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My Favorite Blooper

posted 18 years ago by DinoGuy
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My favorite movie blooper of all time is in this flick.
First off, I want to say I love this movie, so what if it's anachronistic (dinosaurs/cavemen/dinosaurs from different eras)? I tell people that I first saw in on TV when I was 8 or 9, it had DINOSAURS, cool scenery and oh yeah, some pretty lady in a fur outfit....Now I tell them it's got RAQUEL WELCH IN A FUR BIKINI and some dinosaurs....
OK, my favorite blooper; when John Richardson first encounters Raquel, he faints dead away (and who can blame him?), just after a giant prehistoric sea turtle appears over the dune behind him. Raquel points to it and yells, "Archelon! Archelon!" The rest of the Shell People point and yell "Archelon!"
Trouble is, Archelon (pronounced ark-ye-lon) is the critters scientific name.
Smart people in this Shell Tribe...
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[–] tomtkh 18 years ago

This does not surprise me one bit. It's a ridiculous title for a movie, and the concept is also ridiculous -- but -- I loved it as a kid, it's still fun watching now. I am surprised anyone pulled this off back then, maybe they were stoned (it WAS the 60's).

[–] waltrips 18 years ago

There was an earlier black and white version too, of which this film was a remake. So, don't blame the 60's for it's historical inaccuracies. Just blame Hollywood.

[–] Dice_Man 18 years ago

The shoot was nearly ruined when someone in catering shouted 'Free Buffalo Steaks' and the set was promptly overrun with....Zulus!....thousands of them.

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[–] skay_baltimore 13 years ago

My favorite blooper was when the ape people were fighting in the cave, and one got thrown against the wall, and it moved.

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[–] Forgotten_Hero 13 years ago

Hahahaha.

I'll have to watch for that one next time.

[–] namaGemo 9 years ago

This isn't in the DVD, and I never saw this till tonight on my dvr from TCM. They showed they entire uncut film, and I wondered if that flaw was why they edited it out of the U.S.version, then I saw them placing the beheaded ape man head on the pole and figured that is why this was removed.