Word: sandstorms
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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From the beginning, the film seemed cursed. "We started shooting in the Gobi Desert," recalls director Ang Lee, dimpled but unsmiling. "That night the crew got lost in the desert until 7 a.m. We finally got going, and after the second shot, a sandstorm came in." Could things get worse? Ask producer Bill Kong. "The Gobi is the hottest, dryest place on earth," he says. "So each morning we lit incense for good luck. Well, we had dreadful luck--it rained sheets, nonstop, ruining our schedule. After a while one of the local people came around and said the gods...
...left alone to gaze mistily into the camera and yearn for his one big shot. Check. Attractive astronauts go to Mars, but meet a nasty disaster and all end up dead, except for one. Double Check. (The disaster is a particularly nasty and vicious . . . wait for it . . . sandstorm). Backup team, spouting macho lines and passionate debate, forms rescue squad to save one survivor. Check. On the way to save him, rescue team meets one disaster after another and nearly doesn't make it. Check. But they do make it, and then uncover the secrets of life contained on Mars, thanks...