The Secret Story Behind 40 Pounds of Trouble Part One by Jim Korkis
Go behind the scense of the non-Disney movie that filmed in Disneyland Park.
Read it here!
The Secret Story Behind 40 Pounds of Trouble Part One by Jim Korkis
Go behind the scense of the non-Disney movie that filmed in Disneyland Park.
Read it here!
Great story of this film! I have a DVD copy that I purchased only because of the color footage of Disneyland. Can't wait for the rest of this story! Thanks, Jim!
Here's a link to some of the footage. It's just called Part 1 and of course, there's a Part 2. Looks pretty cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1-2d_uUl2g
Working for Disney. No, no. Working (in a Modesto office) for (the money to take a trip to) Disney (World/Land)
WDW Trips: June 2002, Feb 2004, Dec 2006, Dec 2008, Jan 2010, Feb 2011, Dec 2012
Disneyland Trips: Feb 2006, Nov 2013, Nov 2014, Feb, March, June 2015 (x2), Nov 2015
I hope I'm not spoiling part 2 of your story of this film by telling anyone this, Jim, but this film's available on home video if you'd like a copy! Universal Home Video made a deal with Amazon.com in 2010 to release some titles from their archives as DVDs created on-demand, in what Universal calls their "Vault Series"; these are films that there's some interest in from the public, but not enough to warrant a standard release. "40 Pounds of Trouble" is one of the films in the series. Here's a link if you're interested:
http://www.amazon.com/40-Pounds-Trou.../dp/B0033PSHAO
Now, if only some other studios would only release some of their titles on an on-demand basis... (cough) Disney anthology series episodes (cough)...
Thank you for this article! I can't wait to share it with my family. This movie is very special to us because my Dad was 18 and working at Harrah's when the movie was filmed. One of his many jobs was delivering room service to the VIP's. He must have done a great job because Mr. Curtis asked him to be an extra. He loves that his "18 year old Skinny Self" is immortalized on film as proof he was one time thin. LOL!!! My VHS copy is worn out and I'm excited to head over to Amazon and get a DVD.
Sounds like a lot of action for only 20 minutes.
Little Mitchie
I too have this DVD from years ago as soon as I found out it was available from Amazon. Also, from what I understand the scene in the parking lot was actually filmed at the LA County Fairgrounds in Pomona.
The geography along US-50 is also "Direct from Wonderland." I lived in Carson City for five years and the tunnel in the movie's opening chase sequence is in Nevada, not California. Interesting typography, very scenic, considerably more built-up in 2010 than in 1962. Harrad's was the casino and the "straddles the border" was exaggerated in the movie. That state-line intersection is just as interesting today as it was in the movie.
There are zero Disney credits or credits for the helicopter service by Los Angeles Airways (using Sikorsky S-61L helicopters--here's a link to one of the two fatal accidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_An...ays_Flight_841 ) but "Forty Pounds of Trouble" was free advertising. I hope in Part Two you can shed some light on how Universal and Disneyland hammered out the copyrights and intellectual property things. For example, were the scenes in the park filmed using Disney employees and family during one of the days that Disneyland was closed to the public?
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