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** The manga series ''{{Manga/Shigurui}}'' also owes a lot to this film, though with a ''lot'' more [[Gorn graphic violence]].

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** The manga series ''{{Manga/Shigurui}}'' also owes a lot to this film, though with a ''lot'' more [[Gorn graphic violence]].it's ''much'' BloodierAndGorier.
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** The manga series ''Manga/Shigurui'' also owes a lot to this film, though with a ''lot'' more [[Gorn graphic violence]].

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** The manga series ''Manga/Shigurui'' ''{{Manga/Shigurui}}'' also owes a lot to this film, though with a ''lot'' more [[Gorn graphic violence]].
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** The manga series ''Manga/Shigurui'' also owes a lot to this film, though with a ''lot'' more [[Gorn graphic violence]].
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* ThrowItIn: During the scene where D'Hubert asks Adele to marry him, she starts to laugh. This laughter was not intentional. According to Creator/RidleyScott, she actually has a hard time keeping a straight face since one of the horses has a huge erection.

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* ThrowItIn: During the scene where D'Hubert asks Adele to marry him, she starts to laugh. This laughter was not intentional. According to Creator/RidleyScott, she actually has a hard time keeping a straight face since one of the horses has a huge erection. If you watch the scene again, one horse makes a shrieking noise, and d'Hubert has to chide it, and both actors nearly break.
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* FakeNationality: There isn't a single French actor in the entire movie, the cast is either British or American.

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* FakeNationality: There isn't a single French actor in the entire movie, the movie. The cast is either British or American.mostly British, with two American leads.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: The "Russia 1812" sequence was shot in Scotland.
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* FakeNationality: There isn't a single French actor in the entire movie, the cast is either British or American.

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* ReferencedBy: Of all things, Armand d'Hubert appears in the ''2000 AD'' vampire comic ''ComicBook/FiendsOfTheEasternFront'' as the protagonist of the Napoleonic wars prequel.

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Of all things, Armand d'Hubert appears in the ''2000 AD'' ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'' vampire comic ''ComicBook/FiendsOfTheEasternFront'' as the protagonist of the Napoleonic wars prequel.prequel.
** The film was a big influence on ''Film/{{Highlander}}''.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/RidleyScott wanted the two leads to be played by Creator/OliverReed and Creator/MichaelYork (Athos and d'Artagnan in ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973''), but the small budget and [[ExecutiveMeddling studio decisions]] forced him to choose from a list of less well-known but more affordable Hollywood actors.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/RidleyScott wanted the two leads to be played by Creator/OliverReed and Creator/MichaelYork (Athos and d'Artagnan in ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973''), but the small budget and [[ExecutiveMeddling studio decisions]] forced him to choose from a list of less well-known but more affordable Hollywood actors. Creator/MichaelMoriarty was also considered.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/RidleyScott wanted the two leads to be played by Creator/OliverReed and Michael York (Athos and d'Artagnan in ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973''), but the small budget and [[ExecutiveMeddling studio decisions]] forced him to choose from a list of less well-known but more affordable Hollywood actors.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/RidleyScott wanted the two leads to be played by Creator/OliverReed and Michael York Creator/MichaelYork (Athos and d'Artagnan in ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973''), but the small budget and [[ExecutiveMeddling studio decisions]] forced him to choose from a list of less well-known but more affordable Hollywood actors.actors.
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* ReferencedBy: Of all things, Armand d'Hubert appears in the ''2000 AD'' vampire comic ''ComicBook/FiendsOfTheEasternFront'' as the protagonist of the Napoleonic wars prequel.
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* DoingItForTheArt: The film's low budget meant that Creator/AlbertFinney's fee was a case of champagne. He was so eager to be in the film that he accepted.

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* BreakthroughHit: This film got Creator/RidleyScott noticed.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/RidleyScott wanted the two leads to be played by OliverReed and Michael York (Athos and d'Artagnan in ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973''), but the small budget and [[ExecutiveMeddling studio decisions]] forced him to choose from a list of less well-known but more affordable Hollywood actors.

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** Creator/AlbertFinney was cast because his then-girlfriend Diana Quick was in the film and suggested him for a role.
* ThrowItIn: During the scene where D'Hubert asks Adele to marry him, she starts to laugh. This laughter was not intentional. According to Creator/RidleyScott, she actually has a hard time keeping a straight face since one of the horses has a huge erection.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/RidleyScott wanted the two leads to be played by OliverReed Creator/OliverReed and Michael York (Athos and d'Artagnan in ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973''), but the small budget and [[ExecutiveMeddling studio decisions]] forced him to choose from a list of less well-known but more affordable Hollywood actors.
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Film/PulpFiction Mr. Wolf]] is a very belligerent French cavalryman.
** [[Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence Mr. Lawrence]] is a flute playing doctor.
** Creator/PetePostlethwaite is giving d'Hubert's general a shave!
* HeyItsThatVoice: Literature/MikeHammer is the narrator!
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* HeyItsThatVoice: MikeHammer is the narrator!

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* HeyItsThatVoice: MikeHammer Literature/MikeHammer is the narrator!
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** Pete Postlethwaite is giving d'Hubert's general a shave!

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** Pete Postlethwaite Creator/PetePostlethwaite is giving d'Hubert's general a shave!
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** Keith Carradine's girlfriend at the time, actress Christina Raines was cast as d'Hubert's wife Adele.

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** Keith Carradine's Creator/KeithCarradine's girlfriend at the time, actress Christina Raines was cast as d'Hubert's wife Adele.

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** Ridley Scott cast his two sons as d'Hubert's young nephews.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Ridley Scott wanted the two leads to be played by OliverReed and Michael York (Athos and d'Artagnan in ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973''), but the small budget and [[ExecutiveMeddling studio decisions]] forced him to choose from a list of less well-known but more affordable Hollywood actors.

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** Ridley Scott Creator/RidleyScott cast his two sons as d'Hubert's young nephews.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Ridley Scott Creator/RidleyScott wanted the two leads to be played by OliverReed and Michael York (Athos and d'Artagnan in ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973''), but the small budget and [[ExecutiveMeddling studio decisions]] forced him to choose from a list of less well-known but more affordable Hollywood actors.
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** [[Film/PulpFiction Mr. Wolf]] is a very beligerent French cavalryman.

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** [[Film/PulpFiction Mr. Wolf]] is a very beligerent belligerent French cavalryman.
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** [[PulpFiction Mr. Wolf]] is a very beligerent French cavalryman.
** [[MerryChristmasMrLawrence Mr. Lawrence]] is a flute playing doctor.

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** [[PulpFiction [[Film/PulpFiction Mr. Wolf]] is a very beligerent French cavalryman.
** [[MerryChristmasMrLawrence [[Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence Mr. Lawrence]] is a flute playing doctor.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[PulpFiction Mr. Wolf]] is a very beligerent French cavalryman.

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** Pete Postlethwaite is giving d'Hubert's general a shave!
* HeyItsThatVoice: MikeHammer is the narrator!
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** Keith Carradine's girlfriend at the time, actress Christina Raines was cast as d'Hubert's wife Adele.
** Ridley Scott cast his two sons as d'Hubert's young nephews.
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** [[MerryChristmasMrLawrence Mr. Lawrence]] is a flute playing doctor.

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** [[MerryChristmasMrLawrence Mr. Lawrence]] is a flute playing doctor.doctor.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Ridley Scott wanted the two leads to be played by OliverReed and Michael York (Athos and d'Artagnan in ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973''), but the small budget and [[ExecutiveMeddling studio decisions]] forced him to choose from a list of less well-known but more affordable Hollywood actors.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[PulpFiction Mr. Wolf is a very beligerent French cavalryman]]

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[PulpFiction Mr. Wolf Wolf]] is a very beligerent French cavalryman]]cavalryman.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[PulpFiction Mr. Wolf is a very beligerent French cavalryman]]
** [[MerryChristmasMrLawrence Mr. Lawrence]] is a flute playing doctor.

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