Vernon asked me about doing a Hatari related post. Now, put your coffee down before I say this … ready … I have never seen Hatari. Now that we are past that issue …
I spent some time looking for a way to watch the movie. It turns out there’s a website devoted to helping people find movies on different platforms: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/hatari . In the end, it appears the cheapest way for me to watch it is to rent it through Amazon or head to a local library in search of a copy. In the mean time, the trailer is available via Youtube:
To see some jeep photos, I highly recommend the CJ-3B page’s coverage of the movie. As Derek notes in his article, Jeep claimed there were 43 different jeeps used for the movie, including CJ-6s, FCs, CJ-3BS, Wagons, and Trucks and perhaps a few others?
https://www.cj3b.info/Movie/Hatari.html
The Internet Movie Car Database (https://www.imcdb.org/movie_56059-Hatari!.html) also has some still shots from the movie, including this FC Dually flatbed:
Of course, there are still plenty of Hatari items on eBay:
Hatari Posters and Memorability on eBay, like this Belgian poster:
So, while you all read this post, I’m going to locate a copy of the movie!
The movie was ok, the TV show was junk.
The location where it was shot on site was incredible in real life…was there last summer. Didn’t see any jeeps though, just Land/Range Rovers.
Surprising for this time period, 1962, Kaiser Jeep was able to make a tie in deal with the movie makers to feature Jeep vehicles. Always innovative with their thinking, this type of advertising must have been a bit of a gamble for Jeep. I wonder if it in fact increased sales. The timing of this tie in seems to be a bit off, considering 1963 was the introduction of the new re-designed Wagoneer & Gladiator trucks.
Maybe Jeep agreed to it in the late 1950s, but it took longer than anticipated to finance, shoot, edit and release the film?
Here’s a few more famous shots! http://thefcconnection.com/hatari.htm
This is the one I have in my office. I love this movie. https://goo.gl/images/p8A5Sv
HATARI MEANS ” DANGER ” IN SWAHILI CLICK TALK
elsa martinelli died last year in rome — what a waste of sin …
Not my favorite John Wayne movie. Cool
Scenes.