When my kid was in third grade they were asked what their favorite movie was and I'd just shown him this and he wrote it down. It was the first "Dad Movie" he'd paid attention to. I was both proud and mystified.
ok but the first time i saw that movie i spent the first hour totally confused bc i could not, could not wrap my head around the idea that charlton heston's character was supposed to be mexican
Like Burt Lancaster playing a Frenchman in Frankenheimer's The Train (one of my B&W faves). He's surrounded mostly by actual French actors and sticks out like a sore thumb at first.
Amen.
And that scene in the pic is my favorite — Heston framed against all the pictures of the matadors and then Welles rears back so his head is framed by the bull horns. Genius
Most people don't believe me when I tell them I saw "Harvey" on the London stage *with* Jimmy Stewart. So here's a programme on ebay, not mine and no sale-recommendation implied...
In the cast's bow at the end, there was a "gap" between Jimmy Stewart and the next actor, 'holding their hands'...🐰
