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I just learned of a couple more movies filmed in Yolo County. Now I need to build a list to make sure that I have seen them all.

I knew of Ruckus with Ben Johnson, Rocky & Bullwinkle, and Bloodsport. We also had Farewell Bender filmed in Woodland last year. The website is here.

Now I understand that Prize of the Pacific has scenes from Yolo County in it as does Letters from a Killer with Patrick Swayze.

If you know of others please send them my way.

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By Charlie in Japan @ Wednesday, March 21, 2007 5:43 AM

Hey...I remember 'BloodSport'....They got us to all go to the High School Football Staduim ...and we we all extras for 'free'...(Gosh we were dumb...lol)...but they did give new football uniforms to the football teams (Woodland & Esparto) that appeared in the film. That must have been sometime around 1974-1976...I think Patty Fatheringham was one of the WHS cheerleaders (I think)...so the time is about right. There was another film that was filmed in Esparto in about 1969-70...it starred the guy from 'Midnight Cowboy'...They used the soda fountain in the Esparto Drug Store....but it was a flop and I dont think it was ever released. Wow...Old memories.... Charlie-san

By Charlie in Japan @ Wednesday, March 21, 2007 7:02 PM

Here's a bit of trivia on the movie 'Bloodsport'...if I remember right...Danny Thomas was the producer or at least it was his firm that funded the making of the picture...and its original name was not Bloodsport (I doubt they would have gotten so much free community involvement had we known the title would be 'Bloodsport')...rather....They originally billed the name of the movie as 'Poetry in Motion'...as somehow the movement of players on the field was 'poetry' (Laugh)....Now that I look back...that was some 'smart marketing' by them to get us all to ‘buy in’ and be extras for free.... And the year was 1973…but somehow I remembered 74…I think they filmed it late in the 73 year …73/74 school year….I think ‘Cecil’ Aoki wa a cheerleader too….but not sure… (LOL..Old memories…long time ago)..Charlie-san

By YoloCalVet @ Wednesday, March 21, 2007 8:55 PM

Jon Voight played the main character in the movie "All American Boy" in front of Rexall...he had a few lines and would put his hands on the hot steering wheel of the car....we took the Associate Producers and their families swimming at Capay Dam....they thought it was a neat "swimmin' Hole"...

By Charlie in Japan @ Wednesday, March 21, 2007 9:13 PM

'YoloCalVet' ....Hey...I did not know they ever released that film....I see the did release it years after is was made (1973 release). I remember watching them film in the drug store (I was in my Boy Scout uniform so they let me watch and stand inside the drug store)....That would have been 1969-70??. I found on line that 'All American Boy" was a flop alright...but I never saw the movie. Thanks for the Trivia. Now Matt can add another movie to Yolo County...(Laugh) Charlie-san

---------Paste Online Review of 'All American Boy'-------
”This flop was filmed a few years before it was released in 1973. It was made, but was never released until Jon Voight's popularity was soring with Mid-Night Cowboy.

The All-American Boy tries to pass itself off as a boxing film, but the sport is nothing but a backdrop for a symbolic ride of deep interpretations of the mis-use of "beauty" to get by in life.

Voight plays Vic "Bomber" Beasley, a strapping, undefeated amateur boxer, destined for Olympic Gold and a successful career in boxing. Tall, muscular, charming, and handsome, that's Vic, but that's only his physical appearance. Inside he is a heartless, lazy, self-centered user. The Bomber uses an array of women, among them Anne Archer(she looks about 16), E.J. Peaker, and Rosalind Cash. In a "weird" role is veteran character actor Gene Borkan as a gay boxing manager named Arty.

The film seems to want to depict how society falls all over itself to be around "beautiful" people and catering to their every whim, with little in return.

Voight is wooden and lacks any type of emotion, but that what makes him so great. He is void of feeling for anyone except himself. He uses his looks and charm to get what he wants from his family, friends, women, and even other men, gay or straight.

The All-America Boy was a box-office flop. It will be a flop for you unless you read between the lines. An out-standing piece of film-making.”

www.imdb.com/title/tt0069689/

By Charlie in Japan @ Wednesday, March 21, 2007 9:37 PM

Also...(a ‘All American Boy’ online Synopsis below).....Sounds like a really boring movie with a 60’s ‘hippy free-love, down with the establishment, just drop out theme...(laugh).....I wonder how much was filmed in Yolo County...I only remember the Burris Drugs Store Scenes........

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Filmed in the late 1960s, The All-American Boy was finally afforded a release in 1973, after its star Jon Voight had risen to worldwide prominence. Voight plays a young boxer who never has, and never will, achieve fame in the ring. Rather than find a new role in life, he prefers to hang around his old buddies, all losers like himself. Two hours too long, The All-American Boy carries "Age of Aquarius" disenfranchisement to the Nth degree. The film's main appeal lies in its cast: Jon Voight, Anne Archer, Rosalind Cash, Jeanne Cooper, Leigh French, Art Metrano and Jaye P. Morgan. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

www.fandango.com/MovieInformation.aspx?featureId=V++++83507

By YoloCalVet @ Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:21 PM

All American Boy laid the ground work for "The Champ" with little Ricky Schroeder, at least the Champ had some social redeeming qualities, as for Bloodsport, I went to the sports car races/imports instead of playing football for "Free", my wifes brother got a cameo type appearance with his mutton chop sideburns, "AAB" would have to have been made after 1969 as we moved "up the valley" by then and would "tube" down to the dam, fishing was good for catfish then with Peggy's permission. Lindberg's was a backgroung for some of the shots, btw the steering wheel wasn't hot....he was acting. LOL!

By Charlie in Japan @ Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:57 PM

YoloCalVet...If the above is true then All American Boy must have been made in the summer of 1970...I remember it was warm and I was still in the Boy Scouts wearing a uniform (we had just come back from camp). I watched the scenes filmed inside the Burris Drug Store. By January 1971 I turned 16, got my drivers license, and Cars-Girls-& Gas became the focus of my life...(laugh...old memories driving the Model A and the Boss 302... no more Boy Scouts when that happend...laugh) Charlie-san

By YoloCalVet @ Friday, March 23, 2007 12:45 PM

Rule in our House is Eagle Scout First....Drivers License Second.

By Charlie in Japan @ Wednesday, March 28, 2007 8:04 PM

YoloCalVet...In hindsight I wished my folks had done that...I missed Eagle by 3 merit badges...and now that I look back at life...if I got a C or a B in a high school class doesn’t really matter...but Eagle...That matters (wish I had listened more to my folks!).

Hey...Did you know we have BSA over here in Japan? In fact...I finish up Wood Badge with weekend with the Okinawa District of the Far East Council… In my 50's and still being a Boy Scout..(laugh). The second thing I regret is selling that Boss 302 Mustang…heck…They go for over $80K+ now on eBay. I had to trade it in for a 6 cylinder Dodge van and promise to slow down and behave…(under orders of Judge Zenter…toooo many tickets…’Ouch-Laugh’---it still kinda hurts all these years latter). I should have listened to my folks more….(amazing how we become our parents after we finally grow-up)…

Anyway…good memories about both movies and old times…. Too bad neither movie was a ‘hit’….Charlie-san

By YoloCalVet @ Sunday, April 01, 2007 3:47 PM

For those who aren't familiar with BSA,

Wood Badge is a training course for Scouters which finally results in their receiving a certificate, a small neckerchief, a leather slide, and two small wooden beads on a leather thong. Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, directed the first course in 1919 and gave each of the participants one of the beads which he had captured from the African chieftain Dinizulu. Thus did the course name develop, for its symbol was literally a badge of wood.

Wood Badge is, further, Scouting's premier training course. Baden-Powell designed it so that Scouters could learn, in as practical a way possible, the skills and methods of Scouting. It is first and foremost, learning by doing. The members of the course are formed into patrols and these into a troop. The entire troop lives in the out-of-doors for a week, camping, cooking their own meals, and practicing Scout skills.

The uniqueness of Scouting is the patrol method. The use of the natural gang of six or eight boys who elect their own leader and plan and carry out many of their own activities is a democracy in microcosm. Here young men learn the give and take of working with people as they must surely do all their lives. Here, too, they are given leadership and learning opportunities which prepare them for their future roles as citizens. It is for this reason that it is so crucial that all adults understand thoroughly the patrol method.

Thus it was that Baden-Powell developed a practical course built around the operation of a troop and it's patrols. Yet this is only the most well-known of three parts in the entire Wood Badge experience. The practical course--the week in the out-of-doors--was originally scheduled to follow a "theoretical" part 1, which consisted of answering a series of questions about the aims and methods of the Scouting program. Part 3 then followed the practical course and required a 6-month application period while the Scouter practiced in his home Scouting situation what he had learned in parts 1 and 2. In actual practice, once Wood Badge became available in the United States, the theoretical questions and the application were carried out simultaneously after the practical course was taken.

But Wood Badge is more than just mechanical course work. Wood Badge is the embodiment of Scouting spirit. Like many intense training experiences, it has always relied on a busy schedule forcing the participants to work together, to organize and to develop an enthusiasm and team spirit to accomplish the tasks and challenges placed before them. Carried out in context of Scouting ideals and service to young people, the course brings out a deep dedication and spirit of brotherhood and fellowship in most participants. Certainly were it not for the common goal of the movement and its program for young people, it would be hard to get grown men and women to endure the 16-hour days required by a program that runs from early morning to late at night.

The course is designed to be a highlight --"a mountaintop experience" -- for the course participants. Careful planning and strict attention to detail provides a physical/logistic support and program second to none. Add to this a thoroughly prepared and enthusiastic staff and it is little wonder that most Scouters return from Wood Badge inspired and prepared to do an even better job of providing Scouting to boys. In addition to a fine course, all the traditions and heritage of Scouting are stressed and used to inspire those attending. Wood Badge in one form or another is used throughout the Scouting world. Tens of thousands of Scouters proudly wear the Gilwell neckerchief, woggle, and beads of Wood Badge-trained leaders. Because it was begun by Baden-Powell in England in 1919, it is clearly backed by the finest thought and tradition of the founder and thus carries with it great prestige. Wood Badge is then, a great force for world brotherhood, for though it uses the local traditions in each country, it emphasizes the international aspects of the movement and the heritage of Baden-Powell and Gilwell Park.

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