Wow, this is great. Thank you.
So ZED is a leader among Exterminators... right?
--- In zardozthemovie@yahoogroups.com, "vzd963" <vzd963@...> wrote:
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> When Tony Pratt took over as designer of "Zardoz" (from writer/designer Bill
Stair, who had found the pressure too much for him), he designed the
Exterminators to be all in grey - so the masks were vacu-formed in grey plastic.
After shooting a test, it was decided that the Exterminators blended into the
background too much, so they were given red costumes (the boots were made of
stiff sail-cloth), and the masks were painted white. Sean Connery and the
"elite" Exterminators were given leather (brown) boots.
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> After the shooting of the stone head landing and vomiting up guns (filmed at a
place called the Sally Gap in the Wicklow Hills outside Dublin), the masks were
repainted red.
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> I got this info from Tony Pratt himself.
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