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20 Million Miles to Earth Overview:

20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) was a Fantasy - Horror Film directed by Nathan Juran and produced by Charles H. Schneer.

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Dr. Leonardo: [as Ymir is regaining consciousness] Miserea cordia!
[on the plan to capture the alien creature with a huge net]
Col. Robert Calder: Doc, this is like a parachute. It's got to work the first time!
Dr. Judson Uhl: I've had nightmares in my time, but I've never dreamed of anything like this.
Dr. Judson Uhl: You better tell them we're in a hurray and to roll up the red tape and put it into a drawer until this thing is over!
Col. Robert Calder: [Seeing the Ymir for the first time] Incredible! The creature has to be taken alive!
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Ray Harryhausen:  a man feeding peanuts to the elephant that later battles the Ymir. He did so because the actor scheduled to play the part didn't show up. He later appears in a crowd fleeing the zoo.
Since he planned to use a real elephant for some of the footage in the zoo, Ray Harryhausen asked for one that was 15 feet tall, but the film was only able to procure an eight-foot-tall one for him. In order to make the elephant look much bigger, a 4'6" actor was cast to play the zookeeper.
Though the creature is referred to as the Ymir in reviews and websites, the name is never mentioned in the movie. Ray Harryhausen was concerned that audiences would mistake it for the Arabic title "Emir".
One of the reasons the film takes place in Italy is that Ray Harryhausen always wanted to vacation there but could never afford to go on his own.
The Ymir roars in the film are variations of elephant roars sped up and modulated in pitches at different rates.
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