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- 'Harrison Ford' (qv) cut his chin in a car accident in Northern California
  when he was about 20.  In the movie, his character says that he was piercing
  his ear as a teen, and fainted and hit his chin on the toilet.  See also:
  _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)_ (qv).
- When Catherine Parker ('Sigourney Weaver' (qv)) comes back to New York ando
  gets out off the helicopter, she carries a big stuffed-toy gorilla.  Weaver
  played the role of Dian Fossey in _Gorillas in the Mist (1988)_ (qv) just a
  few months before.


# World According to Garp, The (1982)
- The house that the plane crashes into was built at one end of the only
  runway at Lincoln Park Airport, a very small airstrip in Lincoln Park, NJ
  USA (about 35 miles NW of New York City).  The wrecked house was not removed
  for several weeks.   While no planes have hit houses in the vicinity, one
  did bounce off the roof of a passing car several years earlier.
- CAMEO(John Irving): wrestling match referee
- DIRCAMEO(George Roy Hill): pilot that crashes into the house


# Wrong Man, The (1957)
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): narrating the film's prologue. The only
  time he actually spoke in any of his films.
- Although based on a true story, Hitchcock deliberately left out some of the
  information that pointed to Manny's innocence to heighten the tension.
- The ``right'' man (the real culprit) can be seen several times during the
  film: outside the Stork Club, in the Victor Moore arcade and near one of
  the liquor stores where the police take Manny.


# Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
- 'Fred Astaire' (qv) was first offered the leading role but turned it down.


# You Only Live Twice (1967)
- The budget was the then astronomic sum of $9,500,000 ($1,000,000 of
  of which was spent by 'Ken Adam' (qv) in his crater set).
- For the first time the story of a 007 film bears little resemblance to
  the novel it is based on.
- The face of Ernst Blofeld is revealed for the first time (in the guise
  of 'Donald Pleasence' (qv)).
- The female leads 'Mie Hama' (qv) and 'Akiko Wakabayashi' (qv) both appeared
  in _King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)_ (qv).
- Whilst in Japan, 'Sean Connery' (qv) and his wife are hounded by the
  international press. During news conferences the press insisted on referring
  to Connery as James Bond. The last straw comes when local newsmen attempted
  to photograph him in a rest room. To ease the tension the producers
  remove his contractual obligation to do one more 007 movie, despite being
  offerred $1 million.
- The book title comes from a 17 century poem by Japanese poet Basho, it reads
  ``You only live twice / Once when you are born / And once when you look death
  in the face''.


# You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
- 'Rita Hayworth' (qv)'s singing was dubbed by 'Nan Wynn' (qv).
- The song ``On the Beam'' was written for the film but not used.
- The dance to ``You Were Never Lovelier'' was cut from the film after the
  previews.
- The character played by 'Fred Astaire' (qv) says he is from Omaha,
  Nebraska- Astaire's real-life birthplace.


# You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
- A vocal performance of ``Dream Dancing'' by 'Gwen Kenyon' (qv) was cut
  from the film.
- In reference to the Porter song ``Night and Day'' sung by 'Fred Astaire' (qv)
  in _The Gay Divorcee (1934)_ (qv), 'Cole Porter' (qv) ended ``The Wedding
  Cake Walk'' with the phrase ``night and day.'' He asked permission from RKO
  to quote the line.
- Bugle call in-joke: see also _The Gay Divorcee (1934)_ (qv), _Roberta
  (1935)_ (qv), _Follow the Fleet (1936)_ (qv), e.g.


# You're a Big Boy Now (1966)
- The nightclub has scenes from _Dementia 13 (1963)_ (qv) (also directed by
  'Francis Coppola' (qv)) projected onto the wall.


# You're My Everything (1949)
- The role of Hannah was originally intended for 'Jeanne Crain' (qv)
  who dropped out when she became pregnant.


# Young and Innocent (1937)
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): outside the courthouse holding a camera as
  Derrick de Marney escapes.


# Young Frankenstein (1974)
- The film was shot in the same castle as the original
  _Frankenstein (1910)_ (qv).
- DIRCAMEO(Mel Brooks): the sound of the off-screen cat screaming when
  hit by a dart.


# Young Guns (1988)
- 'Tom Cruise' (qv) was disguised with a beard and mustache and apppears as
  a bad guy that walks out of a door and is shot.  He was added because he
  was visiting the set and said he had never been in a film gunfight.


# Young Guns II (1990)
- CAMEO(Jon Bon Jovi): scruffy man who gets shot in the chest and blown
  backwards after Doc and Chavez get out of the pit jail.


# Young Man with a Horn (1950)
- 'Kirk Douglas' (qv)' trumpet licks were performed by 'Harry James' (qv).


# Young Master, The (1980)
- The fan-fighting scene required 329 takes to complete.


# Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
- The ``cycling across the moon'' shot is a reference to
  _E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)_ (qv), directed by producer
  'Steven Spielberg' (qv).


# Youth on Parade (1942)
- 'Martha O'Driscoll' (qv)'s singing was dubbed by 'Margaret Whiting' (qv).


# Zardoz (1974)
- The scene where [Connery] ('Sean Connery' (qv)) and [Rampling]
  ('Charlotte Rampling' (qv)) turn into skeletons had to be shot three times.
  The first time, the film was damaged, and the second time, a studio helper
  accidentally exposed the negatives.  Connery and Rampling were extremely
  annoyed, because of the time they had to spend having make-up done.


# Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
- Head director 'George Sidney' (qv) quit after one month of filming and was
  replaced by 'Vincente Minnelli' (qv).
- The initial version shown to preview audiences in 1944 was almost 3 hours
  long.
- Cut from film:
 - Musical number ``If Swing Goes, I Go Too,'' directed by Sidney, danced and
   sung by 'Fred Astaire' (qv).
 - Musical/comedy number ``Start Off Each Day with a Song,'' directed by
  'Charles Walters' (qv), performed by 'Jimmy Durante' (qv).
 - Musical number ``A Cowboy's Life,'' directed by 'Merrill Pye' (qv), sung by
   'James Melton' (qv).
 - Musical number ``Liza,'' directed by Minnelli, sung by 'Avon Long' (qv).
 - Cut from film: Comedy sketch "Baby Snooks and the Burglar," directed by
  'Roy Del Ruth' (qv), performed by 'Fanny Brice' (qv).
 - Comedy sketch ``Death and Taxes,'' directed by Minnelli, performed by
   Durante and 'Edward Arnold' (qv).
 - Musical number ``We Will Meet Again in Honolulu,'' directed by Pye, sung by
   Melton.  The 'Esther Williams' (qv) water ballet from this number was
   retained in the film.
 - Finale musical number ``There's Beauty Everywhere,'' directed by Minnelli,
   sung by Melton, danced by Astaire, 'Lucille Bremer' (qv) and
   'Cyd Charisse' (qv).  A fragment with Charisse was retained in the reshot
   finale.
- The horse ridden by 'Lucille Ball' (qv) is the Lone Ranger's Silver.
- The ``Great Lady'' sketch was written as a self-parody intended for
  'Greer Garson' (qv), but she refused the role.


# Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
- Planned in 1938 to be made with 'Elanor Powell' (qv) and
  'Virginia Bruce' (qv).


# Zulu (1964)
- This was 'Michael Caine' (qv)'s first major film role.  He watched the
  rushes, but was so nervous that he was sick, and never watched rushes again.
- Caine visited the officers' mess of the Scots Guards at Pirbright to perfect
  his accent.
- Welsh-born 'Stanley Baker' (qv) was determined to make this film.  Unable to
  find finance, he sunk most of his own money into the project.



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