Yet, when #TheSandPebbles premiered worldwide to wide acclaim in 1966, it was banned in #Taiwan by Chiang Kai-shek. He thought the movie unflattering for portraying Americans as above Chinese law, and unfairly depicting the 1926 Northern Expedition, which was commanded by the generalissimo himself.
May 15, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Yet, when #TheSandPebbles premiered worldwide to wide acclaim in 1966, it was banned in #Taiwan by Chiang Kai-shek. He thought the movie unflattering for portraying Americans as above Chinese law, and unfairly depicting the 1926 Northern Expedition, which was commanded by the generalissimo himself.
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Mako Iwamatsu
Actors Makoto Iwamatsu (岩松 信, Iwamatsu Makoto, December 10, 1933 – July 21, 2006) was a Japanese-American character actor; almost all of his acting roles credited him as Mako. His film roles includ…
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#TheSandPebbles Trivia
1️⃣ When filming in #Taiwan, director #RobertWise and actor #SteveMcQueen became patrons of a social center envisioned by Father Edward J. Wojniak, a #priest with the Society of the Divine Word, to provide safe, affordable quarters to #women who moved to #Taipei for employment.
1️⃣ When filming in #Taiwan, director #RobertWise and actor #SteveMcQueen became patrons of a social center envisioned by Father Edward J. Wojniak, a #priest with the Society of the Divine Word, to provide safe, affordable quarters to #women who moved to #Taipei for employment.
May 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
#TheSandPebbles Trivia
1️⃣ When filming in #Taiwan, director #RobertWise and actor #SteveMcQueen became patrons of a social center envisioned by Father Edward J. Wojniak, a #priest with the Society of the Divine Word, to provide safe, affordable quarters to #women who moved to #Taipei for employment.
1️⃣ When filming in #Taiwan, director #RobertWise and actor #SteveMcQueen became patrons of a social center envisioned by Father Edward J. Wojniak, a #priest with the Society of the Divine Word, to provide safe, affordable quarters to #women who moved to #Taipei for employment.
Happy birthday Candice Bergen, born May 9, 1946.
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Happy birthday Candice Bergen, born May 9, 1946.
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Memories of Chiang's #Taiwan led McQueen to refuse the lead role in #ApocalypseNow, which was filmed in the Philippines: "I've had it with the Far East."
An edited version of #TheSandPebbles was finally released in Taiwan in 1984, after 17 failed attempts to please the censors. youtu.be/4EQuNX9aQI8
An edited version of #TheSandPebbles was finally released in Taiwan in 1984, after 17 failed attempts to please the censors. youtu.be/4EQuNX9aQI8
2016台北電影節 │ 聖保羅砲艇 The Sand Pebbles
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May 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Memories of Chiang's #Taiwan led McQueen to refuse the lead role in #ApocalypseNow, which was filmed in the Philippines: "I've had it with the Far East."
An edited version of #TheSandPebbles was finally released in Taiwan in 1984, after 17 failed attempts to please the censors. youtu.be/4EQuNX9aQI8
An edited version of #TheSandPebbles was finally released in Taiwan in 1984, after 17 failed attempts to please the censors. youtu.be/4EQuNX9aQI8
#Movies #TheSandPebbles
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#CandiceBergen and #SteveMcQueen photographed on location in Keelung 🇹🇼Taiwan on the set of the epic war film “THE SAND PEBBLES” (1966) dir. Robert Wise
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#CandiceBergen and #SteveMcQueen photographed on location in Keelung 🇹🇼Taiwan on the set of the epic war film “THE SAND PEBBLES” (1966) dir. Robert Wise
May 9, 2024 at 8:46 PM
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#CandiceBergen and #SteveMcQueen photographed on location in Keelung 🇹🇼Taiwan on the set of the epic war film “THE SAND PEBBLES” (1966) dir. Robert Wise
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#CandiceBergen and #SteveMcQueen photographed on location in Keelung 🇹🇼Taiwan on the set of the epic war film “THE SAND PEBBLES” (1966) dir. Robert Wise
Jake Holman became one of McQueen's most enduring film characters. He knew the role would change his life. At the world premiere of #TheSandPebbles in NYC, he whispered to wife Neile:
"This is it, baby. We Have Made It. I know it in mah bones. Oooowee!!!"
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"This is it, baby. We Have Made It. I know it in mah bones. Oooowee!!!"
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From the Archives: The making of ‘The Sand Pebbles’ in Taiwan
Steve McQueen had a helluva time in this East Asia country
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Jake Holman became one of McQueen's most enduring film characters. He knew the role would change his life. At the world premiere of #TheSandPebbles in NYC, he whispered to wife Neile:
"This is it, baby. We Have Made It. I know it in mah bones. Oooowee!!!"
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"This is it, baby. We Have Made It. I know it in mah bones. Oooowee!!!"
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2️⃣ As a member of #TheSandPebbles Chowder & Munching Society, co-star #RichardCrenna ended up publishing a #cookbook for a Japanese-style charcoal stove branded Casa-Q. In the foreword, he reminisces about #food served up by "this little man who has a shop on the Teh Hwei Street in #Taipei [台北市德惠街]."
May 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
2️⃣ As a member of #TheSandPebbles Chowder & Munching Society, co-star #RichardCrenna ended up publishing a #cookbook for a Japanese-style charcoal stove branded Casa-Q. In the foreword, he reminisces about #food served up by "this little man who has a shop on the Teh Hwei Street in #Taipei [台北市德惠街]."
Happy heavenly birthday Mako! #happybirthday #makoiwamatsu #thesandpebbles #conanthebarbarian #conanthedestroyer1984 #pearlharbormovie #risingsun #photooftheday
December 11, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Happy heavenly birthday Mako! #happybirthday #makoiwamatsu #thesandpebbles #conanthebarbarian #conanthedestroyer1984 #pearlharbormovie #risingsun #photooftheday
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Candice Bergen and Steve McQueen photographed on location in Keelung 🇹🇼Taiwan on the set of the epic war film “THE SAND PEBBLES” (1966) dir. Robert Wise
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Candice Bergen and Steve McQueen photographed on location in Keelung 🇹🇼Taiwan on the set of the epic war film “THE SAND PEBBLES” (1966) dir. Robert Wise
March 24, 2024 at 6:14 PM
#Movies #TheSandPebbles
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Candice Bergen and Steve McQueen photographed on location in Keelung 🇹🇼Taiwan on the set of the epic war film “THE SAND PEBBLES” (1966) dir. Robert Wise
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Candice Bergen and Steve McQueen photographed on location in Keelung 🇹🇼Taiwan on the set of the epic war film “THE SAND PEBBLES” (1966) dir. Robert Wise