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Jeremiah Johnson, 1972...
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Robert Redford once said of doing his own stunts on the film: "I like the tough stuff. Half the fun of making movies is doing the action scenes. Anyone can say words. Don't get me wrong. The stunt guys are really necessary and I never do the stunts where a pro can pull it off safer and better. But I do like to do the action where the camera is too close to tell a lie and the movie's insurance men are back at the office making out policies."
The real-life "mountain men" of the Rocky Mountains spoke a language that was a combination of Spanish, St-Louis French and quasi-frontier English.
The Hawken rifle he used is a muzzle-loading rifle that was widely used on the prairies and in the Rocky Mountains of the United States during the early frontier days. Developed in the 1820s, it became synonymous with the "plains rifle", the buffalo gun, and the fur trapper's gun. It was displaced after the Civil War by breechloaders (such as the Sharps rifle) and lever-action rifles.
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Starman, 1984...
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Actor Jeff Bridges studied ornithology and the behavior of birds to prepare for his role as an alien in human form for this movie. Bridges particularly used the sudden jerky head movements, amongst other nuances and mannerisms, of birds for his Starman character. Bridges figured that the alien would not have human characteristics and, being encased in a human body, would act with base primitive animal instincts.
This script was being developed at "Columbia" at the same time as another script about an alien visitation. The studio did not want to make both, so the head of the studio had to choose which film to make; he decided to make this one and let the other script go to a rival studio. The other script was for "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)." After 'E.T.' became such a huge hit, apparently 'Starman' sat on the shelf for almost three years before the Columbia Pictures studio agreed to release it.
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Heaven Can Wait, 1978...
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The role of Joe Pendleton was originally a boxer in Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941). Warren Beatty originally wanted to have Muhammad Ali play the boxer. When Ali's boxing schedule prevented him from doing the movie, Beatty - who could not box but could play football - recast the lead role as a football player and played the part himself.
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Passport to Pimlico, 1949..
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The outdoor scenes were shot in Lambeth, a mile away from Pimlico. A set was built on a large World War II bombsite just south of Lambeth at the junction of Hercules Road. This site is now the location for municipal flats built in the 1960s. However, the buildings on the junction of Hercules Road and Lambeth Road can still be recognized from this movie, as can the railway bridge going over Lambeth Road, particularly from the scenes where food is thrown over the blockade.
Mike Myers originally based "Wayne's World 2" (1993) on this movie, but had to re-write the script, as Paramount Pictures did not have the rights.
The isolation of Pimlico and its support by the common people of London is a reference to the Berlin blockade of June 1948 to May 1949.
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Enjoyable little film. Like most British films not a great deal happens, perhaps that is part of the charm Ciaran Hinds as "Pop" is great, as is (as always) Judi Dench. Didn't get to the end feeling like I'd lost 2 hours of my life.
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Genevieve, 1953...
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Despite being one of Britain's most well-loved films, this was apparently hell to make. Director Henry Cornelius was vetoed on most of his first choices--Dirk Bogarde turned him down, as did Claire Bloom--and he was forced to make it at studios he didn't want to work at. Cornelius' displeasure was acutely felt by cast and crew, as he didn't hide how unhappy he was. He was also apparently quite lecherous--both Dinah Sheridan and Kay Kendall carried whistles on them at all times in case they ever found themselves alone with him. Olive Dodds, Rank's head of contract artists, later testified that every leading cast member came to her at one point and said they wanted off the film.
The film ran into censorship problems in the US, partly because of the implication of weekends of illicit sex and because of the moment when Wendy asks for a coin so she can "spend a penny". References to toilets were specifically taboo in US films at that time.
Larry Adler's name was removed on prints released in the US due to his blacklisting following the House Un-American Activities Committee's hearings into supposed Communist infiltration in Hollywood. When the film was nominated for a Best Score Oscar, musical director Muir Mathieson received the nomination credit. This was eventually corrected by AMPAS.
When Alan and Wendy break down, spill the coffee and provide entertainment for a newsreel camera, they are passed by a friendly couple in a 1904 Oldsmobile roadster, registration A 8829. According to a stock photograph from 1966, Dinah Sheridan drove this very car during her first real life participation in the London to Brighton rally, thirteen years after the film was made.
