NewYorkjoe Wrote:They used a similar scenario in "The Mountain Men," with Charlton Heston and Brian Keith, but Charlton got to keep his clothes on!
I've never heard of that one before.
Quote:Hey, did you notice that in the beginning of "Gladiator," with Russel Crowe, when the Roman legions are facing the Germans, somebody used the soundtrack from an old movie for the chanting of the German horde. Yup, they borrowed the soundtrack from "Zulu!" So the Germans sound like Zulus! First movie Michael Caine ever starred in.
I've never seen Gladiator, but I'm very familiar with Zulu. The music for Zulu was composed by John Barry, the same guy who composed the music for a number of James Bond movies: Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, and others. In 1995, he composed the music for "Cry, The Beloved Country;" another movie placed in Africa. He used the exact same theme he composed for Zulu . . . he just slowed the tempo.
I looked up Gladiator on IMDB, and notice that the "original music" is credited to Lisa Gerrard and Hans Zimmer. I wonder if they got permission from John Barry for using his theme.
As an aside from another thread, some movies were accurate in the correct firearms used in the movie. John Ford movies were wildly innacurate, but one movie from the '60's which I wouldn't suspect of being accurate with firearms was the Blake Edwards Production of the western comedy "Waterhole #3."
It takes place in 1884, and the firearms used were Colt SAA's, Winchester model 1873's, and (interestingly) Sheriff John (played by Caroll O'Connor) is carrying a pair of Colt Bisley's, (which I've never seen brfore in a movie) and the character played by Claude Akins is shooting a Remington model 1875. Also -- supposedly -- a Hopkins and Allen 32 caliber rimfire, although you can't get a close look at it. If you like western comedies, this is one you should see -- or see again -- the ballad of Waterhole #3 was sung by Roger Miller, and it is HILARIOUS!
Ken V.