Trivia / Head in the Clouds

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• Actor-Shared Background: Just like Django Reinhardt, guitarist John Jorgenson has frequently played gypsy jazz.
• Box Office Bomb: Budget, $20 million. Box office, $3,510,605.
• Completely Different Title:
  • In Portuguese, in both Brazil and Portugal, the film is known as Três Vidas e um Destino ("Three Lives and a Destiny").
  • In France, it is known as Nous étions libres ("We Were Free").
  • In Greece, it is known as San prosopo sta synnefa (Σαν πρόσωπο στα σύννεφα, "Like a Face in the Clouds").
  • In Hungary, it is known as Nézz az égre! ("Look at the Sky!").
  • In Japan, it is known as トリコロールに燃えて (Torikorōru ni moete, "Burning Tricolour").
  • In Lithuania, it is known as Virš debesu ("Above the Clouds").
  • In Serbia, it is known as Na sedmom nebu ("In Seventh Heaven").
  • In Turkey, it is known as Bulutların üzerinde ("Over the Clouds").
  • Besides Spain (see below), the film is known in Spanish in Latin America as Días de pasión ("Days of Passion"), except in Argentina, where it is known as El corazón entre las nubes ("The Heart Between the Clouds").
  • In an odd example of several countries having the same title different from the original, the film is known in several countries under a title that translates to "Women's Games" or "Games of Women": Germany (Die Spiele der Frauen), Italy (Gioco di donna), and Spain (Juegos de mujer).
• Creator Killer: This film sent John Duigan's directing career to Heaven; save for directing the Australian film Careless Love in 2012, he hasn't directed anything since.
• What Could Have Been: Hugh Grant was originally considered for the role of Guy.

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