What's wrong with your eyesight in the movie poster of "Sea Wolf"? For your comprehensive interpretation of the classic behind the scenes, the British government sealed the top secret archives for 35 years and was made into a movie Goa Raid to escape the German army, but it became a flaw in the film's military adviser movie poster, who saw it and talked about the film's beautiful theme song "Precious Moment" Pike kicked away a "wild goose", pulled David Nevin David Niven was awarded a luxurious lineup by General Eisen Howell, what other excellent actors are in the film? Did the beautiful german female spy commit suicide or did he kill her?

Author / Hayashi Ono

In December 1982, the issue of Popular Cinema was sealed as the third issue

The film's four German military advisers are all survivors of the Goa Raid, including submarine commander Hans;

Lord Louis Mountbatten was the film's chief adviser and was soon assassinated;

Big-name consultant platform, why is there so many chronological errors in the film?

What kind of historical facts are revealed in the original novel "The ShipBreaker Party"?

What's the name of the good movie theme song? Where is the source?

"Wild Goose Daredevil" Richard Burton refused to star, and later felt deep remorse;

"Wild Goose" is almost fully mobilized, and "Captain River" is kicked away by Pike;

Did the beautiful german female spy commit suicide or did he kill her?

Looking back at the 1980s, the script of "Sea Wolf" in the introduction film is the most valid, which is a historical blockbuster cloaked in "jokes", the screenwriter has rules and methods, the plot is twists and turns, the theme is profound, and the dialogue is humorous.

Popular slang such as "gargling with wine" and "you win" were all derived from this film earlier.

Not only that, the lighting and dancing photography costumes are first-class, and there are still many places worth learning from today.

Well, today Ono continues to interpret the classics for you, about the background of the story of "Sea Wolf", the history of the wild, the anecdotes around you, the secret anecdotes, and say something you don't know.

<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01" > the Top Secret Archives sealed by the British government for 35 years were made into a movie</h1>

The Raid in Goa has been a top-secret archive of the British government.

It was not until two years before the filming began, in 1978, that the legendary story of 35 years of dust was repealed due to the repeal of the Official Secrets Act in the United Kingdom.

The film's screenwriter, James Leasor, a Far Eastern journalist during World War II and a notorious quick hand, quickly wrote the story into a novel, The Ship-Taker, which was published in the same year and successfully drew a preface to Lord Louis Mountbatten.

Lord Louis Mountbatten Mountbatten

You may wonder, what is this Lord Mountbatten doing? The opening credits take up to 15 seconds to salute him, almost putting people asleep.

- "This film commemorates the last honorary colonel of the Kolkata Hussars, Mountbatten, Earl of Burma!" ”

The Lord Mountbatten was so funny that the story was endless for three days and three nights. This person is a famous branch of the British royal family, and is jokingly called "the second generation of the rich born with eight golden keys"! Similar to our Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, due to the British tradition of universal marriage to European royalty, this monarch had eight inheritance rights during his lifetime.

The second generation of other rich people are racing luxury cars, this lord is happy to fly warships, do not know which day on a whim to order his men to paint the entire warship pink, and do not know which day which tendon is wrong, proud, planning to use the big ice blocks of the Arctic to build an aircraft carrier.

Lord Mountbatten's intersection with the film is purely geographically advantageous, as he was stationed in Delhi (now New Delhi) as Supreme Commander of the Southeast Asian Theater of Operations, and he wore autumn pants on October 6, 1943, after the Goa raid.

This honorary colonel is indeed nominal.

Lord Louis Mountbatten, known as the last Governor-General of India

But that didn't delay his old man's step, and Mountbatten triumphantly wrote the preface to the novel—"I immediately saw how valuable the outcome of this operation was." I'm happy that I can finally give credit to the people who planned and implemented it. ”

In the final analysis, he did not issue any awards for the members of this operation, and the condolence money was not the eldest son.

Kolkata Light Riding Club veterans

The great thing about the members of the Kolkata Hussars is that many of them are super-rich, but they are not the well-off families we think, and they have a thousand reasons for love and ten thousand escapes compared to the poor people, but "they line up to sign up without saying a word."

According to public records, the professional identities of members of the Kolkata Hussars include bankers, tea merchants, jute merchants, insurance agents, lawyers and accountants.

Kolkata Hussars

Looking back at "Sea Wolf" now, everyone thinks that this crew is quite proud, fine wine and champagne big card division green mountains and green water change clothes, a total investment of 12 million US dollars, because there is Lord Mountbatten behind this big tree to cool off, the emperor's daughter does not worry about selling.

You know, Lord Mountbatten is not only the spiritual mentor of the SeaWolf, but also the spiritual mentor of Prince Charles due to his old age in the royal family. Call each other "Ah, my honorary grandfather", "Ah, my honorary grandson" and so on...

However, people are not as good as heaven, and a year before the release of "Sea Wolf", this big tree fell.

On 27 August 1979, Lord Louis Mountbatten was killed in an IRA assassination attempt in which a cruise ship exploded.

The distributor, United Artists, changed its face and discarded the producer, which faced a destocking problem.

In the end, "SeaWolf" made a big taboo in the film industry, and changed the distribution channel to Paramount.

This excellent film encounters a very small probability of events that lead to the death of the teacher before it is successful, which fully proves that film is a high-risk industry.

Years later, producer Euan Lloyd is still crying and saying, "Paramount doesn't value us at all, they didn't sell well when the film was a 'poor cousin.'" ”

<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02" > the Germans who escaped from the Goa raid, they became the military advisers of this film</h1>

First of all, let's briefly sort out the location of the event, as well as the historical background.

The Kolkata Light Riding Club, although called Kolkata, is located southeast of Delhi, India.

Delhi was later split into Old Delhi and the capital, New Delhi.

In the opening chapter, Colonel Bill Grace, played by David Niven, drives through the streets in a luxury car, and behind it is the "Pearl of India" - the Taj Mahal.

It is located 200 km southeast of Delhi in the city of Arag.

Students who have been to the Taj Mahal will know that the Kolkata Light Riding Club in the movie is roughly 12 kilometers away from Allag Airport.

Three "merchant ships" in the port of Goa, thousands of miles away, need to be solved urgently (led by the Ehrenfels).

They are the brains of a German wolf pack submarine cruising the Indian Ocean, and they must be brain-dead.

At the beginning of the movie, it is explained how hated these German sea wolves are.

Submarine mate

The submarine commander aimed at a British merchant ship, the Turinton, which, according to accurate intelligence, sank it unceremoniously at 5821 tons.

But the movie doesn't say that throughout World War II, German U-boats overturned about 3,500 ships, 20 million tons of displacement merchant ships sank to the bottom of the sea, and the Turington you see is only a few thousandths.

Actor Da Van Hensende Dan van Husen

By the way, the submarine first mate da Van Hansende is quite good, everyone has seen him in the movie "Soldiers In the City", but unfortunately he died on May 31 this year.

Because the film uses a lot of ink to show how diaphragm the German devils are, so at the end of the explosion of the Ehrenfels, the sailors jumped into the sea like dumplings to escape, and everyone was relieved.

Smyser submachine gun, also known as the M40 submachine gun

But here's one thing to tell you, the real history is that the first and second mates of the Ehrenfels are not dead, neither drowned, nor attacked by Pike's Schmeser submachine gun, nor is the submarine commander Hans Joachim Kruger dead.

They were all hired to become military advisers for the film.

<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03" > movie poster sold a flaw, who saw it</h1>

Students who have seen this movie are very impressed with the little revolver in Pike's hand, and they want to have that.

It is stylish in the hand, which is very consistent with Colonel Louis Purg's status as an agent.

And it's a hidden hammer, and it's pulled out, like a melon, and you don't have to worry about hooking the pocket of your jacket.

Presumably the producers themselves liked it, and the movie poster also made Pike pose a 007 style.

All good, everything is good, there is a problem, this gun is called S&amp;W Bodyguard revolver, produced in 1955.

It's a crossing, right?

12 years ahead, a whole round!

In my opinion, the whole crew was deliberate, because not only the five big advisers I just mentioned, but also the prototype of Colonel Louis Pugg, the real Colonel Pugg, who was still alive at the time, was the film's chief military technical adviser.

These six great army divisions could not just eat empty pay and not work.

Colonel Louis Purg was alive at the time and was the film's consultant

However, the S&amp;W behind this small revolver has benefited quite a bit (Smith Wesson Company of the United States), and since then the S&amp;W revolver series has been widely used in Japan and South Korea as standard police guns.

In fact, throughout the film, you will find a problem, that is, visual aesthetic tendencies.

As long as it is beautiful, it is used, first of all, the actor's costume is mostly in the 70s fashion style, even the makeup and hairstyle are (but the military uniform is strict).

And then there's this ridiculously wrong car —

This classic car is little known in our country, Hillman Minx, British-made Hillman.

Although the more figurative the logo wings indicate that it is older, the gray Hillman in Goa is a 1953 model.

Hillman Minx Hillman logo, the more abstract the wings, the closer the age

But this car is too comfortable as a gray-blue block, and there is nothing wrong with colorology, which is the visual trade-off standard of this film.

All this is harmless, and from an aesthetic point of view, you can also understand that the film is a postmodern style, like baroque, Rococo, Gothic, neoclassical, which is an aesthetic style.

Postmodern style is plainly a mix-and-match, such as the familiar "Journey to the West".

This film is only a slight mix-and-match, after all, it is not a serious historical drama like "Schindler's List", and the genre is different.

<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="04" > talk about the film's beautiful theme song "Precious Moments"</h1>

After reading so many words, everyone's eyes are a little tired, take a break at halftime, let's listen to the music.

The reason why this movie is said to be made with care can be reflected in music.

First, it echoes from end to end.

At the beginning of the film, as soon as Colonel Bill and Jack enter the club, the background music starts, and a piano concerto is played.

Until everyone held their breath to listen to the current affairs news, a member removed the record player and the music stopped.

The song, based on a 1941 World War II-themed film, Dangerous Moonlight, was normally sought after by hussars in 1943.

Today, the film has long been forgotten, but the theme song "Warsaw Concerto" has been handed down and has never stopped.

By the end, the film's music producer, Roy Budd, re-arranged the music based on the Warsaw Concerto, filled in new lyrics, and renamed it "The Precious Moments".

Sung by veteran British singer Matt Munro Matt Monro.

The rhythm of this song is soothing, as if the waves lick across the beach, sweep the soul, and massage the ears, making the whole film tense and sublimate the theme.

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Matt Munro enjoys a wide range of popularity in Europe and the United States, and its voice is mellow and beautiful, like an old wine, and the fragrance is dark.

Many popular movie theme songs are sung by this Jun.

Matt Monro, Matt Monro

Lin Zixiang's "Talk about the Yangtze River" and Ou Ruiqiang's "Church Bells" are covered from Matt Monroe's "Wednesday Child" (the theme song of the movie "Spy Sea Heroes").

My favorite work is "From Russia From Love", the theme song of "007 Russian Love".

1963 Production of "007 Russian Love"

<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="05" > Pike kicked away a "wild goose" and pulled in David Niven</h1>

Gregory Peck

Pike didn't have a good time in the '70s, first, when his eldest son, Jon, shot himself in 1975, supposedly insane. The second son was severely depressed.

Again, he had to accept the reality that he was old.

For many stars, this is a deadly hurdle, and there are really no way to get past it. For example, Monroe.

It is said that Monroe's death is conspiratorial, but it cannot be admitted that the 36-year-old Monroe also died alive, because Fox did not play her "Cleopatra". No matter how she cries and pleads, she won't play it for you anyway! Old, the audience is aesthetically tired.

In fact, if Monroe is stronger, one more year, she can see the fiasco of "Cleopatra", and she can die comfortably.

Although Pike's mentality is not bad, the shrinking salary reminds him that the scenery is gone.

Many producers are only willing to give him an additional 10 percent share of $250,000 each.

$250,000?

When he made "Million Pounds" in 1954, he was paid 250,000 films, isn't this the end and back to the beginning?

However, he also made an unexpected windfall because of this, and the 1976 movie "Bad Omen" unexpectedly sold well, and the last 60 million box office was 10% of him, which became the most profitable movie in his life.

The Omen in the 1976 film Omen

But for an old man, what's the use of more money? When my son died, I couldn't get excited about anything.

Parker was 63 years old when he starred in "SeaWolf," and the screenwriter had to rack his brains to concoct a valid reason for him — why is he still saddled in the intelligence agency at such an advanced age?

As a result, Colonel Louis's wife and daughter were killed by the Germans, which was one of the driving forces.

But I felt cruel to an actor who had been through the loss of his son, and when Colonel Bill uttered the line, I felt that the sadness on Pike's face was real.

The screenwriter spent a lot of thought on shaping this character, and also helped Pike a lot.

I mentioned earlier that screenwriter James Leasor is very popular with producers in Hollywood, because he is very martial, efficient, never drags out drafts, and even publishers love him.

A good screenwriter is to have a way and a skill, and really teach the audience the dry goods that have been used by the world.

For example, in shaping Colonel Louis's cunning characteristics, it is really full of tricks —

Seeing a corpse on the ground, he responded on the spot— "Oh, we're here to sell tea, not to the police station." ”

There is also the soldier who is not tired of deception, how to pretend to call and trick Ramtas govta into revealing his real body.

There is also this fight scene is very professional, Parker specializes in kicking people's jaws, when the self-defense textbook looks very good.

The original producers planned to copy the original team of "Wild Goose Death Squad" to star in "Sea Wolf".

Colonel Louis Purger was played by Richard Burton, but Burton was in a very bad physical condition at the time, and he had to wear a neck brace for half an hour to rest, and then think about the days when "Wild Goose" was a bit chilling, so he refused. However, after watching "SeaWolf", he regretted it again (after dying of cerebral hemorrhage in 1984 at the age of 59).

Richard Burton in The Wild Goose Daredevil

When Richard Burton refused to act, "Captain River" Richard Harris of "Wild Goose" was on the line, but Pike then suggested to the SeaWolf producers that David Neven (69), who is older than himself, play Colonel Bill, not Harris!

"Wild Goose Death Squad" "Captain River" Richard Harris

Why did Pike advocate for David Nevan to enter? It's also about talking to people.

The Guns of Navarone in the 1961 film Cannon

In 1961, Pike and David Nevin worked together on the famous "Cannon of Navalon," which was ranked 89th among the 100 most thrilling American films in AFI!

When the film was made in the sequel (1978), it was not taken with the two of them, thinking that they were too old.

For an established movie star, the sense of loss is enormous.

I'm Pike to do it again with David Nevin!

Our old brothers are not only old and supportive, but also old and promising

"Now that we're all ordinary people with bald heads and big bellies, I can guarantee we'll do a good job, even though we're a little older." - Colonel Bill

<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="06" > David Nevan was awarded the order by General Eisen Howell</h1>

"Our merchant ships have not fought since the Boer War!" —Colonel Bill Grace

You may not see that such a spirited old man was a frostbite patient at that time.

With the TV series "Addiction" dialect a disease, the final patient walks are scissors type, and finally the respiratory muscles "freeze", suffocated alive.

Three years after the filming of SeaWolf, on July 29, 1983, David Nevin died of complications from alzheimer's disease at the age of 73.

At that time, David Nevin was still fully committed to the filming of "Sea Wolf", and like the veterans of the Hussars, he risked his life, which had nothing to do with the film, but only out of patriotic enthusiasm.

Colonel Bill Grace

At the beginning, Colonel Bill Grace drives a patriotic rolls-Royce on the path behind the Taj Mahal.

Because the speed of the car was too fast to fly sand and stones, and also rubbed his eyes, this is not idle writing, the screenwriter wants to reveal the gold ring on his tail finger.

Usually this kind of ring is engraved with a family emblem and name, which can be used as an official seal. At that time, our businessmen did the same.

A British gentleman who buys and sells, has money, has money relatively early, is impatient, and keeps his promises, and confesses his identity and professional personality in 15 seconds.

The three-man conversation in the club is also interesting, colonel Louis's inconvenient and well-known nature of work, Jack's childlike innocence, and the old hussar leader, Colonel Bill Grace. The personalities of the three are at a glance.

Jack: "Secret Service, Special Operations Executive, what are you doing?" ”

Colonel Louis: "Miscellaneous." ”

Jack: "Don't be funny. ”

Colonel Louis: "Well, it's all emergency surgery. ”

Jack: "Like a doctor who beats a fetus?" ”

Colonel Louis: "Well, sort of. ”

Here's a joke that Chinese audiences can't understand, Colonel Louis says "emergency action", and Jack jokes like a child as "emergency surgery", because action and surgery are one word - operation.

Then there is the choreographer's ridicule of Gregory Parker himself, because in real life, Parker high-profile advocates for women's freedom of abortion.

In the scene of the Hussar Mobilization Conference, Colonel Bill's speech is also very classic, quite encouraging, and is a beautiful speech template.

When he mentioned, "Our merchant ships have not fought since the Boer War!" "This amount of information is relatively large.

The Boer War, or the Second Boer War to be precise, was fought in a relatively distant location, South Africa, and the Dutch were fighting for turf. And it's a long time ago, 1902.

This shows that the Calcutta Hussars had participated in the war forty years ago when they were still strong boys, and it also shows that they all have a wealth of sailing experience.

The historical facts are different from the novel, this old man is very exquisite, not only did not kill the prisoners of war in the end, but left a few German advisers for this film, and the old broken ship in the film, the Phobe, was rented from real money, but not stolen.

[Note] Phoebe refers to the "Moon Goddess", and the actor Phoebe Cates is a "Phoebe"!

In my vision, Colonel Bill is the closest character to David Nevan.

When I wrote the side essay on "The Massacre on the Nile," I detailed David Niven's resume.

Poirot, the great detective in that film, was only Lieutenant Colonel David's World War II messenger.

David Nevin did exactly what Colonel Louis of the Seawolf did in World War II — joining the British Phantom Reconnaissance Corps and operating clandestinely around Dunkirk.

I was more curious about this, how did a movie star who was famous in Europe and the United States at that time go deep behind enemy lines in a low-key manner?

But all this is true, and General Eisen Howell has specially awarded him for this, which can only be understood as David's superb makeup skills.

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="07" > a luxurious lineup, what other good actors are in the film? </h1>

First of all, two Hollywood German devils professional households -

I. This submarine commander who only looks at half a face for fifty cents, in fact, we all know

By the way, this uniform is not strict, the German submarine commander does not change the white cap until april 19 every year, this film is to facilitate the audience to identify the character - this person is a leader!

This person is based on Hans, who is also the consultant of the film.

The submarine commander Hans prototype is the consultant of the film

The actor is an Austrian, Robert Hoffmann, a Hollywood German ghost professional.

Robert played a German lieutenant in the movie "The Old Gun" and threw a grenade into the well, do you remember?

II. Another ghost professional household

And Colonel Louis and Gavin ran to Goa to grab their tongues, the first spy of the Far East, code-named "Trumpet", the actor is not only a pure German, but his own name is "Wolf" - Wolf Caleb Wolf Kahler!

Wolf Kahler

The horn probably took a fancy to the small revolver in Pike's hand, and the two grabbed it, and finally...

III., Jack's character Trevor Howard is the same as the character

This man is naïve and straightforward, and he is a lifelong enemy of Marlon Brando!

Oh, who are you?

Trevor Howard was a rich family when he was a child, and his father was the manager of the Sri Lanka branch of Lloyds Insurance in London.

This insurance company is one of the most reliable in the world, and when Schwarzenegger filmed "Terminator I", he ran to this company to get an insurance because he was afraid that his eyebrows would not be shaved off.

While the other children were still in kindergarten, Howard was led around the world by his mother.

1965 Prisoner of War Train Male Number Two Major General Eric Fincharm

In 1962, because he liked Marlon Brando, he went to the crew of "Rebel Ship Blood" to play a male number three.

During this period, Malone fought a lawsuit with a British tabloid, and Howard also gave enthusiastic help.

But Marlon Brando's later performance in the crew was too ruined, Howard powder turned passerby, and later passers-by turned black, and every reporter said, "Marlon Brando is not professional, just a bastard!" ”

However, it is because of the public resentment that the two have a watchable work together again, and in 1978, Howard was invited to the "Superman" crew.

IV., Which members of "Wild Goose Death Squad" starred in "Sea Wolf"?

The film marks the reunion of several cast and crew members from previous "The Wild Geese" (1978).

These include -

Producer: Euan Lloyd

Writer: Reginald Rose

Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen

Composer: Roy Budd

Props: Syd Cain

Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen

<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="08" > the beautiful german female spy committed suicide or killed him? </h1>

German female spy - Mrs. Cromwell

When I watched this movie, the person who was most impressed was this snake and scorpion beauty Mrs. Cromwell.

Then there was the dagger in her hand, and I thought she had one too, so I took it to sharpen the pencil!

Not only that, but even death is so enchanting! Unforgettable!

Later, in the 1980s, many domestic actresses had to die like a lying fish, and the criticism of "Popular Movie" was actually learned from Mrs. Cromwell.

The crew had earlier finalized a candidate for Dame Diana Rigg, a former Bond girl and later the heroine of Sin in the Sun. By the way, the actress died on September 10 this year, cancer.

Stills from 1982's Sin in the Sun

But in the year that "SeaWolf" started filming, Diana Rigg was 41 years old, and the crew needed young faces.

Mrs Cromwell was replaced by the little-known British actress Barbara Kellerman at the last minute.

Barbara only starred in the famous British long drama "CI5 Action" in the third season of the 7th episode "Infighting" that year, and the beauty was very obvious.

In CI5 Action, she is playing a beautiful waitress, young but not lacking in sophistication, and she is also a cunning.

Faced with the police's cross-examination, the waitress cynically said: "We didn't see anything, we didn't hear anything, this is the rule of our business!" ”

Impressive!

Of course, Barbara's most memorable kiss was her kiss with Roger Moore in "SeaWolf," which claimed to be the worst in the history of cinema.

After watching the movie that year, the neighbors argued for half a month, was this woman stabbed to death by Gavin? Or did conscience find suicide?

Fortunately, now that there is the Internet, we can break it down with a lens -

As far as I guessed correctly, no matter how early the fisherman café owner died of knife wounds, and then jack, a light cavalry veteran, also died of knife wounds, Gavin could think that this woman did it. The reason why he did not move for a long time was that he really had a good feeling for her, holding a fluke mentality and letting her take a step.

In "SeaWolf", Roger Moore is 52 years old and complains to the media that he is tired of starring in 007 because he hates cuddling with an actress of the same age as his daughter.

This time Barbara Kellerman is 30 years old, and she can really be his daughter, which is probably one of the reasons why Roger Moore stabbed her to death with a knife!

Well, today's classic interpretation is here for you.

Good night to all my friends! See you next time!

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