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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 13, 2021 2:28:23 GMT
A one time trivia question.
Raiders of the Lost Ark and Clash of the Titans opened in North America on June 12 1981. They have something in common.
Do you know what that is?
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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 13, 2021 3:03:40 GMT
Here's a hint.
The common factor involves wings and tools.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 13, 2021 3:11:29 GMT
And some facial hair, but more in one than the other.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 13, 2021 7:11:48 GMT
It's not the London Symphony Orchestra although that is another connection.
But it is something British, not German or Greek despite appearances.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Jun 13, 2021 8:23:08 GMT
A one time trivia question.
Raiders of the Lost Ark and Clash of the Titans opened in North America on June 12 1981. They have something in common.
Do you know what that is?
British wrestler turned actor Pat Roach appears in both films.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 13, 2021 16:13:54 GMT
That's it!
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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 13, 2021 17:00:46 GMT
So in Raiders of the Lost Ark he was a mechanic on a flying wing and in Clash of the Titans he was the mechanic on owl wings since he made Bubo the mechanical owl.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Jun 13, 2021 17:11:57 GMT
So in Raiders of the Lost Ark he was a mechanic on a flying wing and in Clash of the Titans he was the mechanic on owl wings since he made Bubo the mechanical owl. He was also one of the Sherpas with the Nazis that showed up at The Raven ( Marion's Bar )
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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 13, 2021 17:13:21 GMT
He was also one of the Sherpas with the Nazis that showed up at The Raven ( Marion's Bar ) The Barranca guy at the start also plays two parts--he was the monkey guy on the motorcycle. They said that was deliberate so as to suggest how stunt men would do more than one part.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 13, 2021 19:09:25 GMT
Pat Roach is in most of the Mt Olympus scenes standing in the background.
Even when Olivier is speaking, he's in the shot.
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