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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The film was shot in 1977 with post-production conducted in 1979. The picture had trouble getting distributed until Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox picked it up and released it in 1980.
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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The film was shot in 1977 with post-production conducted in 1979. The picture had trouble getting distributed until that the production company leased a theater in Seattle in order to get it released at all. Then, Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox picked it up and released it in 1980.
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* InspirationForTheWork: More like "Inspiration for the Performance." Creator/PeterOToole based his performance of the director on his experience working with director Creator/DavidLean on ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia''.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: More like "Base Your Performance on What You Know." While the film is an adaptation of a novel, Creator/PeterOToole based his performance on his experience working with director Creator/DavidLean on ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia''.
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* ThrowItIn: Creator/PeterOToole read the script a few years before the film was made and told Richard Rush, "I read the screenplay and if you don't give me the part, I will kill you." Eli Cross (O'Toole's character) says a similar line in the movie.
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* ThrowItIn: ThrowItIn:
** The screen door was supposed to be pre-cut a bit more to allow Cameron to bust through it quickly, but Steve Railsback became stuck. His yelling at the cops "Don’t shoot!" was improvised in character as he struggled to push his way through. Rush sees it as humanizing the action hero
** Creator/PeterOToole read the script a few years before the film was made and told Richard Rush, "I read the screenplay and if you don't give me the part, I will kill you." Eli Cross (O'Toole's character) says a similar line in the movie.
** The screen door was supposed to be pre-cut a bit more to allow Cameron to bust through it quickly, but Steve Railsback became stuck. His yelling at the cops "Don’t shoot!" was improvised in character as he struggled to push his way through. Rush sees it as humanizing the action hero
** Creator/PeterOToole read the script a few years before the film was made and told Richard Rush, "I read the screenplay and if you don't give me the part, I will kill you." Eli Cross (O'Toole's character) says a similar line in the movie.
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** Richard Rush initially planned to open the film flying over an expansive forest before coming to settle on a cafe, but the cafe he liked best was nowhere near a forest.
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* ChannelHop: The film was originally made at Creator/ColumbiaPictures. When they rejected the script, Richard Rush then bought the film rights back from them and shopped the film to other studios, to no avail. Funding for the picture finally came from Melvin Simon who had made a fortune in real estate. It was released through Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox.
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* ExtremelyLengthyCreation: The film has frequently being publicized as taking nine years to get to the screen. However, Rush has said on the website for ''The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man'', that the picture took ten years to make from inception to release, seven years to finance it and then three years to release it.
* HeyItsThatPlace: The old hotel complex seen in the film is the Hotel del Coronado. The hotel had been well known for its appearance in ''Film/SomeLikeItHot''.
* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: The opening scene with the dog licking its genitals was shot multiple time and after a while the dog in question refused to repeatedly lick its genitals so the trainer had to apply peanut butter to the dog's testicles and sheath by rubbing it on. This encouraged the dog to lick it off and allowed the scene to be shot multiple times.
* RealLifeRelative: The original stuntman 'Lucky' (the one who crashed and disappeared) was played by Steve Railsback's real-life brother.
* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment:See below.The film was shot in 1977 with post-production conducted in 1979. The picture had trouble getting distributed until Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox picked it up and released it in 1980.
* HeyItsThatPlace: The old hotel complex seen in the film is the Hotel del Coronado. The hotel had been well known for its appearance in ''Film/SomeLikeItHot''.
* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: The opening scene with the dog licking its genitals was shot multiple time and after a while the dog in question refused to repeatedly lick its genitals so the trainer had to apply peanut butter to the dog's testicles and sheath by rubbing it on. This encouraged the dog to lick it off and allowed the scene to be shot multiple times.
* RealLifeRelative: The original stuntman 'Lucky' (the one who crashed and disappeared) was played by Steve Railsback's real-life brother.
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* TroubledProduction: Richard Rush suffered two heart attacks during the production.
** The film was completed in 1978 but it took two years to find a distributor.
** The studio had no idea how to market it because it didn't fit easily into one particular genre.
* TyopOnTheCover: On the film's [[http://www.thestuntman.com website]], in the section about the movie itself, the menu bar includes "Film [=Qoutes=]" as an option.
** The film was completed in 1978 but it took two years to find a distributor.
** The studio had no idea how to market it because it didn't fit easily into one particular genre.
* TyopOnTheCover: On the film's [[http://www.thestuntman.com website]], in the section about the movie itself, the menu bar includes "Film [=Qoutes=]" as an option.
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* TroubledProduction: Richard Rush suffered two heart attacks during the production. \n** The film was completed in 1978 but it took two years to find a distributor.
**distributor. The studio had no idea how to market it because it didn't fit easily into one particular genre.
* TyopOnTheCover: Ongenre. Creator/PeterOToole would later famously quip that the film's [[http://www.thestuntman.com website]], in the section about the movie itself, the menu bar includes "Film [=Qoutes=]" film wasn't so much released as an option.it ''escaped''.
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** Creator/FrancoisTruffaut was considered to direct.
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** Ryan O'Neal originally was slated to play the lead, but dropped out. Creator/JeffBridges and Creator/MartinSheen lobbied for the role.
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** Ryan O'Neal Creator/RyanONeal originally was slated to play the lead, but dropped out. Creator/JeffBridges and Creator/MartinSheen lobbied for the role.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: More like "Base Your Performance on What You Know." While the film is an adaptation of a novel, Creator/PeterOToole based his performance on his experience working with director Creator/DavidLean on ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia''.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: More like "Base Your Performance on What You Know." While the film is an adaptation of a novel, Creator/PeterOToole based his performance on his experience working with director Creator/DavidLean on ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia''.''Film/LawrenceOfArabia''.
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* StuntDouble: Well, duh.
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* StuntDouble: [[CaptainObvious Well, duh]].
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* StuntDouble: [[CaptainObvious Well, duh]].duh.
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* StuntDouble: [[CaptainObvious Well, duh]].
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** Creator/SeanConnery and Creator/GeorgeCScott were considered for Eli Cross.
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** Creator/SeanConnery and Creator/GeorgeCScott were considered for Eli Cross.Cross.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: More like "Base Your Performance on What You Know." While the film is an adaptation of a novel, Creator/PeterOToole based his performance on his experience working with director Creator/DavidLean on ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia''.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: More like "Base Your Performance on What You Know." While the film is an adaptation of a novel, Creator/PeterOToole based his performance on his experience working with director Creator/DavidLean on ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia''.
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* ThrowItIn: Peter O'Toole read the script a few years before the film was made and told Richard Rush, "I read the screenplay and if you don't give me the part, I will kill you." Eli Cross (O'Toole's character) says a similar line in the movie.
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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: See below.
* ThrowItIn:Peter O'Toole Creator/PeterOToole read the script a few years before the film was made and told Richard Rush, "I read the screenplay and if you don't give me the part, I will kill you." Eli Cross (O'Toole's character) says a similar line in the movie.
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* TyopOnTheCover: On the film's [[http://www.thestuntman.com website]], in the section about the movie itself, the menu bar includes "Film [=Qoutes=]" as an option.
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* TyopOnTheCover: On the film's [[http://www.thestuntman.com website]], in the section about the movie itself, the menu bar includes "Film [=Qoutes=]" as an option.option.
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** Ryan O'Neal originally was slated to play the lead, but dropped out. Creator/JeffBridges and Creator/MartinSheen lobbied for the role.
** Creator/SeanConnery and Creator/GeorgeCScott were considered for Eli Cross.
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** Ryan O'Neal originally was slated to play the lead, but dropped out. Creator/JeffBridges and Creator/MartinSheen lobbied for the role.
** Creator/SeanConnery and Creator/GeorgeCScott were considered for Eli Cross.
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* TheDanza: Stunt coordinator Charles Bail as "Chuck."
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** The studio had no idea how to market it because it didn't fit easily into one particular genre.
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** The studio had no idea how to market it because it didn't fit easily into one particular genre.genre.
* TyopOnTheCover: On the film's [[http://www.thestuntman.com website]], in the section about the movie itself, the menu bar includes "Film [=Qoutes=]" as an option.
* TyopOnTheCover: On the film's [[http://www.thestuntman.com website]], in the section about the movie itself, the menu bar includes "Film [=Qoutes=]" as an option.
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* ThrowItIn: Peter O'Toole read the script a few years before the film was made and told Richard Rush, "I read the screenplay and if you don't give me the part, I will kill you." Eli Cross (O'Toole's character) says a similar line in the movie.
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* TroubledProduction: Richard Rush suffered two heart attacks during the production.
** The film was completed in 1978 but it took two years to find a distributor.
** The studio had no idea how to market it because it didn't fit easily into one particular genre.
** The film was completed in 1978 but it took two years to find a distributor.
** The studio had no idea how to market it because it didn't fit easily into one particular genre.
