20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)

Dr. Judson Uhl: I've had nightmares in my time, but I've never dreamed of anything like this.

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Col. Robert Calder: Get that elephant out of there!

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[last lines]
Dr. Judson Uhl: Why is it always, always so costly for Man to move from the present to the future?

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Though the creature is referred to as the Ymir in reviews and websites, the name is never mentioned in the movie. Ray Harryhausen was concerned that audiences would mistake it for the Arabic title "Emir".
Since he planned to use a real elephant for some of the footage in the zoo, Ray Harryhausen asked for one that was 15 feet tall, but the film was only able to procure an eight-foot-tall one for him. In order to make the elephant look much bigger, a 4'6" actor was cast to play the zookeeper.
One of the reasons the film takes place in Italy is that Ray Harryhausen always wanted to vacation there but could never afford to go on his own.
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