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# Clue (1985)
- Three endings were shot, and a random one shown at each theatre.  All three
  are included on video.


# Clueless (1995)
- Cher's last name is given as ``Horowitz'', but shown on her report card as
  ``Hamilton''.  This may be an in-joke, as director 'Amy Heckerling' (qv)'s
  previously directed _Fast Times and Ridgemont High (1982)_ (qv), which
  featured a Stacey Hamilton.


# Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
- 'Beverly D'Angelo' (qv) and 'Sissy Spacek' (qv) did all their own singing.


# Coeur en hiver, Un (1992)
- 'Emmanuelle Beart' (qv) actually learned how to play the violin for the part.


# Cold Feet (1989)
- CAMEO(Jeff Bridges): bartender


# Color of Money, The (1986)
- The voice explaining 8-ball is director 'Martin Scorsese' (qv)'s.


# Color Purple, The (1985)
- Producers 'Steven Spielberg' (qv) and 'Kathleen Kennedy' (qv) cast
  'Margaret Avery' (qv) after 'Tina Turner' (qv) turned it down.
- DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg): [father]: Nettie's father


# Colors (1988)
- Producer 'Robert H. Solo' (qv) hired real gang members as guardians as
  well as actors. Two of them were shot during filming.


# Come and Get It (1936)
- Director 'Howard Hanks' (qv) was replaced by 'William Wyler' (qv) after
  Hanks was rude to producer 'Sam Goldwyn' (qv).


# Comfort and Joy (1984)
- 'Mark Knopfler' (qv), lead singer of Dire Straits, wrote the soundtrack for
  this film.  Lyrics from a previous Dire Straits album ``Love Over Gold'' are
  used as dialog in the film: ``I hear the terrible twins came to call on
  you'' is similar to: ``I hear the seven deadly sins came to call on you'',
  and ``The bigger they are, baby, the harder they fall on you'' are both
  lyrics from the song ``It Never Rains''.  Alan Bird says the words ``dire
  staits'' in one of the radio studio scenes shortly after Maddy has left him.


# Coming Home (1978)
- 'Jane Fonda' (qv) had a body double for her sex scene with
  'Jon Voight' (qv).


# Coming to America (1988)
- 'Eddie Murphy' (qv) was required to give away 19% of his earnings to
  co-writer 'Art Buchwald' (qv) because Murphy did not mention that they
  developed the story together.
- Airport scenes in _Into the Night (1985)_ (qv) and
  _Coming to America (1988)_ (qv) have a call over the PA system for a
  ``Mr Frank Ozkerwitz'' to pick up the white courtesy phone.  This is
  'Frank Oz' (qv)'s real name.
- The bums that pickup the money that the Prince ('Eddie Murphy' (qv)) drops
  are the ``Duke Brothers'' from _Trading Places (1983)_ (qv) (also directed by
  'John Landis' (qv)).  In that movie, Billy Ray Valentine (Murphy) was
  responsible for The Dukes losing their fortune.
- The predatory woman in the bar was played by 'Arsenio Hall' (qv).
- All characters in the barber shop (including the caucasians) are played by
  Murphy, Hall, [and another black comedian].
- DIRTRADE(John Landis): [SYNW]: on a movie poster in the subway
  station (the movie claims to star 'Jamie Lee Curtis' (qv), who appeared in
  Landis' _Trading Places (1983)_ (qv)).  Another poster is visible in
  Ophelia's apartment.


# Commando (1985)
- ACTTRADE(Arnold Schwarzenegger): ``I'll be back, Bennet!''


# Commitments, The (1991)
- The producers wanted 'Andrew Stong' (qv)'s father to audition for one of the
  roles.  He brought his 16-year old son along, who then landed the lead role.
- One of the audition songs is the title song from _Fame (1980)_ (qv) (also
  directed by 'Alan Parker' (qv)).
- Jimmy is asked if he has brought _Mississippi Burning (1988)_ (qv) (also
  directed by Parker) with him on the bus.
- DIRCAMEO(Alan Parker): the record producer in the studio near the end
  of the film.  A cardboard cut-out of him can also be seen in the background
  in a video shop, and cassettes of his films are on the shelves.


# Company of Killers (1970)
- Originally intended as a TV movie named ``The Protectors'', but released
  theatrically with this new name.


# Conan the Barbarian (1981)
- 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' (qv) and 'Sandahl Bergman' (qv) did their own
  stunts, as they couldn't find suitable body doubles.
- To give the characters' costumes a more authentic and ``lived-in'' look,
  'Dino DeLaurentiis' (qv) had the cast members wear their costumes both
  during rehearsals and the actual scene shoots.
- 'Sandahl Bergman' (qv)'s character is never refered to by name during
  the film.  The name ``Valeria'' is given in the credits.
- Director 'John Milius' (qv) is an avid surfer.  Bergman and
  'Gerry Lopez' (qv) are professional surfers.
- Schwarzenegger had to tone down his workout, as his arm/chest muscles were
  so big that he couldn't wield a sword properly.
- The swordmaster was played by 'Kiyoshi Yamazaki' (qv), swordmaster for the
  actors in the film.
- The fake blood used in the film came in the form of a concentrate which had
  to be mixed with water prior to use.  Due to the cold weather, it was mixed
  with vodka (as an anti-freeze) instead.  In the scenes in which the actors
  were supposed to spit the blood, they would swallow it instead, then go back
  to the special effects man for more.
- The Mattel Toy Company started to make some Conan action figures, but after
  viewing the film, the executives realized that they couldn't afford to be
  associated with a film with such graphic sex and violence.  They gave their
  doll blonde hair, called him ``He-man'', and thus created the
  _Masters of the Universe (1987)_ (qv).


# Conan the Destroyer (1984)
- Some scenes were filmed in the same location and at the same time as scenes
  from _Dune (1984)_ (qv).
- CAMEO(Andre the Giant): the resurrected horned giant.


# Coneheads (1993)
- Scenes featuring 'Colleen Camp' (qv), 'Ellen Cleghorne' (qv),
  'Brian Doyle-Murray' (qv), and 'Conan O'Brien' (qv) were filmed but cut.


# Confession, The (1964)
- Original director 'Victor Stoloff' (qv) was fired and replaced by 
  'William Dieterle' (qv).


# Congo (1995)
- Director 'Frank Marshall' (qv) originally intended to use the computer
  work pioneered on _Jurassic Park (1993)_ (qv) for the gorillas, but
  opted for models as the computers weren't capable of reproducing hair.


# Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A (1949)
- The footage of the solar eclipse was taken during an actual eclipse.


# Conqueror, The (1956)
- Filmed near the site of contemporaneous nuclear testing grounds, the set
  was contaminated by nuclear fallout.  After location shooting, much dirt
  from the location was transported back to Hollywood in order to
  match interior shooting done there.  Scores of cast and crew members
  developed forms of cancer over the next two decades, many more than the
  normal percentage of a random group of this size.  Quite a few died from
  cancer or cancer-related problems, including 'John Wayne' (qv),
  'Susan Hayward' (qv), 'Pedro Armendariz' (qv), 'Agnes Moorehead' (qv),
  'Thomas Gomez' (qv), and director 'Dick Powell' (qv).


# Convention City (1933)
- No copies of this film can be found.


# Conversation, The (1974)
- CAMEO(Robert Duvall): the director who hires Harry Caul.


# Coogan's Bluff (1968)
- DIRCAMEO(Don Siegel): man in an elevator.


# Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, The (1989)
- The dog excrement was acutally chocolate mousse.
- Costumes change as characters walk from room to room.
- Animal symbolism is rampant: Albert Spica drives a Jaguar, the big sign
  above the restuarant says ``P&A'' (panda).


# Cop in Blue Jeans, The (1978)
- Originally titled ``Sqadra Antiscippo''.


# Copycat (1995)
- 'Sigourney Weaver' (qv) is almost a foot taller than 'Holly Hunter' (qv),
  thus for many scenes Weaver would be sitting down to make their heights
  appear more equal.
- As well as the real-life serial killers that Foley is identified as copying,
  his dressing up as a dead cop is a homage to a trick used by the ficticious
  serial killer Hannibal Lector in _The Silence of the Lambs (1994)_ (qv).


# Cosmic Princess (1976) (TV)
- This TV movie was edited from scenes of the two episodes (``The Metamorph''
  and ``Space Warp'') of the TV series _"Space: 1999" (1975)_ (qv).


# Couch Trip, The (1988)
- John Williams Burns Junior has the same prison number (74-74-505-B) as Jake
  Blues in _The Blues Brothers (1980)_ (qv).


# Countess Dracula (1972)
- 'Ingrid Pitt' (qv)'s voice was dubbed.  Supposedly, she was so furious
  at director 'Peter Sasdy' (qv) that she vowed never to speak to him
  again.


# Country Life (1994)
- Film adaptation based on and including most of the cast of Blakemores
  National Theatre production of ``Uncle Vanya''.


# Cover Girl (1944)
- 'Rita Hayworth' (qv) singing was dubbed by 'Martha Mears' (qv).


# Crazy People (1990)
- Some scenes differ slightly from those in the trailer:
 - The line ``You can't tell the truth, you idiot'' from the trailer
   has ``asshole'' instead of ``idiot'' in the movie.
 - The text of the Jaguar ad reads ``for men who want special attention''
   in the trailer and ``for men who want hand jobs'' in the movie.


# Creature Comforts (1990)
- The film's soundtrack is a mixture of actual interviews with
  shut-ins and zoo attendees, and semi-acting. The leopard was a
  Brazilian friend of director 'Nick Park' (qv)'s who hated England.
  Park told him to pretend he was a leopard in the zoo for the interview.


# Creeping Terror, The (1964)
- It is rumoured that the constant narration was introduced to cover up the
  extremely noisy production soundtrack.


# Creepshow (1982)
- CAMEO(Stephen King): Jordy Verril (man covered in moss).
- CAMEO(Joe King): (son of Stephen) The boy at the beginning (avid collector
  of ``Creepshow'' magazine and voodoo dolls).


# Creepshow 2 (1987)
- CAMEO(Stephen King): truck driver in ``The Hitcher''.


# Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
- CAMEO(Daryl Hannah):


# Crimes of Passion (1984)
- 'Rick Wakeman' (qv)'s soundtrack is based entirely on 'Anton Dvorak' (qv)'s
  ``New World'' Symphony; partly an in-joke on the releasing company, New
  World Pictures; partly as director Ken Russell's ``take'' on America.


# Crimewave (1985)
- Disowned by director 'Sam Raimi' (qv), incensed at not being allowed to
  use 'Bruce Campbell' (qv), and having editor 'Kaye Davis' (qv) and composer
  'Joseph LoDuca' (qv) removed by the producers.
- DIRTRADE(Sam Raimi): [3-stooges]: many, including the bowling balls
  rolling off the shelf onto the man's head.


# Criminals of the Air (1937)
- Working title was ``Guardians of the Air,'' then previewed as ``Honeymoon
  Pilot.''
- 'Rita Hayworth' (qv)'s name change came between the preview, where she was
  credited as 'Rita Cansino' (qv), and the release print.


# Crimson Pirate, The (1952)
- Ojo ('Nick Cravat' (qv)) is mute becuase Cravat had a thick East Coast
  accent.


# Crimson Tide (1995)
- The name of the submarine is the ``Alabama''.  Alabama's football team
  is called ``The Crimson Tide'', and their coach's nickname is ``Bear''; the
  name of the Alabama's captain's dog.
- 'Quentin Tarantino' (qv) was brought in to do uncredited ``punch-ups'' of
  the dialogue.  His major contribution was the comic book bickering.  The
  character name ``Russell Vossler'' (qv) is a reference to
  'Rand Vossler' (qv), with whom Tarantino used to work at a video store.
  See also _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv).
- 'Robert Towne' (qv) and 'Steven Zallian' (qv) also contributed key scenes.
  Towne's wrote the ``Von Clausewicz'' scene, having to do with the essential
  nature of war.
- CAMEO(Jason Robards): The Admiral.


# Critters 4 (1991)
- All external space scenes and many sets are lifted from one of
  'Don Opper' (qv)'s earlier films, _Android (1982)_ (qv).


# Cronaca di una morte annunciata (1987)
- Director 'Francesco Rosi' (qv) was so appalled with 'Rupert Everett' (qv)'s
  Spanish accent that he had his voice dubbed for the final print.


# Cross Creek (1983)
- CAMEO(Malcom McDowell): Maxwell Perkins
- CAMEO(Norman Baskin): giving directions to Rawlings.


# Crow, The (1994)
- 'Cameron Diaz' (qv) was offered the role of Shelley, but turned it down
  because she didn't like the script.
- 'Brandon Lee' (qv) died during a mishap on the set.  A scene required a
  gun to be loaded, cocked, and then pointed at the camera. Because of the
  close-range of the shot, the bullets loaded had real brass caps, but
  no powder. After the cut, the propsmaster (not the armsmaster - he had
  left the set for the day) dry-fired the gun to get the cock off,
  knocking an empty cartridge into the barrel of the gun.  The next scene
  to be filmed involving that gun was the rape of Shelly.  The gun was
  loaded with blanks (which usually contain double or triple the powder of a
  normal bullet to make a loud noise).  Lee entered the set carrying a bag
  of groceries containing an explosive blood pack.  The script called for
  Funboy ('Michael Massey' (qv)) to shoot Eric Draven (Lee) as he entered
  the room, triggering the blood pack.  The cartridge that was stuck in the
  barrel was blasted at Lee through the bag he was carrying, killing him.
  The footage of his death was destroyed without being developed.  Lee is the
  son of martial arts legend 'Bruce Lee' (qv), who died in mysterious
  circumstances before completing _Game of Death (1979)_ (qv).  See also
  _Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)_ (qv).
- The following scenes were completed after Lee's death:
 - Draven first enters the apartment after digging himself out of his grave:
   footage of Lee walking through an alley in the rain was digitally
   composited into the scene where he walks through the doorway.  Computer
   technology added drops of water to the door frame to make the water on
   his back not seem out of place.
 - The shot of Draven falling from the window was made by digitally
   compositing Lee's face (complete with simulated blood) onto a body double.
 - The scene where Draven puts on his make-up was filmed using a double.  The
   face in the smashed mirror may have been computer-generated, but was more
   likely a double. The image of Draven walking towards the window with the
   crow on his shoulder was cut from another scene, with a computer-generated
   crow added.
 - When Sarah visits the apartment, we never see Draven's face as it is
   a double.
- Scenes featuring 'Michael Berryman' (qv) as the Skull Cowboy were cut.
- CAMEO(James O'Barr): stealing a TV set after Gideon's shop was blown up.
- CAMEO(Trent Reznor): stage diving


# Curse, The (1987)
- 'Wil Wheaton' (qv) and 'Amy Wheaten' (qv), are real-life brother and sister.
- Wil Wheaten once said that the only good thing about the movie was that his
  sister got a job on it.


# Custer of the West (1968)
- Originally to be directed by 'Akira Kurosawa' (qv), but he pulled out.


# Cutthroat Island (1995)
- DIRTRADE(Renny Harlin) [flag]: Shopfront window.  Use of this flag is
  anachronistic.


# Cyber Bandits (1995)
- CAMEO([Visual Effects Supervisor]): behind the VR table in the nightclub
  scene.
- Originally titled ``A Sailor's Tattoo'', but renamed before release by
  Columbia-TriStar.
  


# Cyborg (1989)
- All the major characters are named after guitar brand names.
- A stuntman sued 'Jean-Claude Van Damme' (qv) after he lost vision in one eye
  during a fight sequence that went wrong.  The injured stuntman won his suit,
  claiming that Van Damme was not the expert that he claimed to be, lacking
  the control necessary for the stunt.


# Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
- The film required 2000 actors and extras, and 2000 costumes, half of which
  were specially designed for the film. Over 1000 weapons were required as
  well as 40 studio sets and outdoor locations.
# Dam Busters, The (1954)
- The RAF supplied most of the aircraft, at a cost of 130 pounds per hour. 
  This expense consumed 10% of the film's budget.
- An cut of the film was spiced up for the American market. Additional scenes
  of a plane crashing were later removed after it was spotted that Warners had
  used WW2 footage of a Flying Fortress (the RAF used Lancasters).
- The bombs shown in the movie were the wrong shape becuase the actual shape
  (a stubby cylinder) was still secret at the time.
- The film premiered 12 years to the day from the original raid.  The raid was
  one of the most effective operations of WW2 (the West German government were
  still mopping up after the original raid when the film was in production).
- Gibson's dog ``Nigger'' was dubbed into ``Trigger'' for the US market.  See
  also Goofs entry.


# Dames (1934)
- In the ``Dames'' number, Dick Powell as a Broadway producer don't want to
  see composer 'George Gershwin'(qv), but when asked by his secretary
  about seeing Miss Dubin, Miss Warren and Miss Kelly, he lets them
  enter his office. 'Al Dubin' (qv) and 'Harry Waren' (qv) wrote the music,
  'Orry-Kelly' (qv) was costume designer of this picture.


# Damien: Omen II (1978)
- 'Don Taylor' (qv) replaced director 'Mike Hodges' (qv) as a result of
  creative differences.


# Damsel in Distress, A (1937)
- 'Ruby Keeler' (qv), 'Carole Lombard' (qv) and British musical star
  'Jessie Matthews' (qv) were each approached to play the role of Alyce, but
  were unavailable.


# Dances with Wolves (1990)
- On the video release of this film that was sold as a McDonalds promotion at
  Christmas '92, there is not a single picture of 'Kevin Costner' (qv) on the
  box.  On all other video releases of the film, Costner is pictured.


# Dancing in the Dark (1949)
- Crossman's office is a replica of producer 'Darrly F. Zanuck' (qv)'s.


# Dandy in Aspic, A (1968)
- Director 'Anthony Mann' (qv) died during production and was replaced by
  'Laurence Harvey' (qv).


# Dangerous (1935)
- Working title was ``Hard Luck Dame''.


# Dante's Inferno (1969)
- DIRTRADE: (snake): Snake crawling on Dante's face after he crashes into the
  bird cages.


# Dark Half, The (1993)
- In the prologue of this 'Stephen King' (qv) adaptation, Thad Beaumont wants
  to become a writer and is shown writing stories. The title of his first
  typewritten story is ``Here There Be Tygers'', which is also the real title
  of the first short story King wrote in his career. The story can be
  found in King's ``Skeleton Crew'' anthology.


# Dark Star (1973)
- 'John Carpenter' (qv) directed, edited, and wrote the music for the film,
  but he uses pseudonyms in the credits for editing and the music.
- When bomb number 20 emerges from the bomb bay during the asteroid storm,
  you can see a guy sticking his tongue out on the computer screen.
- One of the pieces of debris after the ship blows up says
  ``_THX 1138 (1970)_ (qv) Toilet Tank''.
- The playboy posters are blurred in the bedroom scene, although the bedroom
  scene is not in all versions of the movie.


# Dark Victory (1939)
- Originally there was to have been a final scene where Judith Traherne's
  horse wins the Grand National, reducing Michael O'Leary
  ('Humphrey Bogart' (qv)) to tears.  Preview audiences found it anticlimactic
  and it was cut.


# Darkman (1990)
- Director 'Sam Raimi' (qv) wanted high-school friend 'Bruce Campbell' (qv) to
  play the lead role, but the producers didn't think that Campbell could
  handle it.  Campbell played Ash in _The Evil Dead (1983)_ (qv) and
  _Evil Dead II (1987)_ (qv), both also directed by Raimi.
- CAMEO(Jenny Agutter):
- DIRTRADE(Sam Raimi): [shemp]: Last shemp: 'Bruce Campbell' (qv).


# Dave (1993)
- Author 'Gary Ross' (qv) appears as Policeman number 2.
- Many Hollywood personalities, US Congressmen, and political commentators
  appear in this film as themselves.  The credits at the end still claim that
  all characters depicted in the film were fictitious.
- CAMEO(Oliver Stone): the man who tries to convince the reporter that
  the president is not the same man as he used to be.


# Dawn of the Dead (1979)
- Real pig intestines were used for the scene where [?] gets ripped apart
  in the hallway.  Unfortunately, someone had left the guts out of the
  freezer over the weekend, and after the scene was shot the cast and
  crew ran away gagging.
- DIRCAMEO(George Romero): the director in the television studio.
- CAMEO(Christine Forrest Romero): (wife of George) director's assistant ino
  the television studio.
- CAMEO(Tom Savini): mustached head biker.

# Day After, The (1983) (TV)
- The Soviet ambassador is named Anatoli Kuragin, the name of a character
  from 'Leo Tolstoy' (qv)'s ``War and Peace''.


# Days of Thunder (1990)
- Many real-life NASCAR drivers (including Rusty Wallace) appear in the film.
- NASCAR driver 'Greg Sacks' (qv) did most of 'Tom Cruise' (qv)'s stunt driving.
  Cruise wanted to do his own stunt driving, but wasn't allowed to for
  insurance reasons.  The Chevrolets were prepared by 'Rick Hendrick' (qv)'s
  racing team, which later used some of the movie cars in real races.  35 cars
  were wrecked during filming.
- The scene where Tim approaches Harry on a tractor was filmed on NASCAR
  legend 'Junior Johnson' (qv)'s farm. 
- The scene where Cole and Rowdy race rental cars on the beach shows birds
  scattering out of the way.  The birds were lured onto the beach by birdseed,
  and in the first take most of them were run over.
- All cars used in the movie for the races had to pass inspection and qualify.
  'Bobby Hamilton' (qv) qualified one of the movie cars in the top ten; they
  removed the cameras and he was allowed to enter the race.



# Days of Wine and Roses (1958) (TV)
- The founder of Alcoholics Anonymous was a consultant.
- 'John Frankenheimer' (qv) taped the AA meeting scenes the day prior to the
  live telecast, and those inserts made costume changes possible.


# Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
- Learning that he had not been chosen to direct this movie adaptation of
  his acclaimed TV drama _Days of Wine and Roses (1958) (TV)_ (qv),
  'John Frankenheimer' (qv) asked why and was told, ``John, they say you're
  not a comedy director.''


# Dead Again (1991)
- The number on Roman's prison uniform, 25101415, stands for ``25 October
  1415'', the date of the Battle of Agincourt, fought by Henry V, subject of
  director 'Kenneth Branagh' (qv)'s previous film, _Henry V (1989)_ (qv).
  Branagh's
  birthday (December 10) is shown on the first newspaper clipping in the
  opening sequence.
- The cover of the LIFE magazine in Mr. Madson's shop shows
  'Laurence Olivier' (qv) in _Hamlet (1948)_ (qv); another Shakespeare
  reference is on the bridge where Mike and Doug fight (it reads
  ``Shakespeare Bridge,'' the real name of a bridge in L.A. where the
  movie was filmed).
- Two additional double roles (besides Mike/Roman and Grace/Margaret) are in
  the film:  the nun at the orphanage turns up as a snooty starlet at a party
  in the 1940s, and the cop at the mental hospital is seen again as an
  obnoxious party guest.
- 'Derek Jacobi' (qv)'s stuttering as Frankie/Mr. Madson is a reference to his
  famous role as the stuttering Claudius in _"I, Claudius" (????)_ (qv).
- Mike's apartment contains several pictures of pianists and piano keyboards,
  giving away his true identity to the careful viewer.
- Lots of subtle similarities between Roman/Margaret and Mike/Grace.
- DIRTRADE(Kenneth Branagh): [doyle]: bored cop in the elevator, and
  obnoxious guest at Otto's party.


# Dead Drop (1996)
- The motorcycle in the movie is a 1976 Kawasaki KZ1000, requested by
  'Keanu Reeves' (qv) himself.  Fox bought five bikes for different scenes,
  all painted flat black to prevent the spotlights from being reflected.


# Dead Next Door, The (1988)
- The executive producer credited as ``The Master Cylinder'' is actually
  'Sam Raimi' (qv).


# Dead Pool, The (1988)
- CAMEO(Slash): half and hour after the funeral scene.  The Guns 'n
  Roses' song ``Welcome to the Jungle'' is used in the film.


# Dead Zone, The (1983)
- Director 'David Cronemberg' (qv) had to reshoot the scene in which John Smith
  has his first premonition. It showed a little girl's room burning and a small
  E.T. doll could be seen on one of the shelves. The scene had to be reshot
  when Universal Pictures threatened to sue.


# Death and the Maiden (1994)
- This film was shot entirely in exact chronological order.


# Death Becomes Her (1992)
- In the scene where Helen sits down onto a shovel handle, she didn't sit in
  the way she was expected to do, so the SFX people had to morph the image to
  make it look like the shovel handle was pushing up into her chest.
- 'Meryl Streep' (qv) accidentally scarred 'Goldie Hawn' (qv)'s cheek with
  a shovel during the fight scene.
- 'Tracey Ullman' (qv) appeared in the trailers as a bartender who is also
  Ernest's girlfriend.  After filming what director 'Robert Zemeckis' (qv)
  referred to as a ``saccharine ending'': Ernest and Ullman escaping to
  Europe, Zemeckis decided to opt for a darker ending, and Ullman's character
  was one of seven or eight actors with speaking roles that was cut.
- DIRTRADE(Robert Zemeckis): [citation]: The shots in the psychiatric
  clinic where Helen is brought look exactly like those in
  _One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)_ (qv).


# Death Machine (1994)
- ``Scott Ridley'' is named after 'Ridley Scott' (qv), and ``John Carpenter''
  is named after 'John Carpenter' (qv).


# Death of a Salesman (1985) (TV)
- 'Dustin Hoffman' (qv) called this his favorite acting experience.


# December 7th (1943)
- The Japanese planes attaking Pearl Habour were US ``Dauntless'' bombers.


# Deer Hunter, The (1978)
- 'Robert De Niro' (qv) claims this was his most physically exhausting film.
- 'John Cazale' (qv) barely finished the film, dying of cancer soon after its
  completion.
- De Niro and 'John Savage' (qv) performed the helicopter stunt themselves.
- There appear to be at least two different endings.  One version has
  [Chris Walken]'s slumped body with the ``I Love You Baby'' accompaniment.
  Another version simply closes with 'John (II) Williams' (qv) rendition of
  ``La Cavanita.''


# Defending Your Life (1991)
- CAMEO(Shirley MacLaine): The MC


# Delicatessen (1991)
- Rumoured to be a surrealistic interpretation of
  _The Delicate Delinquent (1957)_ (qv).


# Delta Force 3: The Killing Game (1991)
- 'Chuck Norris' (qv) was to appear in this film, but he withdrew following
  the helicopter crash during the making of
  _Delta Force: Operation Stranglehold (1990)_ (qv).


# Dementia 13 (1963)
- 'Francis Ford Coppola' (qv) was assisting 'Roger Corman' (qv) on a set
  in Ireland.  Corman allowed Coppola to use the same set for this film
  if he could shoot around the shooting schedule of Corman's film.


# Demolition Man (1993)
- 'Sandra Bullock' (qv) replaced 'Lori Petty' (qv) after a few days filming.
- A poster for _Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)_ (qv) can be seen in Lenina Huxley's
  office.  Both films had 'Mark Poll' (qv) as a set designer.
- Many of the cars in the movie were prototypes of future models, supplied by
  General Motors.
- For the European Release, references to Taco Bell were changed to Pizza
  Hut.  This includes dubbing, plus changing the logos during post-production.
  Taco Bell remains in the closing credits.


# Dennis the Menace (1993)
- In the UK, the title was ``Dennis''. The comic on which this film
  was based is also known as ``Dennis'' in the UK.  At about the same time
  as the ``Dennis the Menace'' comic started in the US, a completelty
  different character in a British comic was created - also called 
  ``Dennis the Menace''.


# Der Fuehrer's Face (1943)
- Originall to be titled ``Donald Duck in Nutzi Land'', but the success of the
  cartoon's song, released in sheet music long before the film itself caused
  the film to be renamed.
- Disney has banned this film from American reissue.


# Desert Bloom (1986)
- 'Winona Ryder' (qv) auditioned on video for the part of Rose, which
  eventually when to 'Annabeth Gish' (qv).


# Desperado (1995)
- 'Raul Julia' (qv) was cast as Bucho, but pulled out due to declining health.


# Desperate Hours, The (1955)
- 'Fredric March' (qv)'s part was intended for 'Spencer Tracy' (qv), a good
  friend of 'Humphrey Bogart' (qv)'s, but neither Tracy nor Bogart was willing
  to concede top billing to the other.


# Destination Moonbase Alpha (1976) (TV)
- This TV movie was edited from scenes of the two-part episode (``Bringers of
  Wonder'') of the TV series _"Space: 1999" (1975)_ (qv).


# Devil and Daniel Webster, The (1941)
- Shortly after filming had begun, 'Thomas Mitchell' (qv) managed to break a
  leg, and was replaced by 'Edward Arnold' (qv).  Not many scenes had been
  shot, none were reshot, so Mitchell is still visible in some scenes.


# Devil's Daffodil, The (1961)
- Produced in a German and English release, with the same crew but different
  actors.


# Diaboliques, Les (1954)
- Two women drive from the outskirts of Paris to Niort, the birthplace of
  director 'Henri-Georges Clouzot' (qv).


# Dial M for Murder (1954)
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): about 13 minutes into the film, on the
  left side of the reunion photograph.
- The movie was shot in 3-D although it was never released that way until
  after Hitchcock's death.
- Hitchcock arranged to have 'Grace Kelly' (qv) dressed in bright colors at the
  start of the film and made them progressively darker as time goes on.


# Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
- After the failure of _On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)_ (qv), EON was
  desperate to get 'Sean Connery' (qv) back to save the series. When he
  refused, the producers considered 'Roger Moore' (qv), then
  'Timothy Dalton' (qv) before unexpectedly signing an unknown American actor
  'John Galvin' (qv).  UA chief, David Picker, was not impressed with the
  choice of Galvin and the order went out to get Connery at any price. Connery
  was finally lured back with an unprecedented deal making him the highest
  paid actor to date.  The final contract involved Connery getting $1.25
  million up front, 12.5% of the gross and a commitment from UA to finance two
  non-Bond films of Connery's choice.  Connery later donated his fee to the
  Scottish International Trust.
- Actresses considered for the role of Tiffany Case included:
  'Raquel Welch' (qv), 'Jane Fonda' (qv) and 'Faye Dunaway' (qv).
  'Jill St. John' (qv) had originally been offered the part of Plenty O'Toole
  but landed the female lead after impressing the director 'Guy Hamilton' (qv)
  during screen tests. St. John becomes the first American Bond girl.
- The original plot had 'Gert Frobe' (qv) returning as Auric
  _Goldfinger (1964)_ (qv)'s twin and seeking revenge for the death of his
  brother.
- The death of Bond's wife Tracy was originally planned for the opening
  sequence of _Diamonds Are Forever (1971)_ (qv), but was later added to the
  end of _On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)_ (qv) to ``tidy up loose
  ends''.
- Upon release, this film broke Hollywood's three day gross record.
- 'Willard Whyte' (qv) is obviously based on 'Howard Hughes' (qv). Hughes,
  however, played a more substantial role behind the scenes allowing EON to
  film inside his casinos and at his other properties. His fee was reputed to
  be one 16mm print of the film.


# Dick Tracy (1990)
- The only colors in the film are the six that the original comic strip
  appeared in: red, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple, plus black and white.
- CAMEO(Dustin Hoffman): Mumbles
- CAMEO(Paul Sorvino): Lips Manlis
- CAMEO(Alan Garfield): a reporter
- CAMEO(James Caan):


# Dick Turpin (1925)
- Most scenes with 'Carole Lombard' (qv) were cut before release, but she
  can still be seen in a group scene.


# Die Hard (1988)
- The German that the terrorists speak is grammatically correct but
  meaningless.  In the German version of the film, the terrorists are not
  from Germany but from Europe.
- One cop says that John McLean ('Bruce Willis' (qv)) ``could be a fucking
  bartender for all we know''.  Prior to becoming a well-known actor, Willis
  was a bartender.


# Die Hard 2 (1990)

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