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* DescendedCreator: Director and screenwriter Creator/PeterBogdanovich also plays [[AuthorAvatar screenwriter]] Sammy Michaels.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: A [[TropesAreNotBad positive example]] - the reason this film exists is because, when shooting finished on ''Film/TheTerror'', Roger Corman realized Boris Karloff still had two shooting days left on his contract. He immediately told Peter Bogdanovich to come up with a film that he could make with those two days (as noted above, it ran over by a few), whatever money was left over, and stock footage from ''The Terror''. The result is widely considered one of the best films to come out of Corman's handiwork.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: A [[TropesAreNotBad [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools positive example]] - the reason this film exists is because, when shooting finished on ''Film/TheTerror'', Roger Corman realized Boris Karloff still had two shooting days left on his contract. He immediately told Peter Bogdanovich to come up with a film that he could make with those two days (as noted above, it ran over by a few), whatever money was left over, and stock footage from ''The Terror''. The result is widely considered one of the best films to come out of Corman's handiwork.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: A [[TropesAreNotBad positive example]] - the reason this film exists is because, when shooting finished on ''Film/TheTerror'', Roger Corman realized Boris Karloff still had two shooting days left on his contract. He immediately told Peter Bogdanovich to come up with a film that he could make with those two days (as noted above, it ran over by a few), whatever money was left over, and stock footage from ''The Terror''. The result is widely considered one of the best films to come out of Corman's handiwork.
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* BannedInChina: Around five years after release, in March 1973, New Zealand refused to issue a 'certificate of approval' for the film's trailer on the basis that it was "contrary to public order and decency."
* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: Although the film was written and production photography completed in late 1967, it was not released until after the assassination of UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr and that of UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy in the spring of 1968, thus having some topical relevance to then-current events. Nevertheless, it was not very successful at the box office.
* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: Although the film was written and production photography completed in late 1967, it was not released until after the assassination of UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr and that of UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy in the spring of 1968, thus having some topical relevance to then-current events. Nevertheless, it was not very successful at the box office.
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* IAmNotSpock: Byron Orlok is Boris Karloff with the serial numbers lightly sanded off. Almost counts as an AsHimself trope, although in RealLife Karloff wasn't about to retire, and seemed happy to make this film.
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* IAmNotSpock: Byron Orlok is Boris Karloff Creator/BorisKarloff with the serial numbers lightly sanded off. Almost counts as an AsHimself trope, although in RealLife Karloff wasn't about to retire, and seemed happy to make this film.film.
* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The film was shot in 25 days and production was completed in December 1967. Due to its controversial nature, Paramount delayed it for a year and only released it after inserting a written prologue denouncing gun violence.
* ThrowItIn: According to Creator/PeterBogdanovich's introduction to the film on the DVD, the scene in which Sammy wakes up with a hangover and is jolted when the first thing he sees is Byron Orlok originally called for him to laugh at himself, but he couldn't manage it. Creator/BorisKarloff suggested the bit that is actually used in the film - and ad-libbed Orlok's start when he unexpectedly confronts himself in a mirror, as well.
* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The film was shot in 25 days and production was completed in December 1967. Due to its controversial nature, Paramount delayed it for a year and only released it after inserting a written prologue denouncing gun violence.
* ThrowItIn: According to Creator/PeterBogdanovich's introduction to the film on the DVD, the scene in which Sammy wakes up with a hangover and is jolted when the first thing he sees is Byron Orlok originally called for him to laugh at himself, but he couldn't manage it. Creator/BorisKarloff suggested the bit that is actually used in the film - and ad-libbed Orlok's start when he unexpectedly confronts himself in a mirror, as well.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/BorisKarloff [[ExecutiveMeddling was attached to the movie]] because he owed the ever-frugal producer Creator/RogerCorman two days' worth of filming. The actor, despite his age and frail health, was so impressed with the resulting script that he volunteered the extra few days of filming needed to complete his part of the project.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Not at first; Creator/BorisKarloff [[ExecutiveMeddling was attached to the movie]] because he owed the ever-frugal producer Creator/RogerCorman two days' worth of filming. The actor, despite his age and frail health, was However, he became so impressed with the resulting script that despite his age and frail health, he volunteered the extra few days of filming needed to complete his part of the project.
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** Mike Farrell, better known as B.J. Hunnicutt on ''Series/{{MASH}}'', can be glimpsed as one of Thompson's sniper victims. (He's the man who gets gunned down while inside a PhoneBooth at the drive-in.)
** More of an indirect example, but a young Creator/JackNicholson appears alongside Karloff in footage from Corman's 1963 film ''Film/TheTerror'', seen during the opening credits.
** Mike Farrell, better known as B.J. Hunnicutt on ''Series/{{MASH}}'', can be glimpsed as one of Thompson's sniper victims. (He's the man who gets gunned down while inside a PhoneBooth at the drive-in.)
** More of an indirect example, but a young Creator/JackNicholson appears alongside Karloff in footage from Corman's 1963 film ''Film/TheTerror'', seen during the opening credits.
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** Mike Farrell, better known as B.J. Hunnicutt on ''Series/{{MASH}}'', can be glimpsed as one of Thompson's sniper victims. (He's the man who gets gunned down while inside a PhoneBooth at the drive-in.)
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** More of an indirect example, but a young Creator/JackNicholson can be glimpsed alongside Karloff in footage from Corman's 1963 film ''Film/TheTerror'', seen during the opening credits.
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** The screenwriter Sammy Michaels is [[CreatorCameo played by Bogdanovich himself]].
** Mike Farrell, the guy caught in the PhoneBooth, went on to play B.J. Hunnicutt in ''Series/{{MASH}}''.
** A young Creator/JackNicholson can be briefly glimpsed in the excerpt from Corman's ''Film/TheTerror'' that plays during the opening credits.
** The screenwriter Sammy Michaels is [[CreatorCameo played by Bogdanovich himself]].
** Mike Farrell, the guy caught in the PhoneBooth, went on to play B.J. Hunnicutt in ''Series/{{MASH}}''.
** A young Creator/JackNicholson can be briefly glimpsed in the excerpt from Corman's ''Film/TheTerror'' that plays during the opening credits.
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* IAmNotSpock: Orlok is Karloff with the serial numbers lightly sanded off. Almost counts as an AsHimself trope, although in RealLife Karloff wasn't about to retire, and seemed happy to make this film.
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* IAmNotSpock: Orlock Orlok is Karloff with the serial numbers lightly sanded off. Almost counts as an AsHimself trope, although in RealLife Karloff wasn't about to retire, and seemed happy to make this film.
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* DoingItForTheArt / ExecutiveMeddling: Boris Karloff was attached to the movie because he owed the ever-frugal producer Roger Corman two days' worth of filming. The actor, despite his age and frail health, was so impressed with the resulting script that he volunteered the extra few days of filming needed to complete his part of the project.
* HeyItsThatGuy: The screenwriter Sammy Michaels is played by Bogdanovich himself.
** Mike Farrell, the guy caught in the PhoneBooth, went on to play B.J. Hunnicutt in ''Series/{{Mash}}''.
* IAmNotSpock: Orlock is Karloff with the serial numbers lightly sanded off. Almost counts as an AsHimself trope, although in RealLife Karloff wasn't about to retire, and seemed happy to make this film.
* HeyItsThatGuy: The screenwriter Sammy Michaels is played by Bogdanovich himself.
** Mike Farrell, the guy caught in the PhoneBooth, went on to play B.J. Hunnicutt in ''Series/{{Mash}}''.
* IAmNotSpock: Orlock is Karloff with the serial numbers lightly sanded off. Almost counts as an AsHimself trope, although in RealLife Karloff wasn't about to retire, and seemed happy to make this film.
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* DoingItForTheArt / ExecutiveMeddling: Boris Karloff DoingItForTheArt[=/=]ExecutiveMeddling: Creator/BorisKarloff was attached to the movie because he owed the ever-frugal producer Roger Corman Creator/RogerCorman two days' worth of filming. The actor, despite his age and frail health, was so impressed with the resulting script that he volunteered the extra few days of filming needed to complete his part of the project.
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** The screenwriter Sammy Michaels is played by Bogdanovich himself.
** Mike Farrell, the guy caught in the PhoneBooth, went on to play B.J. Hunnicutt in''Series/{{Mash}}''.
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* DoingItForTheArt: DoingItForTheArt / ExecutiveMeddling: Boris Karloff was attached to the movie because he owed the ever-frugal producer Roger Corman two days' worth of filming. The actor, despite his age and frail health, was so impressed with the resulting script that he volunteered the extra few days of filming needed to complete his part of the project.project.
* HeyItsThatGuy: The screenwriter Sammy Michaels is played by Bogdanovich himself.
** Mike Farrell, the guy caught in the PhoneBooth, went on to play B.J. Hunnicutt in ''Series/{{Mash}}''.
* IAmNotSpock: Orlock is Karloff with the serial numbers lightly sanded off. Almost counts as an AsHimself trope, although in RealLife Karloff wasn't about to retire, and seemed happy to make this film.
* HeyItsThatGuy: The screenwriter Sammy Michaels is played by Bogdanovich himself.
** Mike Farrell, the guy caught in the PhoneBooth, went on to play B.J. Hunnicutt in ''Series/{{Mash}}''.
* IAmNotSpock: Orlock is Karloff with the serial numbers lightly sanded off. Almost counts as an AsHimself trope, although in RealLife Karloff wasn't about to retire, and seemed happy to make this film.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Karloff was attached to the movie because he owed producer Roger Corman two day's days' worth of filming. The actor, despite his age and frail health, was so impressed with the resulting script that he volunteered the extra few days of filming needed to complete his part of the project.
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