favourite scene?



I know is kind of hard to choose less than 100, but mines are:

-The axe scene
-When Larry and the italian guy are chased by 2 bad guys, and the italian hides himself ridiculously, crouching behind a car
-The bag blood in the back of the black guy who is no Larry, when the sniper shot him.
-The pool scene, when the people who get knocked by Larry, stay quietly in the pool, waiting for the director to say "cut!"

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personally, i'm a big fan of the "Roy? My name ain't no Roy" exchange between pimps.

and of course, the car door. the effing car door.

over a dollar.

awesome.

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Yeah, it IS hard to choose a favorite.

Mine is the scene where they were marched out into the mine field in Viet Nam-I MEAN San Jose park. Jean Glaude shoving that bamboo stake through the VC's back like he didn't have a spine was priceless!

you were born a pig farmer.
you'll always BE a pig farmer.
And now, you will DIE a pig farmer.

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I'm sure there's some confusion about who played the characters but I'm Jean Glaudé and I played Larry Pearson. The person shoving the bamboo stake through the VC's back was Bill Cambra who played Alan. I hope that clears that up.

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Yeah, I was definitely confused!

For some reason, I associated the name with THAT guy. He had a French accent, and your' name sounds French as well. I did a check after I posted this reply, looked at the cast, and once I realised that you played Larry, I was still confused as to who played that part.

Do you ever keep in touch with the "Squad"?

Anyway, this is one of my favorite cult movies, and I can't wait for it to come out on DVD!

you were born a pig farmer.
you'll always BE a pig farmer.
And now, you will DIE a pig farmer.

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No, unfortunately I have not kept in touch with any of the cast. Bill Cambra, a world-class bodybuilder played Alan. Being one of the only cast members whose original voice was used and being there for the looping and dubbing as their voices were replaced, although I had nothing to do with the decision, probably didn't endear me to the rest of the guys though I would have loved to have kept in touch.

It's a brutal business sometimes with decisions made in post-production that are not what anyone anticipates and I think the experience soured many, though not all, of the guys on acting. I have continued to act on stage, some tv, and film but we all viewed Kill Squad as a means to an end, a stepping stone but you can count on nothing in the world of moviemaking. Basically, once your part is done, it's out of your hands (unless you have a long track record of hits and are a huge star - which, obviously, none of us did/were). We all had high hopes initially for this movie and some were crushed by the fact that some people ridicule(d) it.

You must remember that martial arts movies were different back then. Bruce Lee set the bar for quality but look at some of the others out at the same time or before and, unless a major studio was behind the production, things were hurriedly cranked out with little budget, no time for the extensive rehearsal and other amenities offered by big budget projects. Look at the early movies of Chuck Norris, Arnold, and others and you will see what I mean.

I'm a former Marine and let nothing dissuade me from continuing to do what I love except me. I have left acting at times but it has never left me so I return when the urge hits and I'm pretty good at it (despite anyone's thoughts about Kill Squad proving the contrary) because I have worked with some great people in all venues during my time in acting.

Learning fight scenes in a day or two prior to shooting without the luxury of long rehearsals is vastly different than having the luxury of months of preparation as is the case with movies of today. Plus, martial arts movies have become more associated with gymnastics moves than they were at that time. Times have changed and so have martial arts movies. No excuse, just the truth.

I have probably answered far more than you wanted to know but I hope that explains a lot of what went on with the movie. Let me finish by saying that some very talented and well-known people in the martial arts (particularly in the Bay Area) worked as adversaries in fight scenes in Kill Squad (just as other people in the martial arts world like Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Joe Lewis, Ed Parker and Mike Stone worked on projects in minimal capacities prior to their doing their own movies). Limited rehearsal and limited budget can have an impact on the end result but even though critics were, in general, not kind to Kill Squad, I sat in a few audiences where people overall seemed to enjoy what they saw. Take care.

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I was in a white-collar rap group named after your film.

Thank you for your service. Kill Squad will never be forgotten.

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My favorite scene was when the good guys have tracked one of the bad guys down to a ranch in Gilroy and are beating the crap out of him and, awakened by the commotion, his girlfriend jumps out of bed wearing just a pair of panties, grabs a shotgun and jiggles outside to save her honey. However,it wasn't the scene, rather, it was the audience reaction (or the reaction of at least one member of the audience,) that I enjoyed. As soon as the scene ended, a child's voice piped from the front rows, with a mixture of amazement and delight, "I SAW SOME TITS!"

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the fact that everyone is a kung fu/karate practitioner
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The worm-shop sub-plot was hilariously absurd, followed by that ten seconds long last scene filming a bush.

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i love how everyone at the bbq party knows kung-fu

and how Arthur appeared at the last fight scene still wearing his bulletproof vest
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