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Post by BrokenSword on Apr 16, 2008 17:53:39 GMT -6
cefil (Sir Quick to take offense) -
"(of all places)" meaning.... wait for it..... - Very close to the real thing and not just some location in California that the producers deemed 'close enough' and a budget saver. I take second rate production values very seriously.
[I'm still smarting over John Wayne leading his daring Green Beanies through the pine forests of Ft. Bragg, North Carolina as he chased the dastardly Victor Charlie and taught them a lesson not soon forgotten. And... the heartwarming final scene in which the sun slowly set in the East.]
But... I digress:
Misacusalate me again and not only will I toss peach pits in your general direction, but shall spit watermelon seeds at your dog too.
Sincerely, M
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Post by cefil on Apr 16, 2008 19:41:46 GMT -6
cefil (Sir Quick to take offense) - "(of all places)" meaning.... wait for it..... - Very close to the real thing and not just some location in California that the producers deemed 'close enough' and a budget saver. Oh...Well then...nevermind... And my heartfeltiest apologia...Yes, I am quick to take yon offensive against perceived (even if only potential) slights to the great state of Southern Dakota. As a newly-minted high state official (I almost met the Governor once!) I am obligated to serve as a FOotET (First Outrider of traducing Encomia Tempus) for my liege domain, ever alert to those who may pass their time spreading (possibly) humiliating tributary descriptions of the Coyote State. cefil
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Post by Diane Merkel on Apr 16, 2008 20:05:07 GMT -6
I'm sorry I missed the watermelon seed spitting contest. I wish you guys hadn't made up so soon.
The shooting schedule shows the battle scenes were filmed at "Rosell Ranch, Entrance Mile Marker 8, Hwy 87 (old Hardin rd.)" That's in Billings. Some scenes may have been filmed in South Dakota, but most were in the Big Sky Country. Even the Fort Lincoln scenes were filmed at the Nilson Charter Ranch, "west of Hwy 87 at Mailbox Road."
I haven't watched the movie in years and can't recall what would have been filmed in the Badlands.
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Post by BrokenSword on Apr 17, 2008 6:02:20 GMT -6
Diane- “…battle scenes were filmed at "Rosell Ranch, Entrance Mile Marker 8, Hwy 87 (old Hardin rd.)" That's in Billings…Fort Lincoln scenes were filmed at the Nilson Charter Ranch, "west of Hwy 87 at Mailbox Road."
Well, until you can be more specific as to exact locations - I’m sticking with my little source of info. SO THERE! By the way, the film “Chief Crazy Horse” with Victor Mature starring in the title role was filmed in the Badlands National Park as well.
And so were: Bonnie and Clyde Ben Hur Casablanca Water World My Fair Lady Boys Town Most of the Marx Brothers films And - too many others to mention here
M P.S. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! + 4
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Post by crzhrs on Apr 17, 2008 6:57:31 GMT -6
Ah yes, the CH movie with Victor Mature. Actually not bad, with some truthful scenes. One issue, the hokey chief's outfit Mature wore. CH would never have worn something like that.
In addition, a young Dennis Weaver was in it. He survived the Rosebud battle in the film.
One of the first "pro" Indian movies from the '50s.
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Post by BrokenSword on Apr 17, 2008 8:13:01 GMT -6
crzhrs- "...CH would never have worn something like that...."
Nope. Pure Hollywood. But, yep, not bad overall. Saw it at the theater as a kid and sat in the front row. When the ghostly mounted figure in the 'vision' sequence appeared, it scared the crap out of me.
M By the way. Victor mature was an avid golfer. His friends said he only took roles in movie to earn enough money to play the game constantly.
The top rated course in Southern California at the time was at the Los Angeles Country Club. Mature applied for membership so as to play it and was rejected. The reason stated was, "We do not accept actors as members."
Mature wrote them back and said, "I'm no actor, and I've got 63 movies to prove it!" Real down to Earth kind of guy. Never took himself or what he did too seriously at all.
M - from the Nut House to the Dog House
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Post by "Hunk" Papa on Apr 17, 2008 8:43:08 GMT -6
Yes, I am quick to take yon offensive against perceived (even if only potential) slights to the great state of Southern Dakota. cefil
Fellow Frebergian, You'll get no animadversion from me about SD. My brother and I were there in June 2006 and we drove through the Badlands trying to follow the route of Big Foots's band as closely as we could. The scenery was quite extraordinary, in parts like a lunar surface and it must have been a dreadful journey for those frightened, desperate people with Big Foot in awful wintry weather. I have numerous photographs of that trip to remind me of at least that part of your State and I only wish I had seen more of it. Hunk
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Post by crzhrs on Apr 17, 2008 10:48:45 GMT -6
Agreed with SD. Parts of it were beautiful, awesome, and inspiring. Like most places, if humans don't alter or destroy it there is beauty everywhere.
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Post by BrokenSword on Apr 17, 2008 17:20:57 GMT -6
crawdaddo-
Checking with THE highest sources available to me in Hollywood, I find that SOMS used as filming locations the following:
Badlands National Park, Interior, South Dakota, USA (of all places) Billings, Montana, USA Buffalo Gap, South Dakota, USA (of all places)
Hope we didn't confuse you with the clowning around about it all.
M
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Post by Diane Merkel on Apr 17, 2008 21:33:36 GMT -6
I saw that website, too. I'm guessing he wanted to know where the battle scenes were filmed. Definitely not in the Badlands!
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Post by BrokenSword on Apr 18, 2008 6:01:30 GMT -6
Diane- "...I saw that website, too. ..." Actually, it's in the credits at the end of the film, if you can catch it. I taped it off of TV when it first ran on ABC (living in terror ever since - FBI may come crashing through my door at any minute). The credits shrink way down in size and move very fast. A voice over tells of all the wonderful things coming on later in the week. A bunch of thank-yous fly by, and I have never been able to catch the name of the catering service. The voice guy finally shuts up and the little picture swells back up in time to catch filming locations and a couple of odds and ends. Interestingly, a disclaimer said that 'any resemblance to persons living or dead was unintentional' or something to that effect. Always a bit strange when historical characters are involved. The problem is that the credits are at the end, and I was naturally forced to watch the whole movie from the start (around 4 hours). Such are the demands of intense research. Movie Mogul Mike HAPPY BIRTHDAY + 5! Doghouse Sam
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Post by clw on Apr 18, 2008 8:14:41 GMT -6
Stop talking about SD, you guys! I'm getting really homesick. Sigh. Take me back to the Black Hills the Black Hills of Dakota to the beautiful Indian Country that I love... Lost my heart in the Black Hills the Black Hills of Dakota where the pines are so high that they kiss the sky above. and when I get that lonesome feeling and I'm miles away from home I hear the voice of the mystic mountains calling me back home... Signed, Schmaltzy Sadee
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Post by BrokenSword on Apr 18, 2008 11:09:25 GMT -6
Schmaltzy-
Why would you be homesick for S. Dakota (of all places)?
M (Once ordained by the Pope as "Tu Demenuti Illegitemo!") ;D
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Post by crawdaddo on Apr 19, 2008 23:20:54 GMT -6
Thanks brokensword,thats really interesting, I thought it was kinda nice country so the badlands are'nt all that bad eh?
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Post by crawdaddo on Apr 19, 2008 23:50:41 GMT -6
Actually my first thoughts were of the Lone Tepee scene where I think its Girard says to Custer "there go your Indians, General"and the camera pans across what appears to be the side of a hill of a river bottom and shows the fleeing Indians.That looks like good country to me.Also the scene where Crazy Horse is sitting on his horse that is standing in a creek while his men wait for him and lastly the river when Reno's men are in retreat and Charley Reynolds meets his end. Thanks for your effort
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