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   On Apr 27, 12:21 pm, "Tom Carberry"  wrote:   
   > This movie has to be seen to be believed.   
   >   
   > I got a copy of this over the weekend and sat and watched it. I hadn't   
   > seen   
   > it since I was a kid. It is as bad as it is reported to be. Made by Howard   
   > Hughes for $6 million (and bought back for $12 Million and shelved for 20   
   > years--no surprise there), it has a reputation for being both bad and   
   > unfortunate. It was made in an area of Utah that was used for nuclear   
   > testing in the early 1950s (there is some dispute as to whether or not it   
   > was fallout from the nearby Nevada Test Site, or a second area of testing   
   > in   
   > Utah itself) and is supposed to be responsible for the deaths of a   
   > disproportionate number of cast and crew by cancer. Tons of sand from the   
   > site were moved back to Hollywood for interior shots and were highly   
   > radioactive. But I digress...   
   >   
   > Imagine if you will, John Wayne of numerous westerns playing Genghis Khan   
   > (including the obligatory asiatic eye treatment--epicanthal fold) but   
   > looking and sounding like Rooster Cogburn from True Grit. He and Susan   
   > Hayward (who doesn't even bother with the eye treatment, but is supposed   
   > to   
   > be a Tartar woman--yeah--who looks like she has never been out in the sun)   
   > trade barbs with the worst dialog since Ed Wood took pen to paper. Agnes   
   > Moorehead (Endorra in Betwitched) has almost no dialog, but scowls and   
   > spends the entire movie with a pissed-off look on her face. The worst   
   > casting has to be William Conrad (Cannon and Jake and the Fatman) as   
   > Kasar,   
   > Wayne's brother. Seeing him short and shirtless is something you don't   
   > want   
   > to see on a full stomach. There are a few MST3K connections, including Lee   
   > Van Cleef (It Conquered the World) and Peter Mamakos (Catalina Caper).   
   >   
   > I strongly urge the Cinematic Titanic crew to get a copy of this and give   
   > it   
   > the treatment it deserves.   
   >   
   > Tom Carberry (#45505, it is available from Netflix)   
      
   For a longer analysis of just how bad this movie is, check out the   
   Jabootu article at http://jabootu.net/?p=1912   
      
   --------   
   Bookworm   
      
   Thank you.  I did--an excellent review of a really bad movie.  I forgot to   
   mention Lee Van Cleef's dancing routine.  It kind of reminded me of the   
   Seinfeld episode of Elaine's lack of dancing skill.   
      
   Tom Carberry (#45505, and this must have been the 1956 edition of the   
   Heaven's Gate-like cinematic fiasco)   
      
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