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22/04/2013 04:50
Hundra (1983) would be among a variety of projects that Landon would take on, including noted films such as I, The Jury (1982) starring Armand Assante, Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold (1984), Armed Response (1986) starring David Carradine, Maniac Cop (1988) starring Tom Atkins and Bruce Campbell and The Ambulance (1990) with Eric Roberts and James Earl Jones. Most recently, Landon appeared in the Masters Of Horror series.
When not acting, Landon remains active in writing music and scripts from here home in Hollywood. She has composed lyrics for a movie entitled Captivity, which is currently in post production and is writing a thriller called Father Time.
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© DR -ALL THE MARBLES (2 Filles au tapis) /1981- de Robert Aldrich (p33)
22/04/2013 05:00
By her own choice, she remains single to this day.
"I never met a man who wanted to follow me around with a mop and a can of Lysol the rest of his life. I am a free spirit. That's not to say I wouldn't like to meet someone and get married."
While All The Marbles proved to be the gateway to a life in show business for Landon, it also proved to be the last ever movie that Aldrich would direct. On December 5, 1983, Aldrich died in Los Angeles at age 65.
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Peter Falk would continue to remain active in both film and television, primarily anchored to the Columbo character throughout the late '80s and '90s. Most recently, he starred in the comedy film Checking Out.
Vicki Frederick would go on to appear in such films as Body Rock (1984), A Chorus Line (1985), Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1989) and Scissors (1991). From available records, her last on screen appearance was in 1992's Chaplin.
"We spoke on the phone now and then because we would call each other when there was a review on TV. We would speak on the phone periodically but we never got together after that," explained Landon of her fading communications with Frederick.
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22/04/2013 05:09
It may come as no surprise baring in mind the conflicting personalities the two actresses displayed. But to this day, Landon feels a sense of loss in not staying in touch with her one time tag team partner.
"That was a big mistake I feel in my life and in my career," admitted Landon. "I ran into her on an audition at 20th Century Fox about six years ago. She had gotten married to some very wealthy man. She was living somewhere in Brentwood. She said she would call me and we would get together but she didn't call me. But that's okay, it wasn't anything mean on her part. She was very amiable and kind when I ran into her at the audition. I would love to meet up with her again."
"I get emails from fans all over the world everyday and people, a lot of times, say 'Where's Vicki?' I would say call the Screen Actors' Guild. I called one time, this was about six months ago, and they said there was no agent or manager for Vicki. I don't know if she's active in the business or not."
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Time will only tell if Landon will meet up with Frederick and swap tales of their adventures in making All The Marbles. Sadly however, it seems that MGM, the backers and distributors of the movie, have forgotten all about The California Dolls (the alternative title of the film at one point).
To this date, the movie has never been released on DVD. In fact, fans may be surprised to find that at the studios' website database of movies, there is no listing for All The Marbles or its alternative title.(Les cons! les CONS!!!)
"I thought they were going to release it on DVD. That's what I heard recently," said Landon.
But fans of the movie have not forgotten and Landon continues to receive emails from them, recognized to this day for her role that continues to endure in the hearts and minds of those fans that got hooked on the antics of Landon, Frederick, Falk and everyone else who came together and went for all the marbles.
"I would just like to say to the fans, the kind people who supported the movie and my career, thank you so much for being there and writing me. I'm just eternally grateful to the fans who have not given up on me."
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22/04/2013 05:16
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-Final film of director Robert Aldrich. After this picture wrapped, Aldrich had surgery which ended in fatal kidney failure. Aldrich had been planning a sequel.
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-Kathleen Turner auditioned to be one of the female wrestlers.
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-Although the film was a box office flop in the USA, it did reasonably well abroad, enough to warrant talk of a sequel that never came to fruition. This was largely due to the death of Robert Aldrich. The sequel was planned to be predominantly set and filmed in Japan.
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-The male lead was originally written for Paul Newman.
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-When she first met director Robert Aldrich for testing, Laurene Landon mistook him for Robert Altman. Aldrich was reportedly not too amused.
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-The picture's American title was changed from "All The Marbles" to "The California Dolls" for release in foreign markets because the phrase "All The Marbles" is an American idiom and not well known outside of the USA.
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-The movie's finale wrestling match runs for half an hour, around a quarter of the picture's running time. The big fight was staged at the MGM Grand Hotel in Reno, Nevada. Not surprisingly, the studio making the picture was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
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-Third and final of three pictures that actor Burt Young made with director Robert Aldrich. The others were Bande de flics (1977) and L'ultimatum des trois mercenaires (1977). He was cast here after his appearances in the box-office successful boxing movies Rocky (1976) and Rocky II (1979).
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-This women's wrestling picture was the second sports movie helmed by director Robert Aldrich who seven years earlier had directed the prison gridiron football film Plein la gueule (1974).
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-The legendary woman wrestler Mildred Burke and two of her pupils (who appear in the first match while the credits roll) trained the two female leads for several weeks. After intensive work, Laurene Landon and Vicki Frederick actually performed the wrestling action without doubles.
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-Breakthrough film role and first major film role of actress Laurene Landon. Landon has said that although the movie did not perform well in the USA, it did much better at the box-office in foreign territories.
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Reportedly, the audition process for this movie to cast the two female leads for this film was quite a tough casting call.
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-Seventh and final of three pictures that actor Richard Jaeckel made with director Robert Aldrich. The others were Attaque! (1956), Quatre du Texas (1963), Les douze salopards (1967), Big Leaguer (1953), Fureur apache (1972) and L'ultimatum des trois mercenaires (1977). They also collaborated on Four Star Playhouse The Squeeze (1953) for television.
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-Part of a cycle of ring fighter movies, mostly boxing, some wrestling, initiated by the box-office and critical success of the Academy Award Best Picture winning boxing movie Rocky (1976). The films include Rocky II (1979), Rocky III, l'oeil du tigre (1982), Rocky IV (1985), Tough Enough (1983), Title Shot (1979), _Raging Bull_, Le champion (1979), Matilda (1978), Tendre combat (1979), The Prize Fighter (1979), The Greatest (1977), Body and Soul (1981), La taverne de l'enfer (1978), Deux filles au tapis (1981) (aka "The California Dolls"), The One and Only (1978), Doux, dur et dingue (1978) and Ça va cogner (1980).
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-Joe Greene: "Mean Joe" Greene, the former Pittsburgh Steeler, as himself. Greene retired the year that this movie was launched.
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