72-436: Magnum Force is a 1973 American neo-noir action thriller film and the second to feature Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan after the 1971 film Dirty Harry . Ted Post , who had previously worked with Eastwood on Rawhide and Hang 'Em High , directed the film. The screenplay was written by John Milius and Michael Cimino (who later worked with Eastwood on Thunderbolt and Lightfoot ). The film score
144-549: A bad actor. He'd have to do something before we could consider him bad at it. And acting isn't required of him in Magnum Force ." Gary Arnold of The Washington Post was positive, praising the film as "an ingenious and exciting crime thriller" with "a less self-righteous message" than the original Dirty Harry . Gary Crowdus wrote in Cinéaste , "We are left with the comforting assurance that when we need him, Harry (and all
216-441: A city road, the driver is pulled over by a San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) motorcycle cop who calmly guns down all of the occupants in the car. Inspector Harry Callahan visits the crime scene with his new partner, Earlington "Early" Smith, despite the fact that the two are supposed to be on stakeout duty. Their superior, Lieutenant Neil Briggs, seems eager to keep Callahan out of the murder investigation. While visiting
288-597: A difficult situation and making choices out of desperation or nihilistic moral systems . Visual elements included low-key lighting , striking use of light and shadow , and unusual camera placement. Sound effects helped create the noir mood of paranoia and nostalgia. Few major films in the classic film noir genre have been made since the early 1960s. These films usually incorporated both thematic and visual elements reminiscent of film noir . Both classic and neo-noir films are often produced as independent features . After 1970, film critics took note of "neo-noir" films as
360-491: A drugstore, a pimp murders a prostitute for withholding money from him. The next day, the pimp is killed by a patrolman. While investigating the scene, Callahan realizes that the culprit is a cop. He assumes the culprit to be his old friend Charlie McCoy, who has become despondent and suicidal after leaving his wife. Later, a motorcycle cop murders drug kingpin Lou Guzman. The killer, revealed to be Davis, encounters McCoy in
432-514: A month of flight training in preparation for another deployment to Korea. Badoeng Strait got underway on 15 September, bound for Korean waters. She stopped briefly in Pearl Harbor on 21 September and then continued on to Yokosuka , arriving there on 2 October. There, she joined Carrier Division 17 and became its flagship. She spent the next two months participating in anti-submarine training exercises held off Okinawa with other elements of
504-606: A separate genre. Noir and post-noir terminology (such as " hard-boiled ", "neo-classic" and the like) are often rejected by both critics and practitioners. Robert Arnett stated, "Neo-noir has become so amorphous as a genre/movement, any film featuring a detective or crime qualifies." Screenwriter and director Larry Gross identifies Jean-Luc Godard 's Alphaville , alongside John Boorman 's Point Blank (1967) and Robert Altman 's The Long Goodbye (1973), based on Raymond Chandler 's 1953 novel, as neo-noir films. Gross believes that they deviate from classic noir in having more of
576-475: A shadowy cinematographic style. Neo-noir has a similar style but with updated themes, content, style, and visual elements. The neologism neo-noir, using the Greek prefix for the word new , is defined by Mark Conard as "any film coming after the classic noir period that contains noir themes and noir sensibility". Another definition describes it as later noir that often synthesizes diverse genres while foregrounding
648-424: A small island. She had a complement of 1,066 officers and enlisted men. The ship was powered by two Allis-Chalmers geared steam turbines , each driving one screw propeller , using steam provided by four Combustion Engineering -manufactured water-tube boilers . The propulsion system was rated to produce a total of 16,000 shp (12,000 kW) for a top speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph). Given
720-466: A sociological than a psychological focus. Neo noir features characters who commit violent crimes, but without the motivations and narrative patterns found in film noir . Neo noir assumed global character and impact when filmmakers began drawing elements from films in the global market. For instance, Quentin Tarantino 's works have been influenced by Ringo Lam 's 1987 classic City on Fire . This
792-676: A top speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph), and due to their origin as tankers, had extensive fuel storage. She was named after the Badung Strait , located between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Nusa Besar , which was the site of a World War II battle in February 1942, between American– Netherlands and Japanese naval forces. In 1941, as United States participation in World War II became increasingly likely,
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#1732782908241864-504: A woman to have any sort of affair. A bitter, lonely man who liked his work. Eastwood himself was initially offered the role of director, but declined. Ted Post, who had previously directed Eastwood in Rawhide and Hang 'Em High , was hired. Buddy Van Horn was the second unit director . Both Eastwood and Van Horn went on to direct the final two entries in the series, Sudden Impact and The Dead Pool , respectively. Frank Stanley
936-409: Is considered to be one of the defining authors of hard-boiled fiction. Both novels were adapted as crime films, the former more than once. Cain is quoted as saying, "I belong to no school, hard-boiled or otherwise, and I believe these so-called schools exist mainly in the imagination of critics, and have little correspondence in reality anywhere else." Neo-noir film directors refer to 'classic noir' in
1008-662: Is that this new side of Harry—his antivigilantism—is never made believable in the context of his continuing tendency to brandish his .44 magnum revolver as if it were his phallus. The new, 'Clean Harry' doesn't cut it. Some of the film's action sequences do." Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times found the film "too preoccupied in celebrating violence to keep it in focus." Pauline Kael , a harsh critic of Eastwood's for many years, mocked his performance as Dirty Harry, commenting, "He isn't an actor, so one could hardly call him
1080-457: Is the real culprit. Callahan persuades Briggs to assign Davis and Sweet as backup for a raid on Palancio's offices. However, Palancio and his gang of mafiosi are tipped off via a phone call, Sweet is killed by a shotgun blast and all of Palancio's men die in the ensuing shootout. Palancio attempts to escape, but Callahan jumps on the hood of his car, causing him to lose control and crash into a crane, killing him. Briggs angrily suspends Callahan for
1152-426: Is the secret leader of the death squad. Briggs defends his actions, claiming that he is only doing what the broken legal system cannot; Callahan responds that he knows the system is flawed, but he's chosen to stand by it until someone comes up with something better. At gunpoint, Briggs orders Callahan to drive to an undisclosed location while being followed by Grimes. Callahan manages to disarm Briggs and force him out of
1224-472: Is wrong, it wasn't mine at all. All movies had a motorcycle or car chase at the time — except Westerns. They have a scene where this black girl's pimp forces Drano down her throat. In the script, they merely went into the morgue and Harry said, "I don't feel bad for that son of a b****, 'cause two weeks ago one of his girls was in here and he'd poured Drano down her throat." I think it's better to hear about it than to see it later; also, it goes right back to
1296-546: The 7th Fleet . In December, she returned to Korea to join a blockade of North Korean ports. Over the following days, her aircraft took part in a number of operations in western North Korea. She returned to Yokosuka on 28 December for replenishment and then carried out patrols in the Yellow Sea between 7 January 1952 and 6 February. The Australian carrier HMAS Sydney replaced her that month, allowing Badoeng Strait to return to San Diego. She stopped in Pearl Harbor on
1368-644: The Battle of Chosin Reservoir in late November and into December. The ship withdrew to the Sea of Japan on 10 December to replenish fuel, ammunition, and stores while underway. Three days later, she had returned to Wonsan to cover the Hungnam evacuation over the course of 15–24 December. The following day, she refueled at sea and then moved into the Yellow Sea by 27 December, where her aircraft operated over Seoul, which
1440-686: The Commencement Bay -class ships were not large enough to operate these new aircraft, the Navy had begun to replace them with the much larger Essex -class aircraft carriers by the mid-1950s. Proposals to radically rebuild the Commencement Bay s either with an angled flight deck and various structural improvements or lengthen their hulls by 30 ft (9.1 m) and replace their propulsion machinery to increase speed came to nothing, as they were deemed to be too expensive. On 14 January 1957, she left San Diego for Bremerton , Washington, where she
1512-736: The Marshall Islands to participate in Operation Redwing , a series of nuclear weapons tests that involved seventeen separate detonations. These were carried out at Eniwetok and the Bikini Atoll . Badoeng Strait provided air transport from the fleet to Bikini, supported the Marine helicopter unit HMH-363 , and served as a radiation safety checkpoint. Her crew also assisted with construction projects ashore. ON 31 July, she got underway for San Diego, arriving on 8 August. Late
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#17327829082411584-490: The Sangamon design. The new ships were faster, had improved aviation facilities, and had better internal compartmentation . They proved to be the most successful of the escort carriers, and the only class to be retained in active service after the war, since they were large enough to operate newer aircraft. Badoeng Strait was 557 ft 1 in (169.80 m) long overall , with a beam of 75 ft (23 m) at
1656-654: The Sea of Japan later that day. By that time, the UN offensive into North Korea was well underway, and the ships covered operations around Wonsan for the following eleven days. She assisted a marine unit south of Wonsan that came under attack on 28 October from a North Korean division that had been bypassed by the main UN offensive. The ship next provided aerial support to the US 7th Infantry Division as it advanced toward Kapsan and Pungsan near
1728-920: The Todd-Pacific Shipyard in Tacoma , Washington. She was renamed Baedoeng Strait and was launched on 15 February 1945, after which she was moved to the Commercial Iron Works for fitting-out work. She was commissioned into active service on 14 November 1945, by which time World War II had ended. Badoeng Strait then underwent additional work to modify her to serve as a flagship , after which she sailed for San Diego , California, for her shakedown cruise and initial training. There, she carried out air qualification training with her new aircrew. She got underway again in late March 1946, bound for Pearl Harbor , which she reached on 2 April. She then returned to California on 20 April, where she
1800-599: The US Navy embarked on a construction program for escort carriers , which were converted from transport ships of various types. Many of the escort carrier types were converted from C3-type transports , but the Sangamon -class escort carriers were instead rebuilt oil tankers . These proved to be very successful ships, and the Commencement Bay class , authorized for Fiscal Year 1944, were an improved version of
1872-523: The dock landing ship Gunston Hall to refuel that vessel. The two ships collided during refueling, but neither was damaged seriously. Badoeng Strait arrived in Kobe on 31 July and unloaded equipment before sortieing on 4 August to begin combat operations in the Tsushima Strait . The following day, one of VMF-323's Vought F4U Corsair fighters crashed on landing, injuring the pilot and destroying
1944-601: The sixth highest-grossing film of 1973 . Theatrical rentals were $ 19.4 million in the United States and Canada and $ 9.5 million overseas for a worldwide total of $ 28.9 million. The New York Times critics such as Nora Sayre criticized the conflicting moral themes of the film, and Frank Rich believed it "was the same old stuff". Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote: "The problem with Magnum Force
2016-421: The waterline , which extended to 105 ft 2 in (32.05 m) at maximum. She displaced 21,397 long tons (21,740 t) at full load , of which 12,876 long tons (13,083 t) could be fuel oil (though some of her storage tanks were converted to permanently store seawater for ballast ), and at full load she had a draft of 27 ft 11 in (8.51 m). The ship's superstructure consisted of
2088-410: The 10th, she embarked planes from VS-931 . Badoeng Strait then went to sea for anti-submarine training off Okinawa, and after a week there, joined the rest of 7th Fleet for operations off Japan that lasted through September. The ship finally sortied from Sasebo for combat operations on 5 October, though this time, her activities were limited to providing anti-submarine patrols for various naval units in
2160-523: The British carrier HMS Glory . She arrived at Sasebo on 5 February 1953, unloaded equipment, and then proceeded to Yokosuka on 7 February, arriving two days later. On 11 February, she left for California, ending her operations in the Korean War. She earned six battle stars for her service during the conflict. Badoeng Strait reached San Diego on 27 February; the following month, she moved to
2232-460: The Chinese border. The weather worsened into November, frequently preventing air operations, and on 14 November, Badoeng Strait departed for Sasebo, arriving two days later. The ship returned to the coast of Korea on 23 November, and on 25 November, her aircraft began heavy operations against Chinese troops that had intervened in the war. Her planes provided aerial support to the marines fighting at
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2304-478: The Oerlikon guns were all mounted individually. She carried 33 planes, which could be launched from two aircraft catapults . Two elevators transferred aircraft from the hangar to the flight deck . The first fifteen ships of the Commencement Bay class were ordered on 23 January 1943, allocated to Fiscal Year 1944. The ship, originally to have been named San Alberto Bay , was laid down on 18 August 1944, at
2376-507: The San Francisco Naval Shipyard for an extensive overhaul and modernization that lasted for six months. She then returned to San Diego to be placed in limited commissioned, allocated to the reserve fleet there. She was placed in full commission again in February 1954. For the next year, she carried out anti-submarine training, including tests of the new Grumman S-2 Tracker anti-submarine aircraft and of helicopters in
2448-536: The aircraft. Beginning on 6 August, the ship's aircraft began attacking North Korean forces and infrastructure in south-western Korea as they advanced on South Korean and American forces in the Battle of the Pusan Perimeter . Badoeng Strait ' s pilots carried out nearly 240 raids for the next week, and during this period, they supported an attack by the 1st Marine Brigade toward Jinju . The ship lost five aircraft during these operations, though four of
2520-470: The airport, Callahan helps deal with two men trying to hijack an airplane. He later meets rookie officers Phil Sweet, John Davis, Alan "Red" Astrachan and Mike Grimes while visiting the police firing range. Sweet is an ex- Army Ranger and Vietnam veteran with great marksmanship skills, and his friends are not that different. Elsewhere, a motorcycle cop shoots up a pool party, leaving no usable evidence of his crime. As Callahan and Early take down criminals at
2592-825: The anti-submarine role. The ship made another cruise to East Asia beginning in April 1955. She had aboard VS-38 and a helicopter detachment from HS-2 . During the cruise, she visited Japan, patrolled off the coast of China, and took part in anti-submarine exercises with elements of 7th Fleet. She visited Taiwan and Okinawa in September before steaming back across the Pacific, arriving in San Diego on 1 October. From there, she moved back to San Francisco for another three months of mainentance. The ship returned to San Diego in February 1956, and thereafter departed to join several ships in
2664-406: The area off Wonsan. She returned to Sasebo on 17 October for maintenance that lasted until 28 October. The ship spent the next three months patrolling off the coast of Korea as part of the blockade force; she contributed her fighters for combat air patrols, to sweep for enemy forces, and to support Allied forces fighting ashore. During this period, she also took part in an officer exchange program with
2736-495: The car before running Grimes over. Davis and Astrachan appear, causing Callahan to flee onto a derelict aircraft carrier in a shipbreaker's yard . Callahan kills Astrachan and takes his motorcycle, leading Davis in a series of jumps between ships . The chase ends with Davis driving off the ship into San Francisco Bay and dying on impact. Callahan is then confronted at gunpoint by Briggs. The lieutenant mocks Callahan and threatens to have him prosecuted. As Callahan backs away from
2808-480: The car, he surreptitiously activates the timer on his mailbox bomb and tosses it in the back seat, which explodes and kills Briggs moments later. Callahan then repeats a comment similar to something he said to Briggs earlier: "A man's got to know his limitations." Writer John Milius came up with a storyline in which a group of young rogue officers in the SFPD systematically exterminate the city's worst criminals, conveying
2880-473: The character again; you understand Harry's feelings about it. All the stuff they put in about the Japanese girl - they put in a scene where the star gets to f*** some girl, and it's pretty hard to get it out. My Dirty Harry scripts never had Harry knowing any girls too well other than hookers, because he was a lonely guy who lived alone and didn't like to associate with people. He could never be close enough to
2952-420: The cops like him who do the 'dirty' jobs no one else wants) will be there protecting us from the lunatic fringes of both Left and Right. Sure, Harry may be a little trigger-happy, but at least he shoots the right people. The problem, however, one which the film raises but never resolves, is who determines the definition of 'right' people?" On Rotten Tomatoes , the film has a score of 67% based on 30 reviews, with
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3024-818: The critic consensus being: " Magnum Force ups the ante for the Dirty Harry franchise with faster action and thrilling stuntwork." Neo-noir Neo-noir is a film genre that adapts the visual style and themes of 1940s and 1950s American film noir for contemporary audiences, often with more graphic depictions of violence and sexuality. During the late 1970s and the early 1980s, the term "neo-noir" surged in popularity, fueled by movies such as Sydney Pollack 's Absence of Malice , Brian De Palma 's Blow Out , and Martin Scorsese 's After Hours . The French term film noir translates literally to English as "black film", indicating sinister stories often presented in
3096-527: The damaged destroyer for two days as it passed through the Yellow Sea , and on 26 August, Badoeng Strait returned to the Tsushima Strait for further attacks on North Korean forces. The ship returned to Sasebo on 29 August for another round of replenishment, departing again on 5 September. Her aircraft resumed attacks on North Korean positions the next day as Allied forces began preparations for
3168-406: The death of Sweet. After returning home, Callahan finds Davis, Astrachan and Grimes waiting for him, presenting him with an ultimatum to side with them; Callahan refuses. While checking his mailbox, Callahan discovers a bomb left by the vigilantes and manages to defuse it. A second bomb, however, kills Early before Callahan can warn him. Callahan informs Briggs about the bomb and discovers Briggs
3240-403: The filming affected his career afterwards. According to second unit director of photography Rexford Metz, "Eastwood would not take the time to perfect a situation. If you've got 70% of a shot worked out, that's sufficient for him, because he knows his audience will accept it." The orchestra, arranged and conducted by Lalo Schifrin , including The film received negative publicity in 1974 when it
3312-544: The flagship of the divisions. On 5 July, Badoeng Strait went to the San Francisco Naval Shipyard for an overhaul that lasted until 11 November. She then embarked on a shakedown cruise before resuming training operations through December. The ship began a cruise to the western Pacific on 5 January 1948 to ferry aircraft to the American base at Apra Harbor , Guam. There, she picked up passengers for
3384-408: The following month, she took part in extensive amphibious assault training, which lasted for fifteen weeks and included joint operations with Marine helicopters. The exercises also tested helicopter assaults and helped to develop air assault doctrine. By the late 1950s, Badoeng Strait was worn out, and was too small to accommodate new jet aircraft and assault helicopters entering service. Because
3456-458: The idea that even worse rogue cops than Dirty Harry exist. Terrence Malick had introduced the concept in an unused draft for the first film; director Don Siegel disliked the idea and had Malick's draft thrown out, but Clint Eastwood remembered it for this film. Eastwood specifically wanted to convey that, despite the 1971 film's perceived politics, Harry was not a complete vigilante. David Soul, Tim Matheson, Robert Urich, and Kip Niven were cast as
3528-541: The imminent landing at Incheon . Badoeng Strait returned to Sasebo on 11 September, then returned to operations off Korea two days later. Her aircraft supported Allied forces as they fought their way inland from Incheon from 14 to 22 September, before stopping in Incheon to replenish fuel and ammunition. After four days, Badoeng Strait got underway again to take part in the operation into the Seoul area, which culminated in
3600-517: The liberation of the South Korean capital on 28 September. The ship then moved north to interdict North Korean supply lines for the next several days. On 2 October, the ship left the combat area to replenish at Sasebo, arriving two days thereafter. She remained there for two weeks to give her crew a rest from the near constant combat operations over the last two months. Badoeng Strait next went to sea on 16 October, rendezvousing with Sicily in
3672-405: The line "Do ya feel lucky?" repeated in the opening credits. With Milius committed to filming Dillinger , Michael Cimino was later hired to revise the script, overseen by Ted Post, who was to direct. According to Milius, his script did not contain any of the final action sequences (the car chase and climax on the aircraft carriers). His was a "simple script". The addition of the character Sunny
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#17327829082413744-571: The net two months, before resuming training operations in the middle of January 1950. She operated out of San Diego for the next six months before moving to Naval Air Station Alameda on 16 June, where she took on a contingent of 223 Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps cadets for a training cruise. The Korean War broke out on 25 June 1950, when North Korea invaded the South, and the United Nations intervened two days later. Badoeng Strait
3816-503: The parking garage and guns him down. At an annual shooting competition, Callahan learns that Davis was the first officer to arrive after the murders of Guzman and McCoy. He retrieves a slug from Davis' weapon and has ballistics match it to the bullets from the Guzman murder. Callahan begins to suspect that a secret death squad within the SFPD is responsible for the killings. Briggs insists that Ricca's former Mafia associate, Frank Palancio,
3888-453: The pilots survived. Badoeng Strait then briefly left to refuel and rearm at Sasebo , Japan, before resuming operations on 15 August. She and her sister ship Sicily provided further support to the 1st Marine Brigade until 23 August. Badoeng Strait was then detached to cover the withdrawal of the British destroyer HMS Comus , which had been damaged by North Korean aircraft. The carrier's fighters provided combat air patrol over
3960-441: The rogue cops. As with many of his films, Eastwood was intent on shooting it as smoothly as possible, often refusing to do retakes over certain scenes. Post later remarked: "A lot of the things he said were based on pure, selfish ignorance, and showed that he was the man who controlled the power. By Magnum Force , Clint's ego began applying for statehood". Post remained bitter with Eastwood for many years and claims disagreements over
4032-598: The scaffolding of film noir . " Film noir " was coined by critic Nino Frank in 1946 and popularized by French critics Raymond Borde and Etienne Chaumeton in 1955. The term revived in general use beginning in the 1980s, with a revival of the style. The classic film noir era is usually dated from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. The films were often adaptations of American crime novels, which were also described as " hardboiled ". Some authors resisted these terms. For example, James M. Cain , author of The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934) and Double Indemnity (1944),
4104-431: The use of Dutch angles , interplay of light and shadows, unbalanced framing ; blurring of the lines between good and bad and right and wrong , and thematic motifs including revenge , paranoia , and alienation . Typically American crime dramas or psychological thrillers , films noir had common themes and plot devices, and many distinctive visual elements. Characters were often conflicted antiheroes , trapped in
4176-524: The very large storage capacity for oil, the ships of the Commencement Bay class could steam for some 23,900 nautical miles (44,300 km; 27,500 mi) at a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). Her defensive anti-aircraft armament consisted of two 5 in (127 mm) dual-purpose guns in single mounts, thirty-six 40 mm (2 in) Bofors guns , and twenty 20 mm (1 in) Oerlikon light AA cannons . The Bofors guns were placed in three quadruple and twelve twin mounts, while
4248-501: The voyage back to California, arriving back in San Diego on 10 February. She next ferried aircraft to Pearl Harbor in April, followed by another overhaul at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard that began on 24 May and lasted for three months. She departed for San Diego on 16 June and spent the following four months carrying out anti-submarine warfare training. The rest of the year saw the ship confined to port. In early January 1949, Badoeng Strait took aboard Composite Squadron VC-21 , which
4320-504: The way to drop off spare aircraft and other equipment, before proceeding on to San Diego, arriving there on 1 March. The ship underwent periodic maintenance and then began a period of pilot training for Navy squadrons VS-23 and VS-871 , followed by a Marine Corps helicopter unit in early June. She returned to San Diego on 11 June and thereafter made preparations for a third deployment to Korea. The ship got underway for East Asia on 19 July. She reached Japan by August, and while in Kobe on
4392-426: The young vigilante cops. Milius was a gun aficionado and political conservative, and the film would extensively feature gun shooting in practice, competition, and on the job. Given this strong theme in the film, the title was soon changed from Vigilance to Magnum Force in deference to the .44 Magnum that Harry liked to use. Milius thought it was important to remind the audiences of the original film by incorporating
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#17327829082414464-512: Was also being evacuated by Allied forces in the face of Chinese advances. The ship operated in the area through 6 January 1951, when bad weather and the need to refuel and rearm led the ship to withdraw once again to Sasebo, arriving there on 9 January. She remained there until 29 January, when she departed to return to San Diego. After arriving there on 7 February, she moved north for an overhaul at Puget Sound that lasted until mid-July. The ship sailed back to San Diego on 20 July, where she carried out
4536-505: Was composed by Lalo Schifrin . This film features early appearances by David Soul , Tim Matheson and Robert Urich . At 123 minutes, it is the longest of the five Dirty Harry films. In 1973, after being acquitted of a mass murder on a legal technicality , Carmine Ricca, a mobster and the boss of the Italian-American San Francisco Mafia , drives away from court in his limousine. While traveling on
4608-481: Was discovered that the scene where the prostitute is killed with drain cleaner had allegedly inspired the Hi-Fi murders , with the two killers believing the method would be as efficient as it was portrayed in the film. The killers said that they were looking for a unique murder method when they stumbled upon the film, and had they not seen the movie, would have chosen a method from another film. The drain cleaner reference
4680-402: Was done at the suggestion of Eastwood, who reportedly received letters from women asking for "a female to hit on Harry" (not the other way around). Milius later said he did not like the film and wished Don Siegel had directed it, as originally intended: Of all the films I had anything to do with, I like it least. They changed a lot of things in a cheap and distasteful manner. The whole ending
4752-562: Was equipped with TBM-3 Avenger bombers for anti-submarine exercises, which continued until 25 February. She moved north to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for another overhaul on 30 March that lasted into early July, when she returned to San Diego. She returned to anti-submarine training with VC-21 and VC-11 from July through September. In October, she went to Hawaii for a two-week training period, before returning to San Diego on 14 November. The ship remained in port for
4824-405: Was hired as cinematographer. Filming commenced in late April 1973. During filming, Eastwood encountered numerous disputes with Post over who was calling the shots in directing the film, and Eastwood refused to authorize two important scenes directed by Post in the film because of time and expenses; one of them was at the climax to the film with a long shot of Eastwood on his motorcycle as he confronts
4896-685: Was ordered to join the forces assembling to defeat the North Korean invasion. The ship stopped in Pearl Harbor to disembark the NROTC cadets still aboard and then returned to San Diego to take on supplies and ammunition for wartime operations. On 14 July, she departed with the Marine Corps squadrons MAG-33 and VMF-323 aboard, bound for Kobe , Japan. While cruising near the Marianas Islands on 27 July, Badoeng Strait came alongside
4968-866: Was particularly the case for the noir-inflected Reservoir Dogs , which was instrumental in establishing Tarantino in October 1992. USS Badoeng Strait USS Badoeng Strait was a Commencement Bay -class escort carrier of the United States Navy during the Korean War . The Commencement Bay class were built during World War II , and were an improvement over the earlier Sangamon class , which were converted from oil tankers . They were capable of carrying an air group of 33 planes and were armed with an anti-aircraft battery of 5 in (127 mm) , 40 mm (1.6 in) , and 20 mm (0.8 in) guns. The ships were capable of
5040-712: Was prepared for long-term storage in the reserve. She was decommissioned on 17 May and assigned to the Pacific Reserve Fleet based in Bremerton. On 7 April 1959, she was reclassified as an aircraft ferry with the hull number AKV-17, but she saw no further active use. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 December 1970, and on 8 May 1972, was sold to the ship breaking firm American Ship Dismantlers, based in Portland , Oregon. She
5112-411: Was repeated in at least two other films, including Heathers (1988) and Urban Legend (1998). According to John Milius, this drain cleaner scene was never meant to be filmed, but was only mentioned in his original script. In the film's opening week, it grossed $ 6,871,011 from 401 theatres. In the United States, the film made a total of $ 44,680,473, making it more successful than the first film and
5184-444: Was temporarily placed in reserve at San Diego. On 6 January 1947, Badoeng Strait was recommissioned, and she went to sea on 14 January to begin training exercises, including flight operations with her new aircraft. She made another visit to Pearl Harbor from 11 to 26 February, before resuming training exercises off California that lasted through June. During this period, she alternated between Carrier Divisions 15 and 17, serving as
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