I remember selling this vhs(2v.)in the early 90's when i had a Collector's store in the day to Quentin ;
...we used to chat for hours about Hollywood films & Stars of yesteryear...
...he was quite the raconteur-he knew his stuff !
-i've always been a big,big fan of this flic and especially Mancini's music >
I recently found the Hatari! soundtrack after years of hunting for it on CD. Gotta tell you I'm in heaven, one of the all time best, maybe Mancini's best. It's everything I remembered.
I'm kind of over QT these days, but I have to say he was the reason I took a second look at Hawks. I owe QT that much.
"...the work of art is invariably the creation of a new world..." -- Nabokov
Gotta find that cd !
Sounds like Tarantino to me. I know he frequents a lot of video stores in LA. I guess that's where he got all his knowledge of Howard Hawks movies--as well as Preston Sturges, Brian De Palma, etc.
A little off-topic, but Steven Spielberg has affection for this movie, too. You can see its influence all over those dinosaur jeep chases in The Lost World Jurassic Park.
"What I don't understand is how we're going to stay alive this winter."
plwblj you are one lucky dude, I mean it! This movie is such an underrated gem from Howard Hawks, I can totally see how this and Rio Bravo influenced his sensibilities.
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