* BillingDisplacement: Creator/MichaelDouglas has top billing despite not appearing until about halfway through the movie and Creator/ValKilmer being in the lead role. Douglas taking over as producer had a lot to do with that.
* CreatorBacklash: Stephen Hopkins said in a 1998 interview that the film "was a mess...I haven't been able to watch it."
* DuelingDubs: There's two Brazilian Portuguese dubs, one for home video releases by BKS with Carlos Campanile as Remington and Affonso Amajones as Patterson; and another by VTI for TV airings featuring Élcio Romar as Remington and Marco Antônio Costa as Patterson.
* ExecutiveMeddling[=/=]WagTheDirector:
** According to script writer Creator/WilliamGoldman, Remington was originally going to be a small and enigmatic character simply known as "[[NoNameGiven Red Beard]]", but after Creator/MichaelDouglas took over as producer the role was given to him and received more importance at Patterson's expense. The final insult came when Creator/ValKilmer was nominated to the Razzie for Worst ''Supporting'' Actor.
** Director Stephen Hopkins said in 1999 interview with SFX magazine how making the film was his worst experience as a filmmaker, "a true nightmare". Even before filming began the working relationship between Douglas and Hopkins was very tense. Douglas even went and had the movie completely re-cut in post production removing 45 minutes of scenes in order for him to have more screen time. This also explains story parts that go nowhere and plot holes that the movie has. Like for example, a part where the story jumps from having only few people killed by lions only for characters in next scenes mentioning how the number of people dead is much bigger. Hopkins expressed disappointment with the final cut of the film.
* FakeIrish: Creator/ValKilmer as Col. John Henry Patterson.
* TroubledProduction: The film had its share of issues, due in no small part to shooting on location in South Africa, specifically in the Songimvelo Game Reserve. There was also considerable concern as to whether Val Kilmer could deliver on his performance due to this and a plethora of problems he was undergoing at the time he came onboard.
--> '''Stephen Hopkins, director:''' We had snake bites, scorpion bites, tick bite fever, people getting hit by lightning, floods, torrential rains and lightning storms, hippos chasing people through the water, cars getting swept into the water, and several deaths of crew members, including two drownings.... Val came to the set under the worst conditions imaginable. He was completely exhausted from doing ''Film/TheIslandOfDrMoreau1996''; he was dealing with the unfavorable publicity from that set; he was going through a divorce; he barely had time to get his teeth into this role before we started; and he is in nearly every scene in this movie. But I worked him six or seven days a week for four months under really adverse conditions, and he really came through. He had a passion for this film.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** In the early '90s, when Creator/BrianDePalma was chosen to direct the film, Creator/KevinCostner was going to star as Patterson. However when ''Film/TheBonfireOfTheVanities'' proved to be a box office disaster the studio withdrew their offer to De Palma and Costner went on to do ''Film/TheBodyguard''.
** Creator/KennethBranagh was approached to direct after the success of ''Film/HenryV1989''.
** Paramount originally wanted Creator/MichaelMann to direct.
** Paramount wanted Creator/TomCruise or Creator/MelGibson to star as Patterson.
** The part of Remington was originally offered to Creator/SeanConnery and Creator/AnthonyHopkins but both declined; the producers were considering asking Creator/GerardDepardieu when Creator/MichaelDouglas, initially hired as a producer, decided to play the role himself.
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