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  is supposedly located in Arkham, MA, a fictional town created by
  'H.P. Lovecraft' (qv).


# Brain Eaters, The (1958)
- The producers of this movie were sued by 'Robert Heinlein' (qv), who
  claimed the plot stole several elements of his novel, ``The Puppet Masters''.
- CAMEO(Leonard Nimoy):


# Braindead (1992)
- During the lawnmower scene, blood was pumped at five gallons per second.


# Brainstorm (1983)
- 'Natalie Wood' (qv) died before filming was complete, thus the ending had to
  be constructed from scenes shot earlier.


# Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
- 'Winona Ryder' (qv) saw the script when it was originally going to be made
  as a TV movie, directed by 'Michael Apted' (qv).  She took the script to
  'Francis Coppola' (qv), whom she had not spoken to since withdrawing
  from _The Godfather: Part III_ (qv) due to exhaustion six months earlier.
  Coppola agreed to make the film, and Apted stayed on as executive producer.
- In an attempt to elicit more emotion, Coppola shouted ``whore'' and ``slut''
  while filming the scene when Van Helsing catches Mina with Dracula.
- 'Anthony Hopkins' (qv) also plays Chesare, the priest who tells Dracula that
  Elisabeta's soul is damned.


# Brats (1930)
- The framed photograph next to the clock on the mantlepiece is of
  'Jean Harlow' (qv).


# Brave (1994)
- In some shots, the girl's lover is suddenly replace by 'Steve Hogarth' (qv).
- Song changes from the album:
 - paper lies:        not included
 - the great escape:  alternative ending,


# Brave Bulls, The (1951)
- Filmed in the spring of 1950, but not released until the following year
 because producer-director 'Robert Rossen' (qv) was under investigation by the
 House Un-American Activities Committee.


# Braveheart (1995)
- Several of the major battle scenes had to be reshot, as extras were seen
  wearing sunglasses and wristwatches.
- Director/producer 'Mel Gibson' (qv) was investigated by the RSPCA, who were
  convinced that the fake horses used were real.


# Brazil (1985)
- Lots of significant names:
 - Mr Kurtzman (German for ``short man''): small in stature and success.  Named
   after the editor of ``Help'' (Harvey Kurtzman), a magazine that director
   'Terry Gilliam' (qv) worked for in the mid-60s.  It was at a photo shoot
   for this magazine that Gilliam met 'John Cleese' (qv), who would later
   invite him to join the Monty
   Python team.
 - Mr Helpman: ``helped'' Sam
 - Mr Warrenn: works in a rabbit-warren style place: a maze of corridors
 - Harvey Lime, possibly a reference to Harry Lime in
  _The Third Man (1949)_ (qv).
- Gilliam had trouble with studio producers over the black ending he wanted on
  the film.  The producers wanted a ``happy Hollywood'' film which eliminated
  (among other things) the final transition and a critical line of dialog which
  reveals the fate of Jill.  These changes were made, and this ``butchered''
  version was shown on US television at least once.  Gilliam threatened to
  disown the film, and consequently the cinematic release and all videotape
  versions show the film essentially as he intended it to be seen (although
  the US cinematic release still omitted the line about Jill).
- The ``young Mrs Lowry'' was played by both 'Kim Greist' (qv) and
  'Katherine Helmond' (qv).
- Gilliam tested more than a half-dozen actors to play the part of Jill,
  interviewing or testing 'Jamie Lee Curtis' (qv), 'Rebecca De Mornay' (qv),
  'Rae Dawn Chong' (qv), 'Joanna Pakula' (qv), 'Rosanna Arquette' (qv),
  'Kelly McGillis' (qv), 'Ellen Barkin' (qv), and he even considered
  'Madonna' (qv).  Gilliam's personal favorite was Barkin.
- The book ``The Battle of Brazil'' details the production of this movie.
- References to _Potemkin (1925)_ (qv).
- The theme song (which Sam listens to in his car) was also featured in
  _Brazil (1944)_ (qv).
- DIRCAMEO(Terry Gilliam): the smoker in the Shangri-La tower who bumps
  into Sam.
- DIRTRADE(Terry Gilliam): [burst]: SWAT teams enter through ceiling.


# Breakfast Club, The (1985)
- The guidance counselor's desk has a name plaque which says ``R. Hashimoto''.
  'Richard Hashimoto' (qv) was the production supervisor.
- A prom queen election poster contains the name of 'Michelle Manning' (qv),
  who co-produced the film.
- Director 'John Hughes' (qv) insisted that the entire cast and crew eat their
  meals on location in the Maine East High School cafeteria.


# Breaking Away (1979)
- Originally titled ``Bambino.''


# Brewster McCloud (1970)
- Daphne Heap ('Margaret Hamilton' (qv)) is shown wearing ruby slippers,
  a reference to Hamilton's role in _The Wizard of Oz (1939)_ (qv).
- Suzanne's apartment features a poster for _MASH (1970)_ (qv), also directed
  by 'Robert Altman' (qv).


# Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- Editing after previews resulted in the loss of a subplot in which Karl
  imitates the Monster's murderous modus operandi to eliminate his miserly
  aunt and uncle and direct the blame away from himself.
- The working title was ``The Return of Frankenstein''.
- When the castle is self-destructing, the Doctor can be seen against the far
  wall. Yet he is next seen outside in the arms of his beloved, watching the
  explosions.  There were two endings originally: the first had Doctor
  Frankenstein dying within the castle and this was filmed.  But the producers
  judged this a bit harsh and wanted a happy ending, so they shot the extra
  footage (too expensive to re-film the explosions).


# Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
- The bridge set took eight months to construct, and thirty seconds to
  demolish.


# Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- Susan pretends that she and David ('Cary Grant' (qv)) are gangsters.  The
  underworld nickname she gives police for David is ``Jerry the Nipper'', a
  nickname that Jerry (Grant) had in _The Awful Truth (1937)_ (qv).


# Broadcast News (1987)
- 'Jack Nicholson' (qv) was niether credited nor paid for his role, at his
  own request.  He didn't want to distract from the leads.


# Broadminded (1931)
- CAMEO(Bela Lugosi): man whose hot dog was stolen.


# Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
- Rumors say that 'Eleanor Powell'(qv) didn't want at first to play in the
  movie but was to polite to tell MGM officials directly.  She asked for the
  leading role and an exorbitant salary, and MGM accepted her demands.


# Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
- For the number ``Your Broadway and Mine'', the set is decorated with the
  names of Broadway stars from the 1910s and 1920s.  When Alice (played
  by 'Sophie Tucker' (qv)) starts talking about former times, Tucker's
  name can be seen at least twice in the background.
- The song ``Dear Mr. Gable'' was a birthday present for 'Clark Gable' (qv)'s
  36th birthday.  Composer and arranger 'Roger Edens' (qv) adapted the
  old song ``You Made Me Love You'' by 'James Monaco' (qv).
  It was sung at Gable's birthday party by a young 'Judy Garland' (qv).
  Producer 'Louis B. Mayer' (qv) was so impressed by it, that he gave order to
  let Garland sing it again in the next great musical MGM was going to produce.


# Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
- Planned to be shot in TechniColor, but made in black and white.
- The fur coat running gag was based on the real-life ploy of talent agent
  'Doc Shurr' (qv).
- The vocals for 'Carmen D'Antonio' (qv) were dubbed by 'Lois Hodnett' (qv).


# Broadway Serenade (1939)
- 'Busby Berkeley' (qv) only directed the final musical number.


# Broadway to Hollywood (1933)
- Some of the musical numbers were originally filmed for
  _The Long March of Time (1930)_ (qv).


# Broken Arrow (1996)
- Director 'John Woo' (qv) originally wanted Hale to die during the film.


# Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1978) (TV)
- Some footage was taken from _"Battlestar Galactica" (1978)_ (qv),
  along with many props.


# Bugsy Malone (1976)
- 'Jodie Foster' (qv)'s singing was dubbed.  Director 'Alan Parker' (qv)
  regrets this later, when Foster goes on to be a major star.


# Bullitt (1968)
- 'Steve McQueen' (qv) drove both cars in the chase scene.  The director
  called for speeds of about 75-80 mph, but the cars (including the ones
  containing the cameras) reached speeds of over 110 mph.


# Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)
- DIRTRADE(Sergio Leone): [theme]: The Blonde, Sentenza, and Tusco
- DIRTRADE(Sergio Leone): [close-up]


# Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965)
- 'Walter Gage' (writer) is a pseudonym for 'William Inge' (qv), who asked that
  his name be removed from the credits after the producers changed his script
  without his permission in an effort to spotlight the film's star,
  'Ann-Margret' (qv).


# Bus Stop (1956)
- 'Marilyn Monroe' (qv) objected to the color of 'Hope Lange' (qv)'s hair,
  claiming that it was too fair and detracted from her own.  As a result,
  Lange's hair was darkened.
- 'Don Murray' (qv) suffered painful facial cuts when Monroe over-did a scene
  in which she had to slap him with the sequined tail of her costume.


# Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
- 'Warren Beatty' (qv) turned down the role of Sundance to in favour of
  a role in _Only Game in Town, The (1970)_ (qv).


# C'era una volta il west (1969)
- 'Henry Fonda' (qv) originally turned down a role in the picture.  Director
  'Sergio Leone' (qv) flew to the United States and met with Fonda, who asked
  why he was wanted the movie.  Sergio replied, ``Picture this: the camera
  shows a gunman from the waist down pulling his gun and shooting a running
  child.  The camera pans up to the gunman's face and... its Henry Fonda.''
- The credits run over the first 14 minutes of the film.
- DIRTRADE(Sergio Leone): [theme]: Harmonica, Frank, and Cheyenne.
- DIRTRADE(Sergio Leone): [close-up]
- DIRTRADE(Sergio Leone): Music is by 'Ennio Morricone' (qv).
- DIRTRADE(Sergio Leone): [close-up]: in most gun-fight scenes.



# Cable Guy, The (1996)
- During filming of the scene in which the Cable Guy ('Jim Carrey' (qv)) plays
  basketball, it was discovered that Carrey could barely dribble a basketball,
  much less make a basket.  Director 'Ben Stiller' (qv) had Carrey mime the
  action without a ball and visual effects technicians added the basketball in
  postproduction.

# Cadillac Man (1990)
- 'Robin Williams' (qv) quotes 'James Dean' (qv) from
  _Rebel Without a Cause (1955)_ (qv): ``I've got the bullets goddamned!''
- CAMEO(Elaine Stritch): widow.


# Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom (1994)
- Billed as a sequel to _Caged Heat (1974)_ (qv), but features different
  characters.


# Cagey Canary, The (1941)
- 'Robert Clampett' (qv) completed the film after director 'Tex Avery' (qv)
  left Warner Brothers.


# Caine Mutiny, The (1954)
- 'Richard Widmark' (qv) was chosen for the lead role, but producer
  'Stanley Kramer' (qv) wanted 'Humphrey Bogart' (qv).
- Preparations for filming took 15 month: US Navy refused
  supporting the movie, because the story aims at a Navy mutiny.


# California Suite (1978)
- CAMEO(James Coburn): piloting a light plane in the movie-in-the-movie.


# Caligula (1980)
- Disappointed at the lack of nudity in the final cut, producer
  'Bob Guccione' (qv) included extra footage of models taking off their
  clothes.
- Write 'Gore Vidal' (qv) did not want credit for his work.


# Call Me Madam (1953)
- 'Carole Richards' (qv) dubbed 'Vera-Ellen' (qv)'s singing.


# Campana del Infierno, La (1973)
- Director 'Claudio Hill' (qv) fell from the tower housing the title bell on
  the last day of shooting and was killed. The film was completed by
  'Juan Antonio Bardem' (qv).


# Can-Can (1960)
- During filming, 'Nikita Khurshchev' (qv) visited the set with his wife.  He
  reportedly was shocked by the open sexuality on display, and remarked:
  ``The face of mankind is prettier than its backside.''


# Canary Murder Case, The (1929)
- Originally shot as a silent in 1928.  'Louise Brooks' (qv) refused to return
  from Germany for the dubbing.


# Cape Fear (1991)
- 'Robert De Niro' (qv) paid a dentist $5,000 to make his teeth look suitably
  bad for the role of Max Cady.  After filming, he paid $20,000 to have them
  fixed.
- De Niro was tattooed with vegetable dyes, which fade after a few months.
- 'Gregory Peck' (qv), who starred in _Cape Fear (1962)_ (qv), appears
  as Cady's lawyer.
- 'Robert Mitchum' (qv), played Max Cady in the 1962 version, and appears as
  Lieutenant Elgart.
- 'Martin Balsam' (qv) played Mark Dutton in the 1962 version and the judge in
  this version.
- Scene in high school auditorium totally ad-libbed by De Niro and
  'Juliette Lewis' (qv), and done on the first take.
- DIRTRADE(Martin Scorsese): [mother]: fruit stand customer.


# Caprice (1967)
- Patricia ('Doris Day' (qv)) goes to see a Doris Day film.


# Capricorn One (1978)
- One of the stunt helicopter pilots claimed this film was the most dangerous
  film he'd ever flown for.  He was killed in a crash soon after filming
  finished.


# Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967)
- The Zero-X Martian Exploration Vehicle was also featured in 
  _"Thunderbirds" (1964)_ (qv), also created by 'Gerry Anderson' (qv).


# Career Opportunities (1991)
- CAMEO(John Candy):


# Carefree (1938)
- Originally intended to be shot in color, but the extra cost of 1.5 cents per
  foot was too much.
- 'Irving Berlin' (qv)'s song ``The Night Is Filled With Music'' was cut from
  the final version of the film.


# Carlito's Way (1993)
- Director 'Brian DePalma' (qv) wanted to shoot the climax of the film at
  the World Trade Center in New York but unfortunately it was bombed, and
  he had to shoot it in ``another railway station again.''  See
  _The Untouchables (1987)_ (qv).


# Carnival Boat (1932)
- Working titles were ``Timber Beast'' and then ``Bad Timber''.


# Carnival in Costa Rica (1947)
- CAMEO(Leonide Massine): the film's coreographer is the unnamed ``famous
  dancer'' with Vera-Ellen in the first production scene


# Carrie (1976)
- 'Carrie Fisher' (qv) originally cast as Carrie, but refused to do the
  nude scenes.  She eventually swapped roles with 'Sissy Spacek' (qv), who
  was cast in _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv).


# Carry On Doctor (1967)
- 'Sid James' (qv) spent most of his screen time in bed, as he had recently
  suffered a heart attack.


# Carry On Emmanuelle (1978)
- 'Barbara Windsor' (qv) was going to appear in this film, but once she had
  read the script and had seen a few scenes already filmed, she declined to
  take part, as she described the film as a ``porn movie''.
  'Kenneth Williams' (qv) said that he saw nothing in it which he would
  describe as ``porn''.


# Casablanca (1942)
- ``Rick Blaine's'' was modelled after Hotel El Minzah in Tanger.
- Rick never says ``Play it again, Sam.''  He says: ``You played
  it for her, you can play it for me.  Play it!''.  Ilsa says ``Play it, Sam.
  Play `As Time Goes By'''.
- 'Dooley Wilson' (qv) (Sam) was a professional drummer who faked playing the
  piano. As the music was recorded at the same time as the film, the piano
  playing was actually a recording of a performance by 'Elliot Carpenter' (qv),
  being played behind a curtain.
- Producer 'Hal B. Wallis' (qv) nearly made the character Sam a female.
  'Hazel Scott' (qv), 'Lena Horne' (qv), and 'Ella Fitzgerald' (qv) were
  tested for the role.
- 'Humphrey Bogart' (qv)'s wife continually accused him of having an affair
  with 'Ingrid Bergman' (qv), often confronting him in his dressing room
  before a shot.  Bogart would come onto the set in a rage.
- Wallis originally had 'Ronald Reagan' (qv) and 'Ann Sheridan' (qv) in mind
  for the lead roles.  'Pan Brennan' (qv), another producer, then said he
  thought Bogart was the most appealing of all Warners' stars to women.
  Meanwhile 'George Raft' (qv) was angling for the part with
  'Jack Warner' (qv), but Wallis eventually chose Bogart.
- 'Paul Heinreid' (qv) was loaned to Warner's for the role of Victor Lazlo by
  Selznick International pictures against his will.  He was concerned that
  playing a secondar y character would ruin his career as a leading romantic
  lead.
- Bergman complained that she didn't know who her character was supposed to be
  in love with.
- Two contradicting endings were scheduled to be filmed, but the first one
  worked so well that they used it.
- The budget was so small they couldn't use a real plane in the back ground at
  the airport. Instead, it is a small cardboard cutout. To give the illusion
  that the plane was full-sized, they used midgets to portray the crew
  preparing the plane for take-off.
- This film was rewritten daily during filming, made on a shoestring budget,
  hastily released, and expected to bomb.
- Many of the actors who played the Nazis were Jewish.
- The timely real-life invasion of Casablanca was used to promote this film,
  and undoubtedly contributed to its success.
- Many of the shadows were painted onto the set. [rumor]
- Based on the play ``Everybody Comes to Rick's'' by 'Murray [???]' (qv), it
  was renamed to ``Casablanca'', hoping to emulate the success of the recently
  released _Algiers (1938)_ (qv).
- Wallis thought of the film's last line 3 weeks after shooting ended, and
  Bogart was called back to dub it.


# Casino Murder Case (1935)
- CAMEO(William Powell): Powell played Philo Vance in earlier films, and can
  be seen takling to the new Philo at the auction house.


# Casino Royale (1967)
- 'Peter Sellers' (qv) and 'Orson Welles' (qv) hated each so much that the
  filming of the scene where both of them face each other across a gaming
  table actually took place on different days with a double standing in for
  one the actors.
- Sellers often caused interruptions by leaving the set for days at a time.
- A brief snippet of the title tune to _What's New, Pussycat (1965)_ (qv)
  (which had many cast members in common) can be heard.
- At least one-half hour of the film ended on the cutting room floor and is now
  missing.
- Numerous screenwriters and directors contributed bits to the film and were
  uncredited: 'Billy Wilder' (qv) (the ``Nobody's Perfect'' tag line) and
  'Terry Southern' (qv) (the war room in Berlin) among them.
- An enormous Taj Mahal-type set was designed for the film but never built.


# CB4 (1993)
- References to: _Wayne's World (1992)_ (qv),
  _The Silence of the Lambs (1991)_ (qv), _Boyz N the Hood (1991)_ (qv),
  _Colors (1988)_ (qv) [more?]


# Chambara Fufu (1930)
- Casting was done the very day director 'Mikio Naruse' (qv)
  got the script from the studio head. The next day he found the locations,
  then shot for 36 hours running.


# Chance at Heaven (1933)
- 'Marian Nixon' (qv) replaced 'Dorothy Wilson' (qv) in the role of Glory
  Franklyn.


# Chariots of Fire (1981)
- The ``male military band'' featured several women disguised with false
  moustaches.


# Charley Varrick (1973)
- DIRCAMEO(Don Siegel): a table tennis player.


# Charlie Chan's Chance (1932)
- Currently believed to be lost.  Please check your attic.
- The only film in the series that boasts the involvement of the creator of
  Charlie Chan, 'Earl Derr Biggers' (qv), who is credited with ``added
  suggestions'' to the screenplay.


# Charlie Chan's Courage (1934)
- believed to be lost.  Please check your attic.


# Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)
- Believed to be lost.  Please check your attic.


# Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen (1916)
- 'Charles Chaplin' (qv) released this two reel comedy in 1915, shortly before
  leaving Essanay.  That studio then padded the film with two more reels of
  non-Chaplin material and re-released it as a four-reel film in 1916.


# Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams (1981)
- CAMEO(Paul Reubens):
- CAMEO(Timothy Leary):


# Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
- Director 'John Ford' (qv) deliberately only allowed one take, so that actors
  would remain nervous.


# Children of Divorce (1927)
- Some scenes supposedly directed by 'Josef von Sternberg' (qv).


# China Seas (1935)
- While shooting in the studio two stuntmen were nearly killed as they
  were washed away by 50 tons of water.


# China Syndrome, The (1979)
- Apart from the title song ``Somewhere In Between'' by _Stephen Bishop_ (qv),
  there is no background music in the entire picture.


# Chinatown (1974)
- DIRCAMEO(Roman Polanski): the hood who slits Jake's nose.
- Polanski actually cut 'Jack Nicholson' (qv)'s nose.


# Chinese Parrot, The (1928)
- No prints of this film are known to exist.


# Chopin - Bilder einer Trennung (1993)
- Dialog in this film taken directly from correspondence.


# Chopping Mall (1986)
- CAMEO(Paul Bartel): the same character he played in
  _Eating Raoul (1982)_ (qv), another 'Roger Corman' (qv) production.
- CAMEO(Mary Woronov): the same character she played in
  _Eating Raoul (1982)_ (qv), another 'Roger Corman' (qv) production.


# Chow Hound (1951)
- Names of Warner Brothers staff in the newspaper want ads.


# Christine (1983)
- Christine was a 1958 Plymouth Fury.  In 1958 they made only very small
  number of those Furys and they have since become collector's items.  There
  were 13 or 16 (depending on source) '58 Furys smashed in the making of
  the movie, and it infuriated Plymouth enthusiasts. In the original
- 'Stephen King' (qv) book the car had 4 doors, but it was changed to a 2 door
  model when it was realized that there never was a 4 door 1958 Plymouth Fury.


# Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)
- To reach high authenticity the whole crew crossed the Atlantic Ocean
  from Spain to America in three original ships provided by the
  Spanish government.


# Chump at Oxford, A (1940)
- The scenes of the employment agency and dinner party were originally filmed
  for the 63 minute version released overseas simultaneously with the USA 42
  minute print.


# Church, The (1991)
- [Thomas Arana] opens a door with a key.  The key ring is one of the ones
  given away as a promotion for _The Adventures Baron Munchausen (1989)_ (qv),
  for which director 'Michele Soavi' (qv) was the second unit director.


# Cincinnati Kid, The (1965)
- Original director 'Sam Peckinpah' (qv) was fired one week into production.


# Circle of Iron (1979)
- The script for this movie was intented for a project starring
  'Bruce Lee' (qv) and 'James Coburn' (qv), based on Lee's idea to present
  the philosophy that underlies martial arts training.  The project died
  when Lee died during the making of _Game of Death (1979)_ (qv).  The project
  was revived with 'David Carradine' (qv) taking Coburn's part and
  'Jeff Cooper' (qv) taking Lee's.  See also: _"Kung Fu" (1972)_ (qv).


# Circus, The (1928)
- 'Charles Chaplin' (qv) went to New York and had a nervous breakdown after
  about two-thirds of the film had been shot.


# Citizen Kane (1941)
- Originally titled ``John Citizen, U.S.A.''.
- 'William Randolph Hearst' (qv) was incensed by this movie.  The movie was
  obviously based on Hearst's life, and according to an essay written for
  the New York Review of Books by 'Gore Vidal' (a close friend of Hearst's)
  ``Rosebud'' was his Hearst's name for long-time mistress
  'Marion Davies' (qv)' clitoris.
- One of the voices of the reporters watching the newsreel at the beginning
  belongs to 'Joseph Cotten' (qv).
- The scene where Kane destroys Susan's room after she's left him was done on
  the first take.  Director/star 'Orson Welles' (qv)' hands were bleeding, and
  he is quoted as saying ``I really felt it.''
- Welles privately watched _Stagecoach (1939)_ (qv) about 40 times while making
  this film.
- When asked by friends how Kane's last words would be known when he died
  alone, Welles reportedly started for a long time before saying ``Don't you
  even tell anyone of this.''


# City Girl (1930)
- Director 'Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau' (qv) wanted the title of the film to be
  ``Our Daily Bread''. After differences with the producers he left, and an
  asisstant director finished it.


# City Slickers (1991)
- 'Billy Crystal' (qv) co-wrote the story, but is not given on-screen credit.
- Some trailers feature a scene where someone's spurs are caught on a rail, but
  this scene is not in the movie.
- The cow-giving-birth used a puppet calf, as several takes were wanted.  The
  shot of Norman getting to his feet was real footage taken just after birth.
  Crystal actually assisted in the delivery.  Six calves were used in
  all, and Crystal arranged for them all to live full lives on a farm.


# Claudine (1974)
- 'Diana Sands' (qv) was chosen for the female lead role, but she died
  of cancer shortly before shooting of the film began.


# Cleopatra (1963)
- 'Elizabeth Taylor' (qv) converted to Judaism during the shooting, which
  prevented it being shown in Egypt and other Arab countries.


# Clerks (1994)
- Financed largely by credit cards and money borrowed from family and friends.
- Filmed at the same store in which director 'Kevin Smith' (qv) was
  working at the time.
- The original ending showed Dante getting shot and killed during a
  robbery.


# Cliffhanger (1993)
- Set in Colorado, but filmed in Italy.  The American Enivornmental Protection
  Authority wouldn't allow filming in America for fear of the damage that
  could be left by the film crew.  Italy was chosen because it had spectacular
  mountains that are similar to the Colorado Rockies.  The production crew
  paid a very large deposit against clean-up costs.
- 31 well-known climbers were signed up, including 'Ron Kauk' (qv) and
  'Wolfgang Gullich' (qv).  Gullich performed many of the film's stunts.
- Kauk was 'Sylvester Stallone' (qv)'s stunt double and really had to bulk up.
  He ate 5 carbohydrate-heavy meals a day and pumped a lot of iron. The
  trainer wanted to have him eat a sixth meal in the middle of the night.
  Kauk also doubled for 'Leon' (qv), a 6'3'' black actor, and
  'Janine Turner' (qv).
- To demonstrate his faith in the safety equipment, director
  'Renny Harlin' (qv) put on a harness and flung himself out on a cable over a
  cliff.
- An avid golfer, Stallone found that climbing roughed up his hands and
  consequently messed up his game. He had a net on the set for practice.  The
  models he was dating complained about his rough hands.
- Electrical storms hit during filming, knocking down 5 crew members.  Climber
  Earl Wiggins was hit 3 times, but was only slightly injured.  During a later
  storm, crew members had fun taking pictures of each other with their hair
  standing on end while the climbers pointed out the wisdom of evacuating.
- The background for many of the scenes was generated by an IBM Power
  Visualization System.
- Sneak-preview audiences saw a scene where a rabbit gets killed by gunfire.
  Their reaction was strong enough for Stallone to invest $100,000 of his
  own money to have the scene re-shot so that the rabbit escaped.
- The credits include a message which explains that the Black Diamond harness
  used in the opening scene was specially modified so that it would fail.
- The stuntman who did the air-to-air transfer (Simon Crane) actually couldn't
  get inside the second plane, but good editing gives the appearance that he
  does.
- One of the buckles on the horse's bridle is a piece of climbing equipment.
- DIRTRADE(Renny Harlin): [finland]: one of the parachutes looks like
  the Finnish flag.


# Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
- The film rights were sold for ``a few hundred dollars'', but then re-sold
  for a much larger amount.  Before director 'Stanley Kubrick' (qv) become
  involved in the film, several different casts were considered for Alex
  and his droogs: girls in miniskirts, old-age pensioners, and
  'The Rolling Stones' (qv).
- _2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)_ (qv) (also directed by Kubrick) soundtrack
  highly visible in record store.
- The book that Frank Alexander is working on when Alex and his droogs break
  into is home is called ``A Clockwork Orange''.  Author
  'Anthony Burgess' (qv) uses a pun on the Malay word ``Ourang''.  Burgess
  lived for several years in Malaya.  The attack on his wife was based on an
  attack on Burgess' wife by four American GIs during WWII, which caused
  her to miscarry.
- Many actors play multiple roles.
- The newspaper article gives Alex's last name as ``Burgess''.
- The photo-montage when Alex clobbers the old lady are mostly the paintings
  the old lady has hanging in her room.
- Alexander's bodyguard was played by professional bodybuilder
  'David Prowse' (qv).  Even so, he was near exhaustion after the repeated
  takes of him carrying Alexander and his wheelchair down the stairs.
- Many phallic symbols: snake crawling between the legs of the woman in the
  poster, the popsicles held by the girls in the record store, the tip of
  Alex's walking stick, the object used by Alex to kill the woman.
- Kubrick deliberately made continuity errors just before the author worked 
  out who Alex is.  The dishes on the table move around and the level of
  wine in the glasses change between shots to give a feeling of
  disorientation to the viewer.
- The film was withdrawn voluntarily by Kubrick from the United Kingdom after
  being criticized as too violent.  Kubrick has stated that the film will be
  released there only after his death.
- The film leaves out chapter 21 of the book, where Alex starts thinking
  about getting married and settling down.  Burgess said: ``A vindication of
  free will had become an exhaltation of the urge to sin. I was worried. The
  British version of the book shows Alex growing up and putting violence
  by as a childish toy; Kubrick confessed that he did not know this version: 
  an American, though settled in England, he had followed the only version   
  that Americans were permitted to know. I cursed Eric Swenson of W. W.      
  Norton (the US publisher).''
- DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick): [three-way]: Alex vs Government vs
  Alexander.
- DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick): [faces]: Alexander, when he realizes who
  Alex is.
- DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick): [114]: The Durango's license plate is ``CRM-114'.
  Alex is also given ``Serum 114'' when he undergoes the Ludovico treatment.


# Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- The working title was ``Watch the Skies'', the closing words from
  _The Thing From Another World (1951)_ (qv).  These words also can be heard
  in the cartoon that wakes Neary.
- 'Jerry Garcia' (qv) can be spotted in the crowd in India.
- Barry is shown to be surprised by the extraterrestrials.  Director
  'Steven Spielberg' (qv) dressed up in a gorilla suit and was off camera while
  'Cary Guffey' (qv)'s reaction was filmed.
- In the original version, there is a long scene of Roy Neary tears up his and
  a neighbor's back yard for materials with which to build a model of Devil's
  Tower.  This scene is not in ``The Special Edition'' but was replaced by a 
  scene (the night before) in which his wife discovers him crying, fully
  clothed, under a running hot shower.  A family fight ensues, but this entire
  scene was not seen in the original version.  Also, additional footage was
  shot for ``The Special Edition'' that shows Neary inside the alien
  mothership at the end of the movie.  
- SFX man 'Douglas Trumbull' (qv) created the cloud effects by injecting white
  paint into tanks of salt and fresh water.
- It is possible to see an upside down R2-D2 (from
  _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv), etc) in part of the large spacecraft that flys over
  Devil's Mountain.  The SFX people needed more detail, and so supposedly
  there are many more such items, such as a shark from _Jaws (1975)_ (qv)
  (also directed by Spielberg), etc.  R2-D2 is visible as Jillian first sees
  the mothership up close from her hiding place in the rocks.
- The watch that Neary wears only shows the time when he presses a button
  on it. During filming the watch remains blank. This is to avoid continuity
  errors.
- DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg): [music]
- DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg): [stars]
- DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg): [father]: Jillian is a single mother; Roy leaves
  his family to follow his intuition.

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