The Illustrated Man (1969) |
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| Director(s) | Jack Smight |
| Producer(s) | Ted Mann |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Science Fiction |
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Rod Steiger(as Carl)
The Illustrated Man
Released
1969
The Illustrated Man
Released
1969
Rod Steiger
(as Carl)
Claire Bloom(as Felicia)
The Illustrated Man
Released
1969
The Illustrated Man
Released
1969
Claire Bloom
(as Felicia)
Don Dubbins(as Pickard)
The Illustrated Man
Released
1969
The Illustrated Man
Released
1969
Don Dubbins
(as Pickard)
Jason Evers(as Simmons)
The Illustrated Man
Released
1969
The Illustrated Man
Released
1969
Jason Evers
(as Simmons)
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The Illustrated Man (1969) was a Science Fiction - Drama Film directed by Jack Smight and produced by Ted Mann.
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The Illustrated Man (1960) is trilogy of terror-tinged sci-fi tales drawn from Ray Bradbury’s eighteen story anthology of the same name. Rod Steiger stars as the titular tattooed drifter in a framing story with Robert Drivas and then-wife Claire Bloom, and in various roles in the stories which... Read full article
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The Illustrated Man Quotes:
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Felicia: Each person who tries to see beyond his own time must face questions to which there cannot yet be absolute answers.
Felicia: Each person who tries to see beyond his own time must face questions to which there cannot yet be absolute answers.
Carl:
I know what you're thinking... the funny thing is, that usually women ask that question before men do. But the answer is Yes. I'm covered with pictures from the neck right down to the toes. Everywhere, and I mean everywhere.
Carl:
[shouting at the lake] Now shut up now, come on now! Shut up! All you do is make noise in the world!
[speaking to Willie]
Carl: That's how you handle little things, see. You just yell at 'em and they just shut up like a clam. And that puts 'em in their proper place. Man I don't like little things. I don't like - bugs, and frogs, and spiders, and creepy crawly things that *zing* out at 'cha and bite 'cha when you're not lookin'. You know what a tick looks like?
Willie: Well, sure I seen ticks.
Carl: Yeah, well they're the worst because they find ya no matter where ya are, and they creep up ya and they suck your blood, see? Ooh they stink, those rotten things.
[speaking to Willie]
Carl: That's how you handle little things, see. You just yell at 'em and they just shut up like a clam. And that puts 'em in their proper place. Man I don't like little things. I don't like - bugs, and frogs, and spiders, and creepy crawly things that *zing* out at 'cha and bite 'cha when you're not lookin'. You know what a tick looks like?
Willie: Well, sure I seen ticks.
Carl: Yeah, well they're the worst because they find ya no matter where ya are, and they creep up ya and they suck your blood, see? Ooh they stink, those rotten things.
Willie:
Well, there must be a hundred houses like that around here.
Carl: I'm only lookin' for one. And I'm lookin' for the lady who lives in it. And when I find her... I'm going to kill her. Oh, yes... oh, yes... I will kill her.
Carl: I'm only lookin' for one. And I'm lookin' for the lady who lives in it. And when I find her... I'm going to kill her. Oh, yes... oh, yes... I will kill her.
Carl:
She had lived in the past, and she had lived in the future, and she put it all on me.
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Average Shot Length = ~6.8 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~7.1 seconds.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, this film has the record for longest time applying make-up each day, at 20 hours.
When Jack Smight contacted Ray Bradbury about buying the rights to "The Illustrated Man", Bradbury informed him he would sell it if Smight hired Burt Lancaster, Paul Newman or Rod Steiger for the lead role.
Make-up director Gordon Bau and a team of eight assistants spent ten hours applying the temporary tattoos to Rod Steiger's torso, plus another full day tattooing his hands, legs and lower body.