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Greed | American Football
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Oversized reproductions of worms, chickens, wasps and rats were used to create the gigantic creature effect. Six different mechanized rat heads and four human-motivated rat costumes were also employed.
Many believe they actually shot rats (with something like pellet guns) for this movie. But if you look frame by frame, it is clear what is actually done is that they shot a high intensity squirt of fake blood, stunning the rat.
Though it's said to be adapted from "H.G. Wells," the plot of a man (in this case, an elderly couple) with food that makes animals gigantic (including a rooster) in order to one day feed the world's hungry, comes from the Jules Verne adaptation, "Mysterious Island (1961)" (famous for the stop-motion effects by Ray Harryhausen).
Penultimate film for Ida Lupino. Her last movie, "My Boys Are Good Boys (1979)," would also co-star Ralph Meeker.
British actress Pamela Franklin's last feature film, although she would continue to work in television on several guest starring roles.
"Jack Bensington: [pointing at bubbling fluid from ground] That's what your husband brought us out here for? Mrs. Skinner: Just like Mr. Skinner found 'er. Just like that one day. At first he thought it was oil and it was going to make us rich. Jack Bensington: Come on, Lorna. Lorna Scott: No, wait a minute, Jack, wait a minute. Look at this. I've never seen anything like it. Mrs. Skinner, how did your husband happen to feed it to the chickens? Mrs. Skinner: Well, when we found out it weren't no oil, there was nothing to do about it, so we fed it to the chicks. Lorna Scott: Right out of the ground like that? Mrs. Skinner: No, miss. Nothing'll eat it unless we mix it with chicken feed. Lorna Scott: And did all the chickens grow? Mrs. Skinner: Only the baby chicks. Nothing seemed to affect the grown ones. Nothing at all. Lorna Scott: Nothing happens to the full-grown chickens, is that right? Mrs. Skinner: Well, they didn't grow none, if that's what you mean. But I didn't say nothing happened to 'em. Lorna Scott: Well, what did happen? Mrs. Skinner: They got et... by the real big ones. Jack Bensington: Come on, Lorna."
"Morgan: [narrating] My name is Morgan and I play football. We'd worked our butts off tryin' to get it together for the big Sunday game, so the coach told us to knock it off and relax for a few days. One of my teammates, Davis, came up with the idea that we head out to the island. He went ahead to make the arrangements. I talked our PR man Brian into coming along. I felt the day off would do him some good, too. It'll be great to be in the country again and enjoy some of the open spaces Man hasn't screwed up with his technology. My father used to say, "Morgan, one of these days the Earth will get even with Man for messing her up with his garbage. Just let Man continue to pollute the Earth the way he is and nature will rebel. It's gonna be one hell of a rebellion." 'Course, I never took 'im seriously, but I still remember the way he looked at me when he said, "You'll never know when and where it's gonna happen. And once it starts, you'll never know how and when it'll stop." It's funny how my father's prediction comes to mind when I go to the country, like today."
