Streisand / Somewhere
Kings of the Sun / 1963
Don’t know how they got permission to use the Pyramid of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza,
Hope they got a some good gold out of it. But it shouldn’t happen.
No doubt who the Star was.
In his career George Chakiris did have his moments in the Sun (West Side Story, Diamond Head …)
Shirley Anne Field – beautiful, but not very Mayan.
Brad Dexter? Where have we seen him before?
In The Magnificent Seven (1960) also with Yul Brynner.
In Kings of the Sun, Brad gets a new hat.
Chichen Itza and the Pyramid of Kukulkan
Before CGI there was people!!!
Those steps are steep and jagged.
Here come the Toltecs.
Storming the Pyramid of Kulkulkan.
A dangerous stunt.
Many of the 91 steps are jagged and uneven – and over 12 inches in height.
The Pyramid of Kukulkan incline is also a steep 45 degree angle.
Combined with heat and/or wind and you can have a real problem here.
And a fall on these steps would not be a happy event.
Don’t know what pyramid this is, but it’s a typical Mayan Pyramid.
Coming down is even more treacherous than going up.
Imagine if this guy had fallen at the top.
Coming down the steps of the Pyramid of Kukulkan.
You can see it’s no joke – even if you’re young.
I have to think that they stopped people climbing on the Pyramid for 2 reasons:
– It was destroying the Pyramid.
– Safety. People were getting hurt.
So look at this scene!!! This is insane!
I’m guessing they performed this slowly – then sped up the footage for the Movie??
But it doesn’t look like it.
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I never wanted to do the climb. Once my wife did it. Hollered at me from the top and realized it was a whole lot of trouble coming down. She sat down one step at a time. Took her about 5 times longer to come down then it took to go up.
I think a few people regret doing it. But naturally you want to. It is risky. I climbed the 103 steps(?) at EK Balam and it wasn’t easy. Rose never attempted it. I Had to rest 3 times on the way up. There are a couple of guys there watching, but i really don’t know what good they could do. Call and ambulance maybe?