Hercules in New York (originally known as Hercules Goes Bananas) is a 1970 fantasy adventure film. It is known for being the first feature film to star Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Playing the film's title character, Schwarzenegger, because of his long last name and to play off the name of fellow cast member comedian Arnold Stang, is credited as "Arnold Strong 'Mr. Universe'".
Due to his thick Austrian accent, Schwarzenegger had all his lines dubbed, a...
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Hercules in New York (originally known as Hercules Goes Bananas) is a 1970 fantasy adventure film. It is known for being the first feature film to star Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Playing the film's title character, Schwarzenegger, because of his long last name and to play off the name of fellow cast member comedian Arnold Stang, is credited as "Arnold Strong 'Mr. Universe'".
Due to his thick Austrian accent, Schwarzenegger had all his lines dubbed, although modern showings of the film have his audio track restored. However, even these restored showings cannot change the final scene's lines that Hercules speaks to Pretzie over a small transistor radio, in a voice that is clearly not Schwarzenegger's.
On October 19, 2006, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that Premiere Pictures was auctioning off the rights to the film on eBay for a minimum bid of $550,000.
The film begins with Hercules at Olympus, berating his father Zeus for not allowing him to leave the Gods' abode to adventure on...
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