{"id":3925,"date":"2016-09-30T02:31:12","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T02:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sixtiescinema.com\/?p=3925"},"modified":"2016-09-30T02:31:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T02:31:12","slug":"westworld-ho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/30\/westworld-ho\/","title":{"rendered":"WESTWORLD, HO!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The one new fall TV series that I am truly looking forward to is Westworld<\/em> on HBO due to debut this Sunday October 2, 2016. It is a remake of of one of my favorite sci-fi movies Westworld<\/em>\u00a0(adapted from the novel by Michael Crichton) released in 1973. The film featured in a supporting role the lovely former Playboy Playmate Anne Randall whom I interviewed in my book Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\nA sort of precursor to TV’s\u00a0Fantasy Island<\/em>, the exciting\u00a0Westworld<\/em> (directed and scripted by Michael Crichton) starred Richard Benjamin and James Brolin as rich vacationers to Delos, an adult-themed amusement park, where they can live out their wildest fantasies in wild west world, medieval world, or Roman world. The duo choose to play cowboys in the wild wild west\u00a0where they battle with Yul Brynner’s robotic gunslinger when Delos’ robots start to flip their lids and begin killing the guests.<\/p>\n

\"awest\"<\/a>Before Anne Randall was cast in Westworld<\/em>, the lovely blonde was Playboy’s Miss May 1967 and appeared in a number of movies and TV shows. Most memorably she was a teenage temptress in the drive-in exploitation hit Hell’s Bloody Devils<\/em> (1967); a sex shop receptionist in director Jacques Demy’s Model Shop<\/em> (1969); and a gorgeous mostly topless private\u00a0detective in Stacey<\/em> (1973).\u00a0Westworld<\/em>\u00a0would be her last film appearance. Here\u00a0she played a sexy wench in the resort\u2019s Medieval World and the first robot to malfunction striking guest Norman Bartold as a Knight trying to seduce her. Recalling her role, Anne Randall remarked in my book:<\/p>\n

“It is one of the few movies I made that when watching it I thought, \u2018I like this movie.\u2019<\/p>\n

Michael Crichton who wrote and directed this was absolutely brilliant. I loved and admired him. For my part they were looking for a girl to be sexy.\u00a0 That was it. I wore sexy clothes and my hair long to try out for it. I didn\u2019t have to read for Michael because all he did was talk with me. And I got picked for the part. I understand that is how he cast people because he figured if you already have gotten work you would not freeze on the set and should be easy to direct.\u00a0 I just had a wonderful experience working with him.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t work with any of the stars because my character worked in Medieval World. My scenes were with character actor Norman Bartold who was a really nice guy.<\/p>\n

I was surprised how popular Westworld<\/em>\u00a0became. It was the only movie that I was in that became such a smash at the box office.”<\/p>\n