As if yesterday's post was not exciting enough, I now know* that The Day of the Dolphin
, the movie, was a milquetoast of a thing compared to Roman Polanski's original plan, which I think was closer to Robert Merle's original satire, which Joseph Heller among other people loved and which I among other people have now ordered from Amazon. In this, the dolphins spoke fluent English and held a press conference to discuss theology, philosophy and Sophia Loren. Also, the plan wasn't to assassinate a President, but to sink a Chinese aircraft carrier and start WW3.* By which I mean, 'I believe some guy on Amazon who seems to know what he's talking about.'
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Was it made before or after the original Planet of the Apes?
Planet of the Apes 1968; Day of the Dolphin 1973
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