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Lead actor Bela Lugosi died half way through the film, so wood simply used another actor as a double, according to Michael Medred, author of "The Golden Turkey Awards" Wood told the stand-in, who was a full foot taller than Lugosi, to keep his face covered with his cape...
...BELA LUGOSI DIED MIDWAY through the shooting of his last film, but that didn't stop his directors from replacing him in the final scenes with an actor who looked nothing like him. The result was Plan Nine From Outer Space, among the most ludicrous and confusing cinematic concoctions ever. Rod Serling passed away suddenly, too, but that didn't stop a major New York bank from post-humously releasing a T.V. commercial starring him. To bemused viewers, Serling came off sounding farther into The Twilight Zone than he ever had as narrator of the show by the same name...
...already replaced uniformed leaders with civilian regimes. At the same time, Argentina's generals set a target of late 1983 for free elections, and in November Brazil's military government will allow the first free elections in two decades. Said Peru's civilian President, Fernando Belaúnde Terry: "Times are good for democracy...
...emphasis swung back to negotiation. Said a key British politician: "We realized that only the swiftest diplomatic action could recapture the international support we have been losing." The British looked first to Haig, who in turn found a mediator in Peruvian President Fernando Belaunde Terry. The use of Belaúnde as an intermediary seemed to have several advantages. Peru is a Latin American country with traditionally friendly ties to Argentina. When the threat of war first emerged, the Peruvian Congress voted to send military supplies to Argentina. Belaunde, however, is a democratic moderate with close personal ties...
...from the islands and a pullback of the British fleet; 2) an end to economic sanctions against Argentina imposed by Britain's supporters; 3) establishment of an interim U.S.-Brazilian-West German-Peruvian authority for the Falklands while the two disputing countries negotiate ultimate sovereignty over the territory. Belaúnde's chief contribution to the plan was to simplify some aspects of the U.S. ideas for the transitional administration of the islands...