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Giant Octopus | Submarine
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Because the budget was so low, Ray Harryhausen saved money by building his octopus model with six rather than the correct eight tentacles. He tried to pose the creature so this lack of the right number of arms wasn't apparent.
The submarine scenes were shot in an actual submarine in Long Beach, California.
Ray Harryhausen purchased the model for the ship that the octopus sinks from a five and dime store.
City officials refused to allow the filmmakers to shoot on the real Golden Gate Bridge, because they didn't want the public to think that the bridge could actually fall. Ray Harryhausen recreated the entire bridge in miniature.
This is the film that brought together producer Charles H. Schneer and special effects legend Ray Harryhausen. Their professional relationship would last until Clash of the Titans (1981), the final feature for both men.
"[Prof. Carter pulls an octopus from an aquarium tank] Prof. John Carter: Here, gentlemen, is your villain. Naval Asst. Sec. Robert David Chase: It would take an enormous number of those to disable a Navy submarine. Prof. Lesleyl Joyce: Or just one of enormous size, Mr. Chase."
"Prof. John Carter: Look, Pete, you don't see many women in the Seagoing Navy. Cmdr. Pete Mathews: Are you kidding me? Prof. John Carter: Oh, shoreside women, sure. But there's a whole new breed who feel they're just as smart and just as courageous as men. And they are. They don't like to be overprotected. They don't like to have their initiative taken away from them."
