World Premiere of B-movie Sweet Kill – Oscar-Winning Filmmaker Curtis Hanson’s First Feature | Feb 18, 1972
The World Premiere date for Sweet Kill (also known as A Kiss from Eddie and The Arousers). The B-movie was written and directed by Curtis Hanson as his first feature film project. Hanson went on to win an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film L.A. Confidential.
B-movie Sweet Kill Becomes Last Movie Role for Isabel Jewell | Feb 18, 1972
World Premiere date for B-movie Sweet Kill (also known as A Kiss from Eddie and The Arousers), which featured the last on screen appearance of actress Isabel Jewell.
Live and Let Die |
Charismatic Hollywood stuntman Ross Kananga inspired screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz to name Live and Let Die’s villain Dr. Kananga. In the film, Kananga was played by distinguished actor Yaphet Kotto.
Live and Let Die |
While searching for a suitable location for the James Bond movie adaptation of Ian Fleming’s Live and Let Die, location scouts were intrigued by a sign that read “Trespassers Will Be Eaten.” After meeting with Hollywood stuntman Ross Kananga, the filmmakers were convinced the Jamaica Safari Village at Ocho Rios, Jamaica should be used as ….
They Live |
The special sun glasses used in the film They Live to see aliens attempting to conquer mankind are called “Hoffman Lenses.” According to the Urban Dictionary, wearing one’s “Hoffman Lenses” is to view the world through the lenses of psychedelic drugs such as LSD. Scientist Albert Hofmann discovered the drug LSD.
