Good to know...but DeepDiscount is listing it a little cheaper...and
shipping is always free.

http://www.deepdiscount.com/viewproduct.htm?productId=5746220

They have revamped their site, which is bad for me because they now total
the items in your wish list...$2,300 and climbing.

On 2/28/07, yorktowncmdr@... <yorktowncmdr@...> wrote:
>
>
> For those of you interested in having a DVD of "The Chairman" starring
> Gregory Peck check the following web addy as follows:
> http://www.sendmemovies.com I speak as a very happy customer, and I am
> not plugging the webpage in general. Except for ebay from time-to-time they
> are the only vendors I've found to have this movie on stock.
>
> "The Chairman" has come within our realm of discussion as a progenitor to
> SEARCH. For those interested in having a DVD of this taut thriller it is
> available from sendmemovies.com.
>
> End Run,
>
> David
>


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As you say David, THE CHAIRMAN is a fine thriller, and a
great recommendation. Listmember Don Harden and I have
discussed this exellent film in the past.

Thanks for the suggestion--

Jim Alexander

=====================================

> For those of you interested in having a DVD of "The
> Chairman" starring Gregory Peck check the following
> web addy as follows: http://www.sendmemovies.com I
> speak as a very happy customer, and I am not
> plugging the webpage in general. Except for ebay
> from time-to-time they are the only vendors I've
> found to have this movie on stock.
>
> "The Chairman" has come within our realm of
> discussion as a progenitor to SEARCH. For those
> interested in having a DVD of this taut thriller it
> is available from sendmemovies.com.
>
> End Run,
>
> David

Glad to help.

End Run,

David


-----Original Message-----
From: probecontrol@...
To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: [probe_control] The Chairman


As you say David, THE CHAIRMAN is a fine thriller, and a
great recommendation. Listmember Don Harden and I have
discussed this exellent film in the past.

Thanks for the suggestion--

Jim Alexander

=====================================

> For those of you interested in having a DVD of "The
> Chairman" starring Gregory Peck check the following
> web addy as follows: http://www.sendmemovies.com I
> speak as a very happy customer, and I am not
> plugging the webpage in general. Except for ebay
> from time-to-time they are the only vendors I've
> found to have this movie on stock.
>
> "The Chairman" has come within our realm of
> discussion as a progenitor to SEARCH. For those
> interested in having a DVD of this taut thriller it
> is available from sendmemovies.com.
>
> End Run,
>
> David

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--- In probe_control, yorktowncmdr@... wrote:

> "The Chairman" has come within our realm of discussion as a

progenitor to SEARCH. For those interested in having a DVD of this
taut thriller it is available from sendmemovies.com.

Hi: AMC Movie Channel runs "The Chairman" from time to time, but I
suspect the film is edited. I have an AMC recording of it, but it'd
be nice to get an unedited version. Also sad to say that Arthur Hill
(who played Shelby, the nearest equivilent to Cam in the movie) passed
away 22 Oct 2006.

Plotwise, the movie reminds me a lot of "The Bullet" because the agent
must retrieve a complex formula from a foreign country, then is faced
with having to make a seemingly impossible escape.

I've always liked to refer to "The Chairman" as the unofficial first
pilot for "Search," the same way I've always referred to "Forbidden
Planet" as the unofficial first pilot for "Star Trek." :-)

IMDb on "The Chairman":
imdb.com/title/tt0064148/

Greetings Again,

>Hi: AMC Movie Channel runs "The Chairman" from time to time, but I
>suspect the film is edited. I have an AMC recording of it, but it'd
>be nice to get an unedited version. Also sad to say that Arthur Hill
>(who played Shelby, the nearest equivilent to Cam in the movie) passed
>away 22 Oct 2006.

I will add that both Encore and Fox Movie Channel would run "The Chairman"
from time-to-time, thankfully, free of commercials. Arthur Hill's passing got
by me. How did that happen. Sorry to hear about it.

The DVD has some bonus features too. There is a deleted scene involving more
with Hathaway in his hotel suite with Ting-Ling played by Zienia Merton
(Sandra in "Space 1999). Let me say we can see much more of Zienia Merton ;)

>Plotwise, the movie reminds me a lot of "The Bullet" because the agent
>must retrieve a complex formula from a foreign country, then is faced
>with having to make a seemingly impossible escape.

It's a good comparison for Hathaway's escape from the PRC. It also touches
upon biophysics and biochemistry for the story's backdrop.

>I've always liked to refer to "The Chairman" as the unofficial first
>pilot for "Search," the same way I've always referred to "Forbidden
>Planet" as the unofficial first pilot for "Star Trek." :-)

That's my sentiment about "The Chairman" too. I even feel that the movie is
better than the J. Richard Kennedy book. Once again the addy to find the
movie is as follows: http://www.sendmemovies.com I am a very happy customer.

End Run,

David


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Anyone who's interested... DEEP DISCOUNT has a widescreen THE CHAIRMAN for $14.64 with free shipping:

http://www.deepdiscount.com/viewproduct.htm?productId=5746220

It doesn't mention 'Extras' though. Hmmmmmmm.

Thanks--

Jim Alexander

------------------------------------------

----- Original Message -----
From: dghprobe3
To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 1:23 PM
Subject: [probe_control] Re: The Chairman


--- In probe_control, yorktowncmdr@... wrote:
> "The Chairman" has come within our realm of discussion as a
progenitor to SEARCH. For those interested in having a DVD of this
taut thriller it is available from sendmemovies.com.

Hi: AMC Movie Channel runs "The Chairman" from time to time, but I
suspect the film is edited. I have an AMC recording of it, but it'd
be nice to get an unedited version. Also sad to say that Arthur Hill
(who played Shelby, the nearest equivilent to Cam in the movie) passed
away 22 Oct 2006.

Plotwise, the movie reminds me a lot of "The Bullet" because the agent
must retrieve a complex formula from a foreign country, then is faced
with having to make a seemingly impossible escape.

I've always liked to refer to "The Chairman" as the unofficial first
pilot for "Search," the same way I've always referred to "Forbidden
Planet" as the unofficial first pilot for "Star Trek." :-)

IMDb on "The Chairman":
imdb.com/title/tt0064148/





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hello Jim Don and ALL,

Thought I would drop in and let all know that after careful
consideration I have decided to part with a Scanner and Neck Chain
Attachment that I intended on keeping for myself.

Sorry but it will Not include a chain do to the fact that the chains
I did have were included with the previous Scanners.

It will include the engraved back - plate "SEARCH 1972 -2007 35 YRS"


I will list it when I can, there are some health problems in the
family. I will keep the Probecontrol board informed.

Thanks,

Have A Great Day ALL.

Mike
kc8nqa






--- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Alexander"
<probecontrol@...> wrote:

>
> Anyone who's interested... DEEP DISCOUNT has a widescreen THE

CHAIRMAN for $14.64 with free shipping:

>
> http://www.deepdiscount.com/viewproduct.htm?productId=5746220
>
> It doesn't mention 'Extras' though. Hmmmmmmm.
>
> Thanks--
>
> Jim Alexander
>
> ------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: dghprobe3
> To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 1:23 PM
> Subject: [probe_control] Re: The Chairman
>
>
> --- In probe_control, yorktowncmdr@ wrote:
> > "The Chairman" has come within our realm of discussion as a
> progenitor to SEARCH. For those interested in having a DVD of

this

> taut thriller it is available from sendmemovies.com.
>
> Hi: AMC Movie Channel runs "The Chairman" from time to time, but

I

> suspect the film is edited. I have an AMC recording of it, but

it'd

> be nice to get an unedited version. Also sad to say that Arthur

Hill

> (who played Shelby, the nearest equivilent to Cam in the movie)

passed

> away 22 Oct 2006.
>
> Plotwise, the movie reminds me a lot of "The Bullet" because the

agent

> must retrieve a complex formula from a foreign country, then is

faced

> with having to make a seemingly impossible escape.
>
> I've always liked to refer to "The Chairman" as the unofficial

first

> pilot for "Search," the same way I've always referred

to "Forbidden

> Planet" as the unofficial first pilot for "Star Trek." :-)
>
> IMDb on "The Chairman":
> imdb.com/title/tt0064148/
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Thanks for letting us know, Mike! My best wishes to your family members in ill health. You've been very successful in getting very good prices for your past scanners, and I hope you do as well with THIS one! Thanks for letting the group know.

Jim Alexander

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----- Original Message -----
From: Mike
To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 7:02 AM
Subject: [probe_control] Hello All


Hello Jim Don and ALL,

Thought I would drop in and let all know that after careful
consideration I have decided to part with a Scanner and Neck Chain
Attachment that I intended on keeping for myself.

Sorry but it will Not include a chain do to the fact that the chains
I did have were included with the previous Scanners.

It will include the engraved back - plate "SEARCH 1972 -2007 35 YRS"

I will list it when I can, there are some health problems in the
family. I will keep the Probecontrol board informed.

Thanks,

Have A Great Day ALL.

Mike
kc8nqa

--- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Alexander"
<probecontrol@...> wrote:
>
> Anyone who's interested... DEEP DISCOUNT has a widescreen THE
CHAIRMAN for $14.64 with free shipping:
>
> http://www.deepdiscount.com/viewproduct.htm?productId=5746220
>
> It doesn't mention 'Extras' though. Hmmmmmmm.
>
> Thanks--
>
> Jim Alexander
>
> ------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: dghprobe3
> To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 1:23 PM
> Subject: [probe_control] Re: The Chairman
>
>
> --- In probe_control, yorktowncmdr@ wrote:
> > "The Chairman" has come within our realm of discussion as a
> progenitor to SEARCH. For those interested in having a DVD of
this
> taut thriller it is available from sendmemovies.com.
>
> Hi: AMC Movie Channel runs "The Chairman" from time to time, but
I
> suspect the film is edited. I have an AMC recording of it, but
it'd
> be nice to get an unedited version. Also sad to say that Arthur
Hill
> (who played Shelby, the nearest equivilent to Cam in the movie)
passed
> away 22 Oct 2006.
>
> Plotwise, the movie reminds me a lot of "The Bullet" because the
agent

> must retrieve a complex formula from a foreign country, then is
faced
> with having to make a seemingly impossible escape.
>
> I've always liked to refer to "The Chairman" as the unofficial
first
> pilot for "Search," the same way I've always referred
to "Forbidden
> Planet" as the unofficial first pilot for "Star Trek." :-)
>
> IMDb on "The Chairman":
> imdb.com/title/tt0064148/
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hello Jim, ALL,

Thank you Jim for the best wishes - it is my mom the is not doing well.
We are all hopeing for her recovery so we can have here back home soon.
It has been hard on us all these last few days.

Anyway, I did indeed list that Scanner if anyone is interested?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Prop-Hero-Scanner-Replica-Search-Series-1972_W0QQite\
mZ180092378749QQihZ008QQcategoryZ155QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewIte\
m
<http://cgi.ebay.com/Prop-Hero-Scanner-Replica-Search-Series-1972_W0QQit\
emZ180092378749QQihZ008QQcategoryZ155QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewIt\
em>



Or of course, a Search for: Prop Hero Scanner.



I wanted to get it list earlier but just couldnt get around to it til
now.

I also put a plug in for the Probecontrol Board. [:)]

Thanks again Jim, ALL,

Mike






--- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Alexander" <probecontrol@...>
wrote:

>
> Thanks for letting us know, Mike! My best wishes to your family

members in ill health. You've been very successful in getting very good
prices for your past scanners, and I hope you do as well with THIS one!
Thanks for letting the group know.

>
> Jim Alexander
>
>

------------------------------------------------------------------------\
------------------

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike
> To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 7:02 AM
> Subject: [probe_control] Hello All
>
>
> Hello Jim Don and ALL,
>
> Thought I would drop in and let all know that after careful
> consideration I have decided to part with a Scanner and Neck Chain
> Attachment that I intended on keeping for myself.
>
> Sorry but it will Not include a chain do to the fact that the chains
> I did have were included with the previous Scanners.
>
> It will include the engraved back - plate "SEARCH 1972 -2007 35 YRS"
>
> I will list it when I can, there are some health problems in the
> family. I will keep the Probecontrol board informed.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Have A Great Day ALL.
>
> Mike
> kc8nqa
>
> --- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Alexander"
> probecontrol@ wrote:
> >
> > Anyone who's interested... DEEP DISCOUNT has a widescreen THE
> CHAIRMAN for $14.64 with free shipping:
> >
> > http://www.deepdiscount.com/viewproduct.htm?productId=5746220
> >
> > It doesn't mention 'Extras' though. Hmmmmmmm.
> >
> > Thanks--
> >
> > Jim Alexander
> >
> > ------------------------------------------
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: dghprobe3
> > To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 1:23 PM
> > Subject: [probe_control] Re: The Chairman
> >
> >
> > --- In probe_control, yorktowncmdr@ wrote:
> > > "The Chairman" has come within our realm of discussion as a
> > progenitor to SEARCH. For those interested in having a DVD of
> this
> > taut thriller it is available from sendmemovies.com.
> >
> > Hi: AMC Movie Channel runs "The Chairman" from time to time, but
> I
> > suspect the film is edited. I have an AMC recording of it, but
> it'd
> > be nice to get an unedited version. Also sad to say that Arthur
> Hill
> > (who played Shelby, the nearest equivilent to Cam in the movie)
> passed
> > away 22 Oct 2006.
> >
> > Plotwise, the movie reminds me a lot of "The Bullet" because the
> agent
>
> > must retrieve a complex formula from a foreign country, then is
> faced
> > with having to make a seemingly impossible escape.
> >
> > I've always liked to refer to "The Chairman" as the unofficial
> first
> > pilot for "Search," the same way I've always referred
> to "Forbidden
> > Planet" as the unofficial first pilot for "Star Trek." :-)
> >
> > IMDb on "The Chairman":
> > imdb.com/title/tt0064148/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hello everyone



At long last I�ve been able to watch �The
Chairman�. I have vague memories of the beginning but can�t remember why I
never saw it all the way through back in the early 70s. Presumably, I didn�t
have control of the TV set at the time.



I can understand the �Search� connection
now although do wonder how they rigged Hathaway for medical telemetry but I
suspect it was more to cover the ending when he couldn�t speak aloud.



There�s still a matter of a quandary of
how the device was powered but I guess they didn�t think of it back then.



Oh, I thought it was a good film even if
it could have done with a better name. Anyone listened to the audio commentary yet??



Geoff



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Movie came out in 1969, & yes we was wired then for audio only.
Radical concept for Then But today doable.
Gensis for TV show Search??

--- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com, Geoff Willmetts <gfwillmetts@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Hello everyone
>
>
>
> At long last I've been able to watch `The
> Chairman'. I have vague memories of the beginning but can't remember why I
> never saw it all the way through back in the early 70s. Presumably, I didn't
> have control of the TV set at the time.
>
>
>
> I can understand the `Search' connection
> now although do wonder how they rigged Hathaway for medical telemetry but I
> suspect it was more to cover the ending when he couldn't speak aloud.
>
>
>
> There's still a matter of a quandary of
> how the device was powered but I guess they didn't think of it back then.
>
>
>
> Oh, I thought it was a good film even if
> it could have done with a better name. Anyone listened to the audio commentary yet??
>
>
>
> Geoff
>
>
>
> ********* GF Willmetts ****************************
> Commissioning Editor: http://www.sfcrowsnest.co.uk or http://www.computercrowsnest.co.uk
> THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY MAGAZINE THE E-BOOK PUBLISHER THAT TRIES HARDER
> Between 42-48 million hits a month!!!
>
>
> WE DON'T CHOOSE OUR RANK POSITIONS, OTHERS PUT US THERE:-
>
> AOL AOL ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://search.aol.com/aolcom/browse?id=906&source=subcats Yahoo Yahoo ranks SFcrowsnest #4 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/ DMOZ DMOZ ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/Genres/Science_Fiction/ Google Google ranks SFcrowsnest #2 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/
>
> ***************************************************
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

I always look for an excuse to chat about "The Chairman."  It was based on the book of the same title by J. Richard Kennedy.  This film was was one of those rare instances in which it surpassed the book.  The title wanted to make clear the threat that Red China's Chairman Mao Tse-tung posed to the free world.
 
I first saw "The Chairman" in December 1973 when I was beginning Christmas break in high school.  Our part of the States was beset with a blizzard.  My parents wanted to watch a Gregory Peck movie.  First, I quickly saw a thread of similarity to SEARCH by virtue of the Q-23 implant and the Operation Minotaur control center.  Second, there was the biochemistry and biophysics contributing to the plot.  The MacGuffin was a climate inhibiting enzyme which Gregory Peck must extract for the free world.  At the time I was learning much about biochemistry in school.  There were biochemical teasers at work for me.  Of course, there was the cybernetics at work for Operation Minotaur.  I loved the tense minutes as John Hathaway was making his escape from the PRC to the Mongolian border.  The mag tape Shelby and his British assistant had a skull-and-crossbones on the casing. They were playing it slowly in the thirty-second countdown for detonation.
 
Oh yes, I didn't recognize it in 1973 until I was able to rewatch "The Chairman" in 1980.  Ziena Merton plays the part of Hong Kong temptress Ting Ling.  This is a very different part for her prior to Sandra in "Space 1999."
 
Thank you for posting about "The Chairman."  I should think SEARCH owes much to this movies.
 
     End Run,
 
     David in MA
 

--- On Sat, 2/25/12, secretconcierge <stephenrusell@...> wrote:


From: secretconcierge <stephenrusell@...>
Subject: [probe_control] Re: The Chairman
To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, February 25, 2012, 2:43 PM



 



Movie came out in 1969, & yes we was wired then for audio only.
Radical concept for Then But today doable.
Gensis for TV show Search??

--- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com, Geoff Willmetts <gfwillmetts@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Hello everyone
>
>
>
> At long last I've been able to watch `The
> Chairman'. I have vague memories of the beginning but can't remember why I
> never saw it all the way through back in the early 70s. Presumably, I didn't
> have control of the TV set at the time.
>
>
>
> I can understand the `Search' connection
> now although do wonder how they rigged Hathaway for medical telemetry but I
> suspect it was more to cover the ending when he couldn't speak aloud.
>
>
>
> There's still a matter of a quandary of
> how the device was powered but I guess they didn't think of it back then.
>
>
>
> Oh, I thought it was a good film even if
> it could have done with a better name. Anyone listened to the audio commentary yet??
>
>
>
> Geoff
>
>
>
> ********* GF Willmetts ****************************
> Commissioning Editor: http://www.sfcrowsnest.co.uk or http://www.computercrowsnest.co.uk
> THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY MAGAZINE THE E-BOOK PUBLISHER THAT TRIES HARDER
> Between 42-48 million hits a month!!!
>
>
> WE DON'T CHOOSE OUR RANK POSITIONS, OTHERS PUT US THERE:-
>
> AOL AOL ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://search.aol.com/aolcom/browse?id=906&source=subcats Yahoo Yahoo ranks SFcrowsnest #4 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/ DMOZ DMOZ ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/Genres/Science_Fiction/ Google Google ranks SFcrowsnest #2 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/
>
> ***************************************************
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>








[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I believe the book was written in 1966.  However, Kennedy did not offer an explanation on powering the device.  It was explained as classified to his version of John Hathaway.
 
     End Run,
 
     David in MA

--- On Sat, 2/25/12, secretconcierge <stephenrusell@...> wrote:


From: secretconcierge <stephenrusell@...>
Subject: [probe_control] Re: The Chairman
To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, February 25, 2012, 2:43 PM



 



Movie came out in 1969, & yes we was wired then for audio only.
Radical concept for Then But today doable.
Gensis for TV show Search??

--- In probe_control@yahoogroups.com, Geoff Willmetts <gfwillmetts@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Hello everyone
>
>
>
> At long last I've been able to watch `The
> Chairman'. I have vague memories of the beginning but can't remember why I
> never saw it all the way through back in the early 70s. Presumably, I didn't
> have control of the TV set at the time.
>
>
>
> I can understand the `Search' connection
> now although do wonder how they rigged Hathaway for medical telemetry but I
> suspect it was more to cover the ending when he couldn't speak aloud.
>
>
>
> There's still a matter of a quandary of
> how the device was powered but I guess they didn't think of it back then.
>
>
>
> Oh, I thought it was a good film even if
> it could have done with a better name. Anyone listened to the audio commentary yet??
>
>
>
> Geoff
>
>
>
> ********* GF Willmetts ****************************
> Commissioning Editor: http://www.sfcrowsnest.co.uk or http://www.computercrowsnest.co.uk
> THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY MAGAZINE THE E-BOOK PUBLISHER THAT TRIES HARDER
> Between 42-48 million hits a month!!!
>
>
> WE DON'T CHOOSE OUR RANK POSITIONS, OTHERS PUT US THERE:-
>
> AOL AOL ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://search.aol.com/aolcom/browse?id=906&source=subcats Yahoo Yahoo ranks SFcrowsnest #4 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/ DMOZ DMOZ ranks SFcrowsnest #1 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/Genres/Science_Fiction/ Google Google ranks SFcrowsnest #2 most popular SFF site on the Internet http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/
>
> ***************************************************
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>








[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hello David



The problem with �The Chairman� as a title
is its too generic. It looks like a board of directors, even back in the 70s
(on TV not cinema by the way when I think I saw the opening). I think I would
have gone for a title more appropriate to Hathaway�s predicament for the film.
After all, it was also released under the title �The Most Dangerous Man In The
World� which is also vague. Who does it refer to: Hathaway or Mao?? Is there
any major differences between the book and film before I go after the former??



I saw a couple of the extras on the DVD yesterday
including a more explicit scene with Ziena Merton
which I presume was in the rest of the world cut?? Back in those days there
were very few oriental or oriental looking actresses, let alone actors, over
here and these three were the most regularly used. Eric Young appeared all over
the place, including �The Champions� pilot and the SF film �Invasion� where I
remembered him most from. Burnt Kwouk was already legendary.



Geoff



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Greeting Geoff,
 
By the standards of the 1960s it was enough to say "Chairman" or "Chairman Mao" to
inspire shock and awe.  Mao Tse-tung or Mao Zedong was seen by many as a threat
to peace during that period especially after the split with the USSR.  President Lyndon
B. Johnson had a morbid dread for Red China and Chairman Mao.  The movie's title
was not as generic as you might think.  For many, the life and times of Mao Tse-tung
is legendary.  It has been known that the present Chinese leadership would ask Henry
Kissinger about Mao Tse-tung, Chou En-lai, and Deng Tsiao-Ping (I use the old standard
for the Chinese personages).
 
I myself read the Kennedy book about four years after I first saw the movie.  I found it
very wanting and tasteless in comparison to the movie.  First, there are significant
differences between the protagonists.  In the book John Hathaway is a young
academic impersonating the son of a magnate who is granted permission to visit
Red China and meet the Chairman.  The movie version made is easier for Hathaway
to be a biochemist with the knowlege to solve the problem and extract the McGuffin
to the free world.
 
It is a very different China after Mao Tse-tung.  The Bamboo Curtain had been
dismantled.
 
     End Run,
 
     David in MA


--- On Sun, 2/2
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From: Geoff Willmetts <gfwillmetts@...>
Subject: [probe_control] The Chairman
To: "chat search" <probe_control@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, February 26, 2012, 7:03 AM





Hello David



      The problem with ‘The Chairman’ as a title
is its too generic. It looks like a board of directors, even back in the 70s
(on TV not cinema by the way when I think I saw the opening). I think I would
have gone for a title more appropriate to Hathaway’s predicament for the film.
After all, it was also released under the title ‘The Most Dangerous Man In The
World’ which is also vague. Who does it refer to: Hathaway or Mao?? Is there
any major differences between the book and film before I go after the former??



      I saw a couple of the extras on the DVD yesterday
including a more explicit scene with Ziena Merton
which I presume was in the rest of the world cut?? Back in those days there
were very few oriental or oriental looking actresses, let alone actors, over
here and these three were the most regularly used. Eric Young appeared all over
the place, including ‘The Champions’ pilot and the SF film ‘Invasion’ where I
remembered him most from. Burnt Kwouk was already legendary.



Geoff



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Hello David



I was around back then don�t forget. I don�t
think we Brits felt as intimidated by Mao as your lot were, probably because we
were keeping an idea on the Soviet Union as well.



From the sounds of things, the book was
adapted to fit Gregory Peck.



Geoff



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From: worldsecanalyst@...
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:30:42 -0800
Subject: Re: [probe_control] The Chairman




























Greeting Geoff,



By the standards of the 1960s it was enough to say "Chairman" or "Chairman Mao" to

inspire shock and awe. Mao Tse-tung or Mao Zedong was seen by many as a threat

to peace during that period especially after the split with the USSR. President Lyndon

B. Johnson had a morbid dread for Red China and Chairman Mao. The movie's title

was not as generic as you might think. For many, the life and times of Mao Tse-tung

is legendary. It has been known that the present Chinese leadership would ask Henry

Kissinger about Mao Tse-tung, Chou En-lai, and Deng Tsiao-Ping (I use the old standard

for the Chinese personages).



I myself read the Kennedy book about four years after I first saw the movie. I found it

very wanting and tasteless in comparison to the movie. First, there are significant

differences between the protagonists. In the book John Hathaway is a young

academic impersonating the son of a magnate who is granted permission to visit

Red China and meet the Chairman. The movie version made is easier for Hathaway

to be a biochemist with the knowlege to solve the problem and extract the McGuffin

to the free world.



It is a very different China after Mao Tse-tung. The Bamboo Curtain had been

dismantled.



End Run,



David in MA



--- On Sun, 2/2

6/12, Geoff Willmetts <gfwillmetts@...> wrote:



From: Geoff Willmetts <gfwillmetts@...>

Subject: [probe_control] The Chairman

To: "chat search" <probe_control@yahoogroups.com>

Date: Sunday, February 26, 2012, 7:03 AM



Hello David



The problem with �The Chairman� as a title

is its too generic. It looks like a board of directors, even back in the 70s

(on TV not cinema by the way when I think I saw the opening). I think I would

have gone for a title more appropriate to Hathaway�s predicament for the film.

After all, it was also released under the title �The Most Dangerous Man In The

World� which is also vague. Who does it refer to: Hathaway or Mao?? Is there

any major differences between the book and film before I go after the former??



I saw a couple of the extras on the DVD yesterday

including a more explicit scene with Ziena Merton

which I presume was in the rest of the world cut?? Back in those days there

were very few oriental or oriental looking actresses, let alone actors, over

here and these three were the most regularly used. Eric Young appeared all over

the place, including �The Champions� pilot and the SF film �Invasion� where I

remembered him most from. Burnt Kwouk was already legendary.



Geoff



********* GF Willmetts ****************************

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Greetings Geoff,
 
Apologies.  I had mis-guesstimated you age.
 
I don't believe Kennedy had Gregory Peck in mind.  His protagonist was
much younger than the Gregory Peck character.  Further, there was not
so great an emphasis on technology as there was in the movie.
 
     End Run,
 
     David in MA
 

--- On Sun, 2/26/12, Geoff Willmetts <gfwillmetts@...> wrote:


From: Geoff Willmetts <gfwillmetts@...>
Subject: RE: [probe_control] The Chairman
To: "chat search" <probe_control@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, February 26, 2012, 3:09 PM





Hello David



      I was around back then don’t forget. I don’t
think we Brits felt as intimidated by Mao as your lot were, probably because we
were keeping an idea on the Soviet Union as well.



      From the sounds of things, the book was
adapted to fit Gregory Peck.



Geoff



********* GF Willmetts ****************************
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THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY MAGAZINE THE E-BOOK PUBLISHER THAT TRIES HARDER
Between 42-48 million hits a month!!!


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To: probe_control@yahoogroups.com
From: worldsecanalyst@...
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:30:42 -0800
Subject: Re: [probe_control] The Chairman






















 


   
     
     
      Greeting Geoff,



By the standards of the 1960s it was enough to say "Chairman" or "Chairman Mao" to

inspire shock and awe.  Mao Tse-tung or Mao Zedong was seen by many as a threat

to peace during that period especially after the split with the USSR.  President Lyndon

B. Johnson had a morbid dread for Red China and Chairman Mao.  The movie's title

was not as generic as you might think.  For many, the life and times of Mao Tse-tung

is legendary.  It has been known that the present Chinese leadership would ask Henry

Kissinger about Mao Tse-tung, Chou En-lai, and Deng Tsiao-Ping (I use the old standard

for the Chinese personages).



I myself read the Kennedy book about four years after I first saw the movie.  I found it

very wanting and tasteless in comparison to the movie.  First, there are significant

differences between the protagonists.  In the book John Hathaway is a young

academic impersonating the son of a magnate who is granted permission to visit

Red China and meet the Chairman.  The movie version made is easier for Hathaway

to be a biochemist with the knowlege to solve the problem and extract the McGuffin

to the free world.



It is a very different China after Mao Tse-tung.  The Bamboo Curtain had been

dismantled.



     End Run,



     David in MA



--- On Sun, 2/2

6/12, Geoff Willmetts <gfwillmetts@...> wrote:



From: Geoff Willmetts <gfwillmetts@...>

Subject: [probe_control] The Chairman

To: "chat search" <probe_control@yahoogroups.com>

Date: Sunday, February 26, 2012, 7:03 AM



Hello David



      The problem with ‘The Chairman’ as a title

is its too generic. It looks like a board of directors, even back in the 70s

(on TV not cinema by the way when I think I saw the opening). I think I would

have gone for a title more appropriate to Hathaway’s predicament for the film.

After all, it was also released under the title ‘The Most Dangerous Man In The

World’ which is also vague. Who does it refer to: Hathaway or Mao?? Is there

any major differences between the book and film before I go after the former??



      I saw a couple of the extras on the DVD yesterday

including a more explicit scene with Ziena Merton

which I presume was in the rest of the world cut?? Back in those days there

were very few oriental or oriental looking actresses, let alone actors, over

here and these three were the most regularly used. Eric Young appeared all over

the place, including ‘The Champions’ pilot and the SF film ‘Invasion’ where I

remembered him most from. Burnt Kwouk was already legendary.



Geoff



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