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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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