Delores Taylor on a press junket somewhere in the Midwest for Billy Jack. There are lots of photos. Delores did radio shows, TV shows, there was a luncheon, and some type of gift or award.
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Delores Taylor Press Junket
Frank in Tiny (Billy Jack) Hat
I don’t know what to say about this picture. I have NO idea. We are on the ranch where the final scene in the church was shot, where the roping and riding sequences were shot, where the shootout was shot. Why I’m standing with the boots and hat (which really is too small for me, and always hurt to put on my head), I have no idea.
Billy Jack Re-Release Shocker… All-Time Box Office Champ?!?
If you add together the initial $32.5M with the $60M from the re-release, you realize by the end of 1973, Billy Jack had made $92,500,000, which made it — I still can’t believe this — the highest grossing film in motion picture history!
Billy Jack #65 of All Time! (Trial #123)
If you’ve heard of Billy Jack, you likely know it was a huge success. But even people inside the industry don’t know exactly how big it was (HINT: it was WAY bigger than you ever thought). Two websites provide some perspective: BoxOfficeReport.com and a more obscure MROB.com. BoxOfficeReport.com correctly pegs the initial release of Billy Jack at $32,500,000, beating every other film that year - The French Connection, Summer of ’42, Dirty Harry, Clockwork Orange - except for …
The Nixon Quote That Started a War
It may seem hard to believe today, but the Nixon quote contained in this clip sparked a to-the-death war with 20th Century Fox, the studio that was going to…
Tom & Fred Koenekamp Plan
One Tin Soldier Rides Away – Billy’s Sacrifice
The culmination of the film. Billy sacrifices himself the Jean and the kids, choosing to negotiate his surrender rather than go out in his preferred warrior blaze of glory. The kids, in appreciation of…
Sunrise Ceremony w Rolling Thunder
Rolling Thunder led sunrise ceremonies during the mornings of filming of ‘Billy Jack’ in and around Prescott, Arizona. Here are the only photos I’ve yet found of these ceremonies….
Dance Rehearsal for Billy Jack
These shots are from a dance rehearsal for the sequence in the film where the school puts on a show for the townspeople. (It is hinted at when the members of the town council come out to the Freedom School and suggest the school put on a show for the whole town to see.) But, alas, the show never happened.
Billy Calls Deputy Mike’s Bluff
In my opinion, this moment from the film doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. In all the hostage scenes in films, I’ve never seen it handled as well as Billy handles this one. To set the scene: Posner and Deputy Mike kidnapped Martin, but Martin got away, with Cindy’s help. Billy is looking for Martin, and rides up on the trio…
