My brother-in-law showed me this movie a little while ago; we both tend to love bad movies. This one is Florida-bred, so it gets bonus points. The plot to this movie meanders terribly, but the basic subtext is this - two warring factions: a beautiful race of women living with ugly men; and a handsome race of men with not-so-beautiful women learn to live together. They anger the Dragon-God (a 3-ft. plastic souvenir alligator tied to a branch) on Tahiti Beach in Coconut Grove; the women dance the frug at Coral Castle, wrestle sedated alligators in Silver Springs and run aimlessly around at Fairchild Tropical Gardens.
Tahiti Beach
Behold the Dragon-God!! Ok — it's a souvenir alligator from Miami Beach tied to a stick...
Tahiti Beach today (Bing Maps)
Now home to multimillion-dollar estates. The tidal pool and beach still remain, as do the Australian Pines to the south. Nearby Bebe Robozo lived (R.M Nixon friend & millionaire).
Coral Castle
Crazy Alligator-head go-go dance at Coral Castle.
Queen of the Dragon-God on her seat of power. The most she does is yell “DANCE! DANCE!” to her minion.
Coral Castle today on US 41 in Homestead.
Fairchild Tropical Gardens
The landscape designer was William Lyman Phillips, the same designer who created the gardens at Bok Tower in Lake Wales, among others. Apparently just what the set-designer of Wongo had in mind. Or that is was 5 minutes away from Tahiti Beach...
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Is this available on Netflix? Looks like a must see!
ReplyDeleteYes, this movie lurks on DVD... Not sure if Netflix is punishing people with it, though.
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