#Ice Station Zebra

[farmerbebop]

I really don't know much about spy stuffs but the fact that there's no record of McGoohan ever saying "Do not cite the Deep Magic to me, Witch. I was there when it was written." still surprises me, LOL.

And I don't know anything about guns so please excuse me if this lousy photoshopping is lousier than usual.

References: 1, 2, 3, 4

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Technology and interiors from Ice Station Zebra (1968)

[i-like-his-charm]

Shameless plug time. I have several novels spawned by McGoohan characters. The Twisting Time trilogy was dreamed up after watching Ice Station Zebra and imagining a love story for David Jones after the ISZ situation ended.

Machine Gun Eyes is imagining a non-murderous and devilishly sexy Nelson Brenner going up against a modern day Dr Syn in a love triangle.

Loyalty and Love is John Drake in love. The novella “Cryptographer’s Romance (which originally had a sad ending but they made me change it to a happy one), is a fun one — John Drake dealing with an aggressive young crush.

You can find all these in ebook at eXtasybooks.com, or at my author page at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Luann+Lewis+author (although they sneak some books in there that have nothing to do with me 🫤), or through my website links: www.frommindtopen.com

Of course, I had a fan fiction labor of love that followed John Drake from a love affair into The Village as Number 6 which still exists somewhere out there in Archive of Our Own I think, and a story about the love of John Kingsley (Kings and Desperate Men) — not the best movie, but a wonderfully complex character — also fanfiction, but I’m hoping to turn that one into a novel some day.

So, that’s the commercial interruption, now we can get back to the dazzling entertainment—photos of Mr. McGoohan. ❤️❤️❤️

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Remembering cult cinema icon Jim Brown on on the anniversary of his death.

R.I.P. (1936 - 2023)

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ICE STATION ZEBRA (1968) - HOWARD TERPNING‘s MOVIE POSTER PAINTINGS (Part 9/10)

Another one of my favorite paintings by HOWARD TERPNING is the stunning colorful portrait of the all-star cast starring in the 1968 Cold War movie here enhanced with the Japanese typography and colors

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Director: John Sturges Actors: Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Jim Brown, Patrick McGoohan

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[lesserknowncryptids]

Today's lesser known cryptid is: the Ice Station Zebra

[cinemajunkie70]

A very happy birthday in the afterlife to Ernest Borgnine!

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[shortmeteor]

The Guns of Navarone (J. Lee Thompson, 1961) 

Watch last night, for the first time in years. I remembered nothing, so was very entertained! (as always with an Alistair MacLean story, I’ve been on a bit of a “tour” lately). What struck me, though, was how completely this is the template for Tarantino. Every beat, every edit and shot, the characters, the story, everything. It lacks the layer of “reference” of course (it IS the reference), which is so much better. However much he likes Hong Kong or Japanese movies, karate etc., and the whole Kill Bill thing, structurally, texturally, editing, this is where he’s from (the Asian stuff is window dressing, local color). Just like Spielberg is from the “well-made Hollywood movie entertainment” tradition (completely square but well made; Norman Rockwell). Like watching a 70s or 80s TV show, only bigger. None of this is meant as “critique”, just observations. Your mileage may vary.

I read every MacLean book I could as a kid (loved those covers! The “Partisans” cover painting seems taken from this movie?). The best thing about these movies is how cozy they are. The scene at the beginning of Ice Station Zebra with Rock Hudson in the pub is maybe the coziest thing ever put on film. And even with the violence and the double crossing, horrible weather, etc., it never stops being cozy. The kind of movie you’d want to live in.

[farmerbebop]

So someone had this cold-blooded whisky-soaked teddy bear McGoohan to work with and they didn't just go ahead and deconstruct the whole spy genre? Instead they filmed a lot of guys going somewhere looking for something that none of them (except McGoohan) seemed to care about? I can barely make ten gifs because who on set could possibly notice that the whole thing (and by that I also mean every wet blanket in that submarine) was just waiting for the next McGoohan scene?!

[i-like-his-charm]

Now, that’s class! 🤣🤣🤣

I posted a photo! Thank you, my friend! 🤗

[i-like-his-charm]

An old one… I ended re-visiting this today, it had been awhile, so I thought I’d post it too. 😊

[spockvarietyhour]

if Kim Wexler makes it to 2018 she's gonna love The Terror

[schlock-luster-video]

On April 4, 1969, Ice Station Zebra debuted in the United Kingdom.

Here's some new Jim Brown art!

[depoteka]

i know that many polish people had to americanize their surnames when they came to the usa but sooo many times when watching movies i've seen them give characters "polish" surnames that don't even have hints of being an actual polish surname