History Trivia / TornCurtain

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/AlfredHitchcock didn't like this film very much, as he had an unhappy experience making it and was unhappy with Creator/PaulNewman's performance, to the point that he decided to not to make a trailer with his appearance in it. In return, Newman was displeased enough during production that he sent Hitchcock a long memo expressing his problems with the film, and Hitchcock, not used to an actor asserting himself like that, had strained relations with Newman afterwards. Hitchcock's displeasure with being forced to cast Newman and Creator/JulieAndrews in fact had the notable consequence that his [[Film/{{Topaz}} final]] [[Film/{{Frenzy}} three]] [[Film/FamilyPlot films]] all featured an EnsembleCast rather than A-list stars. After a while Hitchcock ignored his stars and centered his attention on the colorful international actors who played supporting roles in the film. This at least came with an upside: Lila Kedrova was Hitchcock's favorite among the cast; he ate lunch with her several times during filming and invited her home for dinners with his wife. Although the length of the film was shortened in post-production, Hitchcock left intact Countess Kutchiska scenes in the final film.

* CreativeDifferences: This film marked the end of Creator/AlfredHitchcock's partnership with Music/BernardHerrmann. Hitchcock and Universal wanted an upbeat pop/jazz score for the film, as opposed to Herrmann's typical style. When Herrmann submitted a score in his usual style, Hitchcock rejected it and Herrmann quit the film.

* CreativeDifferences: This film marked the end of Creator/AlfredHitchcock's partnership with Music/BernardHerrmann. Hitchcock and Universal wanted an upbeat pop/jazz score for the film, as opposed to Herrmann's typical style. Herrmann's revised score was rejected and Herrmann quit the film.

* TroubledProduction: Hitchcock was not entirely happy with the casting of this film. He wanted Creator/CaryGrant as the male lead, with either Eva Marie Saint or Creator/TippiHedren as the leading lady. Grant turned him down. He was preoccupied with filming ''Film/WalkDontRun'' and intended to retire after that. Universal Pictures executives insisted on casting Newman and Andrews, in the belief that more famous (and also more current) stars would result in better box office results. Newman had starred in several hits the 1950s. Andrews was a younger actress who was mostly known for theatrical work prior to starring in ''Film/MaryPoppins''. After that film turned to a box office hit, she became one of the most famous actresses of the 1960s. Hitchcock and Newman had a difficult working relationship, Andrews felt borderline mistreated by Hitchcock due to the way he "neglected" her (as opposed to fetishizing her the way he usually did to his leading ladies), and the chemistry between the leads was rather poor. Nevertheless, it was a modest box office hit.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/AlfredHitchcock didn't like this film very much, as he had an unhappy experience making it and was unhappy with Creator/PaulNewman's performance. In fact, he was so unhappy with this film that he decided to not to make a trailer with his appearance in it. After a while Hitchcock ignored his stars and centered his attention on the colorful international actors who played supporting roles in the film. This at least came with an upside: Lila Kedrova was Hitchcock's favorite among the cast; he ate lunch with her several times during filming and invited her home for dinners with his wife. Although the length of the film was shortened in post-production, Hitchcock left intact Countess Kutchiska scenes in the final film.
** Newman was displeased enough during production that he sent Hitchcock a long memo expressing his problems with the film. Hitchcock, not used to an actor asserting himself like that, had strained relations with Newman afterwards.
** A notable consequence of Hitchcock's displeasure with being forced to cast Newman and Creator/JulieAndrews is that his [[Film/{{Topaz}} final]] [[Film/{{Frenzy}} three]] [[Film/FamilyPlot films]] all featured an EnsembleCast rather than A-list stars

** Hitchcock had originally had Creator/SamanthaEggar in mind for the lead role.

** Hitchcock had originally had English actress Samantha Eggar in mind for the lead role.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/AlfredHitchcock originally wanted to cast Creator/CaryGrant as Professor Michael Armstrong, but Grant (62 at the time) told him he was too old.

* TroubledProduction: Hitchcock was not entirely happy with the casting of this film. He wanted Creator/CaryGrant as the male lead, with either Eva Marie Saint or Tippi Hedren as the leading lady. Grant turned him down. He was preoccupied with filming ''Film/WalkDontRun'' and intended to retire after that. Universal Pictures executives insisted on casting Newman and Andrews, in the belief that more famous (and also more current) stars would result in better box office results. Newman had starred in several hits the 1950s. Andrews was a younger actress who was mostly known for theatrical work prior to starring in ''Film/MaryPoppins''. After that film turned to a box office hit, she became one of the most famous actresses of the 1960s. Hitchcock and Newman had a difficult working relationship, Andrews felt borderline mistreated by Hitchcock due to the way he "neglected" her (as opposed to fetishizing her the way he usually did to his leading ladies), and the chemistry between the leads was rather poor. Nevertheless, it was a modest box office hit.

** Newman was displeased enough during production that he sent Hitchcock a long memo expressing his problems with the film. Hitchcock, not used to an actor asserting himself like that, had strained relations with Newman after that.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/AlfredHitchcock originally wanted to cast Creator/CaryGrant as Professor Michael Armstrong, but Grant told him he was too old.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/AlfredHitchcock didn't like this film very much, as he had an unhappy experience making it and was unhappy with Creator/PaulNewman's performance. In fact, he was so unhappy with this film that he decided to not to make a trailer with his appearance in it. A notable consequence of his displeasure with being forced to cast Newman and Creator/JulieAndrews is that his [[Film/{{Topaz}} final]] [[Film/{{Frenzy}} three]] [[Film/FamilyPlot films]] all featured an EnsembleCast rather than A-list stars, and shifted the point of view of the plot from the defecting scientist's wife to the American amateur spy and he centered his attention in the colorful international actors who played supporting roles in the film. This at least came with an upside: Lila Kedrova was Hitchcock's favorite among the cast; he ate lunch with her several times during filming and invited her home for dinners with his wife. Although the length of the film was shortened in post-production, Hitchcock left intact Countess Kutchiska scenes in the final film.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/AlfredHitchcock didn't like this film very much, as he had an unhappy experience making it and was unhappy with Creator/PaulNewman's performance. In fact, he was so unhappy with this film that he decided to not to make a trailer with his appearance in it. A notable consequence of his displeasure with being forced to cast Newman and Creator/JulieAndrews is that his [[Film/{{Topaz}} final]] [[Film/{{Frenzy}} three]] [[Film/FamilyPlot films]] all featured an EnsembleCast rather than A-list stars.
* CreatorsFavorite: Unsatisfied with the actors cast in the leads, Creator/AlfredHitchcock shifted the point of view of the plot from the defecting scientist's wife to the American amateur spy and he centered his attention in the colorful international actors who played supporting roles in the film. Lila Kedrova was Hitchcock's favorite among the cast; he ate lunch with her several times during filming and invited her home for dinners with his wife. Although the length of the film was shortened in post-production, Hitchcock left intact Countess Kutchiska scenes in the final film.
* DeletedScene[=/=]MissingEpisode: A scene showing Gromek's brother was cut. In it he shows Michael Armstrong, who has just killed Gromek, a picture of Gromek's three children. It was believed that this would have shifted the audience's sympathy away from Michael to the dead man. Unfortunately, a close-up of the brother cutting a sausage with a knife similar to the one used in the murder, a characteristically Hitchcockian shot, was also lost.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/AlfredHitchcock didn't like this film very much, as he had an unhappy experience making it and was unhappy with Creator/PaulNewman's performance. In fact, he was so unhappy with this film that he decided to not to make a trailer with his appearance in it.

* DeletedScene / MissingEpisode: A scene showing Gromek's brother was cut. In it he shows Michael Armstrong, who has just killed Gromek, a picture of Gromek's three children. It was believed that this would have shifted the audience's sympathy away from Michael to the dead man. Unfortunately, a close-up of the brother cutting a sausage with a knife similar to the one used in the murder, a characteristically Hitchcockian shot, was also lost.
* WagTheDirector: Creator/AlfredHitchock and Creator/PaulNewman had a problematic working relationship, as Hitchcock was unfamiliar with MethodActing. Newman questioned Hitchcock about the script and the characterization throughout filming, to which Hitch quipped that his salary was his motivation. Newman insisted that he meant no disrespect towards Hitchcock, and once said,

* CreatorsFavourite: Unsatisfied with the actors cast in the leads, Creator/AlfredHitchcock shifted the point of view of the plot from the defecting scientist's wife to the American amateur spy and he centered his attention in the colorful international actors who played supporting roles in the film. Lila Kedrova was Hitchcock's favorite among the cast; he ate lunch with her several times during filming and invited her home for dinners with his wife. Although the length of the film was shortened in post-production, Hitchcock left intact Countess Kutchiska scenes in the final film.

* CreativeDifferences: This film marked the end of Creator/AlfredHitchock's partnership with Music/BernardHerrmann. Hitchcock and Universal wanted an upbeat pop/jazz score for the film, as opposed to Herrmann's typical style. Herrmann's revised score was rejected and Herrmann quit the film.

* DeletedScene / MissingEpisode: A scene showing Gromek's brother was cut. In it he shows Michael Armstrong, who has just killed Gromek, a picture of Gromek's three children. It was believed that this would have shifted the audience's sympathy away from Michael to the dead man. Unfortunately, a close-up of the brother cutting a sausage with a knife similar to the one used in the murder, a characteristically Hitchcockian shot, was also lost.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/AlfredHitchcock originally wanted to cast Creator/CaryGrant in the lead role, but Grant told him he was too old.