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January 23rd, 2006, 07:43 AM
CAST A GIANT SHADOW
PRODUCED, DIRECTED AND WRITTEN BY MELVILLE SHAVELSON
C0-PROCUCED BY MICHAEL WAYNE
MIRISCH-LLENROC/BATJAC PRODUCTION
UNITED ARTISTS
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INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Plot Summary
An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army.
He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his jewish roots.
Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country as soon as partition is granted.
He is made commander of the Israeli forces just before the war begins.
Summary written by John Vogel
Full Cast
Kirk Douglas .... Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
Senta Berger .... Magda Simon
Angie Dickinson .... Emma Marcus
James Donald .... Maj. Safir
Stathis Giallelis .... Ram Oren
Luther Adler .... Jacob Zion
Topol .... Abou Ibn Kader
Ruth White .... Mrs. Chaison
Gordon Jackson .... James MacAfee
Michael Hordern .... British ambassador
Allan Cuthbertson .... Immigration officer
Jeremy Kemp .... British Immigration senior
Sean Barrett .... British Immigration junior
Michael Shillo .... Andre Simon
Rina Ganor .... Rona
Roland Bartrop .... Bert Harrison
Robert Gardett .... Gen. Walsh
Michael Balston .... Sentry #1
Claude Aliotti .... Sentry #2
Samra Dedes .... Belly dancer
Michael Shagrir .... Truck driver
Frank Latimore .... UN officer
Ken Buckle .... UN officer
Rod Dana .... Aide to Gen. Randolph (as Rodd Dana)
Robert Ross .... Aide to Chief of Staff
Arthur Hansel .... Officer
Dan Sturkie .... Parachute sergeant (as Don Sturkie)
Hillel Rave .... Yaakov
Shlomo Hermon .... Yussuf
Frank Sinatra .... Vince Talmadge
Yul Brynner .... Asher Gonen
John Wayne .... Gen. Mike Randolph
Vera Dolen .... Mrs. Martinson (scenes deleted)
Gary Merrill .... Pentagon Chief of Staff (scenes deleted)
Winston Churchill .... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Douglas .... Jeep driver (uncredited)
Rudolf Hess .... Himself at Nuremberg (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fiorello LaGuardia .... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Danny Perlman .... Jeep driver (uncredited)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt .... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Stalin .... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Original Music
Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography
Aldo Tonti
Stunts
Ken Buckle .... stunts (uncredited)
Jack Cooper .... stunts (uncredited)
Joe Powell .... stunts (uncredited)
Tivia
Director Melville Shavelson and Kirk Douglas fought throughout the shoot. At one point, Shavelson even walked off the set, leaving his assistant to take over for the day.
Michael Douglas' movie debut.
During filming in August 1965 John Wayne enraged director Melville Shavelson with his views on the Watts Riots.
This film's opening prologue states: "The major events in this film actually happened. Some of them are still happening. The major characters actually lived. Many of them are still living. Although it was not easy."
Goofs
* Anachronisms: Although the film takes place between 1947 and 1948, Magda's car is a 1954 Pontiac Star Chief Convertible.
* Crew or equipment visible: In a sequence portraying a night attack of an enemy position, there is a brief cutaway from the action to a shot of Mickey, Asher Gonen, and Magda intently listening to reports from the battle. At the moment the cut to this shot occurs, the slate is visible being withdrawn from the frame, from left to right. In freeze frame, one can even see the title, "Cast A Giant Shadow" printed at the top of the slate.
* Anachronisms: Colonel Marcus arrives in Palestine in early 1948 on a civilian Boeing Stratocruiser. The first Stratocruisers were delivered to the airlines in February 1949, nearly a year later.
* Factual errors: When Colonel Marcus first meets General Randolph, there is a Curtiss C-46 in the background. The blue in insignia markings is too pale and the plane lacks the black and white "Invasion Stripes" that were painted on the fuselage and wings of all aircraft involved in the Normandy Invasion. Also, the paratroop drop at Normandy occurred at night, not broad daylight as depicted in the movie.
* Anachronisms: When first seen, Angie Dickinson and Senta Berger are shown wearing fashions from the 1960s when the film was made, not the 1940s when the film was set.
* Factual errors: In a flashback scene, Colonel Marcus (Kirk Douglas) is shown parachuting into France on D-Day with the 101st Airborne. As he stands in the doorway of the aircraft before jumping, it is clearly daylight. However, the parachute drops on D-Day took place at night.
* Factual errors: Colonel Marcus gives Magda his good conduct medal before he departs the first time. The good conduct medal is only awarded to enlisted soldiers. Colonel Marcus graduated from West Point and was a commissioned officer during his entire army career, and therefore would not have received this medal.
Memorable Quotes (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060218/quotes)
Filming Locations
Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy
(studio)
Israel
Rome, Lazio, Italy
PRODUCED, DIRECTED AND WRITTEN BY MELVILLE SHAVELSON
C0-PROCUCED BY MICHAEL WAYNE
MIRISCH-LLENROC/BATJAC PRODUCTION
UNITED ARTISTS
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c187/john-wayne/John%20Wayne/2hqgdip.jpg
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Plot Summary
An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army.
He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his jewish roots.
Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country as soon as partition is granted.
He is made commander of the Israeli forces just before the war begins.
Summary written by John Vogel
Full Cast
Kirk Douglas .... Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
Senta Berger .... Magda Simon
Angie Dickinson .... Emma Marcus
James Donald .... Maj. Safir
Stathis Giallelis .... Ram Oren
Luther Adler .... Jacob Zion
Topol .... Abou Ibn Kader
Ruth White .... Mrs. Chaison
Gordon Jackson .... James MacAfee
Michael Hordern .... British ambassador
Allan Cuthbertson .... Immigration officer
Jeremy Kemp .... British Immigration senior
Sean Barrett .... British Immigration junior
Michael Shillo .... Andre Simon
Rina Ganor .... Rona
Roland Bartrop .... Bert Harrison
Robert Gardett .... Gen. Walsh
Michael Balston .... Sentry #1
Claude Aliotti .... Sentry #2
Samra Dedes .... Belly dancer
Michael Shagrir .... Truck driver
Frank Latimore .... UN officer
Ken Buckle .... UN officer
Rod Dana .... Aide to Gen. Randolph (as Rodd Dana)
Robert Ross .... Aide to Chief of Staff
Arthur Hansel .... Officer
Dan Sturkie .... Parachute sergeant (as Don Sturkie)
Hillel Rave .... Yaakov
Shlomo Hermon .... Yussuf
Frank Sinatra .... Vince Talmadge
Yul Brynner .... Asher Gonen
John Wayne .... Gen. Mike Randolph
Vera Dolen .... Mrs. Martinson (scenes deleted)
Gary Merrill .... Pentagon Chief of Staff (scenes deleted)
Winston Churchill .... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Douglas .... Jeep driver (uncredited)
Rudolf Hess .... Himself at Nuremberg (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fiorello LaGuardia .... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Danny Perlman .... Jeep driver (uncredited)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt .... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Stalin .... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Original Music
Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography
Aldo Tonti
Stunts
Ken Buckle .... stunts (uncredited)
Jack Cooper .... stunts (uncredited)
Joe Powell .... stunts (uncredited)
Tivia
Director Melville Shavelson and Kirk Douglas fought throughout the shoot. At one point, Shavelson even walked off the set, leaving his assistant to take over for the day.
Michael Douglas' movie debut.
During filming in August 1965 John Wayne enraged director Melville Shavelson with his views on the Watts Riots.
This film's opening prologue states: "The major events in this film actually happened. Some of them are still happening. The major characters actually lived. Many of them are still living. Although it was not easy."
Goofs
* Anachronisms: Although the film takes place between 1947 and 1948, Magda's car is a 1954 Pontiac Star Chief Convertible.
* Crew or equipment visible: In a sequence portraying a night attack of an enemy position, there is a brief cutaway from the action to a shot of Mickey, Asher Gonen, and Magda intently listening to reports from the battle. At the moment the cut to this shot occurs, the slate is visible being withdrawn from the frame, from left to right. In freeze frame, one can even see the title, "Cast A Giant Shadow" printed at the top of the slate.
* Anachronisms: Colonel Marcus arrives in Palestine in early 1948 on a civilian Boeing Stratocruiser. The first Stratocruisers were delivered to the airlines in February 1949, nearly a year later.
* Factual errors: When Colonel Marcus first meets General Randolph, there is a Curtiss C-46 in the background. The blue in insignia markings is too pale and the plane lacks the black and white "Invasion Stripes" that were painted on the fuselage and wings of all aircraft involved in the Normandy Invasion. Also, the paratroop drop at Normandy occurred at night, not broad daylight as depicted in the movie.
* Anachronisms: When first seen, Angie Dickinson and Senta Berger are shown wearing fashions from the 1960s when the film was made, not the 1940s when the film was set.
* Factual errors: In a flashback scene, Colonel Marcus (Kirk Douglas) is shown parachuting into France on D-Day with the 101st Airborne. As he stands in the doorway of the aircraft before jumping, it is clearly daylight. However, the parachute drops on D-Day took place at night.
* Factual errors: Colonel Marcus gives Magda his good conduct medal before he departs the first time. The good conduct medal is only awarded to enlisted soldiers. Colonel Marcus graduated from West Point and was a commissioned officer during his entire army career, and therefore would not have received this medal.
Memorable Quotes (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060218/quotes)
Filming Locations
Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy
(studio)
Israel
Rome, Lazio, Italy