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Did you get to hang with Olly?
Must be some stories there
After shooting was finished for the day in Antibes, all the actors and crew were drinking steadily in the El Negro bar, Olly was well and truly shackled when he collided with a short but well built French cameraman------beer was spilt. Punches were thrown, and Oliver Reed was smacked under the jaw and went down like a sack of coal. When he came to, he apologised to Marcel, threw his arms around him, drinks all round-----------Olly could drink more than any two men I ever met, but never got evil with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by powerabout
Everyone loved working for "The Mouse" and was grossly overpaid into the bargain, stayed at the best hotels, dined at the best restaurants, and had the biggest expense accounts------I bought the wife a gold Rolex out of the proceeds.
Somedays you eat bear -------was contacted years later and asked if I was interested in working on the Bond film "SKYFALL"-------but by then I was way too old and well past my sell by date !
. April/May 1980 !Quote:
Originally Posted by FUJIMO
never made the big time !Quote:
Originally Posted by 2us70
the polite way of saying that is it now has a cult followingQuote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
Now you're just being facetious Pilgrim.Quote:
Originally Posted by powerabout
Female in the film was Barbara Carrera-----looked a bit Latino , had come to bed eyes and a body that just would not quit-------did try my luck, but was shot down in flames.
Roll call was 5:30 am seven days a week-----EVERYBODY had to be there, Phillip Modave was the director, or DICTOTORE as he was known. Initially I was just paid to deliver the Condor boat to Monte Carlo, but was then asked to set up the six squirts-------showed the stunt guys some of the things you could do with a Castoldi Squirt------Remy was impressed and asked me to show him the complexities of the Condorboat-------after an hour of tuition he said "NO WAY AM I DRIVING THAT THING." It was decided I should be given an "Equity" card ( you do not work in the film industry without one). They then employed another Italian driver, just in case I was unavailable.
Problems started when there was a seaweed mass in the Mediterranean and the intakes got bunged up, well, as you can imagine, this did the V8 motors no good at all, --------I spent hours with a snorkel clearing intakes, teaching guys to drive, and then had the damned director screaming at me to get the boats up and running like yesterday!!!! That did it----------Screw you asshole-------Sex and Travel.
I packed my bags, and the van, and headed for England ------got as far as Antibes when the motorcycle Gendarmes Cavalcade pulled me over and escorted me back to Monaco.
was offered double pay-------treated like a Queen ( colloquially that is), would I stay on, just for the week ! turned out nobody knew anything about boats and they were in deep Ka-Ka.
Was six weeks later before I left Nice and the Studio Victorinne with pockets laden with gold------did very well thank you, working for the "Mouse".
Great time
one of the Ozzie tv film companies was a friend of my old boss Hector Crawford, Crawford Productions, he had lots of boats and used them in lots of movies, fixing damage was great.
One other dealer in Melbourne did all the stunt driving
After Havasu 1970----- all the boat racers went to Vegas--------OMC and Mercury------winners got to stay at Ceasers Palace.
There was a film crew offering drivers $200 a day to go filming down in Mexico--------I didn't have the time, but there were others including Sirois and Pruett who did.
Here you go Jackie...Turn up the sound and re-live the memories of "Condorman"....:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1dFIn06tyY
Took all the kids to see the film at a flea pit in Cranleigh when it was first released -------nearly forty years later ---------I have eleven grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren and they've all seen grandpa Jack in action------thanks to "THE MOUSE"
Many, many thanks to Bob V and Fujimo for reminding me what a great life I'm having !
Jackie...Your driving the Condorman boat is HUGE...!! Had you not mentioned that, I and I am sure most of the readers on here would have never know. Now you have me wondering what other secrets you have been sitting on. I though seeing you wrapped around the NGK spark plug girl was big, but driving the Condorman boat is out of the park...:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
Jackie making a move on Barbara Carrera reminds me of a song from back around that time frame, it went something like this .....Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
Just what makes that little old ant
think he'll move that rubber tree plant
Everyone knows an ant can't
move a rubber tree plant .....
but he's got High Hopes :D
David Minty was an art director and set designer at Pinewood Studios in Iver which is where the LMBRC had its HQ. He and his two friends Dougie Bruce and Terry ? Were ardent boat racers and I supplied them with boats and engines for many years--------I think Dougie was the one who bankrolled them.
He was employed by Disney ( THE MOUSE) to find the locations, the various boats, and the six Porches to make CONDORMAN.
He imported a Jones jet driven (Squirt) drag boat to do the job-------After he nearly took his leg off testing the boat when he steered it into the dock, he called me. Took me two minutes to realise what a lemon this thing was.
He then showed me the script and the location -------Miramar, near Antibes that was piles of rock that a hundred miles an hour boat carrying three people, and needed precise handling through explosions that were controlled-------(he lied about that !)
A formula one boat could answer most of the questions except for the extra four hundred pounds that all the guns , wings and things and two extra bodies made up-------told Rolla what the game was, he came up with a prop first time of asking!
Didnt matter what the top speed was--------speed up the film and nobody knows the difference-------as it turned out, with it fuelled up for an hours filming, three people aboard, it came out of the hole like Polaris and ran well over 50 mph_______ which was plenty for what was required.
As it turned out, that was the easy part, what I wasn't prepared for was dealing with MUPPETS who took it upon themselves to launch both Condorboats without putting the drain plugs in, then buggerig off for breakfast.!
I arrived at 5 in the morning to find both boats sitting serenely under ten feet of crystal clear water at the bottom of the harbour-------that was just the start of the first day!
Cmon Bill------both you and I know that when it came to races and good looking females the "MERCURY RACE TEAM " always punched well above its weight!!! And some of those beauties have gone down in boat racing folklore, leading the pack of course was always pug ugly Garbrecht.Quote:
Originally Posted by willabee
Hand on heart---- I swear on a stack of bibles-------that guy went to heaven a happy man!
Left the rest of us wondering what the hell it was he had------it's called "Panache".
..And alcohol is what killed him. He was a life-long alcoholic. After a days filming, he indulged in a drinking competition at a local Irish Pub. He lost...by dying, then & there.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
...Public release was '81...Are you saying this is when you did your film work Jackie? (I'm writing a book, lol))Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
Started testing the Condorboat in February 1980 ------hauled it down to Lowes Hotel Monte Carlo in March the same year . Had to vacate the hotel in May as the F1 teams had fully booked the hotel for the Monaco GP.Quote:
Originally Posted by FUJIMO
Oliver Reed was a well liked actor who lived just outside of my home town, Horsham, West Sussex.Quote:
Originally Posted by FUJIMO
i came across him a few times and lots of my friends went drinking with him on numerous occasions.
First time I came across him was in the South of France while working for the mouse.
I never found him to be anything but the reputation that preceded him wherever he went. Married a young girl and was very happy for years,
Lived around Horsham for near fifty years and never even heard of an Irish Pub in the vicinity, let alone Olly dying in a drinking competition in one.
Maybe alcohol killed him I don't know.
some good ones here about Oliver Reed
http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0001657/trivia
Well Jackie, the local pub was actually local to where he was filming a movie at the time. He was filming the movie "The Gladiator", in Valletta, Malta. After the days film work, Oliver, his wife Josephine, some Maltese friends, & some crew members of the Frigate HMS Cumberland, which was docked at nearby Valletta Harbor, were all drinking at a pub called "The Pub in Archbishop Street" at 2.30 a.m. He married Josephine when she was still a teenager. She was 35 when he died. They both lived in a home for many years in Churchtown, and their local favorite, frequently honored Irish Pub in Churchtown, was named "O'Briens". Josephine remarried, a local Churchtown chap, two years after Oliver died, which was 1999.
I bow to your superior knowledge Fuji------last I heard of him before he died was that he had married a young girl and settled down, moderated his drinking and still lived in the palatial pile on the Dorking road in the village of Okewood Hill------had a socking great rhinoceros parked outside the gate.Quote:
Originally Posted by FUJIMO
By that time I had moved out to France------afraid he was never in my circle of friends anyway. Didn't stop him being a bit of a hell raiser!
Being Thursday thought I might tootle off to the car boot sale, for want of anything better to do. Things coming to a pretty pass when you can still get excited about a bag of nails, ( panel pins actually). The only thing I bought today------a whole pound for five tubs full.
Finally stopped raining and the wind died down, not before it dumped half the eating apples on the ground-------still , one mans bad luck means the goats over the fence eat well today.
Poorly Paw is down to about twice the size of a normal mitt-------off to the hospital Friday ---see if they can do anything (except chop the bugger off -----I've grown quite fond of the fist over the years).
Looked into the workshop------its in a sorry old state-----unloved and unused for well over a month ----- nothing quite as depressing as an unused machine shop collecting dust -----unless it's a good looking woman in a chastity belt !
Dislike being chair bound-----it's only a hop, skip and jump from being bed bound. Really have curtailed all useful and strenuous activities-------hasn't made a blind bit of difference-----I know things don't heal as quick when you get past a certain age ------but hells teeth I'm years away from that "Certain age"
Wilson Golf sticks been sent to the charity shop-----wHen I said I was through golfing, my days of swinging' a club are well and truly over-----I meant it, Just wish I could remember where I put my .Callaways ?
Looks like Jilly's Hibiscus tree has been struck by lightning------split asunder-----she's not nice to be around this morning--------spitting feathers! Good job she can't get hold of the lightning man !
Finally stopped raining------I'd almost forgotten what that big yellow thing up in the sky was, looked down at my feet to make sure they weren't webbed.
Damned Poorlie Paw hasn't improved-------five weeks today since I whacked the ground instead of the ball. Something's not quite right and I'm pig sick of snivelling and feeling sorry for myself-----something needs to be done-------see what the doctors have to say.
Murphy brought in a live one last night while we were watching TV-----Jilly's shriek could have been heard in Tasmania-------she ran out of the room, slamming the doors shut------demanding I get rid of the rodent (and Murph)! Tried valiantly for an hour or so, shifting furniture so the cat could see the mouse--------I came to the conclusion the cat and the mouse are really good friends and this is just a game.
Been to see the Quack (Again), not sure that was the brightest thing I ever did-----need another set of tests, bloods, scans, the whole nine yards.
Somethings wrong! He says------told you that five weeks ago and it's still wrong.
Next visit is Tuesday------I'm getting well pissed with being 85-----I want to go back to being 83---- that's when I was happy and pain free with hands that worked
Whoever said there's no joy in getting old, had it about right. So I'm not, I'm getting younger from here on in. Found out what makes a grumpy old man ------HE HURTS. How the hell can you be happy and hurt-----it's just not possible!
jackie. with regards to hibiscus. they consist of the softest pulp imaginable. if you have resently had a strong wind or storm, they will break, especially if they are a bit older bush/tree. 'if" done immediately, before the break has a chance to dry out, you can tightly graft the break back together, and it will take a majority of the time. tightly wound string is useful. or multiple short pieces of twisted wire, or? they thrive in the tropics & as you know hibiscus grow rampantly in south florida. have numerous colors of them.
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Really was split down the middle Fuji-------nothing we could do to save it.
Great pity, it was just coming into full bloom and would have gone on until November
Thanks for the advice, much appreciated!
Bummer. Stick a new one in the ground. Water it. They grow fast. Especially with a little fertilizer. The sooner you plant a new one, the sooner you'll get new buds.;)
Thers a huge selection of market gardeners at the car boot sale------can't say I've ever seen a Hibiscus tree for sale, but then again, I never really looked, as I never wanted one before.Quote:
Originally Posted by FUJIMO
Last night was "Showtime" in the Wilson house, Jilly was climbing the furniture while the Murph and min show took place on the hearth rug-------the mouse that invaded the lounge has evaded all attempts at eviction. Continues to terrify her who shall be obeyed and stands on its hind legs Boxing the resident feline who has turned out to be the biggest WUZ in the history of cats.
Reckon the same thing must have happened with either "Hannah" or "Barbara" with TOM AND JERRY.
I tell you, the lady of the house is not amused-----my parentage is very much in doubt and my "Allowance" is in jeopardy.
cant lie here all day-----I got places to go and people to see!
If I'd asked for a fellopial fungelwort there could not have been a blanker expression on the growers faces ! Seemed reasonable to ask if anyone had a "Hibiscus" tree or bush-------if I'd asked to sleep with their grandma, it would have not been such a shock question.
"Never heard of that one, -----you sure you got it right------I got a HUCALIPTUS "
Was told ----They don't grow in this country ! Rare as rocking horse sh-t, were just a couple of the comments.
Search is on, I'm HIBISCUS HUNTING ---feel like Sydney Greenstreet hunting for the Maltese Falcon.
Nothing exciting at either the car boot sale or the scrapyard, unless you count a bag of beefsteak tomatoes------four green peppers----two eggplants and a cucumber as thrilling !
Pissed off with the Poorlie Paw so spent an hour in the shop pretending I knew what I was doing.
Theres only so many "James Patterson" -----Tom Clancy----Baldacci and Freddy Forsyth books you can read before you go litterateur crazy!
Its a bugger when you look forward to hospital visits in case they manage to solve the mystery of the Poorlie Paw -------told you I've been reading too many damn books!
Your anemic. You lack enough healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin, to heal at a normal rate. For starters, for the rest of your life, take a vitamin C tablet in the morning with breakfast. Doctors only want to prescribe drugs, as you already know, which are not always the answer. There's more to it than that.
Suttons sells hibiscus plants or seeds. All colors. www.suttons.co.uk ...Order on-line & have them delivered, or pick-up the rag & bone.http://suttons.s3.amazonaws.com/p/117389b_3.jpghttps://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....8L._SY606_.jpg
Doctor Fujimo-----I have never been Anemic in my life______i have more healthy BLUE blood cells than Prince Charles------I have a list of would be receivers of this wonder juice that would fill a library, willing to pay a kings ransom just to lick the needle mark.Quote:
Originally Posted by FUJIMO
I heal quicker than Usain Bolt-----a month ago I had a vitamin booster shot-----due for the next one this coming Tuesday. Beginning to suspect that may be the cause of the problem , so forgive me if I don't share your enthusiasm for vit pills
I get the usual explanation as to the problem!-------ITS YOUR AGE------you must need vitamins because you're over twenty five.
After the Triple by-pass 28 years ago I was put on a couple of beta blockers a day------seems to have worked pretty damn good up to now, so I think I'll stick with em a while longer.
Apparently I tore a bunch of tendons or ligaments, which I am reliably informed, take a good deal longer to heal than a broken bone !
Hereby begs the question-----do I listen to the sawbones and nurses-------or my learned friend -----
DOCTOR FUJIMO.?
Was good of you to take time out to sort my problem------whilst I may not necessarily agree with the prognosis, I thank you for your concern !
, now there are hundreds of seed pods from last year on some of the branches------wonder if they would take ?Quote:
Originally Posted by FUJIMO
It was a Tree/Bush-----it stood over ten feet tall and was apparently planted in the mid sixties.
A vitamin booster shot given on a regular basis...hmmmm. Well then, lets get back to racing history, lol.:smiletest:
how about a few days without beta blockers, that should get the thread going.. ( only joking)
"Regular Basis"-------well I had the first one in my life just a month ago------have to wait for the second (and last) one until Tuesday DOC.???Quote:
Originally Posted by FUJIMO
By the way, I'm told it's VITAMIN B12------ made the mistake of saying I felt tired and needed a nap in the afternoon after four hours in the workshop!
But your absolutely right-------let's get back to "RACING HISTORY"
You got a hell of a wicked sense of humour Pilgrim------must be the Aussie streak in you ?Quote:
Originally Posted by powerabout
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First race at Iver-----"YELLOW PERIL" 15' DERRY----700 MERCURY
Any guesses who the kid in the pork pie skid lid and spitfire goggles is ?