otto@ihuxi.UUCP (06/16/83)
How about the credits for TRON, when the Hong Kong credits are announced, and then everything is in Chinese for the next two screen-loads. George Otto Bell Labs, Indian Hill ----------------------
rh@mit-eddi.UUCP (Randy Haskins) (06/24/83)
I don't remember, in the credits for TRON, did they list one for the little Pac-Man chomping away on one of the observation boards? (I believe it was when the three guys escaped on the little cycles, and Sark (boo,hiss) yelled, "Get them!") --Randy
waltt@tekecs.UUCP (06/24/83)
What about the mid-seventies Woody Allen movie "The Front"? This
film differed from his usual style in that it fell into a more
serious vein. The movie was about a down-and-out writer/actor
(Allen) in Hollywood in the '50s who becomes a front for a number of screen
writers who have been black-listed because of suspected communist
affiliations (McCarthyism). Allen is now coming up with this great
volume of material (3 writers submitting under his name) and
becomes one of the best TV screen writers in Hollywood. Near the end of
the movie, someone finds out he is not really writing all this
stuff, and is acting as a front for suspected communists. He is
called to testify at the House Committee investigation on unamerican
activities (ever seen the file footage?) at the end of the movie,
where he tells the head of the committee to F**K OFF! He goes to
jail rather than to reveal who he is acting as a front for.
Long intro, huh?
Anyway, the film stars a number of actors, including Zero Mostel and
Hershel Bernardi, all of whom were actually blacklisted in the McCarthy
era. At the end of the movie, when the credits are listed, each actor's
name is followed by "(blacklisted:195x)", with "x" being the actual
year.
End of history lesson for today.
Someone is watching -
Walt Tucker
Tektronix
P.S. When I first went to this movie, I was disappointed, primarily
since I expected a typical Woody Allen comedy. I saw it again a
couple of years later, and was able to view it for what it was.
Extremely well made, go see it if you get a chance. Expect to see
Woody Allen in a slightly different role. Four and a half out of five.foote@denelcor.UUCP (06/28/83)
This won't rate with some of the great ones, but I got a kick out
of a credit in James Bond's Octapussy (sp). The guy with the circular
saw blade in the movie was identified as "Thug with yo-yo" in the
credits.
Dave Foote
..!{csu-cs|nbires|brl-bmd}!denelcor!footecmaz504@ut-ngp.UUCP (06/28/83)
Speaking of credits - in the introduction to Monty Python and the Holy Grail there's a statement with the name Richard M. Nixon after it. Does anyone know what it said?
dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) (06/29/83)
The credits for Death Wish (the original, not II) identify the three guys who attacked Bronson's family at the beginning of the movie as: Freak 1 Freak 2 Spraycan (One of them went around the whole apartment, decorating it with spray paint.) Dave Sherman Toronto
rumsey@pur-ee.UUCP (07/03/83)
I don't remember Nixon's credit at all; Do you recall who played the Moose?
Anonymous@inmet.UUCP (07/08/83)
#R:tekecs:-149400:inmet:6500009:000:121 inmet!Anonymous Jul 5 16:06:00 1983 I believe that "The Front" was not a Woody Allen movie; he was just one of the actors (albeit with an important role).
evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus) (04/13/85)
Well, if you're gonna talk about Airplane!, watch those closing credits
closely! There is a Worst Boy (Adolf Hitler) and credit is given to the
author of A Tale of Two Cities (C.Dickens of course).
The other major movie from the Airplane! people was Top Secret! (they love
exclamation points there), and though I can't recall them offhand, they
played around with the credits there, too. So there. :-)
--Evan Marcus
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