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   From: amandajames4@gmail.com   
      
   "Zaat" was also known as "Blood Waters of Dr. Z," and was featured on   
   Mystery Science Theatre 3000.   
      
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   > WANTED: 6'5" or taller male to play role of monster in horror movie.   
   > Must be experienced swimmer, scuba diver. ACTING ABILITY not required   
   >   
   > Don Barton ran that ad in the newspaper in the early '70s. His Barton   
   > Films, based in Jacksonville, made industrial movies but was ready to   
   > move into something more artistically inspiring.   
   >   
   > Something like a giant radioactive walking catfish, one that would   
   > terrorize the locals of North Florida - which included girls in   
   > bikinis and music-making hippies. It's called Zaat, and for months it   
   > made the rounds of theaters and drive-ins across the Southeast.   
   >   
   > "It was not Creature from the Black Lagoon, but we thought we had a   
   > new twist that might catch fire," Barton says. "And you know, it's   
   > still kind of amazing - I have people to this day who contact me about   
   > Zaat. It's really touching."   
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   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)