Sightseeing on oahu is one of the biggest categories of activities on the island but your sightseeing tours do not necessarily need to be from on the island alone. Glass bottom boats at silver springs state park in florida. Cited as one of the states first tourist attractions, silver springs is beloved for its abundant wildlife and its famed glassbottom boat rides. Doris day, david niven, john raitt, carol haney, kirk douglas, lauren bacall, james cagney, jimmy durante, gene nelson, janis paige, spring byington, richard haydn, charles vidor. There are changing rooms and showers on secret island. And myself and colin farrell have to be from chicago. Notes about the glass bottom boat, 1966, directed by frank tashlin, with doris day, rod taylor, arthur godfrey, available from turner classic movies. The location filming on catalina island took place sept. They start a hilarious pursuit, fumbling along the way and wearing fabulous disguises. Glassbottom boats, history and monkeys at silver springs. Jan 12, 2006 mix nasa, spy and a mermaid together an you get glass bottom boat. Jan 23, 2014 glass bottom boats were invented and launched in the 1870s at silver springs near ocala, and visitors still climb on board to get a look at fish and fossils below the silver rivers surface and critters and birds above it.
Glassbottom boats and movies provide fame orlando sentinel. The glass bottom boat is a film directed by frank tashlin with doris day, rod taylor, arthur godfrey, john mcgiver, year. All in all i think glass bottom boat is okay, and ive finally come to appreciate doris day as more than just an icon for white establishment hollywood. While all the elements are there, including a pretty awesome ensemble, the script is thin and weak. One of my favorite doris day movies glass bottom boat from 1966. The glass bottom boat 1966 new 2019 1080p hd master. The glass bottom boat is a 1966 american romantic comedy film directed by frank tashlin, starring doris day and rod taylor, with arthur godfrey, dick martin. Why the screenwriters chose that title is beyond us, for the film has nothing to do with the boat. But it is a romantic comedy, not a boat adventure movie. But it is a romantic comedy, not a boat adventure movie or. Explore one of americas largest and best loved springs from the parks world famous glass bottom boats.
Enjoy a personalized adventure around the island where the show is currently being filmed. Doris day entered her eighth consecutive year as a top10 boxoffice star when she boarded the glass bottom boat, an hilarious blending of romantic comedy and the eras burgeoning spy movie genre. The glass bottom boat 1966 jennifer nelson doris day works at an aerospace lab, but moonlights as a mermaid to boost sales for her fathers glass bottom boat company. Jan 11, 2010 what doris day have on her bottom in the opening scene of glass bottom boat as rod t catches her costume. Feb 04, 2020 the glass bottom boat tours are special, looking into the deep spring basin, one never knows what one gets to see. If you like the glass bottom boat you are looking for humorous, exciting and feel good movies about with espionage, spy, mistaken identity, romance, nasa, heroes and secret agents themes of comedy and romance genre shot in usa. Titles with links have full entries on the site other unlinked titles listed can be found in the books. Mix nasa, spy and a mermaid together an you get glass bottom boat. Rod taylor brings her in as his biographer as a means of wooing her. Starting from 1875, glass bottom boat tours have been an attraction at wakulla springs. May 16, 2018 hey youtube, in this video phil swift and the flex seal crew pull back the curtains and reveal some behind the scenes footage of everything that happened during the flex tape clear shoot in.
The glass bottom boat 1966 movies, tv, celebs, and more. Other articles where the glassbottom boat is discussed. Tvmovie set the glass bottom boat 1966 silver scenes. The tour lasts for 30 minutes and has three afternoon times. Doris day entered her eighth consecutive year as a top10 boxoffice star when she boarded the glass bottom boat, a hilarious blending of romantic comedy and the eras burgeoning spy movie genre. From the boats guests can observe many of the rivers springs and wildlife. Taylor also appears in scenes from the glass bottom boat in two other promotional short films that give a nod to locations used in the movie links lead to videos on the turner classic movies web site. When a boat is a glass bottom, the view through is better than simply looking into the water from above, because one does not have to look through optically erratic surface. But only the last of those problems ever seemed evident to my eyes, as well as the compensating desharpened focus and very faintly flickering black levels only really noticeable during fades in and out. Well, if its a glassbottom boat at silver springs state park, its full of people having fun.
Ive been to the site in florida where they filmed the water scenes and it is a beautiful location. When jennifer nelson is hired to work in a aerospace laboratory, she catches the attention of her boss, scientist bruce templeton. The glass bottom boat was the second film she did with rod taylor as costar and the first of two she did with frank tashlin as director. My first scene was in a shower, right, and into the bathroom comes viola with a little drink mimes a shot glass for her and i, its a whole process we do before i do a heist job. And just think, at the age of 42 ancient by hollywood standards in 1966 she was playing a desirable woman lusted after by several men. After a series of misunderstandings, the head of an aerospace research laboratory begins to suspect his new girlfriend is a russian spy. Oahu boat tours waikiki boat tours tom barefoots tours. Then its on to the rest of the fully clothed movie. Feb 20, 2020 the tarzan movies of the 1930s were filmed here, as well as the 1954 horror flick creature from the black lagoon. Preorder the glass bottom boat bluray available for. The glass bottom boat is hardly a high point in the careers of star doris day and director frank tashlin, though it is a betterthanusual example of that pure60s genre, the spy spoof.
If you take a glass bottom boat tour, you can see why the clear water was so appealing to filmmakers. In 1966 universal pictures cast her and rod taylor in a film that took a comedic take on spies in america the glass bottom boat. I did this film widows with viola davis a couple years ago. Best movies like the glass bottom boat bestsimilar. The 4,000acre silver springs state park encompasses not only the springs, but the entire 5mile silver river and surrounding sandhill forest.
What made the sinking unusual is that the glass bottom is installed at the bottom of a well in the center of the ship. The glass bottom boat is a 1966 american romantic comedy film directed by frank tashlin, starring doris day and rod. The glass bottom boat movie trailer and videos tv guide. The glass bottom boat widescreen, subtitled, dubbed on tcm. Glass bottom boat is a very 60s comedy in look and subject matter the space age and spies. At age 8 he ran away from home to escape the brutal abuse of his father. The glass bottom boat is certainly a lesser piece of days work and is recommended for only the biggest and most indescrinimate of her fans. Meanwhile dom deluise and paul lynde, who play two inept security agents, mistakenly believe that doris is a soviet agent. One of the most notable movies with scenes filmed in the area is the james bond series. Silver springs state park cape leisure corporation 2019 silver springs state park website friends of silver springs. Aug 05, 2010 one important bit of piranha trivia that escaped me yesterday until a commenter to my blog item pointed it out the bulk of the 1978 cult classic was filmed at aquarena springs in san marcos. Doris day, rod taylor, the glass bottom boat 1966 the films of.
There are a lot of bold colors in glass bottom boat that would threaten any lesser video transfer with smears and smudges and oversaturation. All the titles will eventually have full entries, so check back often. Day plays a girl friday, at a hushhush aeronautics think tank. Fortunately, the glass bottom boat is less concerned with spy movie conventions than with allowing day and her costars the chance to engage in a great deal of slapstick while coming to terms with the twists and turns of the film s romantic plot. Meanwhile dom deluise and paul lynde, who play two inept. The cause of the sinking was due to a twobysix inch crack in the glass hull.
Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Apr, 20 now endangered, floridas silver springs once lured tourists countless movies were filmed there, including tarzan and creature from the black lagoon. When sean connery was james bond, movie makers shot underwater scenes in the springs. It truly is because had she done more dramatic or edgy work, then films like glass bottom boat may have been forgiven during the time in lieu of other more grounded work. A glassbottom boat is a boat with one or more sections of glass, or other suitable transparent material, below the waterline allowing passengers to observe the underwater environment from within the boat.
Search, discover and share your favorite the glass bottom boat gifs. The glass bottom boat letterboxd your life in film. The original african queen, from the movie the african queen, staring the legendary humphrey bogart and enchanting kathrine hepburn, is on public display behind the key largo princess glass bottom boat at the holiday inn dock in key largo, florida. Sightseeing tours can also take place on one of the oahu boat tours as well. Shes the dripdry spy licensed for laughs with the craziest cast in the funniest undercover plot of the year.
Gallery silver springs state park world famous glass. Doris day collection 1 billy roses jumbo calamity jane the glass bottom boat love me or leave me lullaby of broadway the pajama game please dont eat the daisies young man with a horn. I believe they also filmed some of the old tarzan movies there. The name is walkula springs and you can ride a glass bottom boat. Watching the glass bottom boat is interesting, especially if youre coming at it with preconceived notions about doris day and director frank tashlin. As the costume came off and the scene was done it is rumored that doris was actually filmed bottomless. Hope and phyllis diller were paired in the private navy of sgt. He also pilots his boat via a remote but as he points out during a scene where the boat runs amok with day inside, that needs further work. Tarzan, james bond and other,movies were filmed here, a nice thought when walking around. Now endangered, floridas silver springs once lured tourists. There is plenty of camping with over 50 campsites and nine cabins.
Thunderball and moonraker had scenes shot in the springs. Paphos cyprus 12th june 2015 boats segway tour speedboat glass bottom boat. Mar 19, 2020 while we did not see any alligators we saw many birds and turtles as well as various fish and items left over from several movies that had been filmed at silver springs. The promo is filmed in black and white, so youll have to take their word for it that rods blue blazer has a scarlet lining. It is recommended that you bring a change of clothes and a towel. Other than the opening scene setup for the meetcute, it has nothing to do with the rest of the movie.
Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Crowds are once again seeking the pleasures of this old florida attraction, and new protection and. Eric fleming best known as the star of the television series rawhide, fleming was born on the fourth of july, 1925 in santa paula, california. Aug 08, 2015 tvmovie set the glass bottom boat 1966 spy fever was in full heat in the mid1960s, what with the success of james bond in the theatres and television shows such as mission impossible and the man from uncle. What doris day have on her bottom in the opening scene of. Jennifer nelson doris day works at an aerospace lab, but moonlights as a mermaid to boost sales for her fathers glass bottom boat company. A fan page dedicated the charming 1966 comedy starring doris day, rod taylor and arthur godfrey. Ellen corby, edward andrews, eric fleming, paul lynde, dick martin.
The glass bottom boat 1966 journeys in classic film. Director barbara kopple spent a year filming nearly 200 kentucky coalmining families and their battle to unionize. Image courtesy of netflix map can you help to improve this post about the filming locations of netflixs ozark. The crew pointed out homes belonging to different rich people and where a james bond movie was filmed. The african queen original 1951 movie boat used by humphrey bogart and katherine hepburn. A better name would have something to do with space or spies. What a warm, wonderful actress doris day is, what a knockout, what a screen presence. The glass bottom boat, however, was an exception to the new norm and is good family fare. Day plays a girl friday at a hushhush aeronautics think tank. The african queen key largo princess glass bottom boat. A number of tv sea hunt, i spyshows and movies creature from the black lagoon, tarzan, james bond have been filmed here because the water is always 72 degrees and crystal clear. Tashlin and lewis made eight pictures together beginning with artists and models, 1955 and its still not known whether dom deluises performance in the glass bottom boat his secondever film appearance as a bumbling informant, was inspired by lewis or not, even though its very close to the type of wacky characters lewis played in tashlin. The glassbottom boat film by tashlin 1966 britannica.
Poirot, with mixed results, whereas the glassbottom boat 1966 was an enormously successful comedy in which star doris day is mistaken for a russian spy. The funeral scene from s02e06 was filmed at mount pisgah methodist church cemetery in johns creek. Even so glass bottom boat is a kind of social anchor helping to prop up the more benign and pleasant aspect of an establishment that had many flaws. This promotional short film for the glass bottom boat 1966 presents scenes filmed exclusively at the nasa facility. Glassbottom boats were invented and launched in the 1870s at silver springs near ocala, and visitors still climb on board to get a look at fish and fossils below the silver rivers surface and critters and birds above it. More than 100 episodes of the tv series sea hunt, starring lloyd bridges, were filmed there from 195863. Watch the glass bottom boat online stream full movie. The glass bottom boat is a 1966 american romantic comedy film directed by frank tashlin, starring doris day and rod taylor, with arthur godfrey, dick martin, dom deluise and paul lynde. One of my favorite scenes in the movie are when jennifer dd takes bruce templetonrod taylor to her fathers boat a. Rod taylor in a film that took a comedic take on spies in america the glass bottom boat.
Filming locations 6 filming dates 1 filming locations. Silver springs worldrenowned glass bottom boats take guests on tours of the silver river, which has its head waters within the park. The glass bottom boat is a 1966 romantic comedy directed by frank tashlin and tells the story of jennifer nelson doris day, and her blundering romance with a. The site is run in association with the books the worldwide guide to movie locations and movie london. The top of this well is set above the usual waterline so that if the glass broke, as here, the ship would not sink. Watch the glass bottom boat starring doris day in this drama on directv. To complete and correct this report, any feedback, info or images that you may have are. The glass bottom boat the doris day forum the films of doris day. Or you can relax in a hammock with the sea breeze, or go out to sea in a glass bottom boat to look for turtles. James bond, tarzan and creatures from the black lagoon.
Doris day works at an aerospace lab and moonlights as a mermaid. Watch the glass bottom boat movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Oahu sightseeing boat tours getting out on the water on one of the oahu boat tours will brighten any day. Day plays girl friday jennifer at a hushhush aeronautics think tank. Taylors computerized, motorized kitchen is great, complete with a floorcleaning robot wonder if the inventors of todays robot vacuum saw this movie.
Visitors to silver springs can now launch kayaks and canoes at the park. Doris day, rod taylor, the glass bottom boat 1966 the. Doris day entered her eighth consecutive year as a top10 boxoffice star when she boarded the glass bottom boat, a hilarious blending ofromantic comedy and the eras burgeoning spy movie genre. The glass bottom boat is a film that just doesnt translate well to the year 2019. Glassbottom boat rides, lost river voyage, fort king river cruise, jeep. This takes an awfully long time to hit its comic stride, although the film finally. Yes, there is a glass bottom boat in the movie, in case you were wondering.