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  Tarantino avoided telling Woods which role he was offered ``becuase the
  actor who played the role was magnificent anyway''.  It is widely
  accepted that the role that Tarantino was referring to was Mr. Orange.
- References to _The Wild Bunch (1969)_ (qv).
- See also _True Romance (1993)_ (qv).


# Return of Chandu, The (1934)
- Serial also released as two features, ``Return of Chandu'' (using chapters
  one through five) and ``Chandu on the Magic Island'' (chapters six through
  twelve).
- Uses the great gate set from _King Kong (1933)_ (qv) for its temple.


# Return of Dr. X, The (1939)
- 'Boris Karloff' (qv) was to star as Dr. X.
- 'Humphrey Bogart' (qv) said of this film: ``This is one of the pictures
  that made me march in to 'Jack Warner' (qv) and ask for more money again.
  You can't believe what this one was like.  I had a part that somebody like
  'Bela Lugosi' (qv) or Boris Karloff should have played.  I was this doctor,
  brought back to life, and the only thing that nourished this poor bastard
  was blood.  If it had been Jack Warner's blood, or Harry's, or Pop's, maybe
  I wouldn't have minded as much.  The trouble was, they were drinking mine
  and I was making this stinking movie.''


# Return of Sherlock Holmes, The (1987) (TV)
- The book that Ms. Houston is reading at her desk was written
  by Jessica Fletcher of _"Murder, She Wrote" (1984)_ (qv).


# Return of the Jedi (1983)
- SFX crew claim to have included a ``sneaker'' as one of the spaceships in a
  complex dog-fight scene.
- Jabba's sail barge was filmed in Yuma, Arizona.  The film crew had problems
  avoiding the 35,000 dune buggy enthusiasts in the area.  To preserve secrecy,
  the producers claimed to be making a horror film called ``Blue Harvest
  (Horror beyond your imagination)'', and even had caps and t-shirts made up
  for the crew.  A chain-link fence and a 24-hour security service could not
  prevent die-hard fans from entering the set and sneaking some photographs.
- Experiments with a computer to generate a random but logical language for
  some creatures produced a dialect of Greek.
- Luke's hand gets shot.  Leia gets shot in the shoulder.  Luke cuts off Darth
  Vader's hand.  See also _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv) and
  _The Empire Strikes Back (1980)_ (qv).
- The main chamber of Jabba's palace is connected to the entrance by a short
  flight of steps.  When filming the scene where R2-D2 enters the chamber
  it was discovered that the droid could not roll down the stairs.  In the
  movie we see R2-D2 approaching the stairs, then the camera moves
  to the left past the steps and the droid re-enters the field of view, having
  been manually hauled down the stairs.
- The dancer that Jabba drops into the Rancor pit loses her top as she falls
  in.
- 'Carrie Fisher' (qv)'s birthmark (near the small of her back) is visible in
  the desert scene where she turns her back to the camera to swing around a
  mounted laser gun.
- Rumor has it that Nien Numb speaks a Kenyan dialect, and one of his lines
  is ``One thousand herds of elephants are standing on my foot''.
- Lando Calrissian and The Millenium Falcon originally scripted to perish in
  the Death Star explosion, but this was changed after a poor preview audience
  reception.  Note Han's line when Calrissian leaves in the Falcon: ``...like
  I'm not going to see her again...''
- It is rumored that a different ending was shot, but discarded later
  on. It featured the (long awaited) marriage between Leia Organa and
  Han Solo. Dark Horse's Comic ``Dark Empire'' is based on that fact and
  presents Han and Leia as a married couple.
- 'Denis Lawson' (qv), who played Wedge Antilles in _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv)
  and _The Empire Strikes Back (1980)_ (qv) plays Wedge in this film, despite
  the rumours to the contrary which were caused by his name being misspelt
  (``Dennis Lawson'') in the credits of _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv).  Intense
  debate on Usenet prompted Jarod Nash to write a letter to Lawson,
  asking for clarificaion.  Lawson confirmed that he indeed played in all
  three movies.
- Among the aliens in Jabba the Hutt's entourage are ones named ``Klaatu,'' 
  ``Barada'' and ``Nikto,'' after the command given to the robot Gort in
  _The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)_ (qv). The aliens are not referred
  to by name in the film, nor do they have any lines.  Klaatu is the character
  who tries to push Luke into Sarlacc.
- The name ``Ewok'' is never used to refer to the teddy-bear creatures in the
  film, though it does appear in the credits.
- The following characters ``have a bad feeling about this'': C-3PO, Han, and
  Lando.
- The Endor shots were filmed near Crescent City, California.  Forest work was
  especially hard on the Ewok actors.  Production Assistant Ian Bryce arrived
  on the set one day to find a note from the Ewok actors saying that they had
  all had enough and they were on their way to the airport.  Bryce tried to
  drive to the airport, but got a flat tire not far from the set.  He found
  another car and was about to leave when the Ewok's bus pulled up, and all
  the Ewok actors got off wearing ``Revenge of the Ewok'' t-shirts.
- Darth Vader's body was played by 'David Prowse' (qv), his voice by
  'James Earl Jones' (qv), and his face by 'Sebastian Shaw.
- One of the songs that the Ewoks sing sounds like: ``Det luktar flingor har'',
  which is Swedish for ``It smells of cereal here.''  Another song sounds
  identical to a song sung in _Caveman (1981)_ (qv).
- The title ``Revenge of the Jedi'' was leaked early in production, so that
  pirated merchandise could be easily spotted when the film was released.  The
  official reason for the change was that ``...a Jedi would not take revenge''.
  Some authentic pre-release movie posters actually had ``Revenge'', and are
  worth a lot of money today.
- Portions of the partially completed Death Star model resemble the San
  Francisco skyline.


# Reversal of Fortune (1990)
- CAMEO(Julie Hagerty): Alexandra


# Revolution francaise, La (1989)
- Originally filmed in English as well as French in order to allow a
  broader release.


# Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
- 'Sally Sweetlamd' (qv) dubbed 'Joan Leslie' (qv)'s singing


# Richter und sein Henker, Der (1976)
- ``Friedrich'' is consulted to shed some light on Kommissar Baerlach's
  motives.  Friederich is played by 'Friedrich Duerrenmatt' (qv), who
  wrote the book on which the movie is based.


# Ricochet (1991)
- 'Mary Ellen Trainor' (qv) played report Gail Wallens, a character she also
  played in _Die Hard (1988)_ (qv).


# Ride, Cowboy, Ride (1939)
- 'George Reeves' (qv)' character was called ``Sam Brenner'' in much of the
  publicity material for the film, as well as on production report.  In the
  final script and on film, he plays ``Pancho Dominguez.''


# Right Stuff, The (1983)
- ``Beemans'' is the lucky gum of pilots.  See also
  _The Rocketeer (1991)_ (qv).
- CAMEO(Chuck Yeager): the bartender.


# Rio Grande (1950)
- Although playing the same character as in _Fort Apache (1948)_ (qv),
  'John Wayne' (qv)'s character is spelt with an extra ``e'' at the end.


# Rising Sun (1993)
- 'Michael Crichton' (qv), author of the book and co-author of the screenplay,
  wrote Connor with 'Sean Connery' (qv) in mind.


# River of No Return (1954)
- The film ran over schedule and budget due to mishaps caused when directoro
  'Otto Preminger' (qv) insisted that actors perform their own stunts for the
  scenes of the raft struggling down the rapids.  On one occasion,
  'Marilyn Monroe' (qv) had to be saved from drowning when her boots filled
  with water, and on another occasion, she and 'Robert Mitchum' (qv) had to
  be rescued when their raft became stuck on a rock and was on the verge
  of overturning.


# River Wild, The (1994)
- An exhausted 'Meryl Streep' (qv) balked when director 'Curtis Hanson' (qv)
  asked her to shoot one more scene before filming finished for the end of
  the day, however, she decided to attempt it.  Swept off the raft, she
  was in real danger of drowning before she was rescued.  Returning upriver,
  she told a pale and shaking Hanson that ``in the future, when I say I can't
  do something, I think we should believe me.''  Hanson hastily agreed.
- Roarke ('Joseph Mazzello' (qv)) can be seen wearing a ''Ministry' (qv)'
  hat.  Ministry composed part of the sound track for the film.


# Road Show (1941)
- CAMEO(Shemp Howard): Moe Parker.  The character was named after Howard's
  brother and fellow Stooge, 'Moe Howard' (qv).


# Road to Galveston (1996) (TV)
- Writer 'Tony Lee' (qv) is the grandson of 'Peggy Lee' (qv), the model on
  whom the character of Jordan Roosevelt is based.


# Road to Hong Kong, The (1962)
- 'Joan Collins' (qv) was given the female lead in this final ``Road'' picture
  and 'Dorothy Lamour' (qv), a small cameo appearance.  When Lamour balked, and
  since financial backing hinged on her participation in the project, her
  role was enlarged.


# Roaring Twenties, The (1939)
- The character of Panama Smith was partially based on actress and
  nightclub hostess 'Texas Guinan' (qv).


# Roberta (1935)
- During ``I Won't Dance,'' 'Ginger Rogers' (qv) sings to 'Fred Astaire' (qv):
  ``But when you dance you're charming and you're gentle/ Especially when you
  do the Continental,'' referring to the dance in their previous film,
  _The Gay Divorcee (1934)_ (qv). The two then strike a pose from
  that number while the band plays a riff.
- Bugle call: see also _The Gay Divorcee (1934)_ (qv),
  _Follow the Fleet (1936)_ (qv).


# Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
- Scenes in trailers, but not in the film:
 - Robin shoots an arrow that flies around tree, brakes, swerves, and
   eventually completely misses target on a tree, splitting the tree in
   half.
 - Prince John is in the bath and commands his bubble-blowers for more
   bubbles.  When they comply, he says something to the effect of ``That's
   right.  Now we've got it going.''
- There is a rumor that the idea for this film came when a studio executive
  turned to his son and jokingly demanded ``Give me an idea for a sure-fire
  hit, or else!''  The boy replied ``That's easy.  Do a parody of Robin Hood.''
- The hangman in this film is played by 'Robert Ridgely' (qv), who played the
  hangman in _Blazing Saddles (1974)_ (qv), also directed by 'Mel Brooks' (qv).
- There is a quick shot of the prince's guards coming out of a hallway.
  The camera angle and marching drums are almost exactly like the opening
  credits of the TV series ``Hogan's Heroes''.
- References to: _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)_ (qv),
  _The Godfather (1972)_ (qv), _The Freshman (1990)_ (qv),
  _Blazing Saddles (1974)_ (qv), _White Men Can't Jump (1992)_ (qv),
  _History of the World: Part I (1981)_ (qv), _JFK (1991)_ (qv),
  _Malcolm X (1992)_ (qv), _On the Waterfront (1954)_ (qv).


# Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
- Rumour has it that 'Kevin Costner' (qv) wanted to use a British accent, but
  director 'Kevin Reynolds' (qv) didn't want him to.  Supposedly, Costner
  would affect the accent when he was arguing with Reynolds, but not when they
  were in agreement.  Costner claims that he was initially asked to use
  an accent, but this was stopped when he did it poorly.
- CAMEO(Sean Connery): King Richard.  Connery got $250,000 for two days
  work.  He donated it to charity.


# Robocop (1987)
- The computer that Robocop looks up criminal records on is actually a Northern
  Telecom telephone switch.
- The point-of-view shots from Robocop include references to MS-DOS.


# Robocop 2 (1990)
- The point-of-view shots from Robocop include references to MS-DOS, while the
  point-of-view shots from Robocop 2 feature a Apple MacIntosh-style interface,
  with a skull instead of the Apple logo.
- Robocop's new directives are:
 - DIRECTIVE 233  Restrain hostile feelings
 - DIRECTIVE 234  Promote positive attitude
 - DIRECTIVE 235  Suppress aggressiveness
 - DIRECTIVE 236  Promote pro-social values
 - DIRECTIVE 246  Don't rush traffic lights (repeated below)
 - DIRECTIVE 254  Encourage awareness
 - DIRECTIVE 256  Discourage harsh language
 - DIRECTIVE 258  Commend sincere efforts
 - DIRECTIVE 261  Talk things out
 - DIRECTIVE 262  Avoid Orion meetings
 - DIRECTIVE 266  Smile
 - DIRECTIVE 267  Keep an open mind
 - DIRECTIVE 268  Encourage participation
 - DIRECTIVE 273  Avoid stereotyping
 - DIRECTIVE 278  Seek non-violent solutions
 - DIRECTIVE 238  Avoid destructive behavior
 - DIRECTIVE 239  Be accessible
 - DIRECTIVE 240  Participate in group activities
 - DIRECTIVE 241  Avoid interpersonal conflicts
 - DIRECTIVE 242  Avoid premature value judgements
 - DIRECTIVE 243  Pool opinions before expressing yourself
 - DIRECTIVE 244  Discourage feelings of negativity and hostility
 - DIRECTIVE 245  If you haven't got anything nice to say don't talk
 - DIRECTIVE 246  Don't rush traffic lights
 - DIRECTIVE 247  Don't run through puddles and splash pedestrians or
                  other cars
 - DIRECTIVE 248  Don't say that you are always prompt when you are not
 - DIRECTIVE 249  Don't be oversensitive to the hostility and negativity of
                  others
 - DIRECTIVE 250  Don't walk across a ballroom floor swinging your arms
- In the scene where Robocop was being reprogrammed by Dr. Juilette Faxx,
  the following hex numbers scroll quickly up the screen: ``50 45 54 45 20 4B
  55 52 41 4E 20 49 53 20 41 20 47 52 45 41 54 20 47 55 59''.  Converted to
  ASCII text, it reads: ``PETE KURAN IS A GREAT GUY''.  Peter Kuran was the
  special effects photograper.


# Rochade (1991) (TV)
- The male lead character's name Grumbach is a hommage to director
  'Jean-Pierre Melville' (qv). It's his real surname.

# Rocketeer, The (1991)
- The model that Cliff glides with to escape from 'Howard Hughes' (qv)'
  warehouse resembled ``The Spruce Goose'', a monstrosity built by Hughes
  which most people doubted would ever fly.  This explains his ``It does fly!''
  comment.  At the time the film was made, Disney owned the Spruce Goose,
  and it's rumored that they placed this part in the film as a promotion
  for that attraction, which (apart from the Queen Mary) was the only
  money losing Disney attraction in the US.
- Disney had a special mechanism built especially for this film.  Called
  the ``Shaky-cam'', it was designed to be the exact opposite of the
  ``Steady-cam'', that is, to introduce vibrations into the picture.  This
  was used in the scenes filmed inside the Zeppelin to give the impression
  of the power of the engines.  When the movie went to video, the effect
  didn't transfer too well, and was therefore steadied.
- ``Beemans'' (the gum chewed by Howard Hughes) is the lucky gum of pilots.
  See also _The Right Stuff (1983)_ (qv).
- A scene where Neville Sinclair sends a message to Berlin (coded first on
  an authentic Enigma machine found for the production) was filmed, but cut
  due to running time constraints.
- CAMEO (Dave Stevens): [creator of the comic book]: the commanding officer in
  the Nazi black and white test flight movie.


# Rocky (1976)
- 'Sylvester Stallone' (qv) sold the rights to make this film with the
  condition that he be cast in the title role.  Producers offered him $150,000
  to let 'Ryan O'Neal' (qv) play the part.


# Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975)
- The opening number, ``Science Fiction Double Feature,'' contains
  references to many classic science fiction films.  Originally, the
  credits rolled over a montage from these films, but audience reaction
  was poor.
- Many of the guests at Brad and Janet's wedding are Transylvanians.
- An extended final number appears in some American prints and the British
  tape release.
- It is rumored that one country replaced the deleted ``Once In A While''
  number by using lookalikes for 'Barry Bostwick' (qv) and
  'Susan Sarandon' (qv).
- The opening song has references to: _Curse of the Demon (1957)_ (qv),
  _Forbidden Planet (1956)_ (qv).
- The set builders forgot to put an extra door in the lab set, thus Dr. Scott
  had to crash through the wall for his entrance.
- The crew had an easter egg hunt one day on the set, and three eggs can be
  seen in the film: under Frank's throne, one instead of a light in the main
  room, one as the group goes up in the elevator to the lab.
- The set used for Frank-N-Furter's castle was not heated during filming,
  and Sarandon caught a cold after the pool scene.
- CAMEO(Koo Stark): bridesmaid
- CAMEO(Petra Leah): bridesmaid
- CAMEO(Gina Barrie): bridesmaid


# Rogue Song, The (1930)
- Just prior to release, scenes with 'Stan Laurel' (qv) and 'Oliver Hardy' (qv)
  were filmed interspersed throughout the film to increase box-office appeal.
- No print is known to exist, decomposition having been hastened
  by the unstable nature of very early Technicolor film.  This is the
  only 'Stan Laurel' (qv) & 'Oliver Hardy' (qv) ``feature'' films no longer
  available.


# Romance on the High Seas (1948)
- Planned to star 'Judy Garland' (qv), but 'Betty Hutton' (qv) was cast
  instead.  Hutton became pregnant, so 'Doris Day' (qv) was given the role.
- Released in England as ``It's Magic'', after the success of the song.


# Romancing the Stone (1984)
- The phrase ``Romancing the Stone'' a piece of jewelers jargon, referring to
  a step in preparing a gem for use in jewelery.
- DIRTRADE(Robert Zemeckis): [citation]: At the beginning of the movie,
  when Joan Wilder has finished the book, she prepares ``dinner'' for her cat.
  This scene resembles a well-known commercial for cat-food.


# Rookie, The (1990)
- David Ackerman's line ``Candygram for Mongo'' is a reference to
  _Blazine Saddles (1974)_ (qv).


# Roommates (1995)
- 'Peter Falk' (qv)'s makeup to four hours per day to apply and removed.


# Rope (1948)
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): on a neon sign in the view from the
  apartment window.
- The film was shot in a series of 8 minute continuous takes (the maximum
  amount of film that a camera could hold). At the end of each segment the
  camera zooms in on a dark object, ready to zoom out for the start of the
  next segment. Most of the props were on castors and the crew had to wheel
  them out of the way as the camera moved around the set.
- The film lasts 80 minutes, and covers a time frame of 80 minutes.
- Hitchcock only managed to shoot roughly one segment per day. The last 4 or 5
  segments had to be completely re-shot because Hitchcock wasn't happy with the
  color of the sunset.
- 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).


# Rose, The (1979)
- Loosely based on the life of 'Janis Joplin' (qv).


# Rosemary's Baby (1968)
- CAMEO(Anton Szandor LaVey (head of the Church of Satan)): the baby's father.
- CAMEO(William Castle): man near phone booth.


# Roxanne (1987)
- This movie has the same plot as _Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)_ (qv).  C.D.
  Bales has the same initials.
- Bales is challenged to tell 20 nose jokes.  After he tells 19, he asks
  ``How many's that?'', to which he is told ``fourteen!''.  He goes on to tell
  another six, making 25 in total.
- 'Steve Martin' (qv) performed all his own stunts.


# Roxie Hart (1942)
- The role of Roxie was intended for 'Alice Faye' (qv), but she fell pregnant
  and was unavailable.


# Royal Wedding (1951)
- 'June Allyson' (qv) was first cast in the role of Ellen, but became
  pregnant. 'Judy Garland' (qv) was cast next, but MGM terminated her
  studio contract.
- 'Moira Shearer' (qv) was considered for the role of Anne.
- The story was loosely based on the real-life partnership of
  'Fred Astaire' (qv) and his sister Adele.
- The ship's rocking during ``Open Your Eyes'' was based on the Astaires' own
  dancing experience on a voyage to London in 1923. A boat-rocking device was
  used to create the film effect.
- The idea of dancing with a clothes tree had been suggested to Astaire
  earlier by 'Hermes Pan' (qv).
- The ``You're All the World to Me'' dance was accomplished by putting a whole
  room, attached camera and harnessed cameraman inside a 20 ft. diameter
  rotating ``squirrel cage.''


# Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy (1996) (TV)
- While filming a scene of running through a door, the rifle 'Laura Dern' (qv)
  was carrying hit her in the face.  She subsequently had to wear a neckbrace.


# Ruling Class, The (1972)
- Nigel Green' (qv) died during production and his dialogue is dubbed by
  another (unbilled) actor in the finished film.


# Runaway Brain (1995)
- The character name 'Dr. Frankenollie', besides the obvious Frankenstein
  reference, is also a reference to legendary Disney animators
  'Frank Thomas' (qv) and 'Ollie Johnston' (qv).


# Running Man, The (1987)
- Game show host Damon Killian is played by 'Richard Dawson' (qv), long-time
  host of the American game show ``Family Feud''.
- 'Richard Bachman' (qv) is a pseudonym of 'Stephen King' (qv).
- ACTTRADE(Arnold Schwarzenegger): ``I'll be back!''


# Russian Rhapsody (1944)
- Many of the gremlins are characatures of Warner Brothers cartoon studios
  staff, including 'Leon Schlesinger' (qv), 'Mel Blanc' (qv),
  'Michael Maltese' (qv), 'Rod Scribner' (qv), and 'Friz Freleng' (qv).


# Saboteur (1942)
- 'Alfred Hitchcock' (qv) originally wanted 'Gary Cooper' (qv) and
  'Barbara Stanwyck' (qv) for the leading roles, with 'Harry Carey' (qv)
  as the chief villian.
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): about an hour in, standing in front of
  Cut Rate Drugs in New York as the saboteur's car stops.


# Sabrina (1954)
- 'Humphrey Bogart' (qv) was a last minute replacement for 'Cary Grant' (qv).
  Bogart and 'William Holden' (qv) couldn't stand each other.  Bogart
  disapproved of 'Audrey Hepburn' (qv) (he wanted his wife 'Lauren Bacall' (qv)
  in the role), while Holden fell in love with her.  Bogart got $300000,
  Holden got $150000, and Hepburn only $15000.  Asked how he liked working
  with Hepburn, Bogart replied: ``It's ok, if you don't mind to make 20
  takes.''
- The music features three main themes:
 -``Isn't love romantic?'': Holden's theme (superficial love)
 -``La vie en rose?'': Hepburn's theme (romantic ``deep'' love)
 -``Banana song'': Bogart's theme (cynical, deceitful ``love'')
 -Hepburn's theme ``wins''.


# Safety Last (1923)
- 'Harold Lloyd' (qv) first tested the safety precautions for the clock stunt
  by dropping a dummy onto the mattress below.  The dummy bounced off and
  plummetted to the street below.


# Sainted Sisters, The (1948)
- 'Sterling Hayden' (qv) was replaced by 'George Reeves' (qv).


# Salon Dora Green (1933)
- The working title was ``Die Falle''.


# Salon Mexico (1995)
- The last scene is filmed in black and white as a tribute to
  _Salon Mexico (1948)_ (qv).


# Samson and Delilah (1949)
- 'Victor Mature' (qv) won the role of Samson over 'Burt Lancaster' (qv),
  who had a bad back and was considered too young.  'Henry Wilcoxson' (qv)
  was considered, but thought to be too old.
- Director 'Cecil B. DeMille' (qv) considered 'Betty Hutton' (qv) for the
  role of Delilah.


# Saratoga (1937)
- In May of 1937, with the film about 90% completed, 'Jean Harlow' (qv)
  collapsed on the set and died about a week later, reportedly of
  uremic poisoning.  Her remaining scenes were shot with double
  'Mary Dees' (qv) being filmed only from behind.  'Paula Winslow' (qv)
  supplied the voice.


# Satan Met a Lady (1936)
- The orking titles were ``The Man in the Black Hat,'' ``Men on Her Mind,'' and
  ``Hard Luck Dame.''


# Saturday Night Fever (1977)
- Rated R when first released in the US, subsequently edited and re-released as
  PG[-13?].
- 'John Travolta' (qv)'s sister appears as the pizza lady, and his mother
  appears as the women for whom he gets the paint.


# Savage (1973) (TV)
- This is a pilot movie for the series _"Space: 1999" (1975)_ (qv).
- This was 'Steven Spielberg' (qv)'s last made for TV movie.


# Savage Beach (1989)
- All prinipal female actors in this film were previously Playboy playmates.


# Savage Messiah (1972)
- A seqeuence featuring 'Ken Russell' (qv) was shot but later scrapped.  He
  can still be seen getting off a train car in the railway station segement.
- In order to save money, copies of uncopyrighted Soviet recordings of
  'Claude Debussy' (qv) and [] Scriabin were made.


# Say Anything... (1989)
- Director 'Cameron Crowe' (qv) couldn't find the love song he wanted until
  he heard 'Peter Gabriel' (qv)'s ``In Your Eyes''.  Gabriel asked to see
  part of the movie.  Crowe had the production company send him an unfinished
  cut.  Gabriel responded by saying he would let them use the song, as he liked
  the film.  He was, however, wary about the part where the lead character
  overdosed at the end.  It was then that Crowe realized that Gabriel had been
  sent a copy of _Wired (1989)_ (qv) instead.
- When Lloyd 'John Cusack' (qv) drives along 45th street in Seattle, he passes
  the Guild 45th Theatre, which is showing _Tapeheads (1988)_ (qv), in which
  Cusack also appeared.
- CAMEO(Joan Cusack): Lloyd's sister.  Joan and John are real-life
  siblings.
- CAMEO(Lois Chiles): Diane's mother.
- CAMEO(Eric Stoltz): red-haired party host who dresses as a rooster.


# Scared Stiff (1953)
- CAMEO(Bing Crosby): a skeleton.
- CAMEO(Bob Hope): a skeleton.  Hope appeared in
  _The Ghost Breakers (1940)_ (qv), of which this film is a remake.


# Scarface (1932)
- Loosely based on the career of 'Al Capone' (qv).


# Scener ur ett Aektenskap (1973)
- Originally a six-episode TV series: 1. Innocence and Panic; 2. The Art of
  Covering Up; 3. Paula; 4. Valley of Tears; 5. Illiteracy; 6. In the Middle
  of the Night in a Dark House Somewhere in the World.  A total of 295 minutes
  were then cut down to 155 minutes.


# Scenes from a Mall (1991)
- DIRCAMEO(Paul Mazursky): promoting Deborah Fifer's book on TV.


# Scent of a Woman (1992)
- 'Al Pacino' (qv) was helped by a school for the blind in his preparation for
  this role.  He said that he made himself appear blind by not allowing his
  eyes to focus on anything.
- During the disciplinary meeting, the headmaster tells Slade ``You are out of
  order!'', a famous line told to another of Pacino's characters in
  _...And Justice for All (1979)_ (qv).
- SMITHEE('Martin Brest' (qv)): disowned the version shown on airlines.


# Schindler's List (1993)
- Co-producer 'Branko Lustig' (qv) plays the nightclub maitre'd in Schindler's
  first scene.  Lustig is an Auschwitz survivor and has produced other movies
  about the Holocast, including _Sophie's Choice (1986)_ (qv) and
  _Shoah (1985)_ (qv).
- Director 'Steven Spielberg' (qv) was unable to get permission to film
  inside Auschwitz, so the scenes of the death camp were actually filmed
  outside the gates on a set constructed in a mirror image of the real
  location on the other side.
- 'Ralph Fiennes' (qv) put on 13kg by drinking Guinnes for his role.  Spielberg
  cast him because of his ``evil sexuality''.
- DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg): [father]: Schindler tells his wife he can't
  commit to a family.


# Schleppzug M 17 (1933)
- 'Heinrich George' (qv) started as director, but 'Werner Hochbaum' (qv)
  finished the job.


# Schlock (1971)
- DIRTRADE(John Landis): [SYNW]: promoted twice during the newscasts
  for the ``movie at 6 on 6'', and on a poster in a theatre lobby.


# Schpountz, Le (1938)
- The movie was shot a second time because the confusion around the first
  shooting when 'Marcel Pagnol' (qv) was writting the scenario day by day.
  Unavalaible for the second shooting, 'Pierre Brasseur' (qv) was replaced by
  'Roger Forster' (qv) but some of the shots involving Brasseur were still
  used.


# Schtonk! (1992)
- The title is a reference to _The Great Dictator (1940)_ (qv).


# Schwartz Park (1995)
- The scene between Dawson and Ducasse is the only footage used from the
  first year of filming.
- The character of Ricky Richardo was based on 'Desi Arnez' (qv).


# Scrooged (1988)
- At the end of the movie, when everybody is singing ``Put a little love in
  your heart'', Frank ('Bill Murray' (qv)) says (among many other things):
  ``Feed me, Seymour!''  This is a reference to
  _Little Shop of Horrors (1986)_ (qv), in which Murray has a small part.


# Sculptress, The (1996) (TV)
- 'Pauline Quirke' (qv) wore a bulky, 22-stone ``fat suit'' in order to look
  the part for her role as the heavyweight killer Olive Martin.


# Se7en (1995)
- While filming the scene where Mills chases John Doe in the rain,
  'Brad Pitt' (qv) fell and his arm went through a car windscreen, requiring
  surgery.  This accident was worked into the script of the film.
- Mills and William Sommerset discuss the book ``Of Human Bondage'', which was
  written by 'W. Somerset Maugham' (qv).  


# Sea Beast, The (1926)
- 'Priscilla Bonner' (qv) was originally cast as Esther because
  'John Barrymore' (qv)'s first choice, then-love 'Mary Astor' (qv), was
  unavailable.  Before filming started he met and fell for
  'Dolores Costello' (qv) and replaced Bonner with her.


# Sea Wolf, The (1941)
- George Raft declined the role of George Leach because it was too small.


# Second Chorus (1940)
- The trumpet part for 'Fred Astaire' (qv) was dubbed by 'Bobby Hackett' (qv).
- The trumpet part for 'Burgess Meredith' (qv) was dubbed by 'Billy
  Butterfield' (qv).
- The dance number ``Me and the Ghost Upstairs'' was cut from the film.


# Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The (1947)
- Author 'James Thurber' (qv) offered producer 'Sam Goldwyn' (qv) $10,000
  to not make the film.


# Secret of My Success, The (1987)
- CAMEO(Cindy Crawford): near the beginning, when Brantley moves to New York.


# Self Made Lady (1932)
- One of the ``quota quickies'' made to satisfy the 1927 Cinematograph Act,
  which required a certain percentage of films shown in the United Kingdom be
  produced there.


# Seljacka buna (1973)
- Film makers worked very hard in order to make the film as authentic as
  possible. Actors even had to say all their lines in specific dialect
  spoken in 16th century Croatia. Since very few people could understand
  that dialect in 1970s Yugoslavia, the movie had to be subtitled.


# September (1987)
- Director 'Woody Allen' (qv) cast and shot this film twice, without telling
  the original cast.


# Serial Mom (1994)
- DIRCAMEO(John Waters): A portrait that is carried past the camea in the
  school ``bring-and-buy'' scene.


# Setta, La (1990)
- Romero was named after 'George Romero' (qv), who writer/producer
  'Dario Argento' (qv) had just co-directed _Two Evil Eyes (1990)_ (qv) with.
- The sect's first victim is named ``Marion Crane'', a reference to a
  character from _Psycho (1960)_ (qv).


# Sette uomini d'oro (1965)
- It was illegal to film a bank robbery in Switzerland, so director
  'Marco Vicario' (qv) used a fake script when shooting in front of
  ``Credit Suisse'' in Geneva.


# Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
# Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
- 'Matt Mattox' (qv)' singing was dubbed by 'Bill Lee' (qv).
- Every scene was shot twice to accomodate some theatres which couldn't

  show the widescreen version.



# Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): on the train to Santa Rosa playing cards.
  He has the entire suit of spades in his hand, including the symbolic ace.
- It was remade as ``Step Down to Terror'' in 1958 and as a TV movie in 1991.
- DIRTRADE(Alfred Hitchcock): [bathroom] ``BM'' is engraved on a ring.


# Shadow, The (1994)
- When Lamont and Margo are kissing at the end of the film, a truck can

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