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   ``R'' rating instead of ``NC-17''.  Editing for the film took 11 months.
- During filming, loud raucous music would be played on the set, and the
  crew would fire shotguns into the air as a way of keeping a frantic mood.
- Director 'Oliver Stone' (qv) inserted footage from many films as a critique
  of violence in the media.  One of them was _Midnight Express (1978)_ (qv),
  which Stone wrote the screenplay for.


# Natural, The (1984)
- Loosely based on the story of Sir Percival from the Arthurian myths:
 - The broken bat = the broken sword
 - Pop Fisher = The Fisher King
 - The team called ``The Knights''


# Nayagan (1987)
- Inspired by the real life story of mafia don 'Varadaraja Mudaliar' (qv).


# Needful Things (1993)
- 'Ed Harris' (qv), 'Bonnie Bedelia' (qv), 'J.T. Walsh ' (qv),
  'Frank C. Turner' (qv), and 'Bill Croft' (qv) have all previously appeared
  in movies based on stories written by 'Stephen King' (qv).


# Nelson and Jeanette (1992) (TV)
- CAMEO (Kathryn Grayson): at a fan club party.


# Never a Dull Moment (1968)
- DIRCAMEO(Jerry Paris): Police Photographer


# Never on Tuesday (1988)
- CAMEO(Cary Elwes): Tow Truck Driver


# Never Say Never Again (1983)
- The film's title was originally ``Warhead'' but was changed and become an in
  joke on 'Sean Connery' (qv)'s refusal to play 007 ever again.  He was
  eventually paid $5 million, which made him the highest paid British actor to
  date.
- 'Orson Welles' (qv) was originally going to play Blofeld, and
  'Trevor Howard' (qv) was to appear as ``M''.
- Author 'Kevin McClory' (qv) (co-writer of _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv)) had
  won the legal right to make his own 007 film as long as production started
  after 1975 and the story was based on _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv).
- McClory enlisted the help of 'Len Deighton' (qv) and Connery when writing the
  script, prior to Connery agreeing to return as Bond.
- An early plot had SPECTRE attacking Wall Street from the sewers of New York
  in giant mechanical sharks.
- There is a rumor that 'Timothy Dalton' (qv) is visible in the casino.  Dalton
  would later play James Bond.


# New Adventures of Tarzan, The (1935)
- Tarzan's chipanzee is called ``Nkima'' (not ``Cheetah''), true to the
  'Edgar Rice Burroughs' (qv) books.


# New York, New York (1977)
- Originally four and a half hours long.  Director 'Martin Scorsese' (qv) cut
  it to 153 minutes, then to 136 minutes.  In 1981 some material (mainly the
  'Happy Endings' sequence) was restored and the film became 163 minutes long.


# New York, New York bis (1984)
- All copies believed lost.
# Newsies (1992)
- Most of the cast trained in dance and martial arts for ten weeks before
  filming commenced.
- Originally intended as a drama, not a musical.


# Niagara (1953)
- 'Jean Peters' (qv) got the role of Polly Cutler after 'Anne Baxter' (qv)
  withdrew.  After her withdrawal, the film was reworked to highlight
  'Marilyn Monroe' (qv).


# Night My Number Came Up, The (1954)
- The script is based on a personal account by Sir Victor Goddard.


# Night of Terror (1933)
- Although 'Edwin Maxwell' (qv) is credited as playing ``The Maniac'', the
  bulk of the role was played by an uncredited and unknown actor.


# Night of the Creeps (1986)
- All the characters are named after horror film directors.


# Night of the Living Dead (1968)
- 'Bill Hinzman' (qv), one of the original $300 investors had a small role
  as a zombie due to a shortage of available talent.
- The blood is actually Hershey's syrup.


# Night on Earth (1991)
- The name of New York taxi driver (Armin Mueller-Stahl) is taken from a member
  of the crew of _Down by Law (1986)_ (qv), also directed by
  'Jim Jarmusch' (qv).  The names of the taxi driver (Mika) and the unlucky
  guy (Aki) are taken from the directors 'Mika Kaurismki' (qv) and
  'Aki Kaurismki' (qv).
- The Roman taxi driver ('Roberto Benigni' (qv)) has an 8-ball as a gearstick
  knob.  In _Down by Law (1986)_ (qv), Benigni played a character who killed
  a man using an 8-ball.


# Night They Raided Minsky's, The (1968)
- The first cut of the film was considered disastrous by all involved.  Film
  editor 'Ralph Rosenblum' (qv) worked for more than a year to save it, with
  director 'William Friedkin' (qv) long gone.  The extensive use of period
  film clips was Rosenblum's idea.  The technique of returning from these
  clips to the movie by starting with a black and white version of a shot and
  changing to color was invented accidentally when the editor's assistant
  couldn't find the color copy of a piece of film fast enough.


# Night to Remember, A (1943)
- The line ``Still here, Miss Evans?'' is a reference to one of the two ladies
  in first class who didn't make it off the Titanic.



# Night Train to Munich (1940)
- Charters and Caldicott are characters who also appeared in
  _The Lady Vanishes, The (1938)_ (qv), also written by 'Sidney Gilliat' (qv)
  and 'Frank Launder' (qv).


# Nightbreed (1990)
- In the last scene of the film, the priest revives Decker
  ('David Cronenberg' (qv)), by sticking his hand into his stomach a tribute
  to Cronenberg's film _Videodrome (1983)_ (qv).


# Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A (1987)
- The scene in which Neil Gordon ('Craig Wasson' (qv)) is thrown into
  the grave and partially buried by the skeleton of Freddy is a tribute to
  _Body Double (1984)_ (qv), in which Wasson's character is similarly buried
  alive.


# Nightmare on Elm Street, A (1984)
- Director 'Wes Craven' (qv) claims to have named Freddy Kruger after a kid
  who bullied him in school.
- Kruger bleeds green.
- Just before Glen is pulled into the bed, the television station announces
  its name: ``KRGR''.
- Freddy Kruger's colors of red and green are contrasted throughout the movie.
- The movie Nancy watches to stay awake is _The Evil Dead (1983)_ (qv).  See
  also _Evil Dead II (1987)_ (qv).
- There is a ripped poster of _The Evil Dead (1983)_ (qv) visible.  See also:
  _The Evil Dead (1983)_ (qv), _The Hills Have Eyes (1978)_ (qv).


# Nikita (1990)
- DIRTRADE(Luc Besson): [reno]
- DIRTRADE(Luc Besson): [music]
- DIRTRADE(Luc Besson): [intro]


# Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)
- Elizabeth wears white or colorful clothing except when she is with John,
  when she wears black or grey.  See also _Dial M for Murder (1954)_ (qv).


# Nine Months (1995)
- Scenes where Samuel ('Hugh Grant' (qv)) is arrested and photographed were
  cut from the film prior to release, following Grant's highly-publicized
  arrest for lewd conduct.


# Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
- 'Humphrey Bogart' (qv) refused the role of Nick Blake.


# North by Northwest (1959)
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): missing a bus at the end of the opening
  credits.
- 'James Stewart' (qv) was very interested in starring in this movie, begging
  Hitchcock to let him play Thornhill.  Hitchcock claimed that
  _Vertigo (1958)_ (qv)'s lack of financial success was because Stewart
  ``looked too old''.
- Roger O. Thornhill claims that the ``O'' stands for ``nothing''.  This is
  a reference to ``David O. Selznick'' (qv), who's  ``O'' also signified
  nothing.
- 'Jessie Royce Landis' (qv) played Thornhill's ('Cary Grant' (qv)'s) mother,
  yet he was 10 months older than her.
- The title might refer to Hamlet's line ``I am mad but north-northwest'',
  where he tries to convince people of his sanity.  The airline that
  they travel on is called ``Northwest Airlines''.
- The shot of Thornhill entering the UN building had to be filmed with a
  hidden camera as Hitchcock wasn't able to get permission to shoot there.
- At one point the movie's title was to be ``The Man in Lincoln's Nose'',
  referring to the final chase sequence on Mount Rushmore.
- The song that's playing in the lobby of the hotel before Thornhill enters
  the Oak Bar is ``It's a Most Unusual Day''.
- The final chase scene was not shot on Mount Rushmore; Hitchcock couldn't
  gain permission to shoot a murder on a national monument.  The scene was shot
  in the studio on a replica of Mount Rushmore.  Furthermore, the murders
  themselves are shot carefully, as to avoid associating the faces of the
  monument with the murder/death.
- DIRTRADE(Alfred Hitchcock): [bathroom]: Thornhill hides in a bathroom
  three times.


# Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
- Originally had ``Dracula'' in the title but 'Bram Stoker' (qv)'s estate
  sued.


# Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979)
- CAMEO(Beverly Walker):


# Notorious (1946)
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): about an hour in, drinking champagne at
  the party in Alexander Sebastian's mansion.
- Hitchcock claimed that the FBI had him under surveillance for three months
  because the film dealt with uranium.
- Producer 'David O. Selznick' (qv) originally wanted 'Vivien Leigh' (qv) to
  play Alicia.
- The original story, ``The Song of the Dragon'' was first published in the
  Saturday Evening Post in November 1921.


# Now, Voyager (1942)
- Producer 'Hal B. Wallis' (qv) originally wanted 'Irene Dunne' (qv) for the
  lead role, but 'Bette Davis' (qv) convinced him otherwise.


# Nuit Americaine, La (1973)
- CAMEO(Graham Greene): Hollywood producer.


# 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.


# O Lucky Man! (1973)
- DIRCAMEO:(Lindsay Anderson) talent scout who slaps Mick


# Octopussy (1983)
- 'Maude Adams' (qv) (Octopussy) previously appeared (and was killed) in
  another James Bond film (_The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)_ (qv)).
  'Faye Dunaway' (qv) and 'Sybil Danning' (qv) were considered for the role.
- 'Vijay Amritraj' (qv) is a professional tennis player in real life.
- The ``company'' taxi used to pick up 007 was specially constructed at
  Pinewood Studios, and capable of speeds in excess of 70mph.
- 'Robert Brown' (qv) appears as ``M'' for the first time.


# Odessa File, The (1974)
- Eduard Roschman was a real-life wanted war criminal living in South 
  America.  He became even more wanted after the book and movie that his body
  turned up dead, rumored to have been killed by Odessa to stop the search
  for him that the media had begun.


# Oktiabr (1927)
- The filming of the assault on the Winter Palace required 11,000 extras,
  and the lighting needs left the rest of the city blacked out.


# Old Dark House, The (1932)
- The father is played by 'Elspeth Dudgeon' (qv), a female.


# Old Homestead, The (1935)
- The Fifth Avenue mansion scenes were actually shot at the New England
  home of 'Denman Thompson' (qv), the playwright whose play is the basis for
  the film.


# Old Maid, The (1939)
- 'Humphrey Bogart' (qv) was originally cast as the male lead, but dismissed
  after four days' filming.


# Olympiasiegerin, Die (1982)
- 'Herbert Achternbusch' (qv)'s mother, 'Ilona Schild' (qv), has been a sport
  trainer who hoped to participate in the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1940.


# Omen, The (1976)
- According to director 'Richard Donner' (qv), a number of parents went home
  after the film and shaved their childrens' heads, looking for a ``666''
  birthmark.


# On Deadly Ground (1994)
- The working titles were ``Spirit Warrior'' and ``Rainbow Warrior''.
- Forrest Taft, played by 'Steven Seagal' (qv), asks the question ``What is
  the essence of man?'' to an oil worker.  This question is posed and answered
  in an aftershave commercial by 'Kelly LeBrock' (qv), who was married to
  Seagal at the time.


# On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
- At 140 minutes, this is in the longest 007 movie.
- 'George Lazenby' (qv) appears for the first and last time as James Bond.
- Originally intended to follow _Goldfinger (1964)_ (qv) then
  _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv).
- Lazenby was previously a car salesman with a part time job as a male model.
- The search for a new Bond was compared with the search for Scarlett O'Hara.
  Lazenby was determined to get the role, he spent most of what money he had
  on a Saville Row suit and a Rolex watch, then while having a Bond type
  haircut Cubby Broccoli walked into the same salon, made the connection and
  later offered him the part.
- Blofeld's headquarters was a partially completed restaurant on top of Mount
  Schilthorn. The owners allowed filming on condition EON paid $125,000 to
  refit the interior and construct a helicopter pad. When the restaurant opened
  it was given the name Piz Gloria used in the film.
- Actors considered for the part of Tracy Draco included 'Bridget Bardot' (qv)
  and 'Catherine Deneuve' (qv). 'Diana Rigg' (qv) was finally chosen partly
  because of her appearance as Emma Peel in British TV's spy series ``The
  Avengers''.
- Lazenby and Rigg were rumored to have had a bad relationship on set.  One
  of the more ridiculous suggestions was that Rigg ate garlic before filming
  the love scenes.
- Director 'Peter Hunt' (qv) had previously edited many 007 movies, the job of
  editor (and second unit directing) went to 'John Glenn' (qv).
- Lyrics were originally intended for 'John Barry' (qv)'s main theme, but were
  later rejected in favor of 'Louis Armstrong' (qv)'s memorable rendition of
  ``We Have All The Time In The World''.
- Lazenby was originally offered a three picture deal, but when this film
  performed badly at the box office he rejected the contract believing that
  being associated with a series which he thought had no commercial future
  would harm his career.


# On Our Merry Way (1948)
- 'Charles Laughton' (qv) had a small role as a minister which, for some
  reason, wound up on the cutting room floor.  'David O. Selznick' (qv), upon
  hearing this, offered to buy the film in order to release the Laughton scene
  as a short, scrapping the rest of the picture.  His offer was refused.


# On the Waterfront (1954)
- Inspired by a Pulitzer Prize willing series of newspaper articles,
  published in the New York Sun titled ``Crime on the Waterfront'' by
  'Malcolm Johnson' (qv).
- 'Arthur Miller' (qv) was approached by 'Elia Kazan' (qv) to write the
  screenplay, but he turned it down because he felt that Kazan might have
  named him as a Communist during his secret appearance before the House
  Un-American Activities Committee.
- At the hearing, Slim gives his name as ``Malden Skulovich'', which is
  co-star 'Karl Malden' (qv)'s real name.


# One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
- 'Ken Kesey' (qv), who wrote the original novel, said he will never watch the
  movie version.
- 'Jack Nicholson' (qv) disappeared two months before filming started.  When
  the crew arrived at the mental hospital to start filming, they discovered
  that he had admitted himself as a patient, and had been living there since
  disappearing.
- Many extras were authentic mental patients.
- There is a rumor that Nicholson underwent ECT therapy during the scene were
  his character does.


# One Froggy Evening (1955)
- The building in the closing scenes is the Tregoweth Brown building, a
  reference to film editor 'Treg Brown' (qv).


# One from the Heart (1982)
- Set entirely in Las Vegas, but completely filmed on a sound stage.


# One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
- Someone counted all black spots in the movie, frame-by-frame, and reached
  the total of 6,469,952.


# One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
- 'Marlon Brando' (qv) replaced 'Stanley Kubrick' (qv) as director.


# Only Game in Town, The (1970)
- 'Frank Sinatra' (qv) was originally cast as Joe Grady, but walked out after
  production had started.  He was replaced by 'Warren Beatty' (qv).  See also
  _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)_ (qv).


# Orchestra Wives (1942)
- 'Lynn Bari' (qv)'s singing was dubbed by 'Pat Friday' (qv).


# Ordres, Les (1974)
- CAMEO(Louise Portal): [Richard Lavoie]'s wife


# Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944)
- [Skinner and Kimbrough], on whose memoirs the film is based, worked on
  the script but were not credited.


# Out of Rosenheim (1988)
- The shadow of the camera crew is visible while the credits for the
  cinematographer are on the screen.


# Out of this World (1945)
- 'Bing Crosby' (qv) dubbed 'Eddie Bracken' (qv)'s singing.


# Outbreak (1995)
- The role of Sam Daniels was originally intended for 'Harrison Ford' (qv).


# Outpost in Morocco (1949)
- Extras were provided by the French foreign Legion and the Moroccan Spahis
  Cavalry.


# Outsiders, The (1983)
- The letter jacket that the ``soc'' is wearing as he challenges Darrel is the
  letter jacket from the High School that author 'S.E. Hinton' (qv) attended.
- CAMEO(S.E. Hinton): nurse.


# Over the Fence (1917)
- The umpire is played by 'Harold Lloyd' (qv)'s father.
- Tiring of the ``Lonesome Luke'' character, Lloyd wanted to try
  something new and introduced, in this film, the ``glasses character''
  which made him famous.


# Overboard (1987)
- CAMEO(Garry Marshall):
- CAMEO(Hector Elizondo): skipper


# Pacific Heights (1990)
- DIRCAMEO(John Schlesinger): man in the hotel elevator.


# Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
- 'Raymond McCarey' (qv) receives co-directorial credit, but it is widely
  accepted that 'George Marshall' (qv) was the sole de facto director.
- CAMEO(Marvin Hatley): a soldier in the battlefield scene.


# Pajama Party (1964)
- CAMEO(Buster Keaton):
- CAMEO(Frankie Avalon):
- CAMEO(Don Rickles):


# Pals (1987) (TV)
- In the scene where Mrs. Stobbs is deciding what to take and what she can
  leave. She picks up a photo and says: ``I can't leave this. It's a picture
  of Captain Hank Stanley from 'Emergency!'''. The movie's writer,
  'Michael Norell' (qv), played Hank Stanley in _"Emergency!" (1972)_ (qv).


# Panthea (1917)
- 'Erich Von Stroheim' (qv), hired as an assistant director and also to play
  the leader of a troop of soldiers, was so realistic in his sadistic
  treatment of his men that the actors rebelled and beat him up.  Director
  'Allan Dwan' (qv) removed him from the cast for his own protection.


# Paradine Case, The (1947)
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): getting off a train at the Cumberland
  station carrying a cello (see also his cameo in
  _Strangers on a Train (1951)_ (qv)).
- An exact replica of the Old Bailey courtroom was constructed for
  the court scenes.


# Parasite (1982)
- Originally shown in 3D.


# Pardon My Scotch (1935)
- 'Moe Howard' (qv) broke his ribs and fainted after falling from a
  sawed-in-half table.


# Pardon Us (1931)
- Four foreign language versions were also shot: ``Les Verrous'' (French),
  ``Hinter Schloss und Riegel'' (German), ``Muraglie'' (Italian) and ``De
  Bote en Bote'' (Spanish).  'Stan Laurel' (qv) and 'Oliver Hardy' (qv) spoke
  their lines phonetically, and many supporting roles were recast, including
  _Boris Karloff_ (qv) playing ``The Tiger''" in the French version.
- Several scenes were shot but deleted from the final theatrical print, which
  ran 56 minutes. The first ending showed the boys in gray-bearded old age
  reminiscing about their misadventures.
- CAMEO(Hal Roach) Marching in front of Oliver after his recapture.
- DIRCAMEO(James Parrott) Marching next to Oliver after his recapture.


# Partie de campagne, Une (1936)
- CAMEO(Georges Bataille): in the procession of priests and seminarians
- CAMEO(Henri Cartier-Bresson): in the procession of priests and seminarians


# Paths of Glory (1957)
- Director 'Stanley Kubrick' (qv) met his second wife 'Christiane Harlan' (qv)
  during filming.  Harlan performs the singing at the end of the film.
- DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick): [faces]: Paris, when he's about to strike
  Private Arnaud.


# Patriot Games (1992)
- 'Alec Baldwin' (qv) played Jack Ryan in
  _The Hunt for Red October (1990)_ (qv), but 'Harrison Ford' (qv) replaced
  him for this and future films based on 'Tom Clancy' (qv)'s novels.  Rumours
  give the reason as either Baldwin's ``unprofessional behavior'' during the
  making of _The Hunt for Red October (1990)_ (qv), or his supposed demand of
  $4 million.  The official version is that Baldwin had a scheduling
  conflict.
- 'Gates McFadden' (qv) played Cathy Ryan in
  _The Hunt for Red October (1990)_ (qv), but was played by 'Anne Archer' (qv)
  in _Patriot Games (1992)_ (qv).
- Clancy's novel had the Prince and Princess of Wales as the target of the
  attempted kidnapping.
- The line ``There's never been a terrorist attack on American soil'' was
  included in trailers for movie, but was left out of theatrical release
  because it sounded too much like an invitation or dare.  


# Patriot, The (1928)
- Some sources credit 'Gary Cooper' (qv) with a role in this film, but
  there is no supporting evidence of his participation in the filming.


# Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
- Charlie ('Nicholas Cage' (qv)) beggs Peggy to marry him, saying he doesn't
  know what the future might bring: he might lose his arm, even.  In Cage's
  next role (_Moonstruck (1987)_ (qv), Cage played a baker who has lost his
  arm.


# Per qualche dollaro in piu' (1965)
- DIRTRADE(Sergio Leone): [theme]: Monco, Colonel Morimer, and Indio.
- DIRTRADE(Sergio Leone): [close-up]


# Perfect Day (1929)
- The picnic was supposed to occupy the second reel, but the gags in the
  preparation and departure got so involved that they filled  the entire two
  reels.


# Perfect World, A (1993)
- Butch ('Kevin Costner' (qv)) and Philip visit a Friendly Dept Store, outside
  of which there is a poster advertising _Bull Durham (1988)_ (qv), in which
  Costner also starred.


# Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo (1992) (TV)
- 'Geraldo Rivera' (qv) a plays Ted Mayne, whose lifestyle is remarkably
  similar to Rivera's.


# Pet Sematary (1989)
- CAMEO(Stephen King): minister at the funeral.


# Petrified Forest, The (1936)
- 'Leslie Howard' (qv) and 'Humphrey Bogart' (qv) had played the same roles in
  the stage version.  Warner Brothers wanted to put Howard in the film but
  replace Bogart with 'Edward G. Robinson' (qv).  Howard insisted on Bogart,
  and Robinson was happy to step aside from yet another gangster role.


# Phantasm III (1993)
- The scene where the Cadillac hearse hits a rock and sails through the air
  was not scripted in that way.  The car was supposed to go a short distance
  and then roll over.  The director said that he wanted the approach at
  17mph, but the stunt driver thought he said 70.


# Phantom of Crestwood, The (1932)
- The film was originally presented as a radio serial with the final
  episode left out! If the listener wanted to know the ending, they
  had to watch the film.


# Phantom of the Opera, The (1925)
- 'Edward Sedgwick' (qv) directed a few scenes after disagreements between
  himself and director 'Rupert Julian' (qv).
- 'Lon Chaney' directed the ``Bal Masque'' part.
- Chaney devised his own make-up.


# Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
- The studio owner (Mary Philbin) was named after the star of
  _Phantom of the Opera (1925)_ (qv).
- The ``Death Records'' secretary's card index includes files on
  'Alice Cooper' (qv), 'David Geffen' (qv), 'Bette Middler' (qv),
  'Peter Fonda' (qv), 'Dick Clark' (qv) and 'Kris Kristofferson' (qv).
- CAMEO(Rod Serling): introductory voiceover.


# Phenomena (1985)
- The majority of the cast did their own dubbing for the English-language
  version.


# Philadelphia (1993)
- 'Tom Hanks' (qv) lost 12kg during his role for this film.


# Pink Floyd - The Wall (1981)
- The film was originally to have included live footage of five performances
  of Pink Floyd in concert at London's Earl's Court, however none of the
  resulting footage was deemed suitable.
- During ``The Thin Ice'', Pink ('Bob Geldof' (qv)) can be seen floating
  in a swimming pool.  Geldof (who is infamous for his dislike of baths)
  couldn't swim, and instead was supported in similar manner to that used
  for the flying sequences in _Superman (1978)_ (qv).
- The shot of Mother when young Pinky is asking a girl to dance reveals
  the ``mask'' on the curtains behind her.
- 'Jenny Wright' (qv) wasn't told that Geldof would be throwing that bottle at
  her, so her reaction of ducking was totally spontaneous.
- Scene for the song ``Hey You'' was filmed.  It showed British police in riot
  gear facing off against a mob.  Author 'Roger Waters' (qv) asked this reel
  to be cut.
- The poetry that young Pink was caught with during ``The Happiest Days of Our
  Lives'' is the second verse from ``Money'', off 'Pink Floyd' (qv)'s ``Dark
  Side of the Moon''.  Far from being ``absolute rubbish'', this album stayed
  longer on the Billboard chart than any other album: more than 700 weeks.
- Director 'Alan Parker' (qv) walked out on this project many times, probably
  due to and ego clash with 'Roger Waters' (qv).  Waters was annoyed at
  Parker, who didn't like the way that he wanted to make it a cult film. Pink
  Floyd's next album ``The Final Cut'' contains the following lyrics (written
  by Waters):
        ``Not now John, we've gotta get on with the film show:
         Hollywood waits at the end of the rainbow.
         Who cares what it's about, as long as the kids go?
         So not now John I've gotta get on with the show.''
  Parker refers to this film as ``the most expensive student film ever made.''
- The lyrics sung by Pink as he huddled in the bathroom stall later
  resurfaced in ``Moment of Clarity'' in Waters' solo album: ``The Pros and
  Cons of Hitch-Hiking'' He also uses some lines which surfaced in Pink
  Floyd's next album, ``The Final Cut''.  Waters originally presented the band
  with the concepts for both ``The Wall'' and ``Pros and Cons'', and the band
  decided to do ``The Wall''.
- ``The Final Cut'' was originally planned to be a soundtrack of the film.
  A single with ``When the Tygers Broke Free'' and ``Bring the Boys Back Home''
  was released in the UK, stating that these songs were taken from the
  forthcoming album.
- The shot during Pink's destruction of his hotel room of him grabbing the
  jagged glass in the window is real.  Geldof also cut his hand while ripping
  apart the closet doors, and his nipples during the shaving scene.
- Real skinheads used in the neo-Nazi segment.
- The scene in which Pink is calling his home from the United States and is
  very depressed to hear a man's voice was made by actually placing a call to
  England through a random, unsuspecting AT&T operator. The conversation
  was recorded and played over the filmed sequence.
- During the crowd devotion scenes there was going to be a shot of members
  of the audience's  heads exploding as they wildly cheered, loving every
  minute of it.  Waters decided that it could not be accomplished without
  making it comic.
- CAMEO(Roger Waters): supposedly in the brief shot of Pink's wedding
  during ``Another Brick in the Wall Pt III''.
- Song changes from album:
 -      When the Tigers Broke Free      - added
 -      In the Flesh?                   - extended/re-recorded
 -      The Thin Ice                    - extended/re-mixed
 -      Another Brick in the Wall 1     - unchanged
 -      The Happiest Days of Our Lives  - re-mixed
 -      Another Brick in the Wall 2     - re-mixed
 -      Mother                          - re-recorded/lyrics changed
 -      Goodbye Blue Sky                - re-mixed
 -      Empty Spaces                    - re-recorded/lyrics changed to
                                          match the original album sleeve.
 -      What Shall We Do Now?           - added
 -      Young Lust                      - unchanged
 -      One of My Turns                 - unchanged
 -      Don't Leave Me Now              - changed
 -      Another Brick in the Wall 3     - re-recorded
 -      Goodbye Cruel World             - unchanged
 -      Hey You                         - not included 
 -      Nobody Home                     - unchanged
 -      Is There Anybody Out There?     - unchanged
 -      Vera                            - unchanged
 -      Bring the Boys Back Home        - extended
 -      Comfortably Numb                - unchanged
 -      The Show Must Go On             - not included
 -      In the Flesh                    - re-recorded
 -      Run Like Hell                   - shortened
 -      Waiting for the Worms           - shortened
 -      Stop                            - re-recorded
 -      The Trial                       - unchanged
 -      Outside the Wall                - re-recorded.


# Pink Panther, The (1963)
- The role of Inspector Clouseau was originally offered to
  'Peter Ustinov' (qv).  Despite being relatively unknown internationally,
  'Peter Sellers' (qv) was offered the part, and was paid 90000 pounds.
- Sellers modeled the character of Clouseau on the trademark of a box 
  of matches which includes an image of Captain Matthew Webb, who in 1875
  became the first person to swim the channel (his heroic moustache and 
  proud stance are both mimicked).  To lose weight, Sellers took dieting pills
  for a year.
- In the bath scene with Capucine and 'Robert Wagner' (qv), an industrial
  strength foaming agent is used which burnt both of the stars' skin.  Wagner,
  who was completely immersed at one point, became blind for four weeks.
- The ``sequel'', _A Shot in the Dark (1964)_ (qv) actually premiered before 
  _The Pink Panther (1964)_ (qv).


# Pinocchio (1940)
- Cut scenes:
 - Extended scene of Pleasure Island.
 - Geppetto tells Pinocchio about his grandfather, an old pine tree.
- Scenes of the woodlands and the forest fire later used in
  _Bambi (1942)_ (qv).


# Piranha II: The Spawning (1981)
- Credit for directing this film was given to 'James Cameron' (qv).  Most of
  the work was actually performed by 'Ovidio Assonitis' (qv), the film's
  producer and prolific film-maker.  Assonitis was dissatisfied with Cameron's
  progress after the first week and took over - Cameron assisted and the two
  shared in editing.


# Pirate, The (1948)
- 'Gene Kelly' (qv) fought to get the Nicholas Brothers
  ('Fayard Nicholas' (qv) and 'Harold Nicholas' (qv)) included in the movie.
- When one dance sequence was being rehearsed, 'Harold Nicholas' (qv) was
  just going through the motions, and 'Gene Kelly' (qv) accused him of not
  knowing the routine - so Nicholas danced the whole routine, alone,
  full-out and flawlessly.  Kelly was speechless.

 Vagabond King, The (1930)
- This film is presumed lost.  Please check your attic.


# Plan 9 from Outer Space (1958)
- Funded by a Baptist church, the entire cast let themselves be baptised.
- Contrary to popular belief, 'Bela Lugosi' (qv) did not die during the making
  of the film.  His brief scenes are actually stock footage left over from one
  of director 'Edward D. Wood Jr.' (qv)'s uncompleted projects. After Lugosi's
  death, Wood rewrote the screenplay to incorporate this footage.
- Lugosi's part was taken over by the director's wife's chiropractor, who was
  significantly taller than Lugosi, and played the part with a cape covering
  his face.
- Wood's original (and preferred) title for his masterpiece was
  ``Grave Robbers from Outer Space.''
- Internationally recognized as the worst movie ever made.


# Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
- At the beginning of the movie, Neal Page races a character played by
  'Kevin Bacon' (qv) for a taxi.  Later, Neal phones his wife to tell her that
  he has been delayed (again), in the background, you can here the fight from
  _She's Having A Baby (1988)_ (qv) (also directed by 'John Hughes' (qv))
  between 'Kevin Bacon' (qv) and 'Elizabeth McGovern' (qv), when she screams
  that she does n't like his friend's girlfriend.



# Platoon (1986)
- The role of Chris was originally offered to 'Kyle MacLachalan' (qv), who
  turned it down.
- DIRCAMEO(Oliver Stone): An officer at the bunker which gets destroyed
  by a suicide runner.


# Play It Again, Sam (1972)
- Obvious references to _Casablanca (1942)_ (qv).


# Play Misty for Me (1971)
- 'Don Siegel' (qv) played the bartender, and directed Clint Eastwood
 (director of this film) in _Dirty Harry (1971)_ (qv).

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