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Probably a fluke.Montana Smith said:Why was Ronnie billed as 'Regan' in that Hong Kong poster? I looked quickly at imdb.com but didn't see a reference to him going under another spelling of his surname.
Probably a fluke.Montana Smith said:Why was Ronnie billed as 'Regan' in that Hong Kong poster? I looked quickly at imdb.com but didn't see a reference to him going under another spelling of his surname.
The artist must have gone to the same school as Nurhachi1991.Montana Smith said:Why was Ronnie billed as 'Regan' in that Hong Kong poster?
Nurhachi1991 said:Reganomics!
@James Byrne: Very interesting story about the Secret Service guy and I've never heard about the Brass Bancroft character before. Plus, the coincidence you related about "The Killers" is quite freaky. Thanks for the info, James.Nurhachi1991 said:Mr. Mola Ram Tear Down this wall!!! Tear it down!! Regan Smash
I hope you stuck it out until the end because it gets better. It's not really an Indy flick, per se, but it does have certain, similar sensiblities.Indy's brother said:Watching "Hong Kong" right now.....turns out it's available to stream on Netflix. I gotta be honest, I'm 25 minutes in and it's putting me to sleep. Aside from the novelty of seeing The Gipper dressed as Indy with a much smarter Wille, and a much dopier Short-Round, I'm not feelin' it.
Glad you could appreciate it, Stephen. I actually enjoyed the middle part where Reagan is trying to get rid of the kid. What a heartless scoundrel, he was!Stephen Jared said:Watched Hong Kong. Thanks so much for recommending it, James. You discovered a real gem I think. You're absolutely right that it must have been an influence on Indiana Jones. The movie itself is pretty entertaining I thought. It slows down about two-thirds of the way through, but then picks up again. I liked it.
Upon your recommendation, James, I am now on the hunt for them! It's unfortunate that more Indy fans aren't into these types of films. (If Reagan wore a mask, a cape & faerie boots in a movie, maybe they'd be interested!)James Byrne said:Just bought the Ronald Reagan dvd with all his B-movie Brass Bancroft movies on it. I really enjoyed it ... he's a cross between Indy Jones and Jimmy Bond. Stoo would really get a kick out of it, I'm sure.
Reagan's politics aside...James Byrne said:There is an amazing story about Reagan as Brass Bancroft. The movies were very popular with the kids of the day and the series had a fan base, the "Junior Secret Service Club" which could be joined. One of those kids was called Jerry Parr who loved the second movie in the series, CODE OF THE SECRET SERVICE, and made his dad take him to see it on numerous occassions. That movie inspired Parr to become a real Secret Service agent and he went to to save Ronald Reagan's life during an assassination attempt on his life on 30 March 1981.
Afterwards Parr told Reagan about his boyhood idolatry of Brass Bancroft, and how much he loved CODE OF THE SECRET SERVICE. "Why that was the worst movie I ever made!" retorted Reagan. Parr explained, "Well, Mr. President, for a kid like me, that movie made the life of an agent seem exciting and worthwhile. You know, when you made that movie you determined your own destiny".
I love stories like that, and it kind of proves the power of movies on the general public. Its ironic that it was a movie called TAXI DRIVER that shockingly inspired John Hinckley to shoot Reagan, and marvellous that it was one of his own movies which inspired a guy to join the Secret Service and save his life.
Indy's brother said:Watching "Hong Kong" right now.....turns out it's available to stream on Netflix. I gotta be honest, I'm 25 minutes in and it's putting me to sleep. Aside from the novelty of seeing The Gipper dressed as Indy with a much smarter Wille, and a much dopier Short-Round, I'm not feelin' it.
People should watch the documentary, "1983 - The Brink of the Apocalypse". A bunch of former intelligence agents, both American & Russian, speak out to tell how frighteningly close a nuclear WW3 came between NATO and the Warsaw Pact nations due to Reagan's foreign policy during his 1st term. Scary stuff and the ones who are to be applauded for averting it are the 'spies', themselves, not Reagan.monkey said:...he "won the Cold War without ever firing a shot".
James Byrne said:Indy fans might enjoy a Ronald Reagan - Errol Flynn boy's own war adventure called DESPERATE JOURNEY.
It's a hoot!
I recently had a mini-marathon of WW2 Errol Flynn movies in this order: "Edge of Darkness" (1943), "Northern Pursuit" (1943) and "DESPERATE JOURNEY" (1942).James Byrne said:Ronald Reagan is the image of Indiana Jones in the 1952 film HONG KONG and was involved in Indy-like histrionics a decade earlier in DESPERATE JOURNEY.