Another movie, FAILSAFE has B58 scenes.



"cjcampbell" wrote in
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| Jim Macklin wrote:
| Wasn't Slim Pickens great, and was that James Earl
Jones'
| first movie?
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| "Bob Fry" wrote in message
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| | Dr. Strangelove
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| 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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