The End - the Classic Film Obituary thread 2020
Nov 29, 2020 18:50:12 GMT
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Post by divtal on Nov 29, 2020 18:50:12 GMT
R.I.P.
I met David Prowse when I was producing an afternoon radio talk show, in the late 70s. He was a guest on summer day, and, because school was out, the station was a mob scene of employees' kids, who were thrilled to meet Darth Vader. He was so nice ... and so patient. He spent a couple of hours after the show talking with them. He had some post cards that pictured him, in costume, that he signed, and he answered a gazillion questions.
In the interview on-air he told a story about an experience that he had during the making of A Clockwork Orange, that I found re-told on the IMDb trivia page:
Before filming the scene where he had to carry Patrick Magee's wheelchair up the stairs, professional bodybuilder David Prowse went up to Stanley Kubrick and asked if he could make sure that (due to the difficulty of the task) he got the scene in as few takes as possible, saying, "You're not exactly known as 'one-take-Kubrick', are you?" The rest of the crew was horrified at such a famous director being talked to like this, but Kubrick just laughed and promised to do his best. The scene was filmed in only six takes, an incredibly small amount for a perfectionist like Kubrick. Even so, Prowse was near exhaustion after the repeated takes of him carrying Frank and his wheelchair down the stairs.
He was a very nice guy.
I met David Prowse when I was producing an afternoon radio talk show, in the late 70s. He was a guest on summer day, and, because school was out, the station was a mob scene of employees' kids, who were thrilled to meet Darth Vader. He was so nice ... and so patient. He spent a couple of hours after the show talking with them. He had some post cards that pictured him, in costume, that he signed, and he answered a gazillion questions.
In the interview on-air he told a story about an experience that he had during the making of A Clockwork Orange, that I found re-told on the IMDb trivia page:
Before filming the scene where he had to carry Patrick Magee's wheelchair up the stairs, professional bodybuilder David Prowse went up to Stanley Kubrick and asked if he could make sure that (due to the difficulty of the task) he got the scene in as few takes as possible, saying, "You're not exactly known as 'one-take-Kubrick', are you?" The rest of the crew was horrified at such a famous director being talked to like this, but Kubrick just laughed and promised to do his best. The scene was filmed in only six takes, an incredibly small amount for a perfectionist like Kubrick. Even so, Prowse was near exhaustion after the repeated takes of him carrying Frank and his wheelchair down the stairs.
He was a very nice guy.