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  _Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)_ (qv) was also directed by
  'Robert Zemeckis' (qv).
  The old man who wishes he had bet on the Cubbies is played by
  'Charles Fleischer' (qv), who did Roger Rabbit's voice.
- A 1990 TV special showed some sequences cut from the film:
 - Biff fades out of 2015 after stumblind out of the DeLorean and behind some
   trash cans
 - Marty discovers the destroyed Hill Valley High School
- The two police officers are named Reese and Foley, which are the names that
  Zemeckis and screenwriter 'Bob Gale' (qv) use for any police or government
  agents in the films they have written.


# Back to the Future Part III (1990)
- Filmed at the same time as _Back to the Future Part II (1989)_ (qv).  In the
  five years since the original was made, 'Michael J. Fox' (qv) had forgotten
  how to ride a skateboard.
- 'Crispin Glover' (qv) played George McFly in the original, but was replaced
  by 'Jeffrey Weissman' (qv) in Part II and Part III.  There is a rumour that
  Glover had some emotional/mental problems which caused this.
- The Editor of Hill Valley's newspaper in 1885 is ``M. R. Gale'', a tribute
  to trilogy screenwriter 'Bob Gale' (qv).
- In _Back to the Future Part II (1989)_ (qv), Biff watches
  _The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)_ (qv) in the alternative 1985, in
  which 'Clint Eastwood' (qv)'s character uses steel plating underneath his
  poncho.  Marty (calling himself ``Clint Eastwood'') uses the hatch from a
  stove under his poncho in 1885.  The sign at the train crossing in 1985
  identifies the location as ``Eastwood Ravine''.
- References to _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)_ (qv): the train sprouts fins
  similar to the Professor's car.
- Director of Photography 'Dean Cundey' (qv) plays the photographer who takes
  Marty and Doc's picture in 1885.
- DIRTRADE(Robert Zemeckis): [citation]: When Marty walks along the
  railroad tracks and finally reaches the town, he comes to the railway
  station.  Then he walks into the town, while the camera slowly rises up
  above the station and finally shows Marty at a large distance walking into
  the town.  This scene is shot exactly the same way as the scene in
  _Once Upon a Time in the West (1969)_ (qv), when Jill arrives at the
  station.
- CAMEO(ZZTop): the band in 1885.  ZZTop wrote some of the music for the
  movie.


# Backtrack! (1969)
- This movie is composed of the first episode of
  _"Virginian, The" (1962)_ (qv) and a snippet of the _"Laredo" (1965)_ (qv)
  episode ``Three's Company''.


# Bad and the Beautiful, The (1952)
- 'Lana Turner' (qv) plays an actor whose career started as a movie extra.
  Turner started her own career as an extra in _A Star Is Born (1937)_ (qv).
- Director 'Vincente Minelli' (qv) and star 'Kirk Douglas' (qv) also teamed
  up in another movie about Hollywood, _Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)_ (qv).
- James Lee ('Dick Powell' (qv)) won the Pulitzer Prize for his book ``A Woman
  of Taste'', about his late wife Rosemary ('Gloria Grahame' (qv)).


# Bad Girls (1994)
- 'Tamra Davis' (qv) started as director of this film, with a script written
  by 'Yolande Turner' (qv) and 'Becky Johnston' (qv).  A few weeks into
  filming, the production company became unhappy with the direction the film
  was taking.  They shut down production, replaced Davis with
  'Jonathan Kaplan' (qv), had the script rewritten, and sent the four main
  actresses off to ``cowboy camp'' to learn how to shoot, rope and ride.


# Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
- 'Humphrey Bogart' (qv) rejected a role in this film, with the words ``Areyou
  kidding?''


# Balboa (1986)
- Originally filmed as a mini-series.


# Bambi (1942)
- Some scenes of woodland creatures and the forest fire are unused footage from
  _Pinocchio (1940)_ (qv).
- The world premiere of this film was in the tiny Lincoln Theater in
  Damariscotta, Maine, USA.  'Maurice Day' (qv), an animator with Disney,
  brought 'Felix Salten' (qv)'s book to the attention of 'Walt Disney' (qv),
  and when Walt decided to make the movie he thanked Maurice by
  holding the premier in Maurice's home town.


# Band Wagon, The (1953)
- 'Cyd Charisse' (qv)'s singing was dubbed by 'India Adams' (qv).


# Bandera, La (1935)
- The movie was initially dedicated to Colonel Franco and his troops. The
  dedication was removed after the Spanish civil war.


# Barbarella (1968)
- When 'Virna Lisi' (qv) was told to play the part of Barbarella, she
  terminated her contract with United Artists and returned to Italy.


# Barfly (1987)
- CAMEO(Charles Bukowski): in the bar where Henry and Wanda meet for
  the first time.


# Barkleys of Broadway, The (1949)
- Originally planned to star 'Fred Astaire' (qv) and 'Judy Garland' (qv), but
  when Garland became ill, 'Ginger Rogers' (qv) took over.
- Astaire has sung ``They Can't Take That Away from Me'' to Rogers previously
  in _Shall We Dance? (1937)_ (qv), but they had never danced to it.  Rogers
  suggested that they use the song again (this time dancing), and so it
  was included.


# Barry Lyndon (1975)
- Director 'Stanley Kubrick' (qv) did not use any artificial lighting when he
  shot this film.
- DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick): [faces]: Captain Quinn's face during his duel
  with Barry when he goes to raise his pistol.


# Barton Fink (1991)
- 'John Turturro' (qv) plays the title role.  In
  _Miller's Crossing (1990)_ (qv) (also directed by 'Joel Coen' (qv)),
  Turturro played a character who met a man at an apartment building called
  ``The Barton Arms''.


# Bas-fonds, Les (1936)
- CAMEO(Jacques Becker): a silhouette.


# Basic Instinct (1992)
- 'Kim Basinger' (qv) was originally cast as Catherine Tramell.
- 'Michael Douglas' (qv)' character watches [_Hellraiser (1987)_ (qv) or
  _Brain (1962)_ (qv) or _Brain (1969)_ (qv)?].


# Basketball Diaries, The (1995)
- CAMEO(Jim Carrol)


# Batman (1989)
- 'Adam West' (qv) (the star of the TV series) wanted to play Batman, but
  'Michael Keaton' (qv) was given the role after getting the nod from
  Bob Kane, the creator of the original Batman comic strip.
- Heavy security surrounded The Joker's makeup.
- 'Sean Young' (qv) originally cast as Vicki Vale, but broke her collar bone
  while filming a horse-riding scene with 'Michael Keaton' (qv).  The scene
  was subsequently rewritten out of the script.
- Most shots of Batman in costume are a stunt double.
- Spanish subtitles convert ``6 foot'' and ``108 (lbs)'' to metric.
- Kane was scheduled to make a cameo appearance, but he couldn't make the
  shoot.  The drawing that the newspaper report holds up of the ``Bat-Man'' was
  drawn by Kane.
- CAMEO(Prince): rumor unconfirmed as of yet.


# Batman Forever (1995)
- 'Jim Carrey' (qv) reportedly broke around a dozen prop canes and some of
  his trailer furniture while learning to twirl it around.


# Batman Returns (1992)
- 'Danny DeVito' (qv) forbidden to describe The Penguin's makeup to anyone,
  including his family.
- The bad guy's name is Max Schreck.  'Max Schreck' (qv) played the vampire in
  _Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)_ (qv).
- The film was been branded `anti-Semitic' in an opinion piece in the New York
  Times because of the Jewish references in The Penguin's character:
   - He has a big nose
   - He likes to eat herrings
   - He is 33 years old: the same age as Christ
   - He is discovered floating down the underground river in a basket, much
     like Moses
   - He plans to kill the first born of all the elite citizens of Gotham,
     reminiscent of the Passover story
   - carries his umbrella into the graveyard the same way Christ carried the
     cross.
- 'Sean Young' (qv) very much wanted the role of The Catwoman.  During
  preproduction she arrived at the studio in a Catwoman costume to confront
  the makers of the movie.  She used other people scouting the studio grounds,
  using walkie- talkies to communicate, to track down the producers.  See also
  _Batman (1989)_ (qv).


# Battle of the Alamo, The (1996)
- For the first time ever the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, who
  control the Alamo, allowed filming at the actual site, and even within
  the Alamo itself.
- The scene where Col. Travis gives his ring away was filmed within the Alamo
  in the room where it actually happened, using Col. Travis' actual ring, from
  the Alamo museum.


# Battle of the River Plate, The (1956)
- Ships used in the film: HMS Sheffield as HMS Ajax, INS Delhi (formerly HMNZS
  Achilles) as HMNZS Achilles, HMS Cumberland as HMS Cumberland, Heavy Cruiser
  USS Salem as the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee.


# Beaches (1988)
- CAMEO(Hector Elizondo): Justice of the Peace


# Beau Hunks (1931)
- CAMEO(Jean Harlow): ``Jeanie-Weenie'', in photo.
- CAMEO(Marvin Hatley): a Riffian.


# Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- ``Be Our Guest'' was originally animated with Maurice (not Belle) as the
  guest, but they decided not to waste such a wonderful song on a secondary
  character.
- ``Chip'' originally had only one line, but the producers liked the voice so
  much that they had extra lines written.
- Tiny Toon Adventure script writer Sheri Stoner was used as the model for
  Belle.  See also _The Little Mermaid (1989)_ (qv).
- The signs that Maurice encounters in the forest show two different city
  names if you look closely enough.  One is pointing down a darkened path
  named ``Valencia''.  The other is pointing down a less sinister looking
  path labeled ``Aneheim'', representing the on-going battle between
  Disneyland (located in Aneheim, California) and Six Flags Magic Mountain
  (Located in Valencia, California).



# Becky Sharp (1935)
- After only a few weeks filming, director 'Lowell Sherman' (qv) developed
  pneumonia and died.  His replacement, 'Rouben Mamoulian' (qv), scrapped
  his footage and began again from scratch.


# Beethoven (1992)
- The credits list ``Edmond Dantes'' as the screenwriter, but it was
  actually 'John Carpenter' (qv).  The pseudonym is a homage to a character
  in ``The Count of Monte Cristo''.


# Beetlejuice (1988)
- Title role originally written for 'Sammy Davis Jr.' (qv).
- When Barbara and Adam are in their case worker's office, through the blinds
  you can see Elwood and Jake from _The Blues Brothers (1980)_ (qv).


# Being There (1979)
- Every contract that 'Peter Sellers' (qv) signs includes a clause which
  stipulates that his accomodation must have the bed facing East-West.
  Chance says: ``I like to sleep with my head facing North''.  The attorney
  he's with says ``But this bed is facing west!''
- In different versions, the credits are either shown over retakes of
  Chance saying a line that was not in the movie, or (for TV and video)
  shown over TV white noise.


# Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)
- Filmed in nine days on a budget of $50,000


# Belle of New York, The (1952)
- The vocals for 'Vera-Ellen' (qv) were dubbed by 'Anita Ellis' (qv).
- 'Mae West' (qv) was considered for the part of Mrs. Hill, but was too
  expensive.
- The song ``I Love to Beat the Big Bass Drum'' was written for the film but
  not used.
- A scene with a dance to ``When I'm Out With the Belle of New York,'' by Vera-
  Ellen and chorus, was cut from the film.


# Belle of the Nineties (1934)
- Originally titled ``It Ain't No Sin,'' but after the newly formed Hayes
  Office objected, the title was quickly changed, even though advertising had
  already been printed.


# Ben-Hur (1959)
- The rumor that the 'Stephen Boyd' (qv)'s double was killed during the
  chariot race is false.
- The chariot race segment was directed by legendary stunt-man,
  'Yakima Canutt' (qv).  One of Canutt's sons doubled for
  'Charlton Heston' (qv).  During one of the crashes, in which Judah Ben-Hur's
  horses jump over a crashed chariot, the younger Canutt was thrown from his
  chariot onto the tongue of his chariot.  He managed to climb back into his
  chariot and bring it back under control (his only injury was a cut on the
  chin).  The sequence looked so good that it was included in the film, with a
  close-up of Heston climbing back into the chariot.  The cut on Canutt Jr's
  chin was the only injury in the incredibly dangerous sequence.  It is
  rumored that the stuntmen were told that the winner of the race would
  receive a $150 bonus.


# Beshin Lug (1937)
- Production was stopped by Soviet officials in 1937.  The shot material was
  destroyed during a German bombing raid in the war, but in the mid 1960s
  short clips, cut during the editing of the picture in 1937 were found.
  These clips were added according to script and story board to a 31 minute
  reconstuction of film stills.


# Best Defense (1984)
- When Laura ('Kate Capshaw' (qv)) is waiting in a pick-up truck, she is
  humming the theme song from
  _Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)_ (qv), a movie (also released
  in 1984) that she appeared in.


# Best Little Girl in the World, The (1981) (TV)
- Under medical supervision, 'Jennifer Jason Leigh' (qv) wasted down to 90
  pounds for her role.


# Beverly Hillbillies, The (1993)
- CAMEO(Buddy Ebsen): a private detective.  Ebsen played Jed Clampett in
  _"The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962)_ (qv).


# Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
- Axel Foley originally going to be played by 'Sylvester Stallone' (qv) or
  'Mickey Rourke' (qv).


# Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
- DIRTRADE(John Landis): [filmmakers] Appearances by directors
  'Martha Coolidge' (qv), 'Joe Dante' (qv), 'Arthur Hiller' (qv),
  'George Lucas' (qv), 'Peter Medak' (qv), 'George Schaefer' (qv),
  'Barbet Schroeder' (qv), and 'John Singleton (qv)'; and filmmaker
  'Ray Harryhausen' (qv).


# Bewegte Mann, Der (1994)
- Based on the books ``Der Bewegte Mann'' and ``Pretty Baby'', written by
  cartoonist 'Ralf Koenig' (qv), who appears as a drag-queen.


# Beyond the Forest (1949)
- In some parts of the US the scene in which Rosa induces a miscarriage by
  jumping from an embankment were cut.


# Beyond the Rainbow (1922)
- After submitting her photo in a magazine contest, 'Clara Bow' (qv) was
  declared national winner and won a part in this motion picture.  Her acting
  was deemed so amateurish however, her scenes were cut before the picture's
  release.  When she later became a star, her scenes were reinstated and the
  film was re-issued.


# Bharat Mata (1956)
- During filming one of the sets caught on fire.  'Sunil Dutt' (qv) saved
  ``Nargis'' [?].


# Big Brawl, The (1980)
- Despite training in martial arts since the age of six, and having
  choreographed his own fight scenes in many previous films, 'Jackie Chan' (qv)
  was assigned a fight choreographer with only six years experience.


# Big Broadcast of 1936, The (1935)
- The number ``It's the Animal in Me'' was originally intended for the movie
  _We're Not Dressing (1934)_ (qv), but was cut from that film before release.


# Big Chill, The (1983)
- Flashback scenes with 'Kevin Costner' (qv) as Alex filmed, but cut.  He
  is still visible as the body being dressed at the beginning of the film.
- As he fights off the bat, Harold hums the theme from
  _Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)_ (qv), also written by
  'Lawrence Kasdan' (qv).


# Big Easy, The (1987)
- The orchestral music playing on the stereo while Anne is on the phone is
  from the fourth act of [?] Puccini's Manon Lescaut, which takes place on an
  arid plain just outside New Orleans.


# Big House, The (1930)
- Director 'George W. Hill' (qv) threatened to fire anyone who ``acted'', and
  forbade makeup.


# Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake, The (1990) (TV)
- The montage showing emergency services getting ready includes Squad 51
  and Engine 51 from _"Emergency" (1972)_ (qv) backing in the station.


# Big Picture, The (1989)
- CAMEO(Martin Short): agent.
- CAMEO(Eliot Gould): lawyer in the first student film.


# Big Sleep, The (1946)
- Director 'Howard Hawks' (qv) and star 'Humphrey Bogart' (qv) got into an
  argument as to whether one of the characters was murdered or committed
  suicide.  The sent a wire to author 'Raymond Chandler' (qv) asking him to
  settle the issue, but he replied that he didn't know either.
- The scene where Bogart and 'Lauren Bacall' (qv) make suggestive talk
  about horses was added almost a year after filming was otherwise
  complete, and the two performers had married in the meantime.


# Big Steal, The (1990)
- A TV can be heard to be showing _Malcolm (1986)_ (qv), which has the same
  producers.
- The car yard (set up in for the film in Victoria St Richmond an inner suburb
  of Melbourne) was so real that the crew kept receiving genuine offers
  from the public wishing to purchase the vehicles.


# Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
- Some of the lightning forms a Chinese symbol as it disappears.  The symbol
  translates as ``carpenter''.  This film was directed by
  'John Carpenter' (qv).


# Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
- The original title of this film was ``Bill and Ted go to Hell'' but was
  changed for obvious reasons.
- Bill's grandmother, ``Gramma S. Preston, Esquire'' is played by
  'Alex Winter' (qv).
- The evil character from the future is called ``De Nomolos'', which is
  writer and producer 'Ed Solomon' (qv)'s name spelt backwards.
- 'William Sadler' (qv) (``Death''), also plays a bit role as an Englishman
  when we see various spots around the world when the Battle of the Bands is
  shown.
- Sadler wrote the ``Reaper Rap'', which is played over the closing credits.
- There are statues of 'David Niven' (qv)  and 'Michael Powell' (qv) in heaven.
- References to _A Matter of Life and Death (1981) (TV)_ (qv),
  _The Seventh Seal (1957)_ (qv).


# Bill and Coo (1947)
- The players are real birds dressed like humans.


# Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
- 'Michael Caine' (qv) performed most of his own stunts.  During the final ice
  flow scene, he almost slipped and fell into freezing water.
- Caine had originally signed a five picture deal, but when he was
  reluctant to return to the role, producer 'Harry Saltzman' (qv) let him out
  of the contract.


# Birds, The (1963)
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): at the start of the film walking two dogs
  past the pet shop (the dogs were actually his own).
- Hitchcock tried to hire 'Joseph Stefano' (qv) (writer of
  _Psycho (1960)_ (qv)) to write the script, but he wasn't interested in the
  story.  The final screenplay (from a 'Daphne Du Maurier' (qv) story) was
  written by 'Evan Hunter' (qv), best known to detective story fans under his
  pen name 'Ed McBain' (qv).
- Hitchcock spotted 'Tippi Hedren' (qv) in a diet drink commercial.
- The scene where Hedren is ravaged by birds near the end of the movie
  took a week to shoot. The birds were attached to her clothes by long
  nylon threads so they could not get away.
- The film does not finish with the usual ``THE END'' title because Hitchcock
  wanted to give the impression of unending terror.
- An intended final shot with the Golden Gate bridge covered in birds was
  not filmed because of cost.
- The poster for the movie said:  ``THE BIRDS IS COMING!'' irritating English
  teachers nationwide.
- Hedren's daughter 'Melanie Griffith' (qv) claims she was given a present
  by Hitchcock during the filming.  It was a doll of her mother in a coffin,
  which Hitchcock intended as a joke.


# Birth of a Nation, The (1915)
- Premiered in Los Angeles with the title ``The Clansman'', after the
  novel on which it was based.
- The black characters are played by white actors with make-up.


# Birth of the Blues (1941)
- 'Bing Crosby' (qv)'s clarinet was dubbed by 'Danny Polo' (qv),
  'Brian Donlevy' (qv)'s cornet by 'Poky Carriere' (qv).


# Bishop's Wife, The (1947)
- This first filming was directed by 'William A. Seiter' (qv), but
  'Samuel Goldwyn Jr.' (qv) didn't like it and so he asked 'Henry Koster' (qv)
  for a completely new film.  The preview-audience didn't like the new
  version, so 'Billy Wilder' (qv) and 'Charles Brackett' (qv) had to rewrite
  a couple of scenes without appearence in the credits.


# Black Cat, The (1934)
- 'Boris Karloff' (qv)'s character is named after Austrian architect and
  set designer 'Hjalmar Poelzig' (qv).
- The satanic prayer Poelzig chants during the black mass scene consists of
  phrases in Latin, the most recognizable being ``cum grano salis'' (with a
  grain of salt).


# Black Hole, The (1979)
- Dr Reinhardt's ship is called the ``U.S.S. Cygnus.''  The first black hole
  was discovered in the constellation Cygnus.


# Black Rain (1989/I)
- 'Jackie Chan' (qv) turned down a role, as he didn't want to play a ``bad''
  character.


# Black Scorpion, The (1957)
- The producers ran out of money during production, so the special effect of
  the scorpion attacking Mexico City is actually an empty traveling matte.
- The sounds of the scorpions are the same sounds as the ant chirps in 
  _Them! (1954)_ (qv).


# Black to the Promised Land (1992)
- A scene where the students visit an Arab village and were stoned by the
  residents was filmed but not included.


# Black Widow (1986)
- CAMEO(David Mamet): playing poker with Debra Winger


# Blackmail (1929)
- 'Anny Ondra' (qv)'s voice was dubbed by 'Joan Barry' (qv) because Ondra had a
  thick German accent.  Barry had to stand just off the set and read the
  lines into a microphone as the film was shot.
- Much of the film was originally shot silent; when sound became available
  during the course of shooting, director 'Alfred Hitchcock' (qv) re-shot
  certain scenes with sound.
- A German-language version was produced at the same time, also directed
  by Hitchcock.
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): being bothered by a small boy on the
  subway.


# Blazing Saddles (1974)
- Scriptwriter 'Andrew Bergman' (qv) originally named the lead character
  ``Tex X''.
- Director 'Mel Brooks' (qv) plays a character called ``Le Petomane'', which
  was the stage name of a popular French performer (Joseph Pujol) from the
  beginning of the 20th century.  His specialty was telling stories punctuated
  with flatulence.
- In the shot where the showbill for ``Lili von Schtupp, The Teutonic
  Titwillow'' appears, the tune played on the honky-tonk piano in the
  background is ``Springtime for Hitler'' from _The Producers (1968)_ (qv),
  also directed by Brooks.
- The ``stinkin' badges'' line is from
  _The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)_ (qv).
- The TV release has several extra scenes that weren't in the theatrical
  release.
 - When Sheriff Bart is trying to capture Mongo, after he delivers the
  ``CandyGram for Mongo'', it then shows a ``draw on the dummy sheriff'' game
  that fires a cannon at Mongo.
 - A scene where Bart convinces Mongo to go diving down a well for Spanish
   Doubloons and Bart stops pumping air to the diving suit because it's time
   for his lunch break.
 - Escaping from the ``Bad guy queue'', Jim and Bart encounter a Baptism
   ceremony.
 - Governor Le Petomane rides into the fake Rock Ridge in a stagecoach and
   tries to talk to the fake people.
- Everyone in the town of Rockridge's last name is ``Johnson''.
- CAMEO(Count Bassie): leader of the jazz band in the desert.
- DIRCAMEO(Mel Brooks): the aviator in the bad-guy queue.


# Blind Date (1987)
- 'Madonna' (qv) and 'Sean Penn' (qv) were approached to star together in this
  movie, but producers wanted to cast 'Bruce Willis' (qv) in the male lead, so
  Madonna backed out.


# Blind Husbands (1919)
- Originally titled ``The Pinnacle.''


# Blink (1994)
- 'Dana Stevens' (qv)'s research into the screenplay revealed that delayed
  vision is not ficticious.
- 'Madeleine Stowe' (qv) visited doctors at UCLA to study blindness.
  'Aidan Quinn' (qv) and 'James Remar' (qv) spent time with the Chicago Police
  department, and the line ``We will solve no crime before there's overtime''
  was provided by police force members.


# Blood Alley (1955)
- 'Robert Mitchum' (qv) was fired from the film after an altercation in which
  he shoved director 'William Wellman' (qv) into San Francisco Bay.


# Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
- References to: _An American Werewolf in London (1981)_ (qv) [more!]


# Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight (1991)
- The prison inmates are watching _T.N.T. Jackson (1974)_ (qv).


# Bloodsport (1987)
- 'Jean Claude Van Damme' (qv) was well-known in Europe as a kickboxer, but an
  unknown in Hollywood.  He spotted producer 'Menahem Golan' (qv) coming out
  of a restuarant and getting into his car.  He introduced himself, and then
  did a 360 degree spinning kick, narrowly missing Golan's head.  Golan signed
  him the next day to star in this film.


# Blown Away (1992)
- When Richie gets arrested, a police radio can be heard announcing the
  capture of Dr. Richard Kimble from _"The Fugitive (TV)"_ (qv).


# Blue Iguana, The (1988)
- CAMEO(Dean Stockwell):


# Blue in the Face (1995)
- Filmed in just five days, using the same set and much of the same cast as
  _Smoke (1995)_ (qv).  The premise of the film came to directors
  'Wayne Wang' (qv) and 'Paul Auster' (qv) while watching an improvisation
  session between 'Harvey Keitel' (qv) et. al. to help them get into character
  for filming _Smoke (1995)_ (qv).  They decided that the improvisations were
  so funny that they would spend a few days after shooting Smoke just filming
  film is almost entirely improvised.  Auster and Wang claim to have
  ``borrowed'' the idea of shooting another movie on the back of an existing
  one from 'Roger Corman' (qv) who often used to shoot movies very quickly on
  leftover sets from other productions.


# Blue Skies (1946)
- Filming began with 'Paul Draper' (qv) as Jed Potter.  Draper was fired over
  either his impatience with 'Joan Caulfield' (qv), who was not a professional
  dancer, or his stutter.  He was replaced by 'Fred Astaire' (qv).


# Blue Sky (1994)
- Completed in 1991, but not released until 1994 due to Orion Pictures'
  bankruptcy.


# Blue Tiger (1994)
- CAMEO(Michael Madsen): a gun salesman.  Madsen is the brother of star
  'Virginia Madsen' (qv).


# Blues Brothers, The (1980)
- The ``Blues Brothers Band'' consists of already well-respected musicians, who
  have recorded and written with the likes of Eric Clapton and Otis Redding.
- Every time we see the window in Elwood's apartment a train goes past.
- When the police car flips over in the mall, the police officer says ``Hey,
  they broke my watch!''  This line is repeated after every major car crash.
- ``Murph and the Magictones'' have a pink Cadillac with the name of the band
  painted on the side.  After they re-join the Blues Brothers, the car has
  ``The Blues Brothers'' crudely spray-painted on it.
- Elwood never takes off his sunglasses, and Jake never takes off his hat.
- This film holds the world record for the number of cars crashed.
- DIRTRADE(John Landis): [ipanema]: the music in the elevator.
- DIRTRADE(John Landis): [SYNW]: the message on the billboard that the
  cops were hiding behind.
- DIRTRADE(John Landis): [filmmakers] Appearances by directors 'Frank Oz' (qv)
  and 'Steven Spielberg' (qv).


# Bob Roberts (1992)
- Writer/Director/Actor 'Tim Robbins' (qv) wrote a song called ``Revape
  Amerika'' for _Tapeheads (1988)_ (qv).  It was performed by ``Bob Roberts''.
  Robbins reworked the song into ``Retake America''.
- A soundtrack album was not made becuase Robbins didn't want the songs played
  outside of the movie's context.


# Body Double (1984)
- Porn star 'Annette Haven' (qv) was originally cast for the role of
  ``Holly'', but Columbia Pictures decided to turn her down when their
  executives saw what kind of movies she had been making.  Haven
  later stated that she was happy because of that, because she hadn't
  liked the script and hadn't liked to be in a film with gory violence.


# Bodyguard, The (1992)
- This film was originally proposed in the mid-70's, starring 'Diana Ross' (qv)
  and 'Steve McQueen' (qv), but was rejected as ``too controversial''.
- Rachel's mansion is the same mansion as the ``horse's head in the bed''
  mansion in _The Godfather (1972)_ (qv).
- Rachel and Frank go and see _Yojimbo (1961)_ (qv), which was released in
  the United States as ``The Bodyguard''.


# Bohemian Girl, The (1936)
- This was 'Thelma Todd' (qv)'s last screen appearance before her controversial
  death. In an attempt to avoid associating the film with the notoriety
  surrounding the event, the plot was altered and many of her already-filmed
  scenes were re-shot.


# Bonfire of the Vanities, The (1990)
- 'Alan Arkin' (qv) (Judge Myron Kovitzky) was replaced late in preproduction
  by 'Morgan Freeman' (qv) and the character renamed; mostly because of
  scheduling problems.  This decision cost over $2 million.
- 'F. Murray Abraham' (qv)'s contract for this movie stipulated that his name
  appear above the title in the advertising, or not at all.  Since the
  producers already had 'Tom Hanks' (qv), 'Melanie Griffiths' (qv),
  'Bruce Willis' (qv) and Freeman above the title, Abraham chose not to be
  credited.
- The production is extensively documented in ``The Devil's Candy'' by Julie
  Salamon (ISBN 0-385-30824-8)


# Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
- 'Morgan Fairchild' (qv), who was active in Dallas theatre, began her film
  career in this film as 'Faye Dunaway' (qv)'s stand-in.


# Border Patrol (1943)
- CAMEO(Robert Mitchum):


# Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
- CAMEO(Abbie Hoffman): a war/draft protester.
- CAMEO(Ron Kovic): WWII veteran in the parade at the beginning.
- DIRCAMEO(Oliver Stone): a TV reporter.


# Born To Be Bad (1950)
- The film had two endings.  Director 'Nicholas Ray' (qv) raised the 
  issue of a director's right to final cut, and at this time the collective
  contract with directors did not stipulate this right.


# Born to Dance (1936)
- 'Judy Garland' (qv) was originally cast as one of the three girls at the
  club, with 'Frances Langford' (qv) as Lucy James.  Garland was replaced
  by Langford, and 'Virginia Bruce' (qv) replaced Langford as Lucy.
- 'Allan Jones' (qv) was intended fo Ted Barker, but the role went to
  'James Stewart' (qv).


# Botany Bay (1953)
- The figurehead on the prow of the ship is a full body and face cast of
  'Jan Sterling' (qv).


# Boxcar Bertha (1972)
- According to both 'David Carradine' (qv) and 'Barbara Hershey' (qv), their
  sex scene was not faked.


# Boxing Helena (1993)
- 'Kim Bassinger' (qv) pulled out of the title role, and was sucessfully sued
  for $9 million for violation of a verbal contract.


# Boy and His Dog, A (1975)
- Screenplay started by 'Harlan Ellison' (qv), who wrote the novella on which
  it is based.  Ellison encountered writer's block, and so producer
  'Alvy Moore' (qv) and 'L.Q. Jones' (qv) took over and wrote the script.
  Ellison saw nothing of the film until the premier, at which he was sitting
  next to Moore.  Ellison praised the film, to the relief of Moore, but there
  are rumors that Ellison later condemned the film.


# Boy Friend, The (1971)
- CAMEO(Glenda Jackson):


# Boys in Company C, The (1978)
- Drill Instructor played by 'R Lee Ermey' (qv), a former US Marines Drill
  Instructor.
- The original script was written by 'Rick Natkin' (qv) for a film class at
  Yale University in 1973.


# Boyz N the Hood (1991)
- DIRCAMEO(John Singleton): the mailman.


# Brady Bunch Movie, The (1995)
- Scenes featureing 'Mike Lookinland' (qv) as Cop #3 and 'Susan Olsen' (qv)
  as the Lemonade Lady were filmed but cut.


# Brain Damage (1988)
- CAMEO(Kevin VanHentenryck): on a subway, carrying a wicker basket.
  VanHentenryck appeared in _Basket Case (1982)_ (qv),
  _Basket Case 2 (1990)_ (qv), and _Basket Case 3: The Progeny (1992)_ (qv),
  all also directed by 'Frank Henenlotter' (qv).  In these three films,
  VanHentenryck's character carries his deformed twin brother around in a
  wicker basket.


# Brain Dead (1990)
- [Bill Pullman] mentions that he went to ``Miskatonic University'', the
  college where _Re-Animator (1985)_ (qv) took place.  Miskatonic University

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