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# Player, The (1992)
- The opening tracking shot (6.5 minutes) includes people talking about famous
  long tracking shots in old movies.  The scene was rehearsed for a day, shot
  for half a day.  Fifteen takes were done, five were printed, and the third
  one was used in the film.  The writers pitching stories in that shot are
  relating real stories.
- The following people appear as themselves: 'Steve Allen' (qv),
  'Richard Anderson' (qv), 'Rene Auberjonois' (qv), 'Harry Belafonte' (qv),
  'Shari Belafonte' (qv), 'Karen Black' (qv), 'Michael Bowen' (qv),
  'Gary Busey' (qv), 'Robert Carradine' (qv), 'Charles Champlin' (qv),
  'Cher' (qv), 'James Coburn' (qv), 'Cathy Lee Crosby' (qv),
  'John Cusack' (qv), 'Brad Davis' (qv), 'Paul Dooley' (qv),
  'Thereza Ellis' (qv), 'Peter Falk' (qv), 'Felicia Farr' (qv),
  'Kasia Figura' (qv), 'Louise Fletcher' (qv), 'Dennis Franz' (qv),
  'Teri Garr' (qv), 'Leeza Gibbons' (qv), 'Scott Glenn' (qv),
  'Jeff Goldblum' (qv), 'Elliot Gould' (qv), 'Joel Grey' (qv),
  'David Alan Grier' (qv), 'Buck Henry' (qv), 'Anjelica Huston' (qv),
  'Kathy Ireland' (qv), 'Steve James' (qv), 'Maxine John-James' (qv),
  'Sally Kellerman' (qv), 'Sally Kirkland' (qv), 'Jack Lemmon' (qv),
  'Marlee Matlin' (qv), 'Andie MacDowell' (qv), 'Malcolm McDowell' (qv),
  'Jayne Meadows' (qv), 'Martin Mull' (qv), 'Jennifer Nash' (qv),
  'Nick Nolte' (qv), 'Alexandra Powers' (qv), 'Bert Remsen' (qv),
  'Guy Remsen' (qv), 'Patricia Resnick' (qv), 'Burt Reynolds' (qv),
  'Jack Riley' (qv), 'Julia Roberts' (qv), 'Mimi Rogers' (qv),
  'Annie Ross' (qv), 'Alan Rudolph' (qv), 'Jill St. John' (qv),
  'Susan Sarandon' (qv), 'Adam Simon' (qv), 'Rod Steiger' (qv),
  'Joan Tewkesbury' (qv), 'Brian Tochi' (qv), 'Lily Tomlin' (qv),
  'Robert Wagner' (qv), 'Ray Walston' (qv), 'Bruce Willis' (qv), and
  'Marvin Youn' (qv).  Scenes with 'Jeff Daniels' (qv) playing golf in a
  surgeon's gown at a hospital and 'Patrick Swayze' (qv) showing off karate
  moves were filmed but cut.
- Cher appears at the awards ceremony in a bright red dress, despite the
  invitation specifying ``black and white only.''  In real life, Cher
  never wears red.
- The rushes from the movie being filmed (with Glen and Tomlin) were filmed
  while the actors were rehearsing the scene.



# Pleasure Garden, The (1925)
- 'Alfred Hitchcock' (qv)'s first film was almost doomed when Austrian customs
  officials confiscated the film stock on the journey to do some location
  shooting.
- Although shot a year before, the film wasn't actually released until
  after _The Lodger (1926)_ (qv) was a massive hit.


# Point Break (1991)
- One of the places that Utah follows Bodie ('Patrick Swayze' (qv)) to is
  ``Patrick's Roadhouse''.  Swayze previously starred in
  _Road House (1989)_ (qv).


# Point of No Return (1993)
- CAMEO(Michael Watkins): last guard at the gate during the escape.
- DIRCAMEO(John Badham): room-service waiter.


# Police (1916)
- After 'Charles Chaplin' (qv) left Essanay, the studio reedited this film.


# Police Story (1985)
- 'Jackie Chan' (qv) was hospitalized following the stunt where he flips over
  the balcony and crashes through the glass and light display, as he was
  not breathing.


# Police Story III: Supercop (1992)
- While filming the scene where his character hangs from the side of the
  train, 'Jackie Chan' (qv) was accidentally sideswiped by the helicopter.


# Poltergeist (1982)
- Movie on the TV in an early bedroom scene is _A Guy Named Joe (1943)_ (qv),
  a film about a pilot who returns to the world as a ghost.
- The house which gets sucked into a black hole at the end was actually a
  model about 4 feet across.  The model took several weeks to complete.  The
  scene was shot as follows: camera placed directly above model, which was
  mounted over an industrial strength vacuum generator (the front door was
  facing directly up, straight at the camera).  The model also had about 100
  wires attached to various points of the structure.  These wires went down
  through the back of the house, and down through the vacuum collection sack.
  The camera was turned on, and took 15 seconds to wind up to the required
  300 frames per second.  When ready, the cameraman gave the cue.  The vacuum
  was turned on, the wires were yanked suddenly, and several SFX guys blasted
  the house with pump-action shotguns.
  The entire scene was over in about two seconds, and they had to wait until
  the film was developed before they knew if they would have to do it again.
  When played back at 24 fps, would take approximately 12 seconds for the house
  to collapse.  Luckily, they got it right on the first go.
  Finished scene was sent to 'Steven Spielberg' (qv), who was on location
  shooting _E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)_ (qv).  He gave it to a
  projectionist, who assumed it was just the ``dailys'' from ET.  The scene
  came on, and the projectionist said ``Holy shit!  What was that?'' Spielberg
  had the remains of the model encased in perspex, and it is now sitting on
  his piano.  The model itself was worth well over $25,000.
- Mrs Freeling's line ``Mmmm... smell that mimosa'' is taken directly from
  _The Uninvited (1944)_ (qv).


# Poltergeist III (1988)
- 'Heather O'Rourke' (qv) died shortly before this film was released, and the
  film is dedicated to her memory.  By the time this film was begun, the
  actors who played her on-screen siblings in _Poltergeist (1982)_ (qv) and
  _Poltergeist II (1986)_ (qv) ('Dominique Dunne' (qv) and
  'Oliver Robins' (qv)) had already died, Dunne being murdered.


# Postino, Il (1994)
- Writer/co-director/star 'Massimo Troisi' (qv) postponed heart surgery so he
  could complete the film.  The day after filming was complete, he suffered
  a fatal heart attack.


# Predator (1987)
- The credits say that the Predator was played by 'Kevin Peter Hall' (qv), but
  there are persistent rumours that 'Jean-Claude VanDamme' (qv) performed
  some of the fight sequences.
- ACTTRADE(Arnold Schwarzenegger): ``I'll be back!''


# Predator 2 (1990)
- The skull of a creature that resembles the ones in _Alien (1979)_ (qv) and
  _Aliens (1986)_ (qv) is on the wall in the Predator's trophy room.


# President's Analyst, The (1967)
- [Supposed to be lots in this movie]


# Pretty Woman (1990)
- The working title was ``$3000''.  A early version of the script had Vivian
  ddicted to cocaine; part of the deal was that she had to stay off it for a
  week.  She needed to money to go to Disneyland.  Edward eventually throws
  her out of his car and drives off.  The movie was scripted to end with
  Vivian and her prostitute friend on the bus to Disneyland.
- Roberts' head was superimposed on 'Shelley Michelle' (qv)'s body for the
  poster.  'Richard Gere' (qv)'s hair is brown on the poster, but greying in
  the movie.


# Priest (1994)
- Director 'Antonia Bird' (qv) cut a scene of 'Linus Roache' (qv)'s
  bare buttocks to ensure only an R rating in the USA.


# Prime Time, The (1960)
- Scenes of a naked 'Karen Black' (qv) frolicking in the quarry were
  destroyed after Black had her agent pay the producers to do so.


# Primrose Path, The (1940)
- 'Ginger Rogers' (qv) died her hair brunette for the film, but kept it
  secret until the film was released.  She also wore no makeup in the role.


# Prince of Darkness (1988)
- The credits list ``Martin Quatermass'' as the screenwriter, but it was
  actually 'John Carpenter' (qv).  The pseudonym is a homage to the
  ``Professor Quatermass'' character.


# Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The (1939)
- To give the illusion of baldness, 'Bette Davis' (qv) shaved her head two
  inches in front to show a high forehead under Elizabeth's red wigs.

# Problem Child (1990)
- References to _The Shining (1980)_ (qv).


# Proces, Le (1963)
- 'Orson Welles' (qv) changed the ending (in the novel the lying K is
  killed with the knife) because he did not want to show that a Jew is
  killed like this after the holocaust.


# Producers, The (1968)
- 'Mel Brooks' (qv)' voice is dubbed in for a singer in ``Springtime for
  Hitler''


# Professional Sweetheart (1933)
- Working titles were ``Careless'' and then ``The Purity Girl''.


# Profondo rosso (1975)
- Marcus Daly throws a photo of his former fiancee into the wastebasket, at
  the request of his new girlfriend, Gianna Brezzi ('Daria Nicolodi' (qv)).
  The actual photo he throws away is a picture of 'Marilu Tolo' (qv), former
  girlfriend of director 'Dario Argento' (qv), who subsequently married
  Nicolodi.


# Project A (1983)
- The ``hanging from the clock tower'' stunt is a homage to
  _Safety Last (1923)_ (qv)).  At least three different takes were shot; two
  are shown during the course of the film, and a third at the end under the
  credits.


# Psycho (1960)
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): about 4 minutes in wearing a cowboy hato
  outside Marion's office.
- Considered for the role of Marion were: 'Eva Marie Saint' (qv),
  'Piper Laurie' (qv), 'Martha Hyer' (qv), 'Hope Lange' (qv),
  'Shirley Jones' (qv), and 'Lana Turner' (qv).
- The film only cost $800,000 to make yet has earned more than $40 million.
  Hitchcock used the crew from his TV series to save time and money. In
  1962 exchanged the rights to the film and his TV-series for a huge block
  of MCA's stock (he became their third largest stockholder).
- An early script had the following dialogue: Marion: ``I'm going to spend
  the weekend in bed.'' Texas oilman: ``Bed? Only playground that beats Las
  Vegas.''
- Hitchcock bought the rights to the novel anonymously from Bloch for
  just $9,000. He then bought up as many copies of the novel as he could to
  keep the ending a secret.
- During filming, this movie was referred to as ``Production 9401'' or
  ``Wimpy''.
- The Bates mansion is straight out of the painting ``House by the Railroad''
  (1925) by the American artist Edward Hopper.
- Hitchcock originally intended to open the film with a four-mile dolly
  shot from a helicopter, a scene similar to 'Orson Welles' (qv)' bravura
  opening of _Touch of Evil (1958)_ (qv).  The early motel scene between
  Norman and Marion (Leigh) resembles in many ways another scene from that
  movie featuring Leigh.
- The painting that Norman removes in order to watch Marion undressing is
  a classical painting depicting a rape.
- Hitchcock paid the title sequence designer 'Saul Bass' (qv) (also credited as
  ``Pictorial Consultant'') $2,000 to render storyboards for the famous   
  shower scene but, according to Leigh and Assistant Director
  'Hilton Green' (qv), directed it himself.
- For a shot right at the water stream, the crew had to block off the inner
  holes on the shower head so that the water sprayed past the camera lens. 
- The shower scene has over 90 splices in it, and did not involve
  'Anthony Perkins' (qv) at all.  Perkins was in New York preparing for a play.
- Contrary to popular rumours, during the shooting of the shower scene,
  Hitchcock did not arrange for the water to suddenly go ice-cold when the
  attack started.
- The sound that the knife makes penetrating the flesh is actually the
  sound of a knife stabbing a watermelon.
- Hitchcock originally envisioned the shower sequence as completely silent,
  but Bernard Herrmann went ahead and scored it anyway and Hitch immediately
  changed his mind.
- The blood in the shower scene is actually chocolate sauce.
- The zoom-out shot of Marion Crane's eye is not a still photo.  As the camera
  pulls away from the eye, a mobile and highly visible waterdrop falls from
  her hair to the floor, just right of camera center.  This is also
  substantiated by 'Janet Leigh' (Qv) in a book.
- Hitchcock tested the ``fear factor'' of mother's corpse by placing it in
  Leigh's dressing room and listening to how loud she screamed when
  she discovered it.
- The skull superimposed over Norman's face at the film's conclusion is that 
  of ``Mother.''
- There is a rumor that the this film was not passed for release because it
  was claimed that Janet Leigh's nipple was visible during the shower scene.
  Hitchcock didn't edit it out, but merely sent it back, (correctly, it seems)
  assuming that they either wouldn't bother to watch it, or miss it the second
  time.
- Hitchcock insisted that audiences should only be allowed to see the film
  from the start. This was unheard of back then as people were used to just
  coming in at any point during a movie.  The reason for this was that the
  film was advertised as starring Janet Leigh, but her character is killed in
  the first half of the film.
- After the film's release Hitchcock received an angry letter from the
  father of a girl who refused to have a bath after seeing
  _Diabolique (1954)_ (qv) and now refused to shower after seeing Psycho.
  Hitchcock sent a note back simply saying ``Send her to the dry cleaners''.
- The last shot of Norman Bates' face has a still frame of a human skull
  inserted in it.
- DIRTRADE(Alfred Hitchcock): [bathroom]: The shot of Marion flushing the
  toilet is believed to be the first such shot in American cinema history.
- DIRTRADE(Alfred Hitchcock): [bathroom]: Marion hides in the bathroom to
  count the required number of bills.
- DIRTRADE(Alfred Hitchcock): [hair]: Lila, and Mother.


# PT 109 (1963)
- President Kennedy's person choice of actor to portray him was
  'Warren Beatty' (qv).


# Pulp Fiction (1994)
- 'Quentin Tarantino' (qv) wrote two of the three stories before he wrote
  _Reservoir Dogs (1992)_ (qv) and _True Romance (1993)_ (qv).  After the
  success of those films, he decided to write a third story, intending to have
  each segment directed by a different person.
- The parts of ``Honey Bunny'' and ``Pumpkin'' were written specifically
  for 'Amanda Plumber' (qv) and 'Tim Roth' (qv).
- In the opening sequence with Honey Bunny and Pumpkin, Jules can be heard
  talking about quitting ``the life''.
- ``Big Kahuna Burgers'' first appeared in _True Romance (1993)_ (qv), also
  written by Tarantino.
- The bandaid on Marsellus Wallace's neck was there becuase actor
  'Ving Rhames' (qv) has a scar there that the makeup people felt would
  be too distracting during that scene.
- Mia Wallace's comment ``An Elvis man should love this'' is a references to a
  earlier cut scene where Mia claims that everyone can be classified as either
  an ``Elvis'' person or a ``Beatles'' person.  She bets Vincent that he is
  an ``Elvis'', and he confirms it.
- The book that Vincent reads is ``Modesty Blaise'', but Peter O'Donnell.
- Vincent can be seen heading for the bathroom in the opening scene.
- When Vincent and Lance are attempting to give Mia the adrenalin injection,
  the board games ``Operation'' and ``Life'' are visible in the background.
- The marquee where Butch boxes advertises the following fights: ``Coolidge
  vs Wilson'' and ``Vossler vs Martinez''.  The first is a reference to
  the presidential election contested by 'Calvin Coolidge' (qv) and
  'Woodrow Wilson' (qv), the second is a reference to 'Rand Vossler' (qv) and
  'Jerry Martinez' (qv) are two friends of Tarantino's from when he worked in
  a video store.  See also _Crimson Tide (1995)_ (qv).
- When Butch is approaching his apartment, there is an advertisment for
  Jack Rabbit Slims on the radio.
- Jimmy (Tarantino) is wearing t-shirt bearing the logo of ``Orbit'', a local
  alternative newspaper in Metro Detroit, for which Tarantino did an interview
  when he was promoting _Reservoir Dogs (1991)_ (qv).  See also the WWW-links
  section.
- In _Reservoir Dogs_ (qv) (also written and directed by Tarantino), Nice
  Guy Eddie refers to a nurse named ``Bonnie''.


# Pump Up the Volume (1990)
- 'Lala Sloatman' (qv) (Janie) and 'Ahmet Zappa' (qv) (Jamie) are real life
  cousins, but played girlfriend/boyfriend in the movie.
- 'Christian Slater' (qv) became physically ill several times during
  filming due to all the cigarette smoking he had to do.


# Punch Drunks (1934)
- In the original script treatment, the song used to drive Curly crazy
  was ``Stars and Stripes Forever''.


# Punch Trunk (1953)
- The ship is named after writer 'Michael Maltese' (qv).
- Scientist ``Robert Bruce Cameron'' refers to narrator 'Robert C. Bruce' (qv).
- Radio announcer ``Pratt'' refers to Warner layout artist 'Hawley Pratt' (qv).


# Purple Rose of Cairo, The (1985)
- 'Michael Keaton' (qv) was originally cast in the lead role, and footage was
  shot. Director 'Woody Allen' (qv) decided it wasn't working, and replaced
  Keaton with 'Jeff Daniels' (qv).


# Quatrilho, O (1995)
- The photographer who takes the family picture in the end of the movie is
  'Jose Clemente Pozenato' (qv), the author of the novel which the movie was
  based.


# Queen Kelly (1929)
 - After shooting only one third of the picture (4 hours), director
  'Erich Von Stroheim' (qv) was fired by producer-star 'Gloria Swanson' (qv).
  Two years later, additional footage was shot to complete the picture.
  Since Von Stroheim owned part of the property, he refused to grant releasing
  rights in the U.S. and elsewhere for this bastardized version. It was not
  exhibited in the U.S. until after _Sunset Boulevard (1950)_ (qv), when it
  reveived minor theatrical release and a showing on television in 1966.


# Queen of Outer Space (1958)
- Costumes worn by the ship's officers and Motiya are re-used or copied from
  _Forbidden Planet (1956)_ (qv).


# Quick and the Dead, The (1995)
- A sex scene between Ellen ('Sharon Stone' (qv))and Cort was shot, but
  Stone and director 'Sam Raimi' (qv) decided that it wasn't a necessary part
  of the story.  The scene was not included in the American release of the
  film, but international versions do include it.
- Stone was so insistent that 'Leonard DiCaprio' (qv) appear in the film that
  she paid his salary personally.
- 'Bruce Campbell' (qv) had a cameo appearance during a wedding scene, but
  the scene was cut.


# Quo Vadis? (1951)
- Nero says ``Is this the end of Nero?'' as he dies. That is directly from the
  gangster movie, _Little Caesar (1930)_ (qv), in which Enrico Bandello says
  ``Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?''
- CAMEO(Elizabeth Taylor): an extra
- CAMEO(Sophia Loren): an extra


# Rabbit of Seville (1950)
- A signboard lists the opera's featured cast as Michele Maltese and Carlo
  Jonzi, references to 'Michael Maltese' (qv) and 'Chuck Jones' (qv).


# Race with the Devil (1975)
# Race with the Devil (1975)
- Director 'Jack Starret' (qv) claims he hired real life witches and
- Director 'Jack Starret' (qv) claims he hired real life witches and satanists
  as cult-member extras.
  satanists as cult-member extras.




# Radio Flyer (1992)
- Originally to be directed by writer 'David Mickey Evans' (qv), but he was
  replaced by 'Richard Donner' (qv) due to his inexperience.
- A poster for _X-15 (1961)_ (qv) (also directed by 'Richard Donner' (qv))
  is visible outside the movie theatre.
- The train station n Novato, California where the boys walk the tracks was
  not shown in any detail because it was damaged by fire in the early 1980s.
  The restoration did not begin until 1995.


# Radioland Murders (1994)
- Much of the set, including the exterior of the broadcast building, many
  of the interior walls, and a biplane buzzing a signal tower was computer
  generated.
- 'Anita Morris' (qv) died shortly after the filming of this movie, and
  the film is dedicated to her memory.


# Rafter Romance (1933)
- 'Ginger Rogers' (qv) and 'Norman Foster' (qv) replaced 'Dorothy Wilson' (qv)
  and 'Joel McCrea' (qv) in the lead roles.


# Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy (1941)
- The scissors caricature _Jimmy Durante_ (qv).


# Raging Bull (1980)
- Sound effects for punches landing were made by squashing melons and tomatoes.
  Sound effects for camera flashes going off were sounds of gunshots.  The
  original tapes were deliberately destroyed by the sound technicians, to
  prevent then being used again.
- The scene by the chain link fence where Jack meets his girlfriend was
  ad-libbed.
- 'Robert De Niro' (qv) accidentally broke 'Joe Pesci' (qv)'s rib in a
  sparring scene.  This shot appears in the film: De Niro hits Pesci in the
  side, Pesci groans, and there is a quick cut to another angle.
- Jake (De Niro) asks Joey (Pesci) ``Did you fuck my wife?''.  Director
  'Martin Scorsese' (qv) didn't think that Pesci's reaction was strong enough,
  so he asked De Niro to say ``Did you fuck your mother?''  De Niro complied,
  and Pesci's reaction was kept in the finished movie.
- To visually achieve Jake's growing desparation and diminishing stature,
  Scorcese shot the later boxing scenes in a larger ring.
- De Niro gained over 50 pounds to play the older LaMotta.
- DIRCAMEO(Martin Scorsese): asking Jack to go on stage.


# Raid on Rommel (1971)
- Nearly all the action scenes was footage taken from _Tobruk (1967)_ (qv).


# Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Begins with a shot of a peak in the jungle which is reminiscent of the
  Paramount Pictures logo.  See also 
  _Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)_ (qv), and
  _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)_ (qv))
- 'Tom Selleck' (qv) originally cast as Indiana Jones, but was committed to
  _"Magnum P.I." (1980)_ (qv).
- Jock's airplane at the beginning has the registration number ``OB-3PO'',
  referring to Obi-wan and C-3PO from _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv).
- Script originally included a long fight between a swordsman and Indiana with
  his whip.  Actor 'Harrison Ford' (qv) was suffering diarrhea at the time,
  and asked ``Why don't I just shoot him?'', so they filmed this instead.
- The truck that didn't have Marion in it was flipped over by firing a section
  of a telephone pole through the floorboards.
- Ford badly bruised his ribs during the scene where he is dragged behind
  the truck.
- The hieroglyphics in the map room include engravings of R2-D2 and C-3PO (from
  _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv), etc), however they do not appear on film.
- A fly can be seen crawling into Belloq's mouth (and not reappearing) when
  he threatens the Ark with a bazooka.
- 'Harrison Ford' (qv) did not use a stunt player for the scene where Indy
  is dragged behind the truck.  When asked if he was worried, Ford quipped:
  ``No.  If it really was dangerous, they would have filmed more of the movie
  first.''
- Director 'Steven Spielberg' (qv) was quoted as saying: ``I made it as a
  B-movie... I didn't see the film as anything more than a better made version
  of the Republic serials.''
- DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg): [music]
- DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg): [stars]


# Rain Man (1988)
- The scene where Raymond explains that only Qantas has not crashed is cut
  from the version shown on every major airline except Qantas.
- After being interviewed by the psychiatrist, Raymond ('Dustin Hoffman' (qv))
  leans his head against Charlie's and says ``My main man Charlie''.  This
  was unscripted, and improvised by Hoffman.
- DIRCAMEO(Barry Levinson): psychiatrist determining if Raymond should
  stay with Charlie or not.


# Raising Arizona (1987)
- The acronyms ``P.O.E'' and ``O.P.E.'' spray-painted in the washroom are
  references to
  _Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1963)_ (qv).
- The part of Edwinna was written especially for 'Holly Hunter' (qv).
- [supposedly full of in-jokes and movie references]


# Rambo III (1988)
- Original director 'Russell Mulcahy' (qv) was replaced by
  'Peter MacDonald' (qv) due to creative differences.


# Rancho Notorious (1952)
- Cinematographer 'Hal Mohr' (qv), who had previously photographed
  'Marlene Dietrich' (qv) in _Destry Rides Again (1939)_ (qv) attempted to
  resign from the film due to Dietrich's insistence that he achieve for her
  greater youth-through-lighting than he felt possible.


# Razor's Edge, The (1946)
- 'George Cukor' (qv) was originally assigned to direct, but was fired becuase
  'Darryl F. Zanuck' (qv) did not care for his more literal interpretation of
  the novel.
- 'Betty Grable' (qv) was considered for the role of Sophie.


# Real Genius (1985)
- ACTTRADE(Val Kilmer): Flipping two quarters over his knuckles.


# Rear Window (1954)
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): about an hour into the film, winding the
  clock in the songwriter's apartment.  The songwriter is real-life songwriter
  'Ross Bagdasariam' (qv).
- At the time the set was the largest indoor set built at Paramount Studios.
- The song ``To See You is to Love You'' is playing when Jeff toasts
  Ms. Lonely Hearts.
- The film was unavailable for decades because its rights (together with four
  other pictures of the same periods') were bought back by Hitchcock and left
  as part of his legacy to his daughter. They've been known for long as the
  infamous ``5 lost Hitchcocks'' amongst film buffs, and were re-released in
  theathers around 1984 after a 30-years absence. They are
  _Rear Window (1954)_ (qv), _The Trouble with Harry (1955)_ (qv),
  _Rope (1948)_ (qv), _Vertigo (1958)_ (qv) and
  _The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)_ (qv).
- Hitchcock supposedly hired 'Raymond Burr' (qv) to play Lars Thorwald
  because he could be easily made to look like his old producer
  'David O. Selznick' (qv), whom Hitchcock felt interfered too much.
- Other than a couple of shots near the end and the discovery of the dead
  dog all the shots in the movie originate from Jeff's apartment


# Rebecca (1940)
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): walking past a phone booth just after
  George Sanders makes a call in the final part of the movie.
- The first film Hitchcock made in Hollywood and the only one that won a
  best picture Oscar.
- Just as in the original novel, Mrs. de Winter has no first name.
- Over 20 actors were tested for the role of Mrs. de Winter, eventually going
  to newcomer 'Joan Fontaine' (qv).  One of them was 'Vivien Leigh' (qv), who
  'Laurence Olivier' (qv) was pressing for, as they were a couple at the time.
- Fontaine was treated with disdain by the rest of the British cast.  Olivier
  was particularly harsh, saying to Hitchcock at one point, ``Fontaine's
  horrible, ole boy!''.


# Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
- For the knife fight between Jim ('James Dean' (qv)) and Buzz
  ('Corey Allen' (qv)), the actors used real switchblades and protected
  themselves by wearing chainmail under their vests.


# Red Dawn (1984)
- First film to earn a PG-13 rating.


# Red Heat (1988)
- First western film crew to be allowed to film in Moscow's Red Square.  Many
  of the Moscow scenes, as well as the ``bath-house'' scene were filmed in
  Hungary.
- The bad guy who Ivan Danko shoots on the steps in Moscow was played by one
  of Hungary's leading action-movie actors.  In an interview,
  he said that until he met 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' (qv) and the others in the
  film he thought of himself as a muscular and tough actor.  He subsequently
  described himself as a ``small potato''.


# Red River (1948)
- Filmed in 1946 but held for release for two years, in part due to legal
  problems with 'Howard Hughes' (qv), who claimed it was similar to his
  _The Outlaw (1943)_ (qv).


# Red Tomahawk (1967)
- 'Betty Hutton' (qv) was signed for the lead role, but could not keep up with
  the fast-paced shooting schedule (10-14 days).  She was fired and replaced
  by 'Joan Caulfield' (qv).


# Redemption (1917)
- The plot of this film is not far afield from the scandal of star
  'Evelyn Nesbit' (qv)'s real life, in which her husband murdered famed
  architect 'Stanford White' (qv) in retaliation for his presumed affair with
  Nesbit.
- 'Russell Thaw' (Qv) is Nesbit's real-life son.


# Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
- The role of Major Penderton was extremely physically demanding, and the
  insurance company underwriting the production required proof that star
  'Montgomery Clift' (qv) was fit enough for the role, after his years of
  illness.  Clifts long-time friend 'Elizabeth Taylor' (qv) committed her
  large salary as insurance in order to secure Clift for the role.  Clift
  subsequently died of a heart attack before filming began.


# Regle du jeu, La (1939)
- Director 'Jean Renoir' (qv) recut the film numerous times, due to poor
  initial reception and damage to the negatives during World War II.


# Repo Man (1984)
- Many of the characters are named after beers.
- All purchasable items are labeled generically: ``Food'', ``Beer'', etc.
  This came about after the producers failed to attract any offers of payment
  for product placement.
- All cars (plus the police motorcycle) have Christmas tree air fresheners.
- The Repo Man's code is a parody of 'Issac Asimov' (qv)'s ``Laws of
  Robotics''.  The man who drives around with the dead aliens in his car
  resembles Asimov.
- 'William S. Burroughs' (qv)/_Naked Lunch (1992)_ (qv) allusions: ``Paging Dr
  Benway'' in the hospital and mentioning Bill Lee.
- Otto's co-worker (Kevin) at the supermarket sings the jingle for 7-Up just
  before Mr. Humphries fires them.  Later at Mr. Humphries' house, Kevin can
  be seen in the background, adjusting a TV set that's playing a 7-Up
  commercial.
- Bud gives irate car owner a business card and tells him to call his boss
  ``I.G. Fabin''.  This was the German company that produced poison gas during
  World War II.
- Miller talks about the cosmic unconsciousness: ``You'll be thinking about
  a plate of shrimp, and all of a sudden someone will say plate, or shrimp,
  or plate of shrimp.''  Later, the two Latinos who've stolen the ``Asimov''
  car park outside a diner which features a huge sign in one of its windows
  reading: PLATE O' SHRIMP $2.95.
- When Otto says his name is ``Otto'', Oly says ``Otto parts?''. Later in the
  film Otto turns a corner with a sign saying ``Auto Parts''.
- Graffiti behind the punks dancing in the alley says ``Circle Jerks'', which
  is the name of the band which appears later in the film.
- Lite gives Otto a book called ``Diuretics'' to ``help change your life''. 
  This is a reference to 'L. Ron Hubbard' (qv)'s ``Dianetics''.
- When the entourage enters Bud's hospital room looking for him, the preacher
  on the television can be heard saying ``He has risen!''
- The movie was made by ``edge city productions'' - edge city is a recurring
  theme in 'Tom Wolfe' (qv)'s  ``Electric Kool-Ade Acid Test''.  The
  destination placard on the bus that Otto takes back to his folks' house
  reads ``Edge City''.


# Repulsion (1965)
- DIRCAMEO(Roman Polanski): spoons player


# Requiem For a Heavyweight (1956) (TV)
- 'Ed Wynn' (qv), cast as the role of ``cutman'' Army, was an unusual choice
  for the role.  He was widely known as a stage comedian, but had never
  appeared in a dramatic role. The initial rehersals featuring the elder
  Wynn were so bad that a replacement, 'Ned Glass' (qv), was hired to take his
  place; the rehersals with Glass were held in secret to avoid potential
  conflicts.  'Jack Palance' (qv) worked long hours, including weekends, in
  order to coach Wynn for the performance.  In the end, producer
  'Martin Manulis' (qv) stuck by Wynn.


# Reservoir Dogs (1992)
- The criminals in _The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)_ (qv) all used
  colors to identify each other.
- The actor who plays the lady that Mr Orange ('Tim Roth' (qv)) shoots was
  Roth's dialog coach.  Roth insisted that she take the role, as she was very
  hard on him.
- Director 'Quentin Tarantino' (qv) was going to shoot the film in black and
  white, with his friends as actors.  A friend of his was in an acting class
  given by 'Harvey Keitel' (qv)'s wife.  Keitel saw the script, and was so
  impressed that he immediately signed on and helped raise funds.
- Tarantino wanted 'James Woods' (qv) to play a role in the film, and made
  him five different cash offers.  Woods' agent refused the offers without
  ever mentioning it to Woods as the sums offered were well below what Woods
  would usually receive.  When Tarantino and Woods later met for the first
  time, Woods learn of the offer and was annoyed enough to get a new agent.

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