Saturday movie trivia for you – Marlon Brando squeals like a pig!
“Squeal Like A Pig!”
It is one of cinema’s most iconic lines. And one of film’s most intense moments of all time. I just spoke to someone who didn’t know even know that “squeal like a pig!” was from a movie – and certainly didn’t know it was from one of the greatest films ever made:
Deliverance!
“Deliverance” was a cultural phenomenon from the moment it was released in 1972 – a shocking story of friendship and survival – and now there is a fascinating oral history about the film, how Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson were set to star in it, and the on-set fight between the Director and Author!
Lewis: Can that chubby boy handle himself?
Ed: Bobby? He’s rather well thought of in his field, Lewis.
Lewis: Insurance? I never been insured in my life. There’s no risk.
Burt Reynolds is outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock, who is…
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Always loved this film. The natural setting, beautiful and unforgiving combined with scary assailants, one who plays a mean banjo (one of my fav scenes of all time) is a survival story that works.
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Agree, and great acting as well, although I loved reading about the tension between the Director and the Author of the book! Oh, and the Director also made one of the weirdest film of all time soon after – Zardoz! – https://johnrieber.com/2012/10/01/suspiria-caligula-zardoz-wacky-one-word-movie-wonders/
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I did love that film. I was 20 when it came out, and have never forgotten the ‘duelling banjos’ scene, or the music. I never got Reynold’s terrible toupees though. With all that money around, he could have at least had better hair!
Best wishes, Pete.
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Pete, that may have in fact been the best hair you could get at the time!
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I hadn’t considered that! 🙂
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