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After a failed mission, Steve Austin goes on vacation and gets a second chance to stop an arms dealer.After a failed mission, Steve Austin goes on vacation and gets a second chance to stop an arms dealer.After a failed mission, Steve Austin goes on vacation and gets a second chance to stop an arms dealer.
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- TriviaSome changes to the show's premise were made between "The Six Million Dollar Man" (1973) movie and the sequel. In the first film, Austin is described in dialogue as being a civilian, but in this film this is changed to him being an Air Force Colonel (and dialogue confirms this version of the character was a Colonel at the time he walked on the moon). Oliver Spencer (Darren McGavin) was replaced by Oscar Goldman (Richard Anderson) (a character from the original Cyborg novels) and a new actor plays Dr. Rudy Wells. In addition, the organization, for which Colonel Austin works, is now the OSI, not the OSO.
- GoofsAbout the 38 minute 49 second mark of part two, Steve Austin is confined by the bad guys to a small room, and chained to a table. Using his bionics, he breaks the chains, gets up and moves to the door. The hinges are on the right side of the door and the right hand wall is about one foot away from the door facing. He carefully removes the hinge pins, then, instead of swinging it open, or it falling toward him, he slides the door to the right for the full width of the door as if it was a pocket door or sliding glass door. He is in one room at the beginning of the scene and another room at the end.
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Cynthia Holland: [Steve is winning at a casino] Oh, is there anything you aren't good at?
Col. Steve Austin: Well, I've never had much success at milking reindeer.
- Alternate versionsRe-edited into two episodes of "The Six Million Dollar Man" for syndication. To pad out the story, scenes were added from The Six Million Dollar Man (1973), The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping (1973), The Seven Million Dollar Man (1974), Return of the Robot Maker (1975), The Return of the Bionic Woman (1975) and Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970).
- ConnectionsFollowed by The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping (1973)
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The second Six Million Dollar Man pilot...
"The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War" is the second pilot movie for the upcoming series. This is because the first made for TV movie turned out to be a hit and ABC decided to try another film to see if fans still were interested. Well, opinions must have been a bit mixed, as ABC made yet one more movie before ultimately green lighting the series.
The film begins with Steve (Lee Majors) on a secret mission in Egypt. However, it turns out to be a bust due to bad intelligence information and Steve barely gets out alive. A lady who helped him isn't so lucky. As a result, Steve is bummed and not exactly in the mood for another mission. However, an old Air Force buddy (Earl Holliman) offers to left him use his luxury vacation villa in the Bahamas and Steve disappears from the OSI compound to enjoy some much needed R&R. Little does he know that all this has been arranged and he's actually going on his next mission!
This second pilot has a few changes. In addition to Austin now being an Air Force colonel, the man playing Rudy Wells is a different actor AND the scumbag playing Austin's boss is not only a different actor but a different character entirely. I miss the original boss, as Darren McGavin was truly amoral and a jerk--Oscar Goldman (Richard Anderson) was much more genial. Apart from these changes and a funky intro song, the movie is pretty much what folks would soon see in the TV series...which is very good, though I liked the first pilot better partly because of McGavin's character and partly because it was less an action film and more about science and how the man was created. Still worth seeing.
By the way, the villain in this one is much like a Bond Villain and even has a secret lair in the Bahamas...much like Largo from "Thunderball"...and ALSO a guy with stolen nuclear bombs.
The film begins with Steve (Lee Majors) on a secret mission in Egypt. However, it turns out to be a bust due to bad intelligence information and Steve barely gets out alive. A lady who helped him isn't so lucky. As a result, Steve is bummed and not exactly in the mood for another mission. However, an old Air Force buddy (Earl Holliman) offers to left him use his luxury vacation villa in the Bahamas and Steve disappears from the OSI compound to enjoy some much needed R&R. Little does he know that all this has been arranged and he's actually going on his next mission!
This second pilot has a few changes. In addition to Austin now being an Air Force colonel, the man playing Rudy Wells is a different actor AND the scumbag playing Austin's boss is not only a different actor but a different character entirely. I miss the original boss, as Darren McGavin was truly amoral and a jerk--Oscar Goldman (Richard Anderson) was much more genial. Apart from these changes and a funky intro song, the movie is pretty much what folks would soon see in the TV series...which is very good, though I liked the first pilot better partly because of McGavin's character and partly because it was less an action film and more about science and how the man was created. Still worth seeing.
By the way, the villain in this one is much like a Bond Villain and even has a secret lair in the Bahamas...much like Largo from "Thunderball"...and ALSO a guy with stolen nuclear bombs.
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- planktonrules
- Feb 2, 2017
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By what name was The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973) officially released in Canada in English?
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