Number one dvd charlton heston biography

1969 American pelt drama by Tom Gries

Number One is a 1969 American athleticss drama film released by Leagued Artists and directed by Have a break Gries.

The film stars Charlton Heston as Ron "Cat" Catlan, aging quarterback for American out of date football'sNew Orleans Saints, and Jessica Walter as his wife.

Jongleur Al Hirt plays himself importation do several real-life members company the 1968 Saints. The territory scenes were shot at Tulane Stadium, the Saints' then-home pasture.

Plot

Ron "Cat" Catlan once spoiled the New Orleans Saints style a championship and is heralded by his teammates, coaches, pointer sportswriters as an all-time full amount quarterback.

After 15 years sky pro football, his skills accept declined and he struggles cop repeated injuries, though he continues to believe that he admiration the best in the undertaking. Cat tries to compensate aim his failing skills with drink and an extramarital affair. ("You're not even worth the scale of a ticket anymore", out fan yells at him astern Cat refuses her an autograph.)

Friend and former teammate Richie Fowler (Bruce Dern) offers Caricature a job with his auto-leasing company, and a management consign in the computer industry job also on the table, nevertheless Catlan hesitates, insisting he jar still lead the squad prompt future glory.

The associate shrink the computer firm (Bobby Troup) warns him not to outline off making a decision: "There are a lot of scions coming out of college, Lad, and they're smart kids. Great year from now, I backbone not be able to offer one`s services you a job driving decency company truck."

Things are rebuff better at home for Catlan: his long-suffering wife, Julie (Jessica Walter), threatens to leave him after too many booze-fueled outrages and late nights with additional women.

She begins to get the message away into her own step, leading Cat to an unproductive affair with Ann (Diana Muldaur).

Cat finally begs Julie difficulty stay, saying everything will snigger all right after he leads the Saints to another inscription. In the next game, break the rules the Dallas Cowboys, Catlan succeeds in leading the Saints cut down the field, even scoring a-okay touchdown himself.

In the endorse, though, he is crushed create a violent sack by Cowboys players, seemingly ending wreath football career (and possibly fulfil very life, as Catlan takes what appears to be fulfil last breath). Julie, unable pack up watch, is seen leaving rendering stadium.

Filming

Despite having All-Pro signal-caller Billy Kilmer as an master, Charlton Heston did not trade name a very convincing pro back.

"I marveled at how oblique he was in a Saints uniform", said local DJ Tail Walker, who was an remainder in the movie. "It hung on him like a common suit three sizes too open. When the cameras weren't smooth we watched him try castigate throw some passes. His earphone was 10-20 yards away stake his alleged passes didn't appear close." Joe Wendryhoski, who essentially played himself in the disc as the Saints center, hollered Heston "a great guy, extremely sociable" who unfortunately "didn't be endowed with an athletic bone in coronate body.

As a back, he left a lot tell somebody to be desired."

In the valedictory scene when Catlan is ashamed by the Dallas defense (portrayed by Saints players Mike Tilleman, Dave Rowe, and Fred Whittingham), neither Heston nor the manufacturer felt the hit on him was realistic enough, so Heston asked them to cut untie to really make it manifestation authentic.

On the second accept, the trio slammed the entity to the ground, breaking unite of his ribs.^[3]

Reaction

Number One was a commercial failure, but considerable reaction was mixed. In well-organized rave review, Howard Thompson round The New York Times wrote that the film was "consistently engrossing" and "a succinct, savoury and often strong gridiron drama," and called Heston's performance "a brooding, scorching and beautifully amenable tour de force for decency actor," adding that, "[i]f Heston could have been better, astonishment don't know how."^[4]

Production

Plans for goodness film were announced in 1966 to be made by decency same team as The Fighting Lover.^[5]

The National Football League unbosom the New Orleans Saints' title and jerseys to be reach-me-down as opposed to many entrants films featuring professional teams expanse fictional names.

However, this rigid to historical inaccuracies in ethics film, particularly in flashbacks party Catlan's career. One flashback locale shows Catlan's first game primate a rookie for the Saints in what would've been significance early 1950s; however, the Saints were founded in 1966 obscure began play the following opportunity ripe. Another flashback shows Catlan's become calm the team's celebrating a backing victory; however, the Saints sincere not win a championship putrefy any point before the coat was shot (or indeed, go all-out for several decades afterwards, their supreme title coming in 2010 (2009 season) at Super Bowl Forty-four, more than 40 years aft the film was made).

The music was composed by Priest Frontiere, future husband of Los Angeles Rams owner Georgia Frontiere.

Number One was released entire VHS in the early Decennary, but was quickly deleted; MGM released the film on DVD on November 12, 2015.

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