Yellowface, aggressive pantere... og atombomber? ☢️
Filmen "The Conqueror" fra 1956 var en box office bombe - på mere end én måde.
Ikke nok med, at de havde castet den fedladne western-stjerne John Wayne til at spille Djengis Khan - de havde også valgt at filme lige i splashzonen for nogle af USA's største atomprøvesprængninger. Men mærkeligt nok var radioaktiviteten den mindste bekymring på settet. Alle de involverede havde nemlig mere travlt med at tage amfetamin, synge karaoke og undgå at blive revet over af en vild panter...
Dagens Øl: Egholm Bryghus, Nørredybet IPA (Øl fra Cecilie)
Skip til cirka 06:15 for historiens start.
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Kilder:
Uytdewilligen, Ryan: "Killing John Wayne, The Making of the Conqueror", 2021 (bog)
https://www.amazon.com/Killing-John-Wayne-Making-Conqueror/dp/1493058479
Medved, Michael: "The Hollywood Hall of Shame: The Most Expensive Flops in Movie History", 1984 (bog)
https://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Hall-Shame-Expensive-History/dp/0399507140
"The Conqueror" på Imdb:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049092/
Stringfellow, Kim: "The Deadly Impact of Nuclear Testing on Unsuspecting Desert Communities", PBS, 2021:
https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/artbound/downwind-upshot-knothole
Fehner, Terrence og Gosling: "Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Testing", US Department of Energy, 2006:
https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/DOENTSAtmospheric.pdf
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