![]() * "" is Swahili term of respect commonly used in East Africa. United Artists made the Beatles film with Walter Shenson and " A Hard Day's Night" was more successful than "Call Me Bwana." Saltzman laughed and asked why he would want to make a film about four young long-haired kids from Liverpool when he had Bob Hope. Broccoli asked Zec if he had any ideas and Zec replied that he had seen a British rock and roll group called The Beatles that had sellout crowds and thought about featuring them in a film. When asked by United Artists executive Donald Zec if they had any ideas for their non-Bond film, Harry Saltzman who had previously made The Iron Petticoat with Hope said he had an idea for a Bob Hope movie. Many original suggestions were meant to showcase Sean Connery who turned them all down as he didn't want his career totally in the hands of EON. Broccoli's autobiography "When the Snow Melts," EON Productions was originally contracted by United Artists to make two films a year for them, one James Bond film and one non-Bond film. *The film was originally intended to be shot entirely on location in Kenya but the problems of the Mau Mau Uprising led the producers to only have second unit cinematography led by John Coquillon. He then says the line, "Yep.those are Crosby's all right." ![]() Bob dumps the golf clubs on the ground and sees they're bent. *When meeting golfer Arnold Palmer, Palmer relates the fact that his golf clubs were owned by a former friend of Bob's. After helping shoot a man who had just crawled out of a hole in the wall ad (concealed in Ekberg's face), Bond (Sean Connery) remarks, "She should've kept her mouth shut." *An advertisement for this film appears on an exterior wall in Istanbul in the film " From Russia with Love". Kennedy in his famous rocking chair is parodied with his Russian counterpart Nikita Kruschev rocking in a chair that squeaks loudly. A scene involving an unseen President John F. Golfer Arnold Palmer makes a brief cameo, playing a crazy round of golf with Hope-a scene revisited in the film " Spies Like Us" where Hope makes a cameo appearance and plays golf through a tent. Hope's co-stars include Edie Adams and Anita Ekberg playing secret agents. Based on his false reputation as an "Africa Expert", he is recruited by the United States Government and NASA to locate a missing secret space probe before it can be located by hostile forces. Hope lives his false reputation as a great white hunter to the point of living in a Manhattan apartment furnished to look like an African safari lodge complete with sound effects records of African fauna. No (film)".īob Hope plays a New York writer who has passed off his uncle's memoirs of explorations in Africa as his own. It is the only film made by EON Productions which is not about the Ian Fleming spy character, James Bond and was made by most of the same film crew as " Dr. ![]() "Call Me Bwana" is a 1963 farce film starring Bob Hope and Anita Ekberg, and directed by Gordon Douglas. Released = flagicon|United States June 14, 1963 Non-U.S.Caption = Promotional movie poster for the film Cost of Shipping: $14 in a flat package, no matter how many items you purchase if they fit in one flat package Learn More Important Added Info: Note that this Italian two-panel was printed in 2 sections designed to overlap. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. and Anita Ekberg!") starring Bob Hope, Anita Ekberg, Edie Adams, Lionel Jeffries, Arnold Palmer (the famous golf sports legend as himself), and Percy Herbert And Anita dressless!" "Bwana have fun?" "Hope invades Darkest Africa with the barest of essentials. ![]() an Ekberg!" "Bwana have fun?" " Bob Hope is the funniest comedian I ever ate!" "Hope was never lovelier" "Ekberg was never funnier!" "Bob has the natives restless. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know.įilm Description: Call Me Bwana, the 1963 Gordon Douglas U.S./English Africa safari romantic adventure comedy (" Bob Hope, that headstrong hero. What are the objects in the corners of some images? Learn More!Īn Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Italian Two-Panel (known in Italy as a "4 Fogli") Movie Poster (2p measures 55" x 78" ) ( Learn More)
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