"Pearl Harbor" still sucks...

Another movie, FAILSAFE has B58 scenes.



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| Jim Macklin wrote:
| Wasn't Slim Pickens great, and was that James Earl
Jones'
| first movie?
|
|
| "Bob Fry" wrote in message
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| | Dr. Strangelove
|
| Yeah, I think that was. And Slim Pickens' first role, too.
The story,
| as I understand it, was that Peter Sellers was originally
going to play
| the bomber pilot, but he fell on the set and was injured
just before
| shooting of the B-52 scenes was to start. Slim Pickens was
a stage hand
| and Stanley Kubrik heard him talking. His thought was,
"That guy
| wouldn't even have to act!"
|

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Jim Macklin wrote:
Wasn't Slim Pickens great, and was that James Earl Jones'
first movie?


"Bob Fry" wrote in message
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| Dr. Strangelove

Yeah, I think that was. And Slim Pickens' first role, too. The story,
as I understand it, was that Peter Sellers was originally going to play
the bomber pilot, but he fell on the set and was injured just before
shooting of the B-52 scenes was to start. Slim Pickens was a stage hand
and Stanley Kubrik heard him talking. His thought was, "That guy
wouldn't even have to act!"


Dr. Strangelove was hardly Slim's first role. Please excuse the numbering
when I cut and paste from IMDB.com it does that.

1.. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
(1964) .... Maj. T.J. 'King' Kong
... aka Dr. Strangelove
2.. Bristle Face (1964) (TV) .... Newt Pribble
... aka Fox Hunter
3.. "The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters"
- The Day of the Homeless (1963) TV Episode .... Bly
4.. Savage Sam (1963) .... Willy Crup
5.. "The Wide Country"
- Speckle Bird (1963) TV Episode .... Slim Walker
- Don't Cry for Johnny Devlin (1963) TV Episode .... Slim Walker
- Memory of a Filly (1963) TV Episode .... Slim Walker
- Tears on a Painted Face (1962) TV Episode .... Slim Walker
6.. "Wagon Train"
... aka Major Adams, Trail Master
- The Eve Newhope Story (1962) TV Episode
- The Tent City Story (1958) TV Episode .... Rafe
7.. "The Tall Man"
- The Black Robe (1962) TV Episode
8.. "Route 66"
- A Long Piece of Mischief (1962) TV Episode .... Jud
9.. "Outlaws" (1960) TV Series .... Slim (1961-62)
10.. A Thunder of Drums (1961) .... Trooper Erschick
11.. "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"
- Final Arrangements (1961) TV Episode .... Bradshaw
12.. "COronado 9"
- Gone Goose (1961) TV Episode
13.. One-Eyed Jacks (1961) .... Deputy Lon Dedrick
14.. "The Americans"
- The Escape (1961) TV Episode .... Johnson
15.. "Surfside 6"
- Ghost of a Chance (1961) TV Episode .... Muskrat George
16.. Chartroose Caboose (1960) .... Pete Harmon
17.. "The Westerner"
... aka The Westerners (USA: syndication title)
- Line Camp (1960) TV Episode .... Oscar Hudson
18.. "Daniel Boone" (1960) (mini) TV Series .... Captain Gass
19.. "Riverboat"
- River Champion (1960) TV Episode
20.. "Overland Trail"
... aka Overland Stage
- Sour Annie (1960) TV Episode .... Allard


21.. "Texas John Slaughter"
- The Slaughter Trail (1959) TV Episode .... Buck
- Killers from Kansas (1959) TV Episode (uncredited) .... Stagecoach
Driver
22.. "Frontier Doctor"
... aka Man of the West (USA: syndication title)
... aka Unarmed (USA: syndication title)
- Bittercreek Gang (1959) TV Episode
23.. Stump Run (1959) .... Babe Gaskin
... aka Stump Run in Skunk Hollow (USA: reissue title)
24.. Tonka (1958) .... Ace
... aka A Horse Named Comanche (USA: reissue title)
25.. "Maverick"
- The Spanish Dancer (1958) TV Episode .... Jed
26.. Escort West (1958) .... Wheeler
27.. "Sugarfoot"
... aka Tenderfoot (UK)
- Short Range (1958) TV Episode .... Henry
- Brannigan's Boots (1957) TV Episode .... Shorty
28.. The Sheepman (1958) .... Marshal
... aka Stranger with a Gun (USA: new title)
29.. The Saga of Andy Burnett (1957) (TV) .... Old Bill Williams
30.. Gunsight Ridge (1957) .... Hank Moss
31.. "Cheyenne"
- Big Ghost Basin (1957) TV Episode .... Gary Owen
32.. "Annie Oakley"
- Grubstake Bank (1956) TV Episode .... Garner
- Annie Rings the Bell (1956) TV Episode .... Ed Morgan
- The Waco Kid (1956) TV Episode .... Slim
- Annie and the Leprechauns (1956) TV Episode .... Sundown
33.. "Circus Boy"
- The Proud Pagliacci (1956) TV Episode .... Curly
34.. "The Lone Ranger"
- The Letter Bride (1956) TV Episode .... Ed Jones
- The Sheriff of Smoke Tree (1956) TV Episode .... Joe Boley
35.. Gun Brothers (1956) .... Moose MacLain
36.. "Buffalo Bill Jr"
- A Diamond for Grandpa (1956) TV Episode
- Kansas City Lady (1956) TV Episode
37.. The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) .... Pete Bracken
... aka Andrews' Raiders (USA: TV title)
38.. Stranger at My Door (1956) .... Ben Silas
39.. When Gangland Strikes (1956) .... Slim Pickett
40.. The Last Command (1955) .... Abe
... aka San Antonio de Bexar (USA)
41.. Santa Fe Passage (1955) .... Sam Beekman
42.. "Stories of the Century"
... aka The Fast Guns (USA: reissue title)
- Kate Bender (1955) TV Episode .... Driver Billy Hilton
- The Wild Bunch of Wyoming (1954) TV Episode .... The Smiling Kid
43.. The Outcast (1954) .... Boone Polsen
... aka The Fortune Hunter (UK)
44.. The Boy from Oklahoma (1954) .... Shorty, Turlock Henchman
45.. Phantom Stallion (1954) .... Slim
46.. Shadows of Tombstone (1953) .... Slim Pickens
47.. Down Laredo Way (1953) .... Slim Pickens
48.. Iron Mountain Trail (1953) .... Slim Pickens
49.. The Sun Shines Bright (1953) .... Sterling, Lanky Backwoodsman
50.. Old Overland Trail (1953) .... Slim Pickens
51.. Thunderbirds (1952) .... Pvt. Shelby
52.. South Pacific Trail (1952) .... Slim Pickens
53.. Old Oklahoma Plains (1952) .... Slim
54.. The Story of Will Rogers (1952) .... Dusty Donovan
55.. Border Saddlemates (1952) .... Slim Pickens
56.. The Last Musketeer (1952) .... Slim Pickens
57.. Colorado Sundown (1952) .... Joshua 'Slim' Pickens/Ma Pickens
58.. Rocky Mountain (1950) .... Plank (CSA)

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Jim Macklin wrote:
Wasn't Slim Pickens great, and was that James Earl Jones'
first movie?


"Bob Fry" wrote in message
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| Dr. Strangelove

Yeah, I think that was. And Slim Pickens' first role, too.

Slim Pickens first movie was in 1950. By the 1964 release of DS, he'd been
in over 50 movies. http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001620/

The story,
as I understand it, was that Peter Sellers was originally going to play
the bomber pilot, but he fell on the set and was injured just before
shooting of the B-52 scenes was to start. Slim Pickens was a stage hand
and Stanley Kubrik heard him talking. His thought was, "That guy
wouldn't even have to act!"

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/

A couple winters ago, the family was out clearing the driveway when my #2
son slipped and fell flat on his face. As my wife ran over to check on him,
he staggered to his feet and screamed , "MEIN FURHUR...I CAN VALK".


--
Matt
---------------------
Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO

Actually, Slim Pickens had been in 34 movies (by my count) before Dr.
Stangelove. You must not be as old as me.
http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:56691~C

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)


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Jim Macklin wrote:
Wasn't Slim Pickens great, and was that James Earl Jones'
first movie?


"Bob Fry" wrote in message
...
| Dr. Strangelove

Yeah, I think that was. And Slim Pickens' first role, too. The story,
as I understand it, was that Peter Sellers was originally going to play
the bomber pilot, but he fell on the set and was injured just before
shooting of the B-52 scenes was to start. Slim Pickens was a stage hand
and Stanley Kubrik heard him talking. His thought was, "That guy
wouldn't even have to act!"

Jim Maklin wrote:
Anybody care to add to the list of good to great airplane
Hollywood movies?

"Out of Africa".
The movie was good for other reasons as well, but I've always loved the
scenes in which Dennis Fynch-Hatton(sp) flies the biplane around the
African countryside with Karen Blixen in the back of the biplane.
That kind of thing is one of the reasons I want to fly......

Jim Macklin wrote:
It isn't an aviation film, it is really pretty terrible, but
the first minute or so of Can Hieronymus Merkin Forget Mercy
Humpy and Find True Happiness has an SR 71 in-flight scene
that is worth seeing.

Battle of Britain
Tora, Tora, Tora
The Great Waldo Pepper
Spirit of St. Louis
Dam Busters
Island in the Sky
Flight of the Phoenix [Jimmy Stewart version]
no special order


Anybody care to add to the list of good to great airplane
Hollywood movies?

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Goldfinger (despite the scene where Goldfinger gets sucked out a
window)
Twelve O'Clock High
The Blue Max
Any of the "Over....." series. That PBS series of films always makes me
want to go out and fly.

Some good O-2 footage(and rotary-wing footage as well) in BAT*21.
Took my first airplane ride in an old O-2 so that may be why I like it
so much.

Who can forget The Right Stuff?
Pancho Barnes
The Rocketeer has some cool Gee Bee footage along with other classics.


Brock Boss
SP-N3916R

Jay Honeck wrote:
Despite this fact, we had a great turnout for our second pilot's movie
night. Our invited friends included the owners of:

...a Bellanca Super Viking
...a '29 Travel Air Biplane
...a Super Cub
...a Swearingen SX-300
...an RV-10 kit (in progress...)
...a Glasair II
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Valerie was much better looking than the real Poncho.



"Brock Boss" wrote in message
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| Some good O-2 footage(and rotary-wing footage as well) in
BAT*21.
| Took my first airplane ride in an old O-2 so that may be
why I like it
| so much.
|
| Who can forget The Right Stuff?
| Pancho Barnes
| The Rocketeer has some cool Gee Bee footage along with
other classics.
|
|
| Brock Boss
| SP-N3916R
|
| Jay Honeck wrote:
| Despite this fact, we had a great turnout for our second
pilot's movie
| night. Our invited friends included the owners of:
|
| ...a Bellanca Super Viking
| ...a '29 Travel Air Biplane
| ...a Super Cub
| ...a Swearingen SX-300
| ...an RV-10 kit (in progress...)
| ...a Glasair II
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|

Always

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)


"Brock Boss" wrote in message
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Some good O-2 footage(and rotary-wing footage as well) in BAT*21.
Took my first airplane ride in an old O-2 so that may be why I like it
so much.

Who can forget The Right Stuff?
Pancho Barnes
The Rocketeer has some cool Gee Bee footage along with other classics.


Brock Boss
SP-N3916R

Jay Honeck wrote:
Despite this fact, we had a great turnout for our second pilot's movie
night. Our invited friends included the owners of:

...a Bellanca Super Viking
...a '29 Travel Air Biplane
...a Super Cub
...a Swearingen SX-300
...an RV-10 kit (in progress...)
...a Glasair II
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Did anyone mention "High Road to China"? Good dogfighting scenes if you can
tollerate all the kissing

jf


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Despite this fact, we had a great turnout for our second pilot's movie
night. Our invited friends included the owners of:

...a Bellanca Super Viking
...a '29 Travel Air Biplane
...a Super Cub
...a Swearingen SX-300
...an RV-10 kit (in progress...)
...a Glasair II
...a Rose Parakeet
...and one guy who (I swear) has owned one of everything, in his 80
years on this planet.

Needless to say, some serious hangar flying took place, both before and
after the flick. By popular request, our warm-up movies consisted of
30 minutes of stuff off of our aviation video website,
www.AlexisParkInn.com/aviation_videos.htm.

Everyone suffered through the movie's awful plot (without booing, I'm
glad to report) but we all reveled in the excellent P-40, Spitfire, and
Pearl Harbor battle scenes. Someone smuggled some beer into the
theater (again, dang it), and a good time was had by all!

BTW: We've only got five seats left for Bill Fox' SR-71 Blackbird talk
on Tuesday, May 30. If you're interested and can make it, email me --
first come, first served!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"