Schwarzenegger missed the final preparation, and Maria Shriver was not happy about that, because his mind was more on the film, instead of their wedding. "I've said it myself, in fact. We'd just heard that another shop had been given a year to build a similar type of thing, and we mentioned that to Stan. Predator is a 1987 science fiction action film directed by John McTiernan, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura, Sonny Landham, Richard Chaves, R. G. Armstrong and Kevin Peter Hall. It was powered via an electrical cable hidden down the front of Blain's trousers. But we combined all of the tricks - high-tech and low-tech - to create this organic Predator character." You're bleedin'. War of the Worlds. Anna : John McTiernan had been in the middle of his location shoot in Mexico when production had come to a halt, due to problems with the alien creature suit that had been built by Boss Film Studios. No one form of technology defines the characters that we've developed over the years. Not a thing. It ended up being far bigger and heavier than they expected so the "Stick around" quip was added as a way for Dutch to get rid of it. We didn't want to be their 'strike two'. It had been shot against green in the jungle." "My feeling from reading the script was that the Predator had to be a real character, rather than a generic creature. [2] In June 2009 he was present as a guest star at Collectormania, a film and comic convention which was hosted at the Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, UK. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. The map General Phillips uses to brief Dutch is a map of Brazil. It just came alive and took him. However, in the original script for Predator 2 (1990), it is specified that Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) had to be treated in a hospital for radiation sickness following his final showdown with the creature, and nuclear explosions typically cause toxic amounts of radiation. In the scene where Mac crushes the dead scorpion under his boot, when the Predator picks up the scorpion in his palm. Hall helped create, to me, one of the most memorable movie villains of all time, alien or otherwise. Mac's weapon is an M60E3. [Poncho shoots a bunch of grenades up to the top of the cliff] Poncho : You got time to duck? It went on and on.". The crew had to improvise and use the resources of the jungle to their advantage, too. It is a fan page and is not managed by Richard Chaves himself. No fighting gangs, or terrorists, or enemy nations--this was the toughest of the extraterrestrials versus the toughest on Earth. At the hospital where he was hospitalized, Peter Keyes of the OWLF interviewed Dutch about his encounter with the Predator. Carl Weathers was always the first choice to play Dillon. Because this was the first Predator movie, only the thermal vision and infrared vision was shown from the Predator's point of view (Predator 2 (1990) introduced many other vision modes for the Predator), but with good attention to details, you can get hints that the Predator has different vision modes, even in this movie. [holds up his grenade launcher] "I started drawing and redesigning this alien character with quills that in silhouette would look like dreadlocks. It's understandable why everybody was excited about The Monster Squad; but even though the movie did attract a cult following it wasn't a massive hit, while Predator turned out to be phenomenal.". Dillon points out that both he and Dutch have lighters of some personal significance. Poncho When the soldiers are setting the "boy scout" traps for the Predator the Dillon character doesn't initially assist. John McTiernan doesn't read subtitles when watching foreign films. In the novelization of Predator, Mac is caucasian and both he and Blain are quite racist towards Dillon and the Hispanic locals. It wasn't until the following night when, appearing on the same show, Schwarzenegger swore his innocence before a television audience of millions, that Shane Mahan finally confessed, and Winston learned that his own crewmembers had been the culprits. You're hit, man. The animal that startles Blain just before he's killed by the Predator is a Mexican tree porcupine. I hate it. He spent his days with the nuns Producer Joel Silver wanted Black, who was writing Lethal Weapon (1987), close to him, to review the script. Release Dates Remember the cloaking device? 2 talking about this. "We get him out there for the first shot and he's just seething. Gary set me as the rear security so I could watch and critique everyone when we were done at the end." Arnold Schwarzenegger never worked again with Joel Silver after this film. Why Predator?' The last to appear is Arnold Schwarzenegger, but he not salutes to camera after his appear is taken from a movie scene. Richard Chaves (Poncho) fought in the Vietnam War before becoming an actor. Duke went on record in an interview that he got along with Arnold Schwarzenegger when they worked together on that film. To make the fireballs, the crew would just dump gasoline around and light it up. Two waterfalls are used in the climax of the movie, both near Palenque, Mexico. According to John McTiernan's DVD commentary, some minor cuts were done for an R-rating. And making stew out of a ham bone. General Phillips. 90s Action Movies. Size: 6.4 GB (6,922,780,829 bytes) Source: In that film John Matrix (Schwarzenegger) is a retired elite commando and Cook (Duke) is a renegade ex-Green Beret. They represent darkness.". Richard Chaves is known as an Actor. A crew spent two weeks wiring the jungle with explosives, to create the destruction in the military assault scene. Blain Bill Duke was one of the coolest dudes alive before Predator, and is still a cool dude today. Soon afterward, his career received another boost with the role of Lt. Excellent. Richard Chaves Jorge Ramirez, better known as " Poncho ", was a mercenary and a member of Major "Dutch" Schaefer 's private military team. This foreshadows Dutch finding out that the mission is a lie and that it's not a rescue mission, but an assassination mission and Dillon used Dutch and his team to eliminate the rebels. This meant that the final fight scene had to be re-shot. That is one of my favorite movies, and I totally agree that it was underrated. Blain : I ain't got time to bleed. At 1:12, Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) reveals that he knows they are being hunted by saying, "Don't! The Predator can also see whether the soldiers are armed, indicating the Predator has a different vision mode to detect solid metal. When Dillon asks Dutch why he declined to do Libya at the beginning of the movie, Dutch responds that his team is a rescue team and that they are not assassins. The editing of the scene makes it look as if Dillon got killed instantly when the Predator shoots him with it's shoulder cannon. "And there was additional pressure because somebody else had already failed. During the closing credits, Shane Black is seen prominently displaying a copy of Sgt. Its blood is translucent and amber in color instead of green, although it still glows at night. This is a 4K (UHD) video file, You need a 4K supported player to watch this video. Carl Weathers and Apollo Creed are just about interchangeable to me. Lou Casals Source IMDB Wikipedia Cook County prosecutors said an Oak Park man strangled a nursing student last month who he had met online. The firing rate was slowed down to approximately one-third the normal rate of fire, both to reduce consumption of blanks, and to make the spinning of the barrels visible on film. This stuff will make you a god damned sexual Tyrannosaurus, just like me. Some of his work includes Predator, Witness, Star Trek: Voyager, MacGyver, Babylon 5, Walker, Texas Ranger, Miami Vice, and Hill Street Blues. okay. So Jean-Claude comes in for his fittings. Poncho He said: 'Somebody put frogs in my room - and I know who did it! He speaks fluent Spanish, for he can translate to his group for Anna when she speaks. Maybe you better put her on a leash, Agent-man. Richard John Chaves, (9 Ekim 1951) Amerikal oyuncudur. "They wanted to just tell the guy to hop around like a frog," remembers Johnson. Like, Ultimate Warrior, late James Brown crazy. The alien was scrapped, redesigned, and was eventually played by Kevin Peter Hall who was 7'2" tall. View other torrents. Predator $3.99 $4.99 Available at a lower price from other sellers that may not offer free Prime shipping. Horror Movies. The fact that he speaks smart and intelligently is a huge credit to the movie industry. The first media in the Predator franchise, the film follows an elite team of mercenaries on a mission to rescue hostages from a guerrilla group in Guatemala . The screenwriters did a lot of research into U.S. Special Forces operations in South America, to make sure how they would really sneak into the jungle. He later regretted the decision, as he felt it would have made his character stand out. He told us to help him gather up the frogs, and we put them in Arnold's room. John McTiernan broke his wrist while on-location, but kept working. Soon afterward, his career received another boost with the role of Lt. Up and down the San Joaquin Valley of California, and across the country, people chanted these words. : Bunch of slack-jawed faggots around here. Frequently bought together + + This item: Predator by Marilyn Vance DVD $6.99 Commando by Arnold Schwarzenegger DVD $4.99 Total Recall (1990) by Arnold Schwarzenegger DVD $9.99 Alien Tom Skerritt 9,791 DVD 11 offers from $7.48 And Arnold didn't find the frogs - Maria did. In keeping with this being a black ops endeavor the helicopters have no registration numbers nor other identification. The facial appearance of the Predator was inspired by the wrinkle-faced bat (Centurio Senex). In addition, Sonny Landham (Republican) ran an unsuccessful campaign for Governor of Kentucky in 2003. "I saw that and I thought it was a great starting concept for the Predator," Stan Winston said. I'm scared Poncho. Poncho's real name is Jorge Ramirez. He thought he looked like the part, was big enough, had a deep voice, and was manly. Kevin Peter Hall had previously portrayed an alien on safari for human quarry, in the low-budgeted Without Warning (1980). This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Richard Chaves as Poncho Chaves did a lot of television after Predator, including a recurring role on "War of the Worlds." According to wikipedia, Chaves was stalked in the late 1990s. He suggested to Schwarzenegger that they measure arms, with the winner getting a bottle of champagne. We got him back in at lunch and you could see his eyes through the rubber muscles of the neck and he's like, 'I hate this head. Making the Incredible CGI Snow of Disneys Frozen, A Hilarious Harry Potter Teen Movie Trailer. The Predator's blood was originally supposed to be orange, but it was difficult to accomplish. And James Cameron takes complete credit for it, even though I had nothing to do with it, obviously! And yeah, I know he directed Sister Act 2, but the man was getting paid. The fact that he was always scraping for money and any type of loophole was hilarious. In fact, the same actor, Kevin Peter Hall, had performed in both suits! "It's ludicrous, what the f*ck would he carry a thing like that for? Predator (1987) Richard Chaves: Poncho Showing all 33 items Jump to: Photos (23) Quotes (10) Photos Quotes Poncho : You're hit, man. What happened woman? Aliens Colonial Marines. Apart from this film, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sonny Landham have something else in common: they both co-starred with Sylvester Stallone in prison movies. And every once in a while, I'd think: 'I'm driving around with the Predator! Did you find Hawkins? Many of the movies cast members went on to have some pretty remarkable careers, some of which were completely outside the realm of film. This nickname probably refers to the size and nature of the explosion itself, since it has never been clarified whether the device is actually nuclear in nature. Blain's gun Old Painless could only fire blanks for five seconds at a time. RichardChaves Age 55 / Sep 1967 View Profile 103 Candlewood Dr, South Windsor, CT 06074 also known as Rich Chaves Dick Chaves Rick Chaves Ricardo Chaves has lived in South Windsor, CT Hollywood, FL phone number (860) 539-9931 (860) 648-2877 view more Email address richrich***@msn.com view more RichardChaves Age 71 / Jul 1951 View Profile Poncho. 09/10 / 1951 - Jacksonville, Florida (Estados Unidos) born in New York City, a career Marine, his mother born in Roanoke, Va. Qu viste?" This is the first of 2 movies Arnold was in in 1987. Most of the cast and crew suffered from traveller's diarrhea, since the Mexican hotel in which they were living was having problems with water purification. Poncho was a character played by Richard Chaves in the 1987 film 'Predator' directed by John McTiernan. Geoff Murphy was first attached to direct. When the script was pitched around Hollywood, the shorthand description used for it was "'Alien (1979) in the jungle.". Billy seems to have a sixth sense regarding the Predator, in the novelization however his powers go even further and he is said to be actively psychic, able to access the memories of his ancestors and the ancient Mayans who used to live in the jungle and can actively sense the Predators presence. 1 of my all time favourite films. : The film provided a variety of hardships for the actors, such as leeches, snakes, stifling humidity, heat, and rough terrain. Poncho Working extremely long and hard days and nights in these conditions, Stan Winston's crew found release in practical jokes. In Predator 2 (1990) Harrigan (Danny Glover) discovers the skull of a Xenomorph in the Predator spaceship. Vietnam vet Richard Chaves said that being in the jungle "was an instant dj vu. It is alleged that in the early '90s, the Department of Defense tested a form of camouflage that used millions of fibre-optic cables to "mirror" the opposite side of the object to be hidden. First he became mayor of Brooklyn Park; later, Governor of Minnesota. He tried drinking jagertee, a schnapps mixture, to warm him, but that just got him drunk. Aliens (1986) was cited as one of Jim and John Thomas's influences behind the film because it was about space marines battling against and being picked off one-by-one by deadly extra terrestrial creatures. Shame on you!". Bill Duke and actor/stunt man Henry Kingi (in an uncredited role as the rebel in the truck) appeared together in a film 11 years prior, 1976's Car Wash. After the movie ends and prior to the ending credits, the main cast (in order of apparition: Richard Chaves, Shane Black, Sonny Landham, Jesse Ventura, Bill Duke, Elpidia Carrillo and Carl Weathers), make a brief appear with their names and characters onscreen, saluting to camera. Tell me, woman! Sonny Landham is out of his mind. I told him how brilliant Predator was and asked him what Arnie was like. Rock and mentions that the actor was discussing the possibility of making that movie even then. As a sly sort of retaliation, he added an anamorphic version of the film's opening 20th Century Fox logo, which looks noticeably stretched on-screen. Award-winning Makeup FX artist Steve Johnson, who led the original Predator suit build for Boss, confirmed Mahan's take on things: "We have this meeting and we're sitting around a board table and it's the usual suspects. He [Billy laughs loudly] You got time to duck? The film was dedicated to the memories of Agustin Ytuarte and Federico Ysunza, who were both killed on March 31, 1986, in the crash of Mexicana Flight 940. Poncho Think you could'a found something bigger? Editar. : After Scarface wrapped, Zemansky sold the prop to Stembridge gun rentals, where it was rented for use in Predator. Whatever best serves that character, that's what we use. He ran for Governor of Kentucky and failed, and later ran for U.S. Senate. Each members role of Dutch's rescue team: Billy (Sonny Landham), scout and tracker; Mac (Bill Duke), Sergeant, 2nd in command/Assault; Poncho (Richard Chaves), Demolitions Engineer/translator (possibly medic); Hawkins (Shane Black), Radio Operator (possibly medic); Blain (Jesse Ventura), Heavy Weapon Support. The stuntman who doubled for Arnold Schwarzenegger, for the fall into the river, blew out his knee performing this particular stunt. The "B" camera was given a reel of incorrect film stock, which is why some shots look a lot grainier than others. In February 1987, with the new Stan Winston Studio Predator suit completed, the production company assembled in Palenque, a Mexican archeological site located just north of the Guatemalan border, to shoot the one-on-one battle between Dutch and the Predator.