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THE EARLY YEARS

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HIDE FROM

THE NIGHT

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THE MUTANTS

Welcome to the Garrison Movie Museum! From the very first days in the winter of 1969 as a high school diversion to international feature films, follow the growth of David Garrison Productions (originally called Hava Banana Productions) through exclusive behind the scene images , personal accounts and rare clips from the  library of  writer producer director Scott Wegener.

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See how massive productions are made with virtually no money and shot in exotic locations as Prague, Norway, Martinique and Hawaii. 

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See how imagination and ingenuity  transforms a wrecked stock car into a flying machine, a construction crane makes a boy fly and a condemned house allows an actor to walk on the ceiling.

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We hope this tour inspires you. Thanks for visiting!

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THE SPIDER'S WEB

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THE GOLEM

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       BEOWULF:

PRINCE OF THE GEATS 

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THE LOST FILMS

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THE SPIDER'S WEB:

  ARCH DEFIANCE

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 THE RIDDLE

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SPIDER'S WEB

Casting Beowulf as a Black man was not done as any attempt to stir up controversy. Rather, establishing the prince's origin as from a culture that didn't encourage violence (the only way to get to Valhalla was to die with a weapon in your hand), was a way to answer logic gaps in the original poem. For instance, as king, Beowulf rules in peace for 50 years, thus denying his nation's warriors from reaching heaven. Being from a peaceful African tribe fixes that dichotomy without requiring any change to the original story.

Hollywood actor and bodybuilder Christian Boeving ( https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091443/ )

came to Cincinnati to play Beowulf's famous nemesis Grendel. 

   His look was based on the premise that Grendel was actually one of the last Neanderthal, and the basis of the real life troll legends that permeate the Nordic regions. Theories abound of an actual race war between Homo sapiens and Neadrathals that lead to these legends.

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