Big guys like this don't fit on movie screens of today

April 11, 2008 [...] the movies with which he was most associated during the height of his career in the '50s and '60s -- the widescreen, all-star, big-budget, cast-of-thousands, historical spectacles -- have long ago passed from the screen. Heston himself, by moving on to such disaster movies as "Earthquake" and "Airport '75" and such sci-fi flicks as "Planet of the Apes" and "Soylent Green," remained active until he voluntarily withdrew from the scene in 2002 because of health problems. Exotic locations, elaborate costumes, international casts.

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