would still fly fine and need no rescue.
Air Force One is only AF1 when the US President is aboard, so there's no need to announce that
they're Air Force One and the President is aboard.
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