History Trivia / ThePresidio

* NamesTheSame: In RealLife, there were multiple Army installations known as "The Presidio". The one in the movie was The Presidio of San Francisco, and has since been closed down (along with another base mentioned in the film, Clark Air Base in the Philippines.) There is also a Presidio of Monterey, located in Monterey, California, where the military trains {{Cunning Linguist}}s. This has been known to cause some confusion for contemporary viewers. Incidentally, the Presidios were all old Spanish forts, which retained the "Presidio" from their old names out of tradition after they became American installations.

** The film as set to go into production in 1986 with Creator/LeeMarvin and Creator/JeffBridges starring, but Marvin fell ill and died the same year. Creator/GeneHackman was approached to replace Marvin, but turned it down. When Bridges left the project, it was put on hold.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/MarkHarmon stars as a civilian investigator in a military police procedural years before he'd star on ''{{Series/NCIS}}''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The movie was originally going to star Lee Marvin and Jeff Bridges. One idly wonders if we would have been treated to Austin accusing Caldwell of "[[Film/TronLegacy ruining his Zen-thing]]."

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/MarcHarmon stars as a civilian investigator in a military police procedural years before he'd star on ''{{Series/NCIS}}''.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Marc Harmon plays an investigator who [[Series/{{NCIS}} deals with crimes relating to the armed forces.]] And who is indeed very casually BadAss about it.
** And [[VasquezAlwaysDies Jeanette Goldstein dies again]] (she's the military policewoman)

* HeyItsThatGuy: Marc Harmon plays an investigator who [[{{NCIS}} deals with crimes relating to the armed forces.]] And who is indeed very casually BadAss about it.