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** The song "Rivers Of Babylon" by The Melodians would later be covered by Boney M and became a huge disco hit.
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** The song "Rivers Of Babylon" by The Melodians would later be covered by Boney M Music/BoneyM and became a huge disco hit.
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** Ras Daniel Heartman (Pedro) was also a well-known artist in Jamaica, with many Rasta-themed paintings and album covers to his credit.
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** Ras Daniel Heartman (Pedro) was also a well-known artist in Jamaica, mainly doing charcoal drawings, with many Rasta-themed paintings works and album covers to his credit.
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** Ras Daniel Heartman (Pedro) was also a well-known artist in Jamaica, with many Rasta-themed paintings and album covers to his credit.
** Beverly Anderson (the wealthy woman who Ivan begs for a job) later married Michael Manley, which made her First Lady of Jamaica when Manley became Prime Minister.
** Ras Daniel Heartman (Pedro) was also a well-known artist in Jamaica, with many Rasta-themed paintings and album covers to his credit.
** Beverly Anderson (the wealthy woman who Ivan begs for a job) later married Michael Manley, which made her First Lady of Jamaica when Manley became Prime Minister.
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** Another Clash-related ShoutOut was in Music/BigAudioDynamite's "C'mon Every Beatbox", which opens with a sample of Prince Buster's dancehall DJ character saying "Sit tight and listen keenly while I play for you a brand-new musical biscuit!"
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** The song "Rivers Of Babylon" by The Melodians would later be covered by Boney M and became a huge disco hit.
** "The Guns Of Brixton" by Music/TheClash on ''Music/LondonCalling'' references the film. Much later it went full circle when Cliff recorded a CoverVersion.
---> ''You see, he feels like Ivan''
---> ''Born under the Brixton sun''
---> ''His game is called survivin' ''
---> ''At the end of "The Harder They Come"''
** The song "Rivers Of Babylon" by The Melodians would later be covered by Boney M and became a huge disco hit.
** "The Guns Of Brixton" by Music/TheClash on ''Music/LondonCalling'' references the film. Much later it went full circle when Cliff recorded a CoverVersion.
---> ''You see, he feels like Ivan''
---> ''Born under the Brixton sun''
---> ''His game is called survivin' ''
---> ''At the end of "The Harder They Come"''
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* NoBudget: The production kept running out of money and took several years to complete.
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* ActorSharedBackground: Some autobiographical elements from Jimmy Cliff's life ended up in the film. Like Ivan, he was a Jamaican country boy who moved to Kingston to pursue success. Also, the music executive offering Ivan a pittance of money for a song was based on what really happened to Cliff at the start of his career. Thankfully, he didn't turn to crime in response like Ivan, but instead went to Leslie Kong, who owned a large record store, and convinced him to start a record label. Kong became one of the important early figures in {{Reggae}}, and has a small role in the film as Hilton's recording engineer and right-hand man.
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Director[=/=]producer Perry Henzell started developing the film before a script was written. He had the main actors brainstorm their characters, then the script was written around them.
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Director[=/=]producer Perry Henzell started developing the film before a script was written. He had the main actors brainstorm their characters, then the script was written around them.
