On Location: Brewster McCloud (Astrodome) Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Vertighost: Cache owner (CO) has not responded and, as there's been no cache to find for for an extended period of time, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. In general, caches that have been archived due to maintenance issues or lack of cache owner communication are not eligible to be unarchived.

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Hidden : 7/25/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

You are looking for a magnetic key case about three feet off the ground.

Brewster McCloud is an offbeat 1970 Robert Altman comedy shot in Houston to take advantage of the newly built Astrodome. Nicknamed the "Eighth Wonder of the World," the officially named Harris County Domed Stadium was the largest building in the world and the only enclosed stadium. It was know for its scoreboard composed of thousands of light bulbs that played a western themed animation every time the Astros hit a home run or the Oilers made a touchdown. In addition to the Dome, the score board was a technological wonder itself in 1965.

The film is a story of a boy, Brewster McCloud, who secretly lives in a unused Astrodome bomb shelter. Brewster is played by Bud Court, fresh from a role as the PA announcer in Altman's great film M*A*S*H, and whose next effort would be the wonderful and even more offbeat 1971 film, Harold and Maude. Brewster becomes involved in some assorted mischief around town leading the police to hunt for him. While living in his hideout, he also dreams of flying and builds a set of wings. He ultimately uses them in an attempt to evade the police in the movies climax, making a glorious flight inside of the Dome. It's worth a viewing as an example of the zeitgeist but is hard to find.

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