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Take 2! The Behind the Scenes Pic of the Day is gonna show you what happens to people who ride on its train without a ticket!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with today’s Behind the Scenes Pic!
So, I fucked up yesterday. Happens a lot, so it shouldn’t be that much of a surprise by now, but I was sent a photo of Lee Marvin on a train that was supposedly from Emperor of the North and I took it at face value. I mean, it was Lee Marvin on a train. But some eagle-eyed readers quickly spotted my error and pointed out that the photo was actually from another great Marvin film: The Professionals.
So, my mea culpa is to dig up a really cool set of polaroids taken on the set of Emperor of the North by the grandmother of one of the readers of this very column, Ms. Sharryl Lattion, who was a chauffer on the set.
There are three polaroids, featuring each of the three leads: Lee Marvin, Keith Carradine and Ernest Borgnine, with some of his final fight bloody make-up on.
So, no way I messed up this one (I type as I look around like a mad man, waiting for something to go wrong)! This is without a doubt Emperor of the North.
If you have a behind the scenes shot you’d like to submit to this column, you can email me at quint@aintitcool.com.
Back on track for tomorrow’s pic, which will drive you a little mad!
-Quint
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Reminds me of my old man.
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May 14, 2011, 4:16 p.m. CST
Keith Carradine should lay off the booze...his Adam's Apple looks gangrenous
by Bobo_Vision
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May 14, 2011, 5:03 p.m. CST
Lee Marvin looks like he could beat your ass with one arm behind his back.
by Ironhelix
while chewing on a handfull of roofing nails.
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Love that dude! He would use one of those Twilight ferries as dental floss and then flush him down the toilet like a worthless turd. It's depressing to realize that a guy like Lee Marvin could never have a career nowadays.
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I am disappoint.
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actually know their Marvin well enough to spot things like that. Have a drink on me, guys! Cheers.
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Was the original pick to play Quint in "Jaws", but it obviously fell through--don't remember exactly why. That might have been interesting. But, tough as Robert Shaw was, I think they would have had to end with Marvin swallowing the shark if he had played him...
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Kinda makes you want to be a hobo.
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May 14, 2011, 7:21 p.m. CST
I really like these BTS photos from movies I've never even heard of
by Toe Jam
Sadly, my knowledge of film is pretty much limited to that made in my lifetime (1979 on), but a lot of these BTS photos have prompted me to look up and read about pre-1979 movies, and damned if most of them don't sound like really good flicks. I have to admit it certainly seems like Hollywood is running out of original ideas and are instead relying on tried-and-true formulas and straight-up remakes. I need to take more time to go back and watch these originals that were made before my time.
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A #1 mthr fcker!!!
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and for the first time i actually saved an image. these kick ass.
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So you're saying you received these polaroids because you messed up on yesterday's? Well, I am glad you screwed up, because these 3 shots are my favorite ones that you've run yet. KEITH CARRADINE LOOKS SO BADASS. WAIT--THEY ALL DO.
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soooo good.
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That one of Lee Marvin is especially great.
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...but Neflix only seems to have the "full screen" version. No letterbox? That's a true shit sandwich.
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May 15, 2011, 12:24 a.m. CST
What an incredible set of photos to have/to have taken.
by George Newman
These are amazing, particularly Lee Marvin; HO-LY CRAP!!!!!!
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Don't know if this is true or not but if it isn't it should be. Apparently when Marvin was offered the part in Jaws he said "I catch fish. I don't act with 'em!" There's a five part tribute to him by John Boorman on youtube that's well worth watching. Just search for "Lee Marvin John Boorman" and you'll find it.
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And Lee Marvin used a chicken as a weapon, if memory serves.
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<p>There's no question that James Coburn was a very cool screen presence and was highly enjoyable in everything I've ever seen him in, but to invoke him as a way to denigrate Lee Marvin and to brand Lee Marvin as a "wannabe <b>at best</b>" is so ludicrous on the face of it that it hardly deserves a response. But, ludicrous as the idea is, it is also kind of seductive, so I'm responding.</p> <p>Lee Marvin was a Marine Corps sniper in WWII. He was wounded n action during a battle in which the majority of his unit were killed. There was no wannabee about him. He was the definition of the real deal.</p> <p>In the field of acting, the argument can be made that someone who was not a tough guy or genuinely macho in actuality can seem perfectly natural as one on screen. It should also go without saying that being genuinely macho does not confer any acting chops on a man, so a "real deal" tough guy in life can come off as forced or inauthentic on screen. The latter case was not so concerning Lee Marvin. At least from my perspective, his Marine Corps style of no-nonsense toughness was perfectly authentic on screen. I foe one have never perceived him as trying too hard. There was little affectation in his craft and there was plenty of nuance and color. If you haven't seen it, watch "Cat Ballou."</p> <p>If you enjoy James Coburn more than Lee Marvin, then by all means knock yourself out. But your premise that Lee Marvin was "at best" a wannabe is unfounded on the face of it and invoking James Coburn does not succeed in making it less so.</p>
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the "no ticket" line is from Dogma if I remember correctly not JASBSB...think Silent Bob says it after he throws Matt Damon and Affleck off the back of the train
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May 15, 2011, 1:13 p.m. CST
I thought it would be, Last Crusade. When you said, No Ticket
by Orionsangels
and not Jay & Silent Bob like that idiot above thought. Jay & Silent Bob used the line from Last Crusade. We all know it comes from Last Crusade. Except that moron above.
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-- as the recent stills of Jennifer Aniston sucking on a banana.
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The topic of this article was: 'what happens to people who ride on its train without a ticket!' so it makes sense to think of a Kevin Smith flick rather then 'Last Crusade' which would have been: 'what happens to people who ride airships without a ticket!'. I myself thought it was a Smith flick just because the topic mentioned trains. Orionsangels, next time don't be such an asshole and think. At the very least brush up on your movies. And sutureself, great post...I agree with you 100%!
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Umm wasn't it Dogma where Silent Bob uses the "no ticket" line, when the Angels are on the train? I keep seeing Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back being mentioned...
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these are good. damn good. damn!
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...people need to remember that Robert Shaw is the one who wrote (or co-wrote depending on who you believe) Quint's "Indianapolis" monologue. If Marvin had been cast, Quint's defining moment (and one of the greatest moments in movie history) simply wouldn't exist.
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you are my hero for this day, Sunday, May 15, 2011.
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It said train.
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Borgninecan go from cute and cuddly to mean son of a bitch in a heatbeat depending on the role. He was the former in The Dirty Dozen, again with Marvin.
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I love this film. Great pictures.
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Not that I dislike Shaw at all, or the idea of Marvin (maybe) as Quint ... Wasn't SpielB's first choice actor/captain Sterling Hayden? Yeah he was in a million obscure pics and hated the business and all, but talk about one scary fucker who (with his own unblinking "dolls eyes" and like six/half feet tall) would've cemented the fatalistic man vs beast thing happening (though would've overshadowed the main story of JAWS, which wasn't about Quint himself). Hayden would've been too over the top, near-mythic. Shaw's Quint was nuts - and we know why - and we never forgot he was human (esp after his Indianaplois speech, which yes probably would've been absent if Hayden was cast - which reinforces the point - so obsessed that he isn't human any more, just a "remorseless killing machine") . Hayden in STRANGELOVE was scary as hell (I don't recall him blinking more than once or twice, if); LONG GOODBYE all pissed off and fucked up on Aquavit; even the 3 seconds he was in GODFATHER (the monstrous scowl on his face as Michael blows him away) ... Check out his autobio WANDERER (up to the early 60s). Among all else, a bit of info on the sort of money/tax bugs that were to (among all else here too) throttle his casting in JAWS. (and of course check out EOTN/P)
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I would not want to mess with Rogo in real life. He was fun in EFNY, and left the badassery to Kurt Russell.
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<p>With due respect, you've misstated my line of reasoning. In fact, I addressed your very point in the third paragraph of my first post. Let me excerpt it here: "It should also go without saying that being genuinely macho does not confer any acting chops on a man, so a 'real deal' tough guy in life can come off as forced or inauthentic on screen. The latter case was not so concerning Lee Marvin. At least from my perspective, his Marine Corps style of no-nonsense toughness was perfectly authentic on screen. I for one have never perceived him as trying too hard." My "answer to that one" was given before you asked the question.</p> <p>You've offered no support for your key assertion and using Coburn as an example of a "legit badass contrasted with faux badass" is like using chocolate as a "legit flavor" to show that vanilla is a "faux flavor" or using Mozart as a "legit composer" to show that Beethoven was a "faux composer." No example or list of examples of "legit" entities can demonstrate that an entity not listed is "faux." It is <i>this</i> line of reasoning that is fallacious.</p>
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So, I sent these in, and was pleasantly surprised to see them on AICN today. I got a little more info about them from another family member who was there. I guess they weren't taken by my Grandmother, but by my great aunt. There were some issues with the camera, and she couldn't get it to work. She fumbled with it, until the cinematographer snatched the camera from her, and proceeded to photograph the cast. So I guess these pictures were taken by Joseph Biroc.
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