History Trivia / TurkeyShoot

* OldShame: Everyone involved with the film is rather embarrassed by it.
* OnSetInjury: Barely averted. Creator/OliviaHussey almost accidentally cut off Roger Ward's hands in one scene. When Brian Trenchard-Smith yelled "cut", she took the order the wrong way during the scene and Ward just pulled his hands out of the way in the nick of time.

* WagTheDirector: Lynda Stoner was apparently very demanding on the set. Due to her strong animal beliefs (she is a long term campaigner of numerous animal right causes), she refused to cut open an actual dead fish in one scene, forcing the special effects department to jerry-rig together a fake one as fast as possible for the scene. Additionally, she also refused to do a nude scene, but after a long discussion with director Brian Trenchard-Smith, she compromised to partially appearing nude (backside shot).

* MarketBasedTitle: For its UK video release it was renamed ''Blood Camp Thatcher''.

* CreatorBacklash: Olivia Hussey wished not to appear nude, so they got a body double. In her autobiography, she said...

* CreatorBreakdown: Olivia Hussey was a little panicked during the shoot, worried that Australia's infamous wildlife would be everywhere. As a result, she was very nervous on location.

* MethodActing: For the scene where Paul is made to hold up weights, Steve Railsback, who is a method actor, insisted on using real weights. This had the side effect of making it difficult to get his lines out.
* NoBudget: According to Brian Trenchard-Smith, half the film's budget never arrived due to the Australian government changing its previous position on tax rebates for investors. Steve Railsback claimed that the investors invariably gambled half of the production budget away at the horse races. This led Trenchard-Smith to add more nudity and explicit gore into the film to compensate for the lack of the large-scale setpieces he had planned.

** The original script was a PeriodPiece set in America during the UsefulNotes/TheGreatDepression. The Australian government refused the production a tax credit unless the film was set in Australia, so it was re-written.

** The original script was a PeriodPiece set in America during the UsefulNotes/GreatDepression. The Australian government refused the production a tax credit unless the film was set in Australia, so it was re-written.

* NoBudget: According to Brian Trenchard-Smith, half the film's budget never arrived due to the Australian government changing its previous position on tax rebates for investors. Steve Railsback claimed that the investors invariably gambled half of the production budget away at the horse races.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Several planned set-pieces had to be cut or scaled down due to the film losing nearly half its intended budget before filming started. Among these:
** An action sequence involving Thatcher chasing Paul in a helicopter.
** A more expansive camp set with hundreds of prisoners and guards.
** An elaborate opening sequence depicting the dystopian outside world and the backstories of the three protagonists. All-in-all, the first fifteen pages of the script were cut.

* SleeperHit: The film flopped in both the US and its native Australia. However, when it was released in the UK, it broke Box Office records! Its UK success may have helped by the fact that the villain had the same surname as the then-[[UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher current and rather divisive Prime Minister]]...

* SleeperHit: The film flopped in both the US and its native Australia. However, when it was released in the UK, it broke Box Office records! Its UK success may have helped by the fact that the villain had the same surname as the then-current and rather divisive Prime Minister...

* SleeperHit: The film flopped in both the US and its native Australia. However, when it was released in the UK, it broke Box Office records! Its UK success may have helped by the fact that the villain had the same surname as the rather divisive -Prime Minister...

* MaetBasedTitle: For its UK video release it was renamed ''Blood Camp Thatcher''.
* SleeperHit: The film flopped in both the US and its native Australia. However, when it was released in the UK, it broke Box Office records! Its UK success may have helped by the fact that the villain had the same surname as the then-Prime Minister...

* SleeperHit: The film flopped in both the US and its native Australia. However, when it was released in the UK, it broke Box Office records!

* NoBudget: According to Brian Trenchard-Smith, half the film's budget never arrived due to the Australian government changing its previous position on tax rebates for investors.
** Steve Railsback claimed that the investors invariably gambled half of the production budget away at the horse races.

* FakeAustralian: The leads are played by American Steve Railsback and Argentinian Olivia Hussey, neither of whom attempt an accent.

WhatCouldHaveBeen: Several planned set-pieces had to be cut or scaled down due to the film losing nearly half its intended budget before filming started. Among these:

* FakeAustralian: The leads are played by American Steve Railsback and Argentinian Olivia Hussey, neither of whom attempt to fake an accent.

** Another story says that the investors invariably gambled half of the production budget away at the horse races.
* OldShame: Everyone involved with the film is rather embarrassed by it.

* EnforcedMethodActing:
** Rumor has it that real bullets were fired at the actors in some scenes, though they may have just been BB's (still [[EyeScream capable of causing injury though]]).

* EnforcedMethodActing: Rumor has it that real bullets were fired at the actors in some scenes, though they may have just been BB's (still [[EyeScream capable of causing injury though]]).