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"Remo the Adventure Begins"
released in 1985 was one of the many movies to use the
Statue of Liberty has a prop. One of the main action
scenes has the hero Remo Williams climbing all over the Statue of
Liberty which at the time was going through renovations and was
covered with scaffolding. You can also see the statue covered with
scaffolding on the 1984 film "Desperately Seeking Susan" and in the
1985 film "Brewster's Millions". The Statue of Liberty was
such an important part of the movie Remo that it made it to the
movie's poster. By the way the scaffolding didn't come off the
Statue of Liberty till 1986.
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Remo the Adventure Begins Plot
Samuel Edward "Sam" Makin (played by Fred Ward) is a tough
street cop recruited as a secret agent through a bizarre method: his death is
faked so that there will be no questions asked as to his disappearance.
Rechristened "Remo Williams" (after the name and location of the manufacturer of
the bedpan in Makin's hospital room), his face is surgically altered and he is
trained to be a human killing machine by his aged Korean martial arts master
Chiun (played by Grey in heavy makeup). Though Remo's training is extremely
rushed by Chiun's standards, Remo learns such skills as dodging bullets and
running (not walking) on water. The Chiun character, who is stereotypically
nationalistic, racist and sexist, is both the comic relief and wise mentor
figure in the film. Chiun and Remo practice a fictional form of Korean martial
arts named Sinanju. Remo is sent to investigate a corrupt weapons procurement
program within the US Army.
Cast
* Fred Ward as Remo Williams
* Joel Grey as Chiun
* Wilford Brimley as Harold Smith
* J.A. Preston as Conn MacCleary
* George Coe as General Scott Watson
* Charles Cioffi as George Grove
* Kate Mulgrew as Major Rayner Fleming
* Michael Pataki as Jim Wilson
* Reginald VelJohnson as Ambulance Driver
* Jon Polito as Zack
* Gene LeBell as Red
* Sebastian Ligarde as Pvt. Johnson
* Tom McBride as "Jim" in the television soap opera
* Suzanne Snyder as "Nurse" in the television soap opera
* William Hickey as Coney Island Barker
* Patrick Kilpatrick as Stone
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