Post by mikef6 on Mar 21, 2020 1:26:20 GMT
When The Dirty Dozen was still in theaters in 1967, I went to visit a friend from undergrad days who was enrolled in a theological seminary. He spun me a theory that the movie was based on Jesus and his twelve disciples. As I remember, he couldn’t carry the comparison very far except for a leader, 12 followers he was training, a Last Supper scene, and the bunch being betrayed by one of them (Maggot abandoning the mission to kill a hooker). It wasn’t very convincing.
Only a handful of the 12 convicts have any personality or presence. Only Cassavetes, Brown, Bronson, Savalas, and Sutherland with Walker and Lopez possible in-betweens.
And speaking of Trini Lopez – as the production was heading toward completion, Lopez decided to make a power play. He was going to quit right in the middle of production if not given more money. Aldrich and the producers declined his offer. By the time Lopez decided it was in his interest to come back under original terms, his abrupt off-camera death had already been filmed. Bye bye Trini.
Only a handful of the 12 convicts have any personality or presence. Only Cassavetes, Brown, Bronson, Savalas, and Sutherland with Walker and Lopez possible in-betweens.
And speaking of Trini Lopez – as the production was heading toward completion, Lopez decided to make a power play. He was going to quit right in the middle of production if not given more money. Aldrich and the producers declined his offer. By the time Lopez decided it was in his interest to come back under original terms, his abrupt off-camera death had already been filmed. Bye bye Trini.