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Alex Bruesewitz @alexbruesewitz - Over the coming days, remember that many so-called “influencers” on this platform are paid by nations and companies eager to prolong the war. They won’t be thrilled by President Trump’s deal with Iran, even though it marks a significant step forward toward a safer and more prosperous world.
Ignore those voices and don’t amplify them. Engaging in the comment sections only gives them more reach.
The same goes for the other “influencers” here who’ve likely taken foreign money to push smears like “Trump is a genocidal madman.” Don’t listen to them either.
Have a great day!
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All day Astronomy @forallcurious - Video: This is why we always see the same side of the Moon and its phases!
https://x.com/forallcurious/status/2042067897766572238
All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies - Heath Ledger filming the opening scene of THE DARK KNIGHT.
https://x.com/ATRightMovies/status/2042076785387696611
All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies -Video: Michael Jackson and John Landis pre‑sold a behind‑the‑scenes documentary to MTV to help finance THRILLER's massive $500,000 budget, which was about ten times the cost of a typical music video in 1983.
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All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies - 58 years ago this week, PLANET OF THE APES arrived in cinemas. Its twist ending is one of the most iconic shots in cinema history - but it was born over lunch at a deli near the Warner Bros. lot
Producer Arthur P. Jacobs had spent three and a half years being laughed out of every studio in Hollywood. "No kidding, talking monkeys and rocketships? Getouttahere!" Even Charlton Heston had his doubts: "All Arthur had was the rights to the novel and a portfolio of paintings depicting possible scenes. There wasn't even a treatment outlining an effective script."
The original plan was to end the film like Pierre Boulle's novel, with Taylor returning to Earth only to discover it had become a planet of apes. But while eating at a deli near the Warner Bros. lot, Jacobs and his partner started discussing the idea of Taylor being stranded on Earth the whole time without the characters or the audience knowing it.
As they left the restaurant, they spotted a painting of the Statue of Liberty near the cash register. According to Jacobs, the two men had just found their "Rosebud."
A call went out to writer Rod Serling, who integrated the idea into the screenplay. The ending was a collaboration - Jacobs and his partner provided the concept, Serling made it work on the page, influenced by his mastery of twist endings in creating The Twilight Zone.
Not everyone was thrilled. Author Pierre Boulle loathed the new ending and wrote a letter of protest to Jacobs during pre-production. He later warmed to it, eventually preferring it to his own.
The special effect of the half-buried Statue of Liberty was achieved by blending a matte painting with existing cliffs at a secluded cove on the far eastern end of Westward Beach in Malibu, between Zuma Beach and Point Dume. The shot looking down at Taylor was filmed from a 70-foot scaffold angled over a half-scale papier-mâché model.
And Heston's reaction when Taylor realises what happened - "You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!" - was improvised. The script only called for him to say "Oh, God."
When censors objected to the blasphemy, Heston argued he wasn't cursing God, he was calling upon God to condemn evildoers. The censors let it slide.
The ending went on to become one of the most referenced, parodied and celebrated moments in cinema. All because two men looked at a painting by a cash register and saw the final frame of their film.
https://x.com/ATRightMovies/status/2041538992106275215
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