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- 'Celia Gore-Booth' (qv) (who played the bald villain) actually had
  waist-length red har that she didn't cut for the role.


# Few Good Men, A (1992)
- Two ``Misery'' novels can be seen beside Danny's typewriter while he watches
  a ball game.  _Misery (1990)_ (qv) was also directed by 'Rob Reiner' (qv).


# Field of Fire (1991)
- 'David Carradine' (qv)'s character is named ``Gen. Corman'', after
  B-movie mogul 'Roger Corman' (qv), director 'Cirio H. Santiago' (qv)'s
  longtime business partner.


# Fighting 69th, The (1940)
- 'Priscilla Lane' (qv) was cast as a girl back home.  The part was cut before
  shooting.
- 'William Gargan' (qv) was originally cast as John Wynn.


# Finian's Rainbow (1968)
- The song ``Necessity'' appears on the soundtrack album, but was cut from the
  film.


# Fire on the Amazon (1993) (V)
- 'Sandra Bullock' (qv) placed duct tape on her breasts during the filming
  of the love scene so that she could know for sure nothing would be visible
  that she didn't want seen.  She also made the production company sign
  a contract stating which parts of her were not to be shown.


# Firm, The (1993)
- A scene where we're told that ``The Firm don't want their lawyers to have
  family money'', that it keeps them ``loyal to their only source of income''
  is shown in some trailers, but isn't in the movie.
- CAMEO(Paul Sorvino): 


# First Men in the Moon (1964)
- CAMEO(Peter Finch):


# First Traveling Saleslady, The (1956)
- Originally intended to star 'Mae West' (qv).


# Fish Called Wanda, A (1988)
- 'John Cleese' (qv)'s character is called ``Archie Leach'', which is
  'Cary Grant' (qv)'s real name.
- Portia is played by 'Cynthia Caylor' (qv), who is Cleese's real-life
  daughter.
- The scene where Archie sits up in the background behind Wanda
  ('Jamie Lee Curtis' (qv)) is reminscent of a scene in
  _Halloween (1978))_ (qv), in which Michael Myers sat up similarily behind
  Curtis.
- When Otto ('Kevin Kline' (qv)), suggests possible snitchers to George, he
  suggests ``Kevin Delaney'', which are Kline's first and middle names.
- The ``dog death'' scenes were originally filmed with entrails from a butcher
  scattered around the ``dead'' dog.  Preview audiences reacted strongly to
  this, so the scenes were reshot with an obviously fake straw dog.


# Fisher King, The (1991)
- 'Bruce Willis' (qv) auditioned for a role.
- The front window of the video store features a poster for director
  'Terry Gilliam' (qv)'s previous film
  _The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)_ (qv). A poster for
  _Brazil (1985)_ (qv) (also directed by Gilliam) appears on the wall in the
  first video store scene.  Almost all of the posters and video tape boxes in
  the video store are from RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, the video arm of
  Tri Star Pictures, which released the film.
- CAMEO(Tom Waits): the beggar in the wheelchair at the train station.
- DIRTRADE(Terry Gilliam): [burst]: at the diner.


# Fitzcarraldo (1982)
- 'Mick Jagger' (qv) and 'Jason Robards' (qv) were replaced by
  'Klaus Kinski' (qv).
- Director 'Werner Herzog' (qv) wanted 'Mario Adorf' (qv) as captain of
  the ship, but Adorf refuzed to do the takes which involved the ship
  drifting thought the rapids.  Eventually, six men besides Herzog himself
  volunteered to do it.  Of the six, three were wounded; one had two
  broken ribs.
- The production is documented by the film ``Burden of Dreams'' by
  'Les Blank' (qv).


# Five Venoms (1978)
- The ``snake'' role was originally intended for a woman.


# Flash Gordon (1980)
- There is a rumor that the monitor behind Hans Zarkov ('Topol' (qv)) as he is
  having his memory dumped shows scenes from Topol's previous movies.


# Flic, Un (1971)
- The opening shot closely resembles Hokusai's famous woodcut ``The Wave''.


# Flicks (1987)
- Filmed in 1981 but never released theatrically.


# Flight of the Navigator (1986)
- Reference to _E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)_ (qv): David gets out of the
  spaceship at the gas station to ``phone home''.


# Flight of the Phoenix, The (1965)
- The plane that they leave on at the end of the film was originally a C-82
  Boom aircraft.  The stunt of taking off was too dangerous, and thus pilot
  'Paul Mantz' (qv) was asked to merely come in low, run his landing gear
  along the ground, and then take off again, simulating a take-off.  On the
  second take, Mantz was killed and the plane destroyed.  As all main footage
  had already been shot, a North American O-47A observation plane from the Air
  Museum was substituted for the remaining closeups.


# Fly, The (1986)
- DIRCAMEO(David Cronenberg): obstetrician who delivers the maggot baby.


# Flying Down to Rio (1933)
- In the original prints, the ``Orchids in the Moonlight'' number was color
- 'Joel McCrea' (qv) was originally slated for the role of Roger Bond.
- It became obvious that 'Arline Judge' (qv) was no match for
  'Fred Astaire' (qv), so 'Ginger Rogers' (qv) replaced her.
  tinted.
- 'Dorothy Jordan' (qv) was originally cast as dancing partner to 'Fred
  Astaire' (qv), but left to marry the producer, 'Merian C. Cooper' (qv).
 'Ginger Rogers' (qv) replaced her.


# Fog, The (1980)
- DIRTRADE(John Carpenter): [names]: characters named after cast and
  crew of Carpenter's previous film _Halloween (1978)_ (qv).


# Follow the Boys (1944)
- In the ``Beyond the Blue Horizon'' number (previously used in
  _Monte Carlo (1930)_ (qv)) the lyric ``rising sun'' were chanced
  to ``shining sun'', to avoid any associations to the Japanese flag.


# Follow the Fleet (1936)
- For the dance number ``Let Yourself Go,'' choreographer 'Hermes Pan' (qv)
  scouted several talented amateurs from Los Angeles dance halls. The best
  couple was spliced into the routine.
- The role of Connie Martin was originally planned for 'Irene Dunne' (qv),
  but she was unavailable.
- 'Harriet Hilliard' (qv) darkened her hair for the role to heighten theo
  contrast between her and 'Ginger Rogers' (qv).
- During the final dance sequence on the boat it is possible to see
  'Fred Astaire' (qv) hit in the face by Rogers' beaded sleeve.  The sequence
  was shot again 23 times in the hope of capturing the magic of that take
  without the accident, but it wasn't to be, and this original take was used.
- Bugle call: see also _The Gay Divorcee (1934)_ (qv) and
  _Roberta (1935)_ (qv).


# Follow the Leader (1930)
- 'Ethel Merman' (qv) was a last minute replacement for 'Ruth Etting' (qv).


# Foolish Wives (1922)
- Originally 3 hours long, censored to about 130 minutes.
- Mrs. Hughes can be seen reading a book with the title ``Foolish Wives'',
  written by 'Erich von Stroheim' (qv).


# Footlight Parade (1933)
- 'John Garfield' (qv) is often credited as being an extra in this film, 5
  years before signing a Hollywood contract with Warners, but researchers are
  in dispute over whether it is actually Garfield in the shot, which lasts
  5/6 of one second onscreen.


# Footlight Serenade (1942)
- CAMEO(Hermes Pan): the film's choreographer dances with 'Betty Grable' (qv)
  to ``Land on Your Feet''.


# For the Defense (1930)
- Loosely based on the career of New York attorney 'William Fallon' (qv).


# For Your Eyes Only (1981)
- 'Roger Moore' (qv) announces that he is reluctant to play 007 again, but is
  lured back at the last moment for an undisclosed sum.  To cover the
  possibility of a new actor playing Bond, and to provide continuity, the
  script writers included a scene in which 007 visits the grave of his
  murdered wife.
- Director 'John Glenn' (qv) had previously edited and was second-unit director
  on a number of previous Bond films.
- The pre-title sequence is a dig a 'Kevin McClory' (qv), who owns the rights
  to Ernst Stavro Blofeld and SPECTRE.  The unnamed man in a wheelchair is
  obviously mean to be Blofeld, and disposing of him so early was producer
  Cubby Broccoli's way of saying that the success of 007 did not depend on him.
- Stuntman 'Paolo Rigon' (qv) died during the filming of the bob sleigh chase.
- 'Bernard Lee' (qv), who played M for the last eleven 007 films died while
  preparing for the role.  As a mark of respect, Broccoli refused to recast
  the role, changing the script to say that M was on leave.
- One of the Bond girls was played by 'Tula Cossey' (qv), who was later
  revealed to be a former male.
- 'Sheena Easton' (qv) becomes the first vocalist to appear during the credits
  sequence.


# Forbidden Planet (1956)
- Borrowed its plot from Shakespeare's ``The Tempest''.
- First appearance of ``Robby the Robot''.
- First mainstream film to have the music performed entirely by electronic
  instruments, the soundtrack taking a year to be created.


# Foreign Affair, A (1948)
- CAMEO(Frederick Hollander): Erika's piano player in the cabaret.


# Foreign Correspondent (1940)
- 'Robert Benchley' (qv) was allowed to write his own lines.
- Director 'Alfred Hitchcock' (qv) wanted 'Gary Cooper' (qv) for the lead
  instead of 'Joel McCrae' (qv), but Cooper wasn't interested in doing a
  thriller.
- Shooting was completed on May 29, 1940, after which Hitchcock made a
  visit to England.  He returned on July 3 with the word that the Germans
  were expected to start bombing at any time.  'Ben Hecht' (qv) was hurriedly
  called in and wrote the tacked-on final scene set at a London radio
  station; it was filmed on July 5, and the real-life bombing started on
  July 10.
- 'Albert Bassermann' (who played the Dutch diplomat Van Meer) couldn't speak a
  word of English and learned all his lines phonetically.
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): early in the movie walking past
  Jonny Jones' hotel reading a newspaper.


# Forever Amber (1947)
- 'Peggy Cummins' (qv) was irugubakky cast as Amber, but proved unsuitable
  and was replaced by 'Linda Darnell' (qv).
- 'Vincent Price' (qv) was orignally cast as King Charles, but was replaced
  by 'George Sanders' (qv).


# Forgotten Commandments (1932)
- Uses footage from _The Ten Commandments (1923)_ (qv).


# Forrest Gump (1994)
- The script for this movie drifted around for 20 years before anyone decided
  to film it.
- All of the still photos of Forrest show him with his eyes closed.


# Fortress (1993)
- Filmed on the same set as _Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)_ (qv).


# Forty-Second Street (1933)
- 'Ginger Rogers' (qv) took the role of Anytime Annie at the uring of
  director 'Mervyn LeRoy' (qv), whom she was dating at the time.


# Foundling, The (1915)
- Unreleased - only print destroyed by fire before release
- This 1915 film was completed in August and reviewed by trade papers, but was
  destroyed by fire in a studio accident.  It was immediately remade with a
  different director and a slightly different cast and release on 2 January
  1916, only 6 days after the scheduled release date for the destroyed version.


# Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
- ACTTRADE(David Niven): [names] The line ``I knew a man named Trubshawe...''
  refers to a lifelong friend of Niven's, a source of references or character
  names in several of his films.


# Four Musketeers, The (1975)
- Filmed at the same time as _The Three Musketeers_ (qv).
- Director 'Richard Lester' (qv) was sued by the actors who claimed they were
  tricked into thinking the film was to be part of
  _The Three Musketeers_ (qv).  They won their case in court, but did not
  receive as much money as they would have if they were paid separately for
  both films.


# Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
- While making the film, 'Hugh Grant' (qv) thought the movie was awful.
- 'Kristin Scott Thomas' (qv) dubbed her own voice for the French version.
- At one point Charles says to Carrie ('Andie MacDowell' (qv)), ``For a moment
  there, I thought you were 'Glenn Close' (qv) in
  _Fatal Attraction (1987)_ (qv)''.  Close dubbed MacDowell's voice in
 _Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)_ (qv).
- The budget for the film was so small that the Scottish wedding wasn't
  filmed in Scotland, and the extras had to bring their own suits to the
  weddings.


# Frankenhooker (1990)
- 'Beverly Bonner' (qv) plays ``Casey'', a character that appears in
  _Basket Case (1982)_ (qv), _Brain Damage (1988)_ (qv), and
  _Basket Case 2 (1990)_ (qv), all also directed by 'Frank Henenlotter' (qv).
- The interior of the Franken family garage is intentionally four times
  as large as the exterior, as specified in the screenplay.
- DIRCAMEO(Frank Henenlotter): on the train that Frankenhooker takes to
  Manhattan, standing by the door holding a newspaper.


# Frankenstein (1931)
- 'Bela Lugosi' (qv) was offered the role of the Monster, but turned it down.
- In one scene, the monster ('Boris Karloff' (qv)) walks through a forest and
  comes upon a little girl, Maria, who is throwing flowers into a pond. The
  monster joins her in the activity but soon runs out of flowers. At a loss
  for something to throw into the water, he looks at Maria and moves toward
  her. In all American prints of the movie, the scene ends here. But as
  originally filmed, the action continues to show the monster grabbing
  Maria, hurling her into the lake, then departing in confusion when Maria
  fails to float as the flowers did. This bit was deleted because Karloff -
  objecting to the director's interpretation of the scene - felt that the
  monster should have gently put Maria into the lake. Though Karloff's
  intentions were good, the scenes omission suggests a crueler death for
  Maria, since a subsequent scene shows her bloodied corpse being carried
  through the village by her father.  This scene is restored in the
  videocassette reissue.


# Frankie and Johnny (1991)
- One scene called for actor 'Al Pacino' (qv) to be surprised after opening a
  door.  _Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)_ (qv) was filming in a
  nearby studio, so director 'Garry Marshall' (qv) arranged for Kirk and
  Spock be on the other side of the door that Pacino opened.


# Frauen sind doch bessere Diplomaten (1941)
- Supporting actor 'Karl Stepanek' (qv) emigrated whilst the nearly three
  years production period and was replaced by 'Erich Fiedler' (qv). Cutting
  and new shooting came to 500,000 DM additional production cost, because
  color processing had been developed further.


# Freaked (1993)
- Director 'Alex Winter' (qv) claims that 'Mr. T' (qv) got stressed out and
  left the set three days before filming was finished.  A ``scab T'' was
  required for one shot.  This stand-in can be seen in one of the cage shots
  during the battle between the huge Stuey and Ricky.  Mr. T was unavailable
  for re-dubbing the scene with all the milkmen, so 'Lee Arenberg' (qv) did the
  voice-over instead.
- Winter claims that the original producer of the film was fired by the studio
  for making too many weird movies.
- Winter claims that 'Alex Zuckerman' (qv)'s ears are not really that big.
- Winter claims that the drool and spit coming from his mouth after Ricky
  gets transformed was real, caused by the make-up.
- CAMEO(Keanu Reeves): the Dog Boy


# Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
- CAMEO(Johnny Depp): in a TV commercial.  Depp played a character in
  _A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)_ (qv) who was killed when he fell asleep
  watching TV.
- CAMEO(Alice Cooper): Freddy's father.


# Frenzy (1972)
- DIRCAMEO(Alfred Hitchcock): in the first moments of the film in the
  crowd - he is the only one not applauding the speaker.
- 'Elsie Randolph' (qv) (who plays a worker at the hotel) last appeared in a
  Hitchcock film 40 years earlier as the old maid in
  _Rich and Strange (1932)_ (qv).
- This was the first film Hitchcock shot in England since 1950's
  _Stage Fright (1950)_ (qv).
- DIRTRADE(Alfred Hitchcock): [bathroom]: the killer hides in the bathroom
  after the potato truck sequence.


# Freshman, The (1925)
- The football scenes were shot at the Berkeley Bowl between the first and
  second quarters of the East-West game of 1924-25.


# Freshman, The (1990)
- 'Marlon Brando' (qv) plays a character who they supposedly modeled Don
  Corleone from _The Godfather (1972)_ (qv) after.  'Bruno Kirby' (qv) (who
  plays Brando's nephew) played the young Clemenza in
  _The Godfather: Part II (1974)_ (qv).
- Victor Ray gives Clark Kellogg an Italian passport with the name
  ``Rodolfo Lasparri'', the name of a character from
  _A Night at the Opera (1935)_ (qv).
- Brando left filming one day in the trunk of his car to avoid photographers.
- During post-production, Brando claimed this film would be the biggest turkey
  of all time, but subsequently changed his mind, saying it would be
  ``reasonable''.


# Frightmare (1982)
- 'Jeffrey Combs' (qv) was cast principally because a brunette was needed to
  match the prop head made for the decapitation scene.


# From Beyond (1986)
- Dr. Crawford Tillinghast ('Jeffrey Combs' (qv)) wears a Miskatonic University
  sweatshirt.  Miskatonic University is a creation of author
  'H. P. Lovecraft' (qv), the author of many stories which featured this
  university.  Combs also starred in _Re-Animator (1985)_ (qv), based on
  another Lovecraft story.


# From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
- References to previous movies that 'Quentin Tarantino' (qv) has been
  involved with (_Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv) and _True Romance (1993)_ (qv)):
 - Kahuna Burgers (in the hotel room)
 - Red Apple cigarettes (on the dashboard of the Gecko's Cougar)
- The gun that Sex Machine weilds is one of the weapons found in El Mariachi's
  guitar case in _Desperado (1995)_ (qv), also directed by
  'Robert Rodriguez' (qv)
- Scott Fuller is wearing a T-shirt that says ``Precinct 13,'' a reference to
  _Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)_ (qv).


# From Here to Eternity (1953)
- 'Eli Wallach' (qv) turned down the role of Angelo Maggio.
- Studio executive 'Harry Cohn' (qv) wanted 'Aldo Rey' (qv) to play Prewitt
  and 'Joan Crawford' (qv) for the Karen Holmes role.  Director
  'Fred Zinnemann' (qv) opted for less familiar screen personalities.
- 'George Reeves' (qv) (star of _"The Adventures of Superman" (1952)_ (qv))
  had a role in the film, but after audiences at the first screening shouted
  ``Superman!'' whenever he appeared on screen, his scenes were cut from the
  to a minimum.



# From Russia with Love (1963)
- The budget was $2,000,000 (double that of _Dr. No (1962)_ (qv)).
- Chosen as the second 007 film after President Kennedy listed the book in his
  top ten favorite novels of all time.
- 'Daniela Blanchi' (qv) was 1960's Miss Universe, but being Italian her voice
  was dubbed.
- 'Martine Beswick' (qv) (Zora the gypsy) danced in the opening credits of
  _Dr. No (1962)_ (qv).
- ``Q'' played by 'Desmond Llewelyn' (qv) appears for the first time.
- 'Pedro Armendariz' (qv) was terminally ill during filming. Towards the end of
  shooting, 'Terence Young' (qv) had to double for the actor. Shortly after the
  film wrapped Armendariz committed suicide.
- During the helicopter sequence towards the end of the film, the inexperienced
  pilot flew too close to 'Sean Connery' (qv), almost killing him.
- The title of the film is ``Hearty Kisses From Russia'' in France and
  ``Agent 007 Sees Red'' in Sweden.


# Fugitive, The (1993)
- 'Harrison Ford' (qv) has never seen a single episode of the TV series upon
  which the film was based.
- A train was actually crashed for the movie, although Kimble jumping free
  was a superimposed image.
- 'Tommy Lee Jones' (qv) ad-libbed his reply to Kimble's protest (``I didn't
  kill my wife''): ``I don't care!''
- Ford damaged some ligaments in his leg during the filming of the scenes in
  the woods.  He refused to take surgery until the end of filming so that
  his character would keep the limp.  The limp can be seen in any subsequent
  scene where Richard Kimble is running.
- A destination indicator on a subway train reads ``Kimbal'', and the next shot
  tracks over a building which has a sign reading ``Harrison''.


# Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- Drill Instructor played by 'R Lee Ermey' (qv). A former US Marines Drill
  Instructor, Ermey was supposed to be a consultant on how to drill USMC
  style, but he lobbied director 'Stanley Kubrick' (qv) for the part.
- Ermey was involved in a jeep accident during the making of the movie.   At
  1am he skidded off the road, breaking all of his ribs on one side.  Lee
  refused to pass out, and kept flashing his car lights until a motorist
  stopped.  In some scenes, he does not move one of his arms at all.
- The scenes of the ruined city of Hue were shot on the Isle of Dogs, a
  dockyard in London that was scheduled for demolition.  In some shots there
  is a rock in the background that looks very much like the monolith from
  Kubrick's _2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)_ (qv).  Kubrick says it wasn't
  intentional, but was noticed while watching the rushes.
- DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick): [faces]: Private Pyle during the scene
  when all the marines are being pump up to kill, and when he is in the head.


# Funktown Velvet in the Land of Vanilla Syrup (1998)
- Inspired by _Shaft (1971)_ (qv).



# Funny About Love (1990)
- Conceived by producer 'Jon Avnet' (qv) after reading an article in
  Esquire Magazine by syndicated columnist 'Bob Greene' (qv) entitled
  ``Convention of the Love Goddesses,'' which Avnet perceived as ``an
  exploration of a man's relationship with the women in his life.''  Greene
  wrote the article after serving as guest speaker at the national convention
  of the Delta Gamma sorority.
- Originally filmed with 'Farrah Fawcett' (qv) as a former Delta Gamma, but
  after poor audience testing the film was re-edited just prior to its release
  to remove all of her scenes.


# Funny Girl (1968)
- ``The Swan'' was written especially for this movie.  The original number,
  ``Rat-A-Tat-Tat'' was deemed too dated (though appropriate for the setting
  of the show).


# Game of Death (1978)
- 'Bruce Lee' (qv) died during the making of this film.  The official verdict
  was a brain edema, but many people believe there is more to the story than
  this.  One persistent rumor is that he was killed by Ninja masters for
  revealing too many of their secrets.


# Game of Death II (1977)
- Despite dying years before production started on this film, 'Bruce Lee' (qv)
  recieves top billing.  Footage of him was culled from various previous
  outtakes, resulting in many continuity errors.


# Garden of Allah, The (1936)
- 'Merle Oberon' (qv) was originally signed to play Domini, but was ``bought
  off'' by 'David O. Selznick' (qv) at a cost of $25,000.
- All of the ``Arabic'' spoken in the film is gibberish.


# Garden, The (1995)
- DIRCAMEO(James Kerwin): about 45 minutes in shaking hands with Johansen after
  church.


# Gardens of Stone (1987)
- 'Mary Stuart Masterson' (qv)'s character's parents are played by her
  real-life parents, 'Peter Masterson' (qv) and 'Carlin Glynn' (qv).


# Gas Food Lodging (1992)
- The letter telling Nora about Trudi's absences from school gives the
  name of the school principal as 'Allison Anders' (qv), the director of
  the film.
- Elvia Rivera (the Mexian movie goddess) was named after Anders' landlord.


# Gay Divorcee, The (1934)
- Advertisements for the film touted 'Fred Astaire' (qv) and
  'Ginger Rogers' (qv) as ``The King and Queen of the Carioca'' in reference
  to their previous film, _Flying Down to Rio_ (qv).
- 'Helen Broderick' (qv) was asked to play the role of Hortense but was
  unavailable.
- The bugle call at the beginning of the ``Don't Let It Bother You''
  dance was developed from clowning during rehearsals, and became an in-joke
  in future Astaire-Rogers films.


# Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
- Originally bought by Fox as a vehicle for 'Betty Grable' (qv), however, after
  the success of _Niagara (1953)_ (qv) (which featured 'Marilyn Monroe' (qv)),
  the studio believed they had a more potent and far less expensive sex symbol
  than Grable (who was earning around $150,000 per picture vs. Monroe's
  $18,000).  Monroe kept insisting on retakes despite approval of takes by the
  director.  When Fox asked director 'Howard Hawkes' (qv) how production could
  be sped up he retored: ``three wonderful ideas: Replace Marilyn, rewrite the
  script and make it shorter, and get a new director.''
- Monroe wears a gold lame evening dress previously worn by
  'Ginger Rogers' (qv) in _Dreamboat (1952)_ (qv).
- In the ``Ain't There Anyone Here For Love'' sequence, 'Jane Russell' (qv)'s
  fall into the pool was an accident.  When director 'Howard Hawkes' (qv) saw
  the dailies, he kept it in the film.


# Getaway, The (1994)
- 'Alec Baldwin' (qv) and 'Kim Basinger' (qv) were a couple at the time that
  this film was made, the same as 'Steve McQueen' (qv) and 'Ali MacGraw' (qv)
  were when they starred in _The Getaway (1972)_ (qv).
- During the scene where Carol (Basinger) is driving the car and Doc (Baldwin)
  is shooting from the back seat, a spent cartridge ejected from the gun hit
  Basinger on the lip.  Filming stopped for over a week while the wound
  healed.
- The man who sells his truck at the end his named ``Slim''.  In
  _The Getaway (1972)_ (qv), this character was played by 'Slim Pickens' (qv).


# Getting It Right (1989)
- CAMEO(Elizabeth Jane Howard): partygoer


# Gettysburg (1993)
# Gettysburg (1993)
- CAMEO(Ted Turner): saying ``Let's go, boys!'' midway through Pickett's
- Except for the featured cast, this movie featured over 13,000 volunteer
  charge.
  civil war reenactors that paid their own way, provided their own props,

  and fought the battles presented on screen using the same tactics as were

  current at the time.


# Ghare-Baire (1984)
- Based on the book ``Ghare-Baire'' by 'Rabindranath Tagore' (qv).  Director
  'Satyajit Ray' (qv) had previously written a screenplay from this book, but
  had sold the rights to a group who never filmed the story.  30 years later,
  Ray rewrote the screenplay for this film.


# Ghostbusters (1984)
- The role of Louis Tully was originally written for 'John Candy' (qv).
- The role of Peter Venkman was originally intended for 'John Belushi' (qv).
- The eggs which fry themselves are sitting next to a package of ``Stay-Puft''
  marshmallows.  There is also a large advertisement for ``Stay-Puft''
  marshmallows (complete with the marshmallow man) visible on the side of
  a building.
- The demonic voice of Dana/Zuul was performed by director 'Ivan Reitman' (qv).
  The voice of Gozer was provided by 'Paddi Edwards' (qv).
- Many sequences were shot but removed from the film (a couple of the
  following were added as extras to the Criterion Collection CAV laserdisc
  release) :
 - Several shots in the sequence where Venkman, Stantz, and Spengler are
   thrown off campus were cut.
 - Several scenes throughout the film with Janine and Egon were cut.
 - The first time Venkman leaves Dana'a appartment, he says to Louis ``What a
   woman.''
 - The ``green slimer'' ghost is discovered by two newlyweds at the Hotel
   Sedgewick. Also cut was a Ghostbuster inspection of the room.
 - A policeman tries to ticket the Ectomobile, but the car won't let him.
 - 'Bill Murray' (qv) and 'Dan Aykroyd' (qv) play two bums that witness Louis
   being chased by the terror dog.
 - Ray and Winston inspect Fort Detmerring, where Ray dresses in an old
   General's coat and falls asleep. When he awakes, he sees a female ghost  
   above his bed. This part of the sequence was kept and used in the montage
   in the middle of the film.
 - Louis encounters two muggers in Central Park during the ghost montage.
 - Venkman and Stantz discuss matters with the mayor outside City Hall.  
 - The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man sequence ends with his large hat falling to
   the ground.
 Some deleted shots appear in the film's trailers.


# Ghostbusters II (1989)
- Several pieces of material from the trailers did not appear in the film:
 - Egon uses a PKE meter to read a piece of floating crystal.
 - When someone says the Titanic just arrived, Venkman replies ``Better late
   than never.'' In the film, this is said by 'Cheech Marin' (qv).
- Dialogue including ``There's always room for Jello'' was re-recorded for the
  finished film.
- CAMEO(Chloe Webb): guest on ``World of the Psychic''.


# Ghosts Can't Do It (1990) (V)
- CAMEO(Donald Trump): himself


# Giant (1956)
- Director 'George Stevens' (qv) wanted to cast fading star 'Alan Ladd' (qv)
  as Jett Rink, but his wife advised against it.  The role went to
  'James Dean' (qv).


# Gigantis the Fire Monster (1959)
- Warner Brothers thought the name ``Godzilla'' was owned by
  'Joseph E. Levine' (qv) rather than Toho, so they gave Gojira a new name,
  causing a great deal of confusion.


# Girl From Tomorrow, The (1992) (TV)
- Composed entirely from episodes of
  _"Girl From Tomorrow, The" (1990) (TV)_ (qv).,


# Giu la testa (1971)
- The film was originally due to be directed by 'Peter Bogdanovich' (qv),
  but 'Sergio Leone' (qv) took over.


# Glen or Glenda (1953)
- This transvestitism film was entirely financed by a Mormon church.


# Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
- The word ``fuck'' and its derivatives are uttered 137 times.
- The word ``shit'' and its derivatives are uttered 50 times.


# Glory (1989)
- 'Matthew Broderick' (qv) is believed to be a distant relative of Shaw, the
  character he plays.
- CAMEO(Jane Alexander): Robert Shaw's mother.


# Godfather, The (1972)
- 'Warren Beatty' (qv), 'Jack Nicholson' (qv), and 'Dustin Hoffman' (qv) were
  all offered the part of Michael Corleone, but all refused.
  'Robert Redford' (qv) was also considered.
- 'Robert De Niro' (qv) read for the parts of both Sonny and Michael Corleone.
  Director 'Francis Coppola' (qv) decided that he wasn't right for the role of
  Sonny, and already had Pacino in mind for Michael.
- There is a rumor that 'Burt Reynolds' (qv) was originally cast as Michael
  Corleone but 'Marlon Brando' (qv) wouldn't act with him, considering him
  more a TV star.
- 'Lawrence Olivier' (qv) was considered for the role of Vito Corleone.
- 'Frank Sinatra' (qv) was considered for the role of Johnny, but this role
  went to 'Al Martino' (qv) when it became apparent that there were too many
  similarities between Johnny and Sinatra himself.
- Brando wanted to make Don Corleone look ``like a bulldog'', so he stuffed
  his cheeks with cotton wool for the screen test.  For actual filming, he
  wore an appliance made by a dentist.  'Al Pacino' (qv) also wore a dental
  appliance.  This was to hold his jaw out of alignment, to appear as though it
  had been broken by Captain McCluskey and not reset.  Brando's mouthpiece is
  on display at the prop and costume museum at Universal Studios.
- During rehersals, a false horse's head was used for the bedroom scene.  For
  the actual shot, a real horse's head was used.
- During the scene where Sonny ('James Caan' (qv)) beats up Carlo
  ('Gianni Russo' (qv)), Caan actually broke some of Russo's ribs.
- Author 'Mario Puzo' (qv) and director Coppola deliberately removed all
  instances of the word ``Mafia'' from their screenplay.
- The scene of Don Corleone's death in the tomato garden was ad-libbed.
- 'Sofia Coppola' (qv) (daughter of director) appears as Michael Corleone's
  baby daughter in the christening scenes.


# Godfather: Part III, The (1990)
- 'Sofia Coppola' (qv) (daughter of director 'Francis Coppola' (qv)) plays
  Michael Corleone's daughter, a role she played as a baby in
  _The Godfather (1972)_ (qv).  'Winona Ryder' (qv) was originally cast, but
  she withdrew due to exhaustion.
- Twin girls with long dark hair are shown in a close-up pan in the crowd at
  Michael's party.  In _The Godfather (1972)_ (qv), similar girls were shown
  when Don Vito Corlenone was brought back from the hospital.
- 'Martin Scorsese' (qv)'s mother is one of the women that stops Vincent to
  complain about the poor care of the neighborhood.  See also
  _GoodFellas (1990)_ (qv).
- Composer 'Carmine Coppola' (qv) plays the orchestra conductor at the opera.

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