I don't pay attention to what they say. Poncho The explosion location had already been burned to the ground two years prior. But Dutch escaped from the hospital and vanished. Three of the actors from this film appeared in that film; Carl Weathers as the title character, Bill Duke as Captain Armbruster, and Sonny Landham as Mr. Quick. 3 years with a tour of duty in Vietnam. What they needed was a character with backward bent reptilian legs, extended arms and a head that was out here and they wanted to shoot on the muddy slopes of Mexico in the real jungles. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and Aliens (1986) have been cited as influences behind the film. : Clerks III may make you cry, which is not exactly what you might expect from a Clerks movie. Seen any 'The Monster Squad versus Alien' sequels? Looking back, Alec Gillis recalls a turning point in crew morale when Stan said: 'Listen, guys. I then went back to sleep, and she was startled because I had never done that before in our life together." Predator (1987) Richard Chaves: Poncho Showing all 33 items Jump to: Photos (23) Quotes (10) Photos Quotes Poncho : You're hit, man. Keep reading to find out. The area that the map shows is a region known as "cerrado biome", in core areas with small and medium trees, wooded savanna, and gramineous-woody savanna. I often refer to Weathers as Apollo. He speaks fluent Spanish, for he can translate to his group for Anna when she speaks. : The Cyclops, the Minotaur. It is rumored that Ventura had to wear a bulletproof vest, because of the forceful ejection of spent cartridges, but this is false. Stuntmen dug giant holes, and locals made massive nets out of vines. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer was the inspiration and model for the video game, Konami's Contra (1987)'s character, Sergeant Bill Rizer, with Sylvester Stallone's John Rambo being the model for Corporal Lance Bean (Rizer's partner). The original rejected mask prop was later reused for a hunter in Predator 2 (1990) and would go on to inspire the masks worn by Celtic in Alien vs. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). The studio would not allow John McTiernan to shoot this film in anamorphic widescreen, due to the complexities of the optical effects. And Arnold didn't find the frogs - Maria did. Blain. After Predator Hall played a different alien Predator in the movies sequel, and later, the bigfoot Harry in the Harry and the Hendersons TV show. I ain't got time to bleed. To protect himself, his family and friends, he followed the advice of police by refraining from attending conventions and closing his official website. Filming began in 1985 and the film was released on the big screen in 1987. The theatrical trailer for Predator featured music from James Horner's compositions for Aliens (1986). 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. He also appeared in L.A. Takedown and Witness. [Poncho shoots a bunch of grenades up to the top of the cliff] Poncho : You got time to duck? Richard Chaves was born on October 9, 1951 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States (71 years old). I was too embarrassed to admit I was hurt." In an effort not to get sick while filming in Mexico John McTiernan instead went without much eating. John McTiernan and Arnold Schwarzenegger lost twenty-five pounds during filming. The original suit just didn't fit the action requirements. The real life Goblin spider species Predatoroonops blain is named after Blain Cooper; every member of the Predatoroonops genus has a name that references Predator, due to the perceived similarity between the spiders mouthparts and the Predators mandibles. Carl Weathers came onboard because John McTiernan wanted an actual actor to work against Schwarzenegger. Of all the guys in Predator, wouldnt you say hes the least likely to be stalked. 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. "He didn't realize that he was just kind of a stuntman, right?" First screenplay written by brothers Jim Thomas and John Thomas. It was virtually physically impossible to do. as an actor taking on various soap opera roles until he gained a role in 1987 as Poncho in the science fiction film Predator. The machete-like weapon Dutch throws at the bad guy was made special for the film by a knife maker trying to sell the production his wares. Poncho His father born in New York City, a career Marine, his mother born in Roanoke, Va. of Scottish and Cherokee Indian descent. Dillon points out that both he and Dutch have lighters of some personal significance. Poncho But, hey, heard of The Monster Squad lately? The editing of the scene makes it look as if Dillon got killed instantly when the Predator shoots him with it's shoulder cannon. In both movies, his character dies shirtless while brandishing a knife. Close examination of the film, especially the scene in which Mac fires the minigun at the fleeing predator, along with the other commandos, show that the ejection of the minigun was not changed. Our starting point has always been to ask ourselves, 'Who is this character?' Dutch 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. Jesse Ventura was delighted to find out from the wardrobe department that his arms were one inch bigger than Arnold Schwarzenegger's. "We'd peel the suit off Kevin Peter Hall every night," said Berger, "and I'd throw it into the back of my truck and drive home. His comments were made on the political radio show The Weekly Filibuster. is Arnold Schwarzenegger's personal favorite catchphrase of all of his films that he appears in. Think you could'a found something bigger? So the prop launcher has the distinction of being used on screen by both Al Pacino and Arnold Schwarzenegger, albeit mounted on different rifles. : Rock in production, and that's why the comics were on-set, so he could read them. It hasnt been all roses for Black since Predator, though: he and an ex-girlfriend sued each other for battery. The new executives did not think that the Ironhorse character worked with the format they wanted for the show, so his character and that of Norton Drake were killed off. Yeah, I have a mini man crush on Shane Black (Hawkins)guy is crazy talented and creative. I can't tell. Would McTiernan lie? And, once we figure that out, we decide the best way to create the character, whether it is through makeup or animatronics or, now, even computer technology - or a combination of those.". . The "curtain call" at the end was due to McTiernan's desire to show the team together again after the downer ending. ", When the failure of the first Predator suit halted production, Arnold Schwarzenegger recommended his old pal from The Terminator (1984), Stan Winston, to design and build an all-new Predator. Im impressed. Along with Die Hard also directed by John McTiernan Predator impacted me more than any other movie from the 1980s. This photo is from a Collectormania event. Below we countdown to Richard Chaves upcoming . All the authors of the play I'm one of the authors and all the actors in the play were Vietnam veterans. In the comics/literary world, the sequel to Predator is Predator: Concrete Jungle, and it centers on Dutch's brother John Schaefer, who was a New York City cop (and like Dutch an Army veteran) in the midst of a deadly gang war during a very hot summer. I love Predator so much in no small part because of the creature itself, and Hall deserves all the credit in the world for dominating the screen even amongst the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse Ventura. I wanted to use them. Two waterfalls are used in the climax of the movie, both near Palenque, Mexico. Dillon's first name is Al. Thorsen appeared in most of Schwarzenegger's films throughout the 1980s in either cameo or small supporting roles. : This character eventually evolved into Billy. 1971 Fleer AHRA Drag Champs. A special force recruited by the CIA to rescue hostages held by guerrilla fighters in Central America encounter an enemy more powerful and deadly than any on Earth. That doesn't mean there wasn't a great deal of technology that went into the Predator, as well. It went on and on.". Poncho Richard joined the army in 1970. General Phillips. Working extremely long and hard days and nights in these conditions, Stan Winston's crew found release in practical jokes. When they filmed the sequence which Billy tells Dutch that something is in the tree, Arnold Schwarzenegger and the cast raced to the bathroom when John McTiernan called "Cut!". The stunt crew played a practical joke on the newly married couple, by putting frogs in their shower. Richard Chaves - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday. Fuck you, Poncho! Jesse Ventura teased him about his nuptials, often ruining takes; John McTiernan was not amused. John McTiernan broke his wrist while on-location, but kept working. Poncho speaks to Anna in Guatemalan]. Depredador es una pelcula estadounidense de accin y ciencia ficcin militar de 1987, dirigida por John McTiernan, escrita por Jim Thomas y John Thomas. "You couldn't at the time get an American cameraman to do it," he says, but McAlpine is Australian and had a much looser style. Tell me, woman! It does however keep trophies taken from those that it kills on board its ship. 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. When they started shooting in the jungle, three hundred Mexican crew members showed up. Predator: Requiem (2007). All of this is sort of a moral separate peace here, and in order to do it I set up the circumstance where there were no human beings in front of the guns. You're bleedin'. John Spencer as "FBI Director James Womack" in The Rock (1996): . The mechanical features of the character's head suggested the makeup effects category; but, due to the camouflage effect, there was a visual effects aspect to the character, as well. Predator (2004), and later in Predators (2010) (the presence of multiple Predators in Predator 2 (1990) being a mere cameo). Editar. Size: 6.4 GB (6,922,780,829 bytes) Source: Excellent. The movie did not get a cinema release in the United Kingdom until New Year's Day 1988. Whatever best serves that character, that's what we use. Many of the movies cast members went on to have some pretty remarkable careers, some of which were completely outside the realm of film. "There was a lot of pressure to get this done, because production was waiting for the new character so they could start shooting again," Stan said. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Career 1.2 Personal life 2 Works 2.1 Stage 2.2 Movies 2.3 Television 2.4 Voice 3 References 4 External links Biography Career Chaves helped write the critically acclaimed stage drama Tracers. That is because this predator is not of this Earth Predator ( Visual ) 1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Cesar Chavez - Gary Soto 2008-06-25 Viva la causa! A dummy of Sonny Landham was used for the graphic sequence which the Predator rips out Billy's skull and spine. Instead, he had to be put inside a harness and hung from wires mounted to an overhead boom arm, with puppet legs extending below him. Richard John Chaves (* 9. jna 1951 Jacksonville, Florida) je americk herec.. Jedn se o veterna vietnamsk vlky, podle kter m zklady autorsk kritika v divadeln he Tracers (Stopai).I kdy hrl v nkolika filmech, vraznji se neprosadil. Arnold Schwarzenegger posed for photos with the snake around his shoulders. Bill Duke's character Mac's famous quote "I'm gonna have me some fun tonight" is in reference to the song "Long tall Sally" by Little Richard released in 1956 which is played earlier in the movie during the chopper scene. Vietnam vet Richard Chaves said that being in the jungle "was an instant dj vu. Richard was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He'd go up in a tree and cower, and he wouldn't do what monkeys do.". I hate it. Kevin Peter Hall stated in an interview that his experience on the film "wasn't a movie; it was a survival story for all of us." They had to slow the barrel down for the film because in reality it spins so fast that it doesn't photograph well. Viva Csar Chvez! In fact the point of all the firing was, as the man says as soon as they stop shooting, 'We hit nothing.' The "B" camera was given a reel of incorrect film stock, which is why some shots look a lot grainier than others. 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. Unknown (Guest Star) 1996. The members of Dutch's team are killed by The Predator are in order as followed: Hawkins. The film originally featured a Native American soldier as the lead. Predator (1987) [1080p] [BluRay] [x264] [AC3] [Lektor i Napisy PL] Doda: matrix089 Data dodania: 2022-08-09 17:13:34 Rozmiar: 16. . John McTiernan originally wanted the team to arrive on scene via a halo jump and describes the entire sequence as written a C130 plane, an attacking Mig, and Dutch putting his gun to the pilot's head to force him over the landing zone at which point he would run for the back ramp, grab a parachute off the wall and jump but he sacrificed it in exchange for not including an interior shot in the Predator's spaceship. Oh okay. The Predator can obviously see and avoid the trip wires that are hidden everywhere in the forest (which would actually not be visible if the Predator only used thermal vision). Carl Weathers is a class act! You're hit, man. I knew Shane Black wrote Lethal Weapon and the others, but I never realized that it was the same Shane Black from Predator. Dutch wears "strong lines", to show that he's a leader. Richard Chaves is an American actor who is likely best known for his role as Poncho in Predator (1987), but also had a regular role as Lt. Col. Paul Ironhorse in the series adaptation of War of the Worlds. Bullshit. He ran for Governor of Kentucky and failed, and later ran for U.S. Senate. Richard Chaves as Poncho with a custom 37mm launcher based on an AN/M5 Pyrotechnic Discharger in Predator. [Poncho questions Anna about Hawkins. Predator: Requiem (2007). Rock and mentions that the actor was discussing the possibility of making that movie even then. Billy : I'm scared Poncho. Richard Chaves Actor | Sound Department | Additional Crew Richard was born in Jacksonville, Florida. : Predator Alien Art. : Producer Joel Silver wanted Black, who was writing Lethal Weapon (1987), close to him, to review the script. James Olson who worked with Schwarzenegger in Commando (1985) was offered the part of Gen. Phillips, but turned it down for fear of being typecast. Bill Duke improvised the shaving. Illustrating just how confused the Academy was over this new blending of special effects, makeup and visual effects technologies, the same year that it categorized the Predator creature as a visual effect, it honored Rick Baker with an Oscar in the makeup category for his work on Harry and the Hendersons - despite the fact that Harry had been achieved in exactly the same way that the Predator had, with a performer wearing a suit and a mechanical head. Billy Poncho. Richard Chaves. Mac's death was ranked #2 by Io9 of the 10 best Predator kills. Producer John Davis developed the script with the idea that it was "Rocky meets Alien, I guess," but John McTiernan liked the idea of it feeling closer to King Kong. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jim and John Thomas, who wrote 1987's Predator, have filed a lawsuit against 20th Century Studios over the copyrights to the sci-fi action classic. Arnie enjoyed being in Predator so much that he married an actual Predator alien: After a really crappy action movie looking directly at you, Action Jackson-and some forgettable roles, Weathers tried and succeeded at comedy, playing Chubbs in Happy Gilmore. Then we hid and stood back to hear what would happen. Richard Chaves is an American character actor. Body count: sixty-nine humans (most of them at the hands of Dutch Schaefer), one scorpion, one boar, and one Predator. Poncho Chaves helped write the critically acclaimed stage drama Tracers. He would further explain, "I had to learn that we were filming a Hollywood movie and not a documentary - this wasn't a Navy Seal training video." Regarding Jesse Ventura, John McTiernan was surprised to discover he was "a lot brighter than he pretended to be" and "truly astonished" when he heard Ventura was elected governor of Minnesota years later. Youre wrong about sonny, he never committed any crime, his wife got some kind of mental illness, and made up strange stories like those phone calls and shit, sonny never did anything wrong. This is going to kill us!' This point is rendered moot, however, by the fact that the countries in which the film takes place are never identified in the course of the movie. The specific music used can be found on the Aliens soundtrack as Track 01 - Main Titles. "Wow, I haven't seen this movie in a long time," John McTiernan says on the commentary, noting that he had forgotten all about the space-set opening sequence, in part because it was all post-production. The montage of the choppers flying while the mercenaries chatted within was originally shot with the doors open against a blue screen, but it was far too much of a pain. 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. Both dropped out. Predator (1994) features a character named Dutch Schaefer as an homage to the character in the film.