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One of two Alistair MacLean filmed adaptations released in 1968, the other was Dove osano le aquile [...]	D
Ice Station Zebra was photographed in Super Panavision 70 by Daniel L. Fapp. The nuclear-powered Tig [...]	D
In the era before VCRs, Howard Hughes would call the Las Vegas TV station he owned and demand they r [...]	D
The production began with shooting the film in Ultra Panavision(2.76), but soon switched to Super Pa [...]	D
Filmed mainly in the studio.	D
In 2011, Warner Brothers announced a remake to be directed by David Gordon Green, but nothing has co [...]	D
As the sub's going down after the torpedo room floods, one of the crewmen on the bridge begins recit [...]	D
The red sign for BEA airlines stands for British European Airways, which was in business from 1946 u [...]	D
When a new screenplay was written for this movie, the original cast could not do the film anymore du [...]	D
Rock Hudson was on Variety's list of Top Ten Overpriced Stars of 1968.	D
The year before this movie was released, Ernest Borgnine & Jim Brown had worked on another military [...]	D
In Alistair MacLean's source book (of the same name), upon which the film's based, the specialist Ar [...]	D
Red lighting in the sub's control room is used to preserve night vision sensitivity when going outsi [...]	D
The character of Marine Captain Leslie Anders (played by Jim Brown) does not appear in Alistair MacL [...]	D
Ernest Borgnine later implied Rock Hudson was a pedophile in interviews.	D
The production shoot for this picture went for nineteen weeks, from Spring 1967 until October 1967.	D
Charlton Heston was originally offered the role of Ferraday but turned it down, saying there was no [...]	D
Changes made from the Alistair MacLean source novel of the same name for this film included the name [...]	D
Patrick McGoohan was born in Queens, NY.	D
Most of the film was shot on the soundstages at Universal, but the scene where Rock Hudson leaves th [...]	D
This movie was made and released about five years after its source novel of the same name by Alistai [...]	D
Patrick McGoohan was filming The Prisoner but a conflict in the shooting schedule was resolved by ha [...]	D
One of the hypothermic crew members is seen wearing a covering made of one of the famous woolen stri [...]	D
One of two filmed Alistair MacLean adaptations directed by John Sturges. The other was Stazione 3: t [...]	D
Principal photography was originally slated for April 1965. However, the United States Department of [...]	D
This film was originally shown in Cinerama venues. In order to put it into these theaters, MGM pulle [...]	D
A number of characters who appear in this movie were not in the Alistair MacLean source novel, of th [...]	D
Unique and innovative underwater camera equipment was developed for this movie by 2nd unit cameraman [...]	D
Rock Hudson said this was his personal favorite film.	D
Ernest Borgnine served in US Navy in from 1935 to 1945. Rock Hudson & Gerald O'Laughlin served in th [...]	D
During the sub's first dive (after spotting the Russian trawler) the Captain orders "all ahead flank [...]	D
Aussie Olympic swimming champion Murray Rose, who portrays Lt. George Mills, had won 3 gold medals l [...]	D
The large dish antennae in the opening sequence are at the Goldstone facility in the Mojave Desert, [...]	D
Major league baseball pitcher Bob Sebra was nicknamed "Ice Station Sebra" by sports commentator Chri [...]	D
The band 'Silkworm' named a song "Ice Station Zebra" which is featured on their 1997 album "Develope [...]	D
The movie's plot has similarities with the real life 1962 CIA Project COLDFEET aka Operation Coldfee [...]	D
Patrick McGoohan was in the midst of filming his iconic TV series Il prigioniero (1967) at the time [...]	D
Lawrence Montaigne claimed that John Sturges gave him an uncredited walk on in this film, although M [...]	D
Stan Ridgway (of Wall of Voodoo fame) references Howard Hughes and his love for this movie in the so [...]	D
Ring Lardner was originally hired to pen the screenplay in 1964.	D
The word "Zebra" in the film and source novel's title is derivative of the letter "Z" in the phoneti [...]	D
Lloyd Nolan's character was added in post production, which necessitated reshoots.	D
The film's story has similarities with the real life events, reported in the media in April 1959, of [...]	D
Ron Masak's film debut.	D
Paddy Chayefsky was (surprisingly) said to be the author of the screenplay in publicity releases sho [...]	D
In real life, there was no "Ice Station Zebra", but there was an "Ice Station Alpha" which was situa [...]	D
Many later cinematic projects would nod to this one. One example is the 1982 film Firefox. Clint Eas [...]	D
In Breaking Bad - Reazioni collaterali (2008), Walter White gives his wife, Skyler, a check of laund [...]	D
Production was halted for 2 years after the American State Dept made objections. When filming restar [...]	D
Only three women appear in the film: One is a barmaid at the far end of the bar when Rock Hudson rec [...]	D
This picture is the first of two movies based on an Alistair MacLean novel set in rugged icy and sno [...]	D
Actors Gregory Peck, David Niven, Edmond O'Brien and George Segal were originally attached to this p [...]	D
In early casting news for Base artica Zebra (1968), Peck was announced to play the submarine Command [...]	D
In an interview, given in 1990 to french student Michael Laborie, director John Sturges said that he [...]	D
Ballantine's Scotch is what Mr. Jones drinks in his coffee after the incident in the torpedo room. T [...]	D
The submarine used in this movie was the USS Ronquil (SS-396). Her hull number was repainted to 509. [...]	D
Laurence Harvey was originally cast in Patrick McGoohan's role and early adverts in Variety magazine [...]	D
In the last phase of his life, Howard Hughes had a projector set up in his blacked-out hotel room an [...]	D
In a curious premonition, several plot lines of Ice Station Zebra played out in reality a decade lat [...]	D
The Russian satellite tracking hardware is just the American hardware with paper labels in Cyrillic [...]	D
In one scene Patrick McGoohan was supposed to dive into the flooded torpedo room of the nuclear sub [...]	D
Producer Martin Ransohoff bought the film rights to Alistair MacLean's 'Ice Station Zebra' novel in [...]	D
James Mason was offered the Patrick McGoohan part.	D
The submarine base at Holy Loch, Scotland, has its own registered tartan. It is called Polaris Milit [...]	D

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Usually the temperature in the Arctic is about -20 - -50Â° Celsius. All the characters are wearing [...]	D
Not only was file footage of a US F4 Phantom used instead of a USSR MIG-21, the clip used was obviou [...]	D
When Vaslov is holding the canister of film, it changes from opened to closed.	D
In the beginning of the film at 12.15, a jet plane arrives and stop on the platform. The jet engine [...]	D
The USS Tigerfish (a fictional nuclear attack submarine, hull number SS 506) was portrayed by the US [...]	D
Some of the civilians at the 'Scottish' town at the beginning of the film appear to have Irish not S [...]	D
After the sub spends several minutes at an impossible angle, the dishes in the wardroom are neatly o [...]	D
Shortly after the sub has departed from Holy Loch, and having just dived, there is an order for the [...]	D
Several times the radar antenna is seen atop the mast of the sub-but it is rotating CCW. All radar s [...]	D
If the torpedo room floods from the tube, the amount of water that would come through the tube would [...]	D
When Jim Brown first enters the Submarine he is wearing his cover (his cap) U.S. Marines never wear [...]	D
Just after Cdr Ferraday orders Agent Jones to surrender the film canister to the Soviets, we hear th [...]	D
When the Russian fighters that are dispatched to the ice station are first seen there are five MiG-2 [...]	D
When the sub surfaces through the ice at Zebra, the periscope is extended. Subsequent shots do not h [...]	D
Several men had frozen to death at the ice station, but not long after arriving, the submarine crew [...]	D
Jones is supposed to be British and yet he pronounces the word lieutenant the way it is written and [...]	D
Patrick McGoohan mistranslates the Russian "dah svi-dahn-ee-ya" into English as "Until we meet again [...]	D
When Jones was startled awake, the officer says he was in his "bunk". No one in the navy uses that w [...]	D
The submachine guns used by the Russians are the Madsen M-50 submachine gun, not the Carl Gustav M45 [...]	D
The balloon with the capsule is to be recovered by one of the Soviet fighter planes, seemingly with [...]	D
After the incident where the submarine narrowly sinks after nosediving to over 1000 ft and is miracu [...]	D
When the man with the orange jacket falls through the ice and others go down to rescue him, it shoul [...]	D
When Jones searches the half exposed laboratory on Ice Station Zebra for the first time, it is quite [...]	D
When Patrick McGoohan and Rock Hudson are in the lab, discussing the satellite, as Rock Hudson moves [...]	D
From the minute the oncoming Soviet fighters are detected on radar they are said to be approaching a [...]	D
When Russian aircraft are detected approaching Ice Station Zebra they are reportedly traveling at 65 [...]	D
When they find a scientist suffering from hypothermia, Vaslov gives him spirits to revive him. Even [...]	D
The shots of the submarine when it is surfaced (during the start) and submerged (later) indicate two [...]	D
The wires holding up the models of the Russian planes are visible. Additionally, the clouds in the b [...]	D
Twice, just when the submarine breaks through the polar ice, the antenna, periscope, and radar are b [...]	D
When Ferraday is first given Jones' orders by Admiral Garvey, the letter sized papers are folded in [...]	D
The Soviet jet aircraft are still quite distant when the men on the sub inform Ferraday (on the ice) [...]	D
During the very beginning, when the satellite fires its attitude and its main thruster, the movement [...]	D
During the arctic scenes, everybody and everything casts a very distinct shadow. This is not possibl [...]	D
In the bar at the beginning of the film, supposedly in Scotland, there is an American payphone.	D
After Ferraday says, "Give it another shot!" to break through the ice, the next exterior shot of the [...]	D
The aircraft from the USSR that attempts to intercept the satellite film held aloft by the balloon a [...]	D
Several times in the beginning of the film they refer to the sub being in Holy Loch, Scotland. Whils [...]	D
Despite being a British agent, Jones should have referred to Zebra on the British pronunciation of t [...]	D
In the U.K. what North Americans call the second floor, is to them the first floor. In one of the fi [...]	D
When they have retrieved the capsule from the ice, Ferraday says "... in a camera belonging to the U [...]	D
When the Russian paratroopers are landing the same three bright-red supply boxes, and the paratroop [...]	D
When the Commander throws the device to Ostrovsky and the base is briefly seen the combination lock [...]	D
In the climactic confrontation scene, the wind is heard howling and few times actually a wind machin [...]	D
When the team finds the survivors they make absolutely no effort to feed the starving men. All they [...]	D
When the submarine dives for the first time, the last man to clear the bridge descends the ladder we [...]	D
The Russian jets are shown to be flying at a very low altitude when, in fact, this greatly shortens [...]	D
At ca. 1:17 when Cdr. Ferraday is speaking with Mr.Jones in the kitchen, his shirt is wet. A few sec [...]	D
When the torpedo room floods, they pump air into the room to push out the water. After the water is [...]	D
Although the scenes take place in sub-zero temperatures, none of the actors' breath is visible.	D
Submarines are always referred to as boats. Rock Hudson and other members of the cast frequently ref [...]	D
When Lieutenant Walker's shot, his head rolls to one side and his eyes remain open - indicating he's [...]	D
When the torpedo room floods, the sub interior is shown pitched forward. But the actors are seen sta [...]	D
On the occasions when the submarine was to be surfaced or brought to periscope depth, the order was [...]	D
Just before the Tigerfish surfaces for the first time, the instruments indicate that they are under [...]	D
The officer on duty in the conning tower tells the captain the planes are approaching from the West. [...]	D
In some underwater scenes, the sub is labeled "Porpoise" on the front of the sail; in others, "Tiger [...]	D
Russian Paratroopers are seen equipped with the Swedish Carl Gustav M45 submachine gun rather than t [...]	D
After the Bentley leaves the airfield early in the movie, it is seen driving on a mountain road. In [...]	D
As the satellite begins re-entry, the time on the Russian console reads 04:29:55 (and clicks over to [...]	D
As the sub was diving, the radar would have been lowered and not used. When the Russian trawler was [...]	D
During the opening credits, members of the US military can be seen behind consoles observing the sat [...]	D
The forward torpedo room is flooded with seawater from below the polar ice cap. Such a flood would h [...]	D
When the team leave to walk on the ice pack and the boat goes down, you can clearly see shadows, but [...]	D
After Vaslow has removed the film from the capsule, he stows it into the container given to him by J [...]	D
Mr. Jones shines a light down into the fuel tank of the ice tractor whilst he is talking with Comman [...]	D
The Soviet commander says that the capsule is the property of the "Union of Soviet Socialistic Repub [...]	D
Only the captain of a US Navy vessel be addressed as captain, regardless of rank. Therefore Captain [...]	D
Assuming the films takes place in 1968, the year the film was produced in, only the United States Ar [...]	D
Not only did Jim Brown's retention of his cover on his head violate military (not just USMC) protoco [...]	D
Vastov gives whiskey to the survivor. He should know that alcohol is a depressant and the only reaso [...]	D
Mr. Jones describes to Commander Ferraday how the satellite changed to a polar orbit. He indicates t [...]	D

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David Jones: There's somebody who doesn't want us [...]	D
Capt. Leslie Anders: [to Captain Ferraday, after s [...]	D
Boris Vaslov: [looking into the reactor] Oh... it [...]	D
Cmdr. Ferraday: [During uncontrolled descent from [...]	D
Lt. George Mills: Captain, the scam is that this g [...]	D
Boris Vaslov: Tell me, Captain, if you had to comp [...]	D
Boris Vaslov: Oh, what happened up there? What wen [...]	D
David Jones: Where were you stationed, Captain, be [...]	D
Boris Vaslov: You have a distrustful character. D [...]	D
David Jones: Is it true, Captain, that aboard Unit [...]	D
Admiral Garvey: Pour you a drink? Cmdr. Ferraday: [...]	D
David Jones: You better take another look at your [...]	D
Boris Vaslov: They say - a bull in the ring dies a [...]	D
Col. Ostrovsky: Young man, put your gun down. If y [...]	D
Cmdr. Ferraday: Here. Keep this with you. It is a [...]	D
Cmdr. Ferraday: Those men up there must be pretty [...]	D
David Jones: Jones. Bad name. Bad connotations. I [...]	D
Col. Ostrovsky: Sir, you and your men will stand a [...]	D
[last lines] Col. Ostrovsky: My men and myself wi [...]	D
Capt. Leslie Anders: You will inform the men that [...]	D
Col. Ostrovsky: [to Commander Ferraday] My mission [...]	D
Cmdr. Ferraday: [last lines before Intermission] A [...]	D
1st Lt. Russell Walker: It's just... none of us ha [...]	D
Cmdr. Ferraday: We operate on a first-name basis. [...]	D
David Jones: May I ask, Captain, when we expect to [...]	D
Cmdr. Ferraday: It wasn't sealing wax. It wasn't c [...]	D
Cmdr. Ferraday: Now, let's see if we can catch our [...]	D
David Jones: ...and all of a sudden, you know a wh [...]	D
David Jones: Those orders come to you from your Ch [...]	D
Col. Ostrovsky: Commander Ferraday, this is not th [...]	D
David Jones: [Cmdr. Ferraday delivers a requested [...]	D
Admiral Garvey: Jim, just how much do you know abo [...]	D
1st Lt. Russell Walker: [aboard the submarine] Som [...]	D
David Jones: The Russians put our camera made by * [...]	D
Cmdr. Ferraday: I'm in command of this submarine, [...]	D
David Jones: People with top security clearances a [...]	D
Cmdr. Ferraday: [after reading the name of the per [...]	D
Cmdr. Ferraday: Attention all hands, this is the C [...]	D
Cmdr. Ferraday: We have an escort, Mr. Jones. Dav [...]	D
Cmdr. Ferraday: There's one thing that cannot happ [...]	D

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