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attendees and intercut these shots with shots of actor 'Frank Campeau' (qv)
acting the part of a preacher.
# Journal d'une femme de chambre, Le (1964)
- The demonstrating fashists shout ``Vive Chiappe'', a homage to the chief of
the Parisian police who prohibited showing director 'Luis Bunuel' (qv)'s
earlier film _Age d'Or (1930)_ (qv) after fashists destroyed the cinema
where it was being shown.
# Journey Back to Oz (1974)
- 'Liza Minnelli' (qv) reprises the role of Dorothy, who was played by her
mother 'Judy Garland' (qv) in _The Wizard of Oz (1939)_ (qv).
- Filmed in 1964, but not released until 1974.
# Journey Through the Black Sun (1976) (TV)
- This TV movie was edited from scenes of the two episodes "Collision
Course" and "The Black Sun" of the TV series _"Space: 1999" (1975)_ (qv).
# Joy Luck Club, The (1993)
- CAMEO(Amy Tan): chatting with guests just beyond a doorway during the
first party scene.
# Juarez (1939)
- 'Orry-Kelly' (qv) designed costumes for 'Bette Davis' (qv) which changed ino
tone as the film progressed; from white at the beginning, changing to gray
in mid-film, and then to black at the end when she goes insane.
# Jud Suess (1940)
- This Nazi propaganda film is still (1995) banned on the free market in
Germany, but may be shown for educational purpose.
# Judge Dredd (1995)
- Director 'Danny Cannon' (qv) was so disheartened over his constant creative
disputes with 'Sylvester Stallone' (qv) that he swore he would never again
work with another big-named actor. He also claimed that the final version
was completely different from the script, due to Stallone's demanded changes.
- The ``flying bike'' scenes features three seconds where Dredd is a computer
generated image. This is the part where he swoops low over a crowd of punks.
# Judgment in Berlin (1988)
- CAMEO(Sean Penn): witness at trial. Sean Penn is the son of
'Arthur Penn' (qv), who directed this film.
# Julius Caesar (1950)
- Due to budget restraints, only one horse could be hired per day, hence
a different colored horse was filmed each day, with footage cleverly montaged
and edited to create the battle scenes.
- Musical director 'Grant Fletcher' (qv) hired 'Chuck Zornig' (qv) 72 hours
before the recording date, handing him a two-bar harmonic sketch by
'John Becker' (qv) and a shot list to work from. From this, Zornig
produced a 32-page score, still copying parts for musicians as they arrived
to record the score. Becker approached Zornig and asked him how he could
read his two-bar sketch. Zornig replied ``When I couldn't I just chose the
most dissonant sounds,'' causing Becker to roar with laughter.
- The orcherstra which performed the score consisted of nine brass instruments
plus timpani, and was recorded in an abandoned indoor swimming pool to
create echo and a large sound.
# Jungfrau auf dem Dach, Die (1953)
- This German version of _The Moon is Blue (1953)_ (qv) was filmed on the
same set with the same crew and partially the same cast.
# Junior (1994)
- 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' (qv) spent time in doctor's waiting rooms to
learn how pregnant people behave.
# Junior High School (1981)
- All of the actors are non-professionals and were actual students at Van Nuys
Junior High at the time of shooting.
# Jurassic Park (1993)
- 'William Hurt' (qv) was offered the role of Dr Grant, but turned it down
without reading the book or the script.
- The park software is written in Pascal; a program is clearly visible in one
of the monitor close-ups on the UNIX system. The graphical interface
recognized as a UNIX system is Silicon Graphics' ``3D File System
Navigator''.
- Director 'Steven Spielberg' (qv) was worried that ``computer graphics'' meant
``Nintendo'' type cartoon quality. He originally only wanted the herd of
gallimimus dinosaurs to be computer generated, but upon seeing ILM's
demo animation of a T-Rex chasing a herd of Galamides across his ranch, he
decided to shoot nearly all the dinosaur scenes using this method. The
animation was first plotted on an Amiga Toaster, and rendered for the film
by Silicon Graphics' Indigo workstations.
- The full-sized animatron of the Tyrannosaurus Rex weighed about 13,000 to
15,000 pounds. During the shooting of the initial T-Rex attack scene which
took place in a downpour and was shot on a soundstage, the latex that
covered the T-Rex puppet absorbed great amounts of water making it much
heavier and harder to control. Technicians worked throughout the night with
blow driers trying to dry the latex out. Eventually, they suspended a
platform above the T-Rex, out of camera range, to keep the water off of it
during filming.
- A baby triceratops was built for a scene where one of the kids rides it.
Special effects technicians worked on this effect for a year but the scene
was cut at the last minute as Spielberg thought it would ruin the pacing of
the film.
- ``Dennis Nedry'' is an anagram of ``Nerdy Sinned''.
- Ellie Sattler says ``Something went wrong'' to Dr Malcolm
('Jeff Goldblum' (qv)). In _The Fly (1986)_ (qv), Veronica Quaife said
this to Seth Brundle (Goldblum).
- In the egg-hatching scene, a new-born baby Triceratops was originally
supposed to come out of the egg, but it was changed to a velociraptor.
- The film's original ending had Grant left behind on the island.
- Scenes of the T-Rex attacking Horner and the kids while they ride down a
river and through a running waterfall were cut before filming.
- Generally speaking, any shot of a full dinosaur was computer generated,
but shots of parts of dinosaurs were of animatronics.
- There was so many wires and rigging to control the velociraptor animatrons
in the kitchen stalking scene that the child actors had to literally step
over and around them while the scene was being filmed. The kitchen set was
greatly expanded from the original design to accommodate the velociraptors.
Some reports say that all of the dinosaurs in the kitchen scene were
computer generated.
- Many errors were corrected digitally: some stunt people were made to look
like the actors, and in one scene an entire Ford Explorer jeep was digitally
generated.
- Spielberg wanted the velociraptors to be about 10 feet tall, which was taller
than they were known to be. During filming, scientists discovered 10 feet
tall velociraptors.
- The ending where the T-Rex saves the day was added when the production
team and 'John (II) Williams' (qv) decided that it was the hero of the film.
- A scene of Ellie pulling the leaf off an extinct plant appeared in the
film trailers but not the film itself.
- 'Fred Sorenson' (qv) was the pilot who flew the crew off Kaui when the
hurricane hit during production. He played ``Jock'', the pilot who flew
Indiana Jones away in the opening scene of
_Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)_ (qv), also directed by Spielberg.
- Spielberg was so confident with this film that he started making his next
film (_Schindler's List (1993)_ (qv)), placing post-production in the hands
of 'George Lucas' (qv). Computer animation was still being done in the week
that the movie was released.
- DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg): [music]
- DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg): [stars]
- DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg): [father]: Grant hates the idea of being a father.
# Kabinett des Doktor Caligari, Das (1919)
- Producer 'Erich Pommer' (qv) wanted to have 'Fritz Lang' (qv) as the
director for this film. Lang was interested, but then decided to work on
another film.
- Writer 'Hans Janowitz' (qv) wrote the female lead character for his
girlfriend 'Gilda Langer' (qv), an actress at the ``Residenz-Theater'' in
Berlin. Unfortunately she died shortly before filming began, and so
'Lil Dagover' (qv) got the role.
# Katzelmacher (1969)
- Shot in nine days.
# Kelly's Heroes (1970)
- The film's working title was ``The Warriors''.
- Director 'Brian G. Hutton' (qv) was forced to make a number of cuts to suit
the then MGM boss James Aubrey.
- 'Donald Sutherland' (qv) became seriously ill during filming on location
in Yugoslavia.
- The three German tanks are authentic ``Tiger'' tanks, among the few remaining
in the world that were still operational.
# Kentucky Fried Movie, The (1977)
- In the ``Feel-a-rama'' movie theatre, there is a poster advertising
_Schlock (1971)_ (qv), also directed by 'John Landis' (qv).
- DIRTRADE(John Landis): [SYNW]: the title of the ``Feel-a-Rama'' movie.
# Key Largo (1948)
- Santana was the name of 'Humphrey Bogart' (qv)'s real-life yacht, named after
the production company he formed in 1948.
# Key to the City (1950)
- Production was briefly suspended when 'Loretta Young' (qv) had a miscarriage.
# Kickboxer (1989)
- 'Michael Qissi' (qv) was a technical advisor/choreographer when he overheard
the production crew say they were looking for a tall oriental-looking
guy with a background in Muay Thai. He volunteered, and got the part of
Tong Po.
# Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994)
- Written on the floor of Tong Po's fighting ring is the Thai word ``Kay'',
meaning ``dead''.
# Kid Brother, The (1927)
- Originally titled ``The Mountain Day.''
# Kid, The (1921)
- The production company tried to cheat 'Charles Chaplin' (qv) by paying him
for this six-reel film what they would ordinarily pay him for two-reel film,
about half a million dollars. Chaplin took the unassembled film out of state
until they agreed to the one-and-a-half million he deserved, plus half the
surplus profits on rentals, plus reversino of the film to him after five
years on the rental market.
# Kika (1993)
- The lady that interviews Nicholas in the TV program about writers is the
mother of director 'Pedro Almodovar' (qv).
# Killers, The (1964)
- DIRCAMEO(Don Siegel): a cook at a diner
# Kindergarten Cop (1990)
- John Kimball says he was born in Austria. 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' (qv) was
born in Austria.
- Kimball swears in German as he carries his colleague into the house
(``Das macht mich stinksauer! Jetzt bin ich sauer!'', which means ``I'm
pissed as hell! Now I am pissed!'')
- The section where Phoebe pretends to be German by sprouting random German
phrases was unchanged when dubbed into German. This caused confusion in
Germany.
- Dominick has ``Ghostbusters'' (qv) sheets. _Ghostbusters (1984)_ (qv) was
also directed by 'Ivan Reitman' (qv).
# King and I, The (1956)
- 'Deborah Kerr' (qv)'s singing was dubbed by 'Marni Nixon' (qv).
# King Kong (1933)
- This original version was released four times between 1933 and 1952,
and each release saw the cutting of additional scenes. Though many of the
outtakes - including the censored sequence in which Kong peels off
'Fay Wray' (qv)'s clothes - were restored in 1971, one cut scene has never
been found. It is the clip in which Kong shakes four sailors off a log
bridge, causing them to fall into a ravine where they are eaten alive by
giant spiders. When the movie - with spider sequence intact - was previewed
in San Bernardino, Calif., in late January, 1933, members of the audience
screamed and either left the theatre or talked about the grisly sequence
throughout the remainder of the film. Said the film's producer, Merian C.
Cooper, ``It stopped the picture cold, so the next day back at the studio,
I took it out myself''.
- The models of King Kong were only 18 inches high.
# King of Comedy, The (1983)
- 'Johnny Carson' (qv), 'Frank Sinatra' (qv), and 'Dean Martin' (qv) were
considered before 'Jerry Lewis' (qv).
- DIRCAMEO(Martin Scorsese): a TV director.
# King of Kings (1961)
- 'Ray Bradbury' (qv) wrote the narration, but was uncredited.
- CAMEO(Orson Welles): the narrator.
# KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978) (TV)
- The cartoon style music that appears during fight sequences was added after
the production team realised that the film needed a lower certificate to
enable younger KISS fans (the majority) to see the film.
- 'Peter Criss' (qv)' voice was dubbed.
# Kiss of Death (1995)
- CAMEO(Jay O. Sanders): federal agent
# Knightriders (1981)
- CAMEO(Stephen King):
- CAMEO(Tabitha King):
# Knute Rockne, All American (1940)
- 'William Holden' (qv), 'John Wayne' (qv), 'Robert Young' (qv), and
'Robert Cummings' (qv) were considered for the role of George Gipp, but only
'Dennis Morgan' (qv) and 'Ronald Reagan' (qv) tested for it, with Morgan
having the edge until the last minute.
# L.A. Story (1991)
- Harris ('Steve Martin' (qv)) quotes poems that Martin previously quoted in
_The Man With Two Brains (1983)_ (qv).
- 'John Lithgow' (qv) played the part of Harry Zel, a movie agent that Harris
contacts after being fired. The part was cut, but there are still
references to his character in the film: during the freeway shoot-out, and
in the ``California Cuisine'' luncheon.
- Scenes where Harris is told that ``skipping is the perfect compromise'', and
where Harris skips across the street were shown in trailers but not in the
movie.
- CAMEO(Woody Harrelson): Harris' boss at the TV station
- CAMEO(Rick Moranis): the grave digger.
- CAMEO(Chevy Chase): important guest (Christopher Carlos) at L'Idiot.
- CAMEO(Terry Jones): Sara's mother (voice only)
# Laberinto de pasiones (1982)
- The magazine that Riza is looking through has an article about porn
star ``Patti Diphusa''. This is the name that director
'Pedro Almodovar' (qv) used when writing the memoirs of a porn star.
# Lady Be Good (1941)
- For Eleanor Powell's dance-version of the song "Lady, Be Good", MGM
auditioned several dogs, but none of them was able to do the required tricks.
Finally, Powell bought a dog off a propman and trained it herself for several
weeks so that the dance could be done as she wanted.
# Lady Chatterley (1992) (TV)
- Filmed in the same house as _Gothic (1987)_ (qv), also directed by
'Ken Russell' (qv).
- 'Sean Bean' (qv) has a tattoo on his arm which reads ``100% Blade'', which
is at odds with his role of Mellors, and Sheffield United supporter. Bean
wore an arm band to cover the tattoo.
# Lady in Red, The (1979)
- CAMEO(Robert Forster):
# Lady L (1965)
- DIRCAMEO(Peter Ustinov):
# Lady Vanishes, The (1938)
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): near the end of the movie at Victoria
Station wearing a black coat and smoking a cigarette.
# Lair of the White Worm, The (1988)
- DIRTRADE(Ken Russell): [snake]
- DIRCAMEO(Ken Russell): calls out ``Hello, Mary,'' he walks by her farm at
the beginning.
# Last Action Hero (1993)
- References to: _Die Hard (1988)_ (qv), _Commando (1985)_ (qv),
_The Terminator (1984)_ (qv), _Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)_ (qv),
_Basic Instinct (1992)_ (qv), _E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)_ (qv),
_Amadeus (1984)_ (qv), _The Running Man (1987)_ (qv),
_Total Recall (1990)_ (qv), _Jurassic Park (1993)_ (qv),
_Blade Runner (1982)_ (qv).
- Many of the ``props'' in the film are made by ``Acme''.
- Contains intentional continuity errors.
- The words ``A 'Franco Columbu' (qv) film'' appear on the screen at the
beginning of Jack Slater IV. Columbu is a legendary bodybuilder friend of
star 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' (qv)'s, who has appeared in the following films
with him: _Pumping Iron (1977)_ (qv), _Conan the Barbarian (1981)_ (qv),
_The Terminator (1984)_ (qv), _The Running Man (1987)_ (qv).
- The schoolteacher who praises 'Laurence Olivier' (qv)'s performance was
played by 'Joan Plowright' (qv), who is Olivier's widow.
- The video _Christmas in Connecticut (1992) (TV)_ (qv) (directed by
Schwarzenegger) is visible in the video store.
- After Benedict murders the car mechanic and wants to confess, you
can see someone in the background carrying a pair of recently stolen shoes.
- The following people are listed in the credits as having a cameo appearance:
'Sharon Stone' (qv), 'Robert Patrick' (qv), 'Tina Turner' (qv),
'James Belushi' (qv), 'Jean-Claude Van Damme' (qv), 'Keith Barish' (qv),
'Chevy Chase' (qv), 'Chris Connelly' (qv), 'Karen Duffy' (qv),
'Larry Ferguson' (qv), 'Leeza Gibbons' (qv), 'Hammer' (qv),
'Little Richard' (qv), 'Maria Shriver' (qv), 'Mario Van Peebles' (qv),
'Damon Wayans' (qv),
- ACTTRADE(Arnold Schwarzenegger): ``I'll be back!''
# Last Boy Scout, The (1991)
- The movie that Darian is watching on TV is
_Lethal Weapon (1987)_ (qv), which was also written by 'Shane Black' (qv).
- Joe ('Bruce Willis' (qv)) mentions ``reindeer goat cheese pizza'', which
Willis also mentioned in _Hudson Hawk (1991)_ (qv).
# Last of Mrs. Cheyney, The (1937)
- 'Dorothy Arzner' (qv) finished directing (uncredited) when
'Richard Boleslawski' (qv) died suddenly.
# Last Outpost, The (1951)
- 'Ronald Reagan' (qv) was a serious breeder of horses during this period of
his career and insisted on riding his favorite mare in this film.
# Last Performance, The (1929)
- 'Bela Lugosi' (qv) dubbed 'Conrad Veidt' (qv)'s voice for the Hungarian
version.
# Last Starfighter, The (1984)
- 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.
# Laughing Gravy (1931)
- The ``inheritance'' plotline (cut from the original release) was restorted
from the workprint discovered in 1985.
# Laughing Sinners (1931)
- Most of the film was shot with 'Johnny Mack Brown' (qv) in the role of
Carl when it was decided to trash this footage and reshoot it with
'Clark Gable' (qv).
# Lawnmower Man, The (1992)
- Early versions of the film alluded that they were related to a
'Stephen King' (qv) work. King did write a short story called ``The
Lawnmower Man'', but it was completely different to the movie. King sued
the film makers, and had his name removed from the film.
# Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Although 220 minutes long, no women have speaking roles in this film.
# Laws of Gravity (1992)
- The film just took 12 days to shoot and the whole production cost was
about $US38,000.
# League of Their Own, A (1992)
- 'John Lovitz' (qv) had a more substantial role, but it was cut.
- 'Debra Winger' (qv) was originally going to appear in the film, but backed
out when Madonna was signed.
- 'Tom Hanks' (qv) gained much weight in preparation for his role.
- The old Dottie and Kit are played by other actor, but their voices
are dubbed over by 'Geena Davis' (qv) and 'Lori Petty' (qv).
- The characters at the hall of fame and seen playing after the game are
real players from the league portrayed in the film.
# Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
- Author 'John O'Brien' (qv), on whose autobiography this movie is based,
committed suicide two weeks after the movie went into production. Director
'Mike Figgis' (qv) contemplated abandoning the project, but decided the
film would make a good memorial for O'Brien.
- DIRCAMEO(Mike Figgis): the smiling singer in the ``Red Mutten''
advertisments. In the credits, ``Red Mutten'' is listed as a recording
studio in Barnet, London.
# Leif (1987)
- Rotum (the town where the movie takes place) is ``bribes'' spelled
backwards in swedish. Writer 'Claes Eriksson' (qv) claims he
didn't notice this until filming began, though the movie is
on a related topic.
# Leon (1994)
- Mathilda registers herself and Leon at the hotel as ``Mr. McGuffin and
daughter'', a reference to a term that 'Alfred Hitchcock' (qv) used to
describe a plot element that is of paramount importance to the characters
in the film, but merely incidental to the viewers of the film.
- DIRTRADE(Luc Besson): [reno]
- DIRTRADE(Luc Besson): [music]
- DIRTRADE(Luc Besson): [intro]
# Let Him Have It (1991)
- Original director 'Alex Cox' (qv) was replaced by 'Peter Medak' (qv) becuase
Cox wanted to film in black and white.
# Let's Make Love (1960)
- 'Arthur Miller' (qv) revised the script so that more emphasis was given to
his wife, 'Marilyn Monroe' (qv). 'Gregory Peck' (qv), originally cast
opposite Monroe, left the project, unhappy about the way his role and been
diminished. He said the script was ``now about as funny as pushing Grandma
down the stairs in a wheelchair.''
- 'Cary Grant' (qv), 'Charlton Heston' (qv), 'Rock Hudson' (qv),
'James Stewart' (qv), and 'Yul Brynner' (qv) all turned down the male lead.
'Yves Montand' (qv) was cast after starring in _Crucible, The (1957)_ (qv),
based on a play also written by Miller.
- CAMEO(Gene Kelly): himself
- CAMEO(Bing Crosby): himself
- CAMEO(Milton Berle): himself
# Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
- While the Murtaugh family waits for the commercial, they watch
"Tales from the Crypt" (1989)_ (qv), specifically the psycho Santa episode
starring 'Mary Ellen Trainor' (qv), who plays the Police Psychiatrist.
# Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
- Director 'Richard Donner' (qv) is an animal-rights and pro-choice activist,
and placed many posters and stickers for these causes in the film. Of note
are the T-shirt worn by one of Murtagh's daughters (the actor's idea), and
an 18-wheeler with an anti-fur slogan on the side.
- Murtagh and Riggs drive past a cinema advertising _Radio Flyer (1992)_ (qv),
also directed by Donner.
# Letter to Three Wives, A (1949)
- To get the proper look of derision from 'Linda Darnell' (qv) in the
scene where she stares at a photo of Addie, director
'Joseph L. Manckiewicz' (qv) used a picture of 'Otto Preminger' (qv), the
director who had given Darnell such a hard time on the set of
_Forever Amber (1947)_ (qv).
# Letzte Mann, Der (1924)
- Writer 'Carl Mayer' (qv) originally did not want to have a happy ending.
There is a rumor that he was forced to do so by the production company,
and ironic text before the epilog saying that the writer had sympathy for
the old doorman.
# Liberty (1929)
-Released in silent and limited sound versions.
Life and Times of
# Licence to Kill (1989)
- The film's working title was ``License Revoked'' but was later changed when
it was found to confuse test audiences in America. Titled ``The Cancelled
License'' in Japan.
- The film was originally to be set in China but production difficulties
became insurmountable.
- CAMEO(Pedro Armendariz Jr.): Kerim Bay's son. Pedro Armendariz Sr.
played Kerim Bay in _From Russia with Love (1963)_ (qv).
- 'David Henderson' (qv) returns as Felix Leiter, a role he first played
in _Live and Let Die (1973)_ (qv).
- In the final chase sequence just after 007 lands on the tanker, Sanchez fires
at Bond hitting the truck's fuel tanks. The sound of the bullets ricocheting
off the tanks plays the start of the James Bond theme.
- At the end of the film, the credits say ``James Bond will return''.
# Liebe im Ring (1930)
- Planned as a silent film, but a script was added when orders came to make
it a ``talkie''.
# Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The (1981) (TV)
- The original cast had 'Ben Kingsley' (qv) in the role of Mr. Squeers.
- The day of the technical rehearsal for the second play (part II), the
actors were still getting new lines, and a few of the scenes had only been
rehearsed once. The unfinished state of the production led 'Trevor Nunn' (qv)
to ask the cast to mill about in the audience, before the curtain,
out of character, to explain the situation to them. This became
part of the production.
# Life of Brian (1979)
- Numerous title changes: ``Monty Python's Life of Brian'', etc.
- More footage of the Judean People's Front crack suicide squad was filmed but
not included. Also edited out was a section during the kidnapping of
Pilate's wife where she thumps Brian on the head.
- CAMEO(George Harrison): Mr Papadopolous, owner of ``The Mount'', who
shakes hands with Brian and gives a very Liverpudlian ``'ullo''.
# Lifeboat (1944)
- Much of the cast caught pneumonia from constant exposure to cold water.
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): in ``before'' and ``after'' pictures in a
newspaper advert for Reduco the Obesity slayer. The pictures were genuine,
as he had just been on a crash diet (although not with the fictional Reduco).
- DIRTRADE(Alfred Hitchcock): [bathroom]: John Kovac's ``BM'' tattoo.
# Light Sleeper (1991)
- In one scene, John LeTour ('Willem Dafoe' (qv)) is shown sitting on his bed
watching old photographs and listening to some CDs. One of the CDs is the
soundtrack from Walter Hill's _Streets of Fire (1984)_ (qv), which was
Dafoe's first starring role.
- The film briefly shown on TV in Ann's home at the beginning is
'Kenneth Anger' (qv)'s cult movie _Scorpio Rising (1964)_ (qv).
# Limelight (1952)
- 'Charles Chaplin' (qv)'s film about a vaudeville comic on the decline
features a scene in which Chaplin, as the elderly Calvero, makes his
comeback in a music hall sketch. The routine, which originally ran 10
minutes, has Calvero performing on stage with an old colleague, played by
'Buster Keaton' (qv). It has been said that while Chaplin was good, Keaton
was sensational. Consequently, Chaplin allowed only a small portion of the
scene to remain in release prints.
# Limit Up (1989)
- CAMEO(Sally Kellerman): night club singer
# Lion King, The (1994)
- The original opening to the film was supposed to have been a quiet
dialogue-heavy sequence. When composer 'Hans Zimmer' (qv) prepared his
interpretation of ``Circle of Life'', he made a extended version so he
would have some flexibility as to what to cut for the film. The
animators were so impressed with the work that they decided to
change the beginning into the currently seen sequence so they could use the
entire work that Zimmer prepared.
- Simba says to Scar ('Jeremy Irons' (qv)) ``You're so weird.'' Scar replies:
``You have no idea!'', the same reply that Irons used in
_Reversal of Fortune (1990)_ (qv).
- One of the bugs that Timon pulls out of a knothole during ``Hakuna Matada''
is wearing Mickey Mouse ears.
- There are various rumours that when Simba collapses on the cliff after
talking with Timon and Pumbaa about stars, the dust that flies off the
cliff forms the letters ``SEX''.
# Lisztomania (1975)
- The ``Millionairess'' and ``Most promising Actress'' as addressed in the
concert scene are none other than Madame von Meck and Alma Mahler from
Ken Russell's previous films _The Music Lovers (1970)_ (qv) and
_Mahler (1974)_ (qv).
- When Liszt ('Roger Daltrey' (qv)) changes into a dress at Carolyne's
command, he changes behind a screen with a painting of royalty. The man in
the painting is 'Pete Townshend' (qv), from the rock band 'The Who' (qv),
of which Daltrey is the lead singer.
- CAMEO(Oliver Reed): the man who seals the door of the ``fumigation'' room at
Carolyne's palace.
- DIRTRADE(Ken Russell): [snake]:The flames of Liszt's piano turn Wagner's
sword into a snake.
- DIRTRADE(Ken Russell): [primary colors]:The "lasers blasts" which destroy
Wagner/Hitler at the end of the film.
# Little Darlings (1980)
- 'Kristy McNichol' (qv) took up smoking as part of the preperation for the
role, but couldn't quit the habit.
# Little Man Tate (1991)
- 'Jodie Foster' (qv) became director after 'Joe Dante' (qv) left due to
creative differences.
# Little Mermaid, The (1989)
- 1,000 different colors were used on 1,100 backgrounds. over one million
drawings were done in total.
- The two minute storm took 10 special effects artists over a year to finish.
- Some versions of the videotape had the likeness of a penis on the cover.
It's the highest tower in the middle of the castle in the background.
- The Tiny Toon Adventure script writer 'Sheri Stoner' (qv) was used as the
model for Ariel. See also _Beauty and the Beast (1991)_ (qv). [or was it
Alyssa Milano?]
# Little Miss Marker (1934)
- 'Adolphe Menjou' (qv) was having difficulty with a particular line in
the script. At the prompting of others on the set, 'Shirley Temple' (qv),
(aged 6) turned to director 'Alexander Hall' (qv) and asked ``Is it too late
to replace Mr. Menjou on this picture?''.
# Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
- Originally included an extended sequence for the song ``The Meek Shall
Inherit''.
- The original ending featured extensive model shots of Audrey 2 wreaking havoc
on the city to the song ``Don't Feed the Plants''. The ending was reshot
after bad preview audience reaction.
# Little Shop of Horrors, The (1960)
- Filmed in just two days and nights.
# Little Women (1994)
- At the end of the credits, the film is dedicated to two persons, one of whom
is 'Polly Klaas' (qv), the 12-year-old girl who was kidnapped from her
Petaluma, California, home in 1993 and later found murdered.
'Wynona Ryder' (qv), much of whose youth was spent in Petaluma, joined in
the highly publicized search effort and made a number of emotional
appeals for the child's safe return.
# Live and Let Die (1973)
- 'Sean Connery' (qv) turned down the then astronomic sum of $5.5 million to
play James Bond.
- 'Roger Moore' (qv)'s first appearance as James Bond.
- UA wanted an American to play Bond: 'Burt Reynolds' (qv), 'Paul Newman' (qv)
and 'Robert Redford' (qv) were all considered. Producer Cubby Broccoli,
however, insisted that the part should be played by a Briton and put
forward Moore. 'Sean Connery' (qv) had previously turned down $5.5 million
to play the role.
- Moore should not have been available for the part since at the time he was
committed to Sir 'Lew Grade' (qv)'s ``The Persuaders'' with
'Tony Curtis' (qv), but when the show flopped in the US he was prematurely
released from his contract. Moore was author 'Ian Flemming' (qv)'s original
choice for Bond, but he was comitted to _"The Saint" (1967)_ (qv) when the
earlier films were in production.
- All of Moore's contracts include an unlimited supply of hand rolled
Monte Cristo cigars (in one 007 movie the final bill comes to 3176.50
pounds).
- Live and Let Die is the first 007 score not to involve 'John Barry' (qv);
former Beatles producer 'George Martin' (qv) does the job instead.
- Unlike the previous four Bond movies, it is not filmed in Panavision.
- The film is titled ``The Dead Slave'' in Japan.
- The power-boat jump over the causeway set the world record for distance:
110 feet. The second boat was not scripted to collide with the police car,
but after this happened while shooting the stunt, the script was changed to
accommodate it.
# Living Daylights, The (1987)
- 'Timothy Dalton' (qv)'s first appearance as James Bond.
'Pierce Brosnan' (qv) was the hot favorite to replace 'Roger Moore' (qv)
but was ruled out because of his contractual obligations to
_"Remington Steele" (1982)_ (qv). Other actors considered included
'Sam Neill' (qv) and 'Finlay Light' (qv).
- 'Maryam d'Abo' (qv) gets a lead role after screen tests with Brosnan.
- The film's title is ``The Breeze of Death'' in Germany.
- The film's title is ``Killing is no Game'' in France.
- In the opening scene at Gibraltar, real military installations were used.
These included a Ministry of Defence road not open to the public. The
machine gun nest on the airstrip was not authentic.
# Lobster Man from Mars (1989)
- 'Orson Welles' (qv) came up with the title for this movie. He had originally
agreed to play the part of the producer, but died before production began.
- On the last day of shooting, director 'Stanley Sheff' (qv) and producer
'Steven Greene' (qv) bought the entire cast and crew an expensive lobster
dinner.
# Lodger, The (1926)
- Hitchcock wanted an ambiguous ending to the film, but the studio wouldn't
allow it to be implied that the lodger might actually be the murderer.
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): a desk in the newsroom early in the film.
Some people claim he also appears later in the crowd lynch scene.
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