History Trivia / Unforgiven

* ActorAllusion:
** When Will notes that Ned is still using a Spencer rifle, it would imply that Ned carried it in the Civil War as a member of a U.S. Colored Troops cavalry regiment. Creator/MorganFreeman also starred in ''Film/{{Glory}}'' as a member of a U.S. Colored regiment.
** The earlier scene when Creator/ClintEastwood practices firing guns is reminiscent of him firing guns before the credits of ''Film/TheOutlawJoseyWales''.
** Will, beaten and bloody, crawling out of the saloon and across the boardwalk outside, is highly reminiscent of a scene from ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars''.

* MetaCasting: See below trope. Eastwood has stated on occasion that he considers this to be something of a direct sequel to his earlier Westerns, showing what happened when the Man With No Name [[RealityEnsues when he grew old and ran out of bad guys to kill.]]

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* AllStarCast: We've got Creator/ClintEastwood, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/MorganFreeman, Creator/RichardHarris….

* DeletedRole / RealLifeRelative: Creator/ClintEastwood's mother Ruth Wood toiled through an uncomfortable day (wearing a heavy dress) as an extra, filming a scene where she boards a train; but the scene was eventually cut, with her son apologizing that the film was "too long and something had to go." All was forgiven when he brought her to the Academy Awards and thanked her prominently in his acceptance speech.

* WorkingTitle: ''The Cut-Whore Killings'' and ''The William Munny Killings''
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[[folder:The wrestling event]]
* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: The Kennel from Hell match, as described on the main page.
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* FollowTheLeader: Though the script had been around for awhile, this film wasn't finally produced until after there was a full resurgence of interest in the western genre with the success of ''Film/DancesWithWolves'' after a period of largely being seen as unprofitable to the enormous failure of ''Film/HeavensGate''. This film like that one would go on to win a number of Academy Awards including Best Picture.

* FollowTheLeader: Though the script had been around for awhile, this film wasn't finally made until after there was a full resurgence of interest in the western genre after the success of ''Film/DancesWithWolves''. This film like that one would go on to win a number of Academy Awards including Best Picture.

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!!For the wrestling event:

* WorkingTitle: ''The Cut-Whore Killings'' and ''The William Munny Killings''.
* In Greeley's, Will fires off all six shots in his revolver and still manages to get everyone to leave the saloon by offering to kill anyone who remains. In the confusion, [[CountingBullets they lost track and couldn't remember if he'd fired six shots or only five]]. It seems the punks didn't feel lucky.

* ActorAllusion: When Will notes that Ned is still using a Spencer rifle, it would imply that Ned carried it in the Civil War as a member of a U.S. Colored Troops cavalry regiment. Creator/MorganFreeman also starred in ''Film/{{Glory}}'' as a member of a U.S. Colored regiment

* BookEnds: A unique meta-example; the boots that Creator/ClintEastwood wears in this movie, which has been his last (to date) appearance in a western, are the same ones that he wore during his first western appearance, on the 1950s TV show ''Series/{{Rawhide}}.

* AllStarCast: We've got Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris….
* BookEnds: A unique meta-example; the boots that Clint Eastwood wears in this movie, which has been his last (to date) appearance in a western, are the same ones that he wore during his first western appearance, on the 1950s TV show Rawhide.
* FakeBrit: Irishman Richard Harris plays English Bob.
* PlayingWithCharacterType: As part of the film's GenreDeconstruction of Westerns as a whole, Eastwood's role in the film is a deconstruction of his earlier Western character(s), namely those from the Film/DollarsTrilogy.

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* In Greeley's, Will fires off all six shots in his revolver and still manages to get everyone to leave the saloon by offering to kill anyone who remains. In the confusion, they lost track and couldn't remember if he'd fired six shots or only five. It seems the punks didn't feel lucky.

* HeyItsThatGuy: It's [[Film/DirtyHarry Dirty Harry]] vs. [[TheFrenchConnection Popeye Doyle]]!

* PlayingWithCharacterType: As part of the film's GenreDeconstruction of Westerns as a whole, Eastwood's role in the film is a deconstruction of his earlier Western character(s), namely those from the DollarsTrilogy.

* PlayingWithCharacterType: As part of the film's GenreDeconstruction of Westerns as a whole, Eastwood's role in the film is a deconstruction of his earlier Western character(s), namely those from the DollarsTrilogy.

* HeyItsThatGuy: It's [[Film/DirtyHarry Dirty Harry]] vs. [[TheFrenchConnection Popeye Doyle]]!

* HeyItsThatGuy: It's [[DirtyHarry Dirty Harry]] vs. [[TheFrenchConnection Popeye Doyle]]!

* It's [[DirtyHarry Dirty Harry]] vs. [[TheFrenchConnection Popeye Doyle]]!