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Jul 14, 2017 - 11:09 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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THE GETAWAY marked the first project for Steve McQueen as part of First Artists, a company formed by actors Paul Newman, Barbra Streisand, Sidney Poitier, and McQueen. Although McQueen and Peckinpah had worked together in 1971 on the Cinerama Releasing Corp. production of the rodeo film JUNIOR BONNER, production on THE GETAWAY did not go smoothly. Jack Palance was initially cast in the film as "Rudy Butler," but was replaced by Al Lettieri prior to the start of filming. Jerry Fielding had composed the film's original score, which was discarded by McQueen, who then commissioned Quincy Jones for a new score. It was reported that McQueen had had the film re-edited and that Peckinpah at some point threatened to have his name removed from the credits.
During filming of THE GETAWAY, McQueen became romantically involved with co-star Ali MacGraw, who was married to producer and Paramount chief-of-production Robert Evans. McQueen's fifteen-year marriage to actress Neile Adams had been strained for some time, and six weeks into the production, their divorce became final. MacGraw divorced Evans by the end of 1972 and in August 1973 married McQueen. MacGraw did not make another film until 1978 after her marriage with McQueen ended.
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"Have you seen Rudy?"
"No, i aint seen Rudy, ya dumb broad"
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Jul 17, 2017 - 12:08 PM
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Jim Phelps
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C'mon Arthur! Ya gots to follow up these plug-O-threads! Bob added a fine poster and Bill Carson quoted one of the finest quotes in the film.
*Crumbles model bridge*
Here's another:
"Where's Jackson?"
"He didn't make it. Neither did you."
Oh, and as a great scholar once wrote: 
The original, of course, crushes the insipid 1994 remake. The one scene that shows this to be true is the part where Baldwin, Basinger, Madsen, and Seymour-Hoffman are going over the robbery details. Missing from the '94 film is all of the tension, pacing, and meaningful pauses that made the Peckinpah version of the scene so great.
In the earlier film, we know from that scene that Doc (McQueen) and Rudy (Al Lettieri) do not get along. When Rudy shines the flashlight in Doc and Carol's face followed by McQueen's loading of his handgun which compels Lettieri to immediately turn off the light is nothing short of brilliant. We know more about Lettieri's Rudy than we'd ever know from Madsen's dopey take on the role twenty plus years later. The 1994 version plays the scene almost exactly the same except it's rushed and strictly by-the-numbers. No tension, no insight into characters, nothing.
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C'mon Arthur! Ya gots to follow up these plug-O-threads! Bob added a fine poster and Bill Carson quoted one of the finest quotes in the film.
I am very appreciative of all the responses, including yours, to my TCM recommendations and linked reviews. A special thanks to Bob for his additional research and valued information regarding these films. I agree with you that Peckinpah's tough, economic and stylish delivery is most sorely absent in the re-make. There was some conflict between McQueen and his director on the film which most noticeably resulted in Jerry Fielding's stronger minimalist score ditched for the more laid-back one from Quincy Jones.
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