1c1 < CRC: 0xFFCB2E61 File: trivia.list Date: Fri Aug 25 07:20:11 1995 --- > CRC: 0x6ACC665F File: trivia.list Date: Fri Sep 8 09:22:04 1995 509a510,514 > # "Lonesome Dove" (1989) (mini) > - The cast originally included 'John Wayne' (qv), 'James Stewart' (qv), and > 'Henry Fonda' (qv). > > 601a607,612 > # 1776 (1972) > - The 176 minute extended version of "1776" is available on laserdisc. > It contains 35 minutes cut from the original videotape release, > including the song, ``Cool, Considerate Men''. > > 656a668,673 > # 3 Godfathers (1948) > - For the scene where Deputy Curly ('Hank Worden' (qv)) has trouble pulling > a mule about a train, director 'John Ford' (qv) rigged the reins to pull > backwards whenever Worden pulled forward. > > 1054c1071,1075 < Screenwriter 'Marshall Brickman' (qv)'s suggestion was ``It had to be Jew''. --- > Screenwriter 'Marshall Brickman' (qv)'s suggestion was ``It Had To Be Jew''. > - Alvy's ('Woody Allen' (qv)'s) sneezing into the cocaine was an unscripted > accident. When previewed, the audience laughed so loud that director Allen > decided to leave it in, and had to add footage to compensate for people > missing the next few jokes from laughing too much. 1717a1739,1743 > # Blue in the Face (1995) > - Filmed in just five days, using the same set and much of the same cast as > _Smoke (1995)_ (qv). > > 1996a2023,2026 > # California Suite (1978) > - CAMEO(James Coburn): piloting a light plane in the movie-in-the-movie. > > 2137a2168,2171 > # Chow Hound (1951) > - Names of Warner Brothers staff in the newspaper want ads. > > 2314d2347 < 2433a2467,2472 > # Copycat (1995) > - 'Sigourney Weaver' (qv) is almost a foot taller than 'Holly Hunter' (qv), > thus for many scenes Weaver would be sitting down to make their heights > appear more equal. > > 3744a3784,3788 > # Garden of Allah, The (1936) > - 'Merle Oberon' (qv) was originally signed to play Domini, but was ``bought > off'' by 'David O. Selznick' (qv) at a cost of $25,000. > > 4282a4327,4329 > - All locations used for filming were the genuine locations where the events > occurred. The tea shop where Honora Parker ate her last meal was knocked > down a few days after the shoot ended. 4496a4544 > - Igg and Ook both mutter their own names as their last words. 4580a4629,4632 > # Indian Summer (1993) > - Filmed at director 'Mike Binder' (qv)'s childhood summer camp. > > 4785,4786c4837,4839 < - In many scenes, actors 'Roy Scheider' (qv), 'Richard Dreyfuss' (qv), and < Shaw had to look in amazement at the shark, when it was not there are all. --- > - During the filming of some scenes, 'Roy Scheider' (qv), > 'Richard Dreyfuss' (qv), and Shaw had to look in amazement off camera at > a non-existant shark. 4790c4843,4846 < - Spielberg says that Dreyfuss is his alter ego. --- > - Video version is missing some scenes: > - Hooper describing an obscene phonecall he made, while cutting open the > shark. > - Quint humiliating a young clarinet player as he buys piano wire. 4795a4852,4856 > # Jaws 2 (1978) > - Original director 'John D. Hancock' (qv) was fired and replaced by > 'Jeannot Szwarc' (qv). > > 4935a4997,5000 > # Katzelmacher (1969) > - Shot in nine days. > > 5115a5181,5182 > - Joe ('Bruce Willis' (qv)) mentions ``reindeer goat cheese pizza'', which > Willis also mentioned in _Hudson Hawk (1991)_ (qv). 5119,5121c5186,5189 < - The first movie to do all special effects (except makeup) on a computer. All shots of spacecraft, space, etc generated on a CRAY computer. Some objects < had over 300 000 polygons, but all of the special effects shots for the movie < took only eight hours to generate. --- > - The first movie to do all special effects (except makeup) on a computer. > All shots of spacecraft, space, etc generated on a CRAY computer. Some > objects had over 300 000 polygons, but all of the special effects shots for > the movie took only eight hours to generate. 5737a5806,5810 > # Mixed Nuts (1994) > - the landlord's name is Tannenbaum (German for ``christmas tree''). After he > is shot, his body is disguised as a Christmas tree. > > 5901a5975,5979 > # Naked Prey, The (1966) > - 'Cornel Wilde' (qv) was ill through much of the filming but continued, noting > that it seemed to add to his proformance. > > 6080a6159,6164 > # Nur ueber meine Leiche (1995) > - The Bayerischer Rundfunk was unwilling to finance a movie in which a > naked turkey represented a dead person's sould, so the turkey was put into > a dress. > > 7287a7372,7377 > # Runaway Brain (1995) > - The character name 'Dr. Frankenollie', besides the obvious Frankenstein > reference, is also a reference to legendary Disney animators > 'Frank Thomas' (qv) and 'Ollie Johnston' (qv). > > 7446a7537,7541 > # Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) > - Every scene was shot twice to accomodate some theatres which couldn't > show the widescreen version. > > 7463a7559,7569 > # Sharpe's Honour (1994) (TV) > - The scene in which Sharpe and the Marquesa Dorida are thrown from horseback > into the stream was an unscripted accident, but director 'Tom Clegg' (qv) > liked it so much he kept it in the movie. > > > # Sharpe's Rifles (1993) (TV) > - 'Sean Bean' (qv) replaced 'Paul McGann' (qv) in the rol of Richar Sharpe > after McGann was injured. > > 8020a8127,8130 > # Storia di Ragazzi et di Ragazze (1989) > - Director 'Pupi Avati' (qv) wanted to make the film in black and white, and > had a black and white version made from the color negative. > 8566a8677,8682 > # That's Dancing! (1985) > - Director 'Jack Haley, Jr.' (qv)'s credits are shown over a picture of his > father, 'Jack Haley' (qv) in the role of the Tin Woodman in > _The Wizard of Oz (1939)_ (qv). > > 8796a8913,8918 > # Train Robbers, The (1973) > - 'John Wayne' (qv)'s and 'Ann-Margret' (qv)'s character names, ``Lane'' and > ``Mrs. Lowe,'' are the same as Wayne's and 'Geraldine Page' (qv)'s > characters' names in _Hondo (1953)_ (qv). > > 8988a9111,9116 > > # Usual Suspects, The (1995) > - Redfood ('Peter Greene' (qv)) makes reference to _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv) > (which also featured Greene) by saying ``We'll feed it to the Gimp.'' > > 9131a9260,9262 > - The choreographed fight in the men's lavoratory took 5 days (8am to 7pm) to > shoot. >