History Trivia / Zulu

* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/MichaelCaine originally auditioned for the part of Private Henry Hook, but was beaten to it by James Booth.

* AndStarring: In the opening, Creator/MichaelCaine was given the "''And Introducing...''" credit.

* BeamMeUpScotty: A couple for Michael Caine. At no point in the movie does he say "Zulus! [[FunetikAksent Faazands]] of 'em!" [[note]] the line "The sentries report Zulus to the Southwest -- thousands of 'em" ''is'' spoken in the film, but not by Caine, who does not speak in his native Cockney accent in this film[[/note]], and nor does he demand that the Zulus "stop throwin' those bloody spears" at him.

* BeamMeUpScotty: A couple for Michael Caine. At no point in the movie does he say "Zulus! [[FunetikAksent Faazands]] of 'em!" [[note]] the line "Zulus to the Southwest - thousands of 'em" ''is'' spoken in the film, but not by Caine, who does not speak in his native Cockney accent in this film[[/note]], and nor does he demand that the Zulus stop throwing those bloody spears at him.

* BeamMeUpScotty: A couple for Michael Caine. At no point in the movie does he say "Zulus! [[FunetikAksent Faazands]] of 'em!" [[note]] the line "Zulus to the Southwest - thousands of 'em" ''is'' spoken in the film, but not by Michael Caine, who, in addition, does not speak in his native Cockney accent in this film[[/note]], and nor does he demand that the Zulus stop throwing those bloody spears at him.

* BeamMeUpScotty: A couple for Michael Caine. At no point in the movie does he say "Zulus! [[FunetikAksent Faazands]] of 'em!"[[note]] the line "Zulus to the Southwest - thousands of 'em" ''is'' spoken in the film, but not by Michael Caine, who, in addition, does not speak in his native Cockney accent in this film [[/note]], and nor does he demand that the Zulus stop throwing those bloody spears at him.

* BeamMeUpScotty: "Suddenly, Zulus! [[FunetikAksent Faazands]] of 'em!"[[note]]The line "Zulus to the Southwest - thousands of 'em" ''is'' spoken in the film, but not by Michael Caine, who, in addition, does not speak in his native Cockney accent in this film.[[/note]] Also, at no point does the Michael Caine character request that the Zulus stop throwing those bloody spears at him.

* BeamMeUpScotty: "Suddenly, Zulus! [[FunetikAksent Faazands]] of 'em!"[[note]]The line "Zulus to the Southwest - thousands of 'em" ''is'' spoken in the film, but not by Michael Caine, who, in addition, does not speak in his native Cockney accent in this film.[[/note]]

* UsefulNotes/BFITop100BritishFilms: #31

** Creator/MichaelCaine, who would go on to play working-class Cockney characters throughout his career, plays a snobby aristocratic officer with a posh accent in this movie -- his first. Caine later commented that he was lucky the film's director was Cy Endfield, an American[[note]]Endfield had been [[UsefulNotes/TheHollywoodBlacklist blacklisted]] due to his political beliefs and spent his later career in the UK[[/note]] - a British director at that time would ''never'' have cast a Cockney actor as an aristocrat.

* ExecutiveMeddling: While untrue, rumors circulated of this on a ''governmental'' level: The film company was forbidden to actually pay the Zulus acting as extras, under [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra apartheid]] laws. Director Cy Endfield, who'd struck up a friendship with the Zulus acting in the film, was upset with this and decided to leave them the cattle used in the film, more valuable to them than money. In actuality the Zulu extras ''were'' paid, just less than the white stars, with the main group of Zulu paid 9 shillings, extras paid 8 shillings, and the female dancers paid slightly less.

* BeamMeUpScotty: "Suddenly, Zulus! Thousands of them!"

* ExecutiveMeddling: While untrue, rumors circulated of this on a ''governmental'' level: The film company was forbidden to actually pay the Zulus acting as extras, under [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra apartheid]] laws. Director Cy Enfield, who'd struck up a friendship with the Zulus acting in the film, was upset with this and decided to leave them the cattle used in the film, more valuable to them than money. In actuality the Zulu extras ''were'' paid, just less than the white stars, with the main group of Zulu paid 9 shillings, extras paid 8 shillings, and the female dancers paid slightly less.

** Creator/MichaelCaine, who would go on to play working-class Cockney characters throughout his career, plays a snobby aristocratic officer with a posh accent in this movie -- his first. Caine later commented that he was lucky the film's director was Cy Endfield, an American - a British director at that time would ''never'' have cast a Cockney actor as an aristocrat.

** Creator/MichaelCaine, who would go on to play working-class Cockney characters throughout his career, plays a snobby aristocratic officer with a posh accent in this movie -- his first.

** Creator/MichaelCaine, who would go on to play working class Cockney characters throughout his career, plays a snobby aristocratic officer with a posh accent in this movie -- his first.

* ExecutiveMeddling: While untrue, rumors circulated of this on a ''governmental'' level. The film company was forbidden to actually pay the Zulus acting as extras, under [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra apartheid]] laws: Director Cy Enfield, who'd struck up a friendship with the Zulus acting in the film, was upset with this and decided to leave them the cattle used in the film, more valuable to them than money. In actuality the Zulu extras ''were'' paid, just less than the white stars, with the main group of Zulu paid 9 shillings, extras paid 8 shillings, and the female dancers paid slightly less.

* ExecutiveMeddling: While untrue, rumors circulated this a ''governmental'' level. The film company was forbidden to actually pay the Zulus acting as extras, under [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra apartheid]] laws. Director Cy Enfield, who'd struck up a friendship with the Zulus acting in the film, was upset with this and decided to leave them the cattle used in the film, more valuable to them than money. In actuality the Zulu extras ''were'' paid, just less than the white stars, with the main group of Zulu paid 9 shillings, extras paid 8 shillings, and the female dancers paid slightly less.
* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/MichaelCaine, who would go on to play working class Cockney characters throughout his career, plays a snobby aristocratic officer with a posh accent in this movie -- his first.
** Also, Patrick Magee playing the heroic Surgeon Reynolds is quite a departure from his usual typecasting as hammy villains in ''Film/AClockworkOrange'', ''Film/TheMasqueOfTheRedDeath'' and others.

* PlayingAgainstType: MichaelCaine, who would go on to play working class Cockney characters throughout his career, plays a snobby aristocratic officer with a posh accent in this movie -- his first.

* ExecutiveMeddling: While untrue, rumors circulated this a ''governmental'' level. The film company was forbidden to actually pay the Zulus acting as extras, under [[TheApartheidEra apartheid]] laws. Director Cy Enfield, who'd struck up a friendship with the Zulus acting in the film, was upset with this and decided to leave them the cattle used in the film, more valuable to them than money. In actuality the Zulu extras ''were'' paid, just less than the white stars, with the main group of Zulu paid 9 shillings, extras paid 8 shillings, and the female dancers paid slightly less.

* ExecutiveMeddling: While untrue, rumors circulated this a ''governmental'' level. The film company was forbidden to actually pay the Zulus acting as extras, under [[TheApartheidEra apartheid]] laws. Director Cy Enfield, who'd struck up a friendship with the Zulus acting in the film, was upset with this and decided to leave them the cattle used in the film, more valuable to them than money. In actuality the Zulu extras ''were'' paid, with the main group of Zulu paid 9 shillings, extras paid 8 shillings, and the female dancers paid slightly less.
* PlayingAgainstType: Inverted. MichaelCaine, who would go on to play working class Cockney characters throughout his career, plays a snobby aristocratic officer with a posh accent in this movie -- his first.

* ExecutiveMeddling: On a ''governmental'' level. The film company was forbidden to actually pay the Zulus acting as extras, under [[TheApartheidEra apartheid]] laws. Director Cy Enfield, who'd struck up a friendship with the Zulus acting in the film, was upset with this and decided to leave them the cattle used in the film, more valuable to them than money.

* ExecutiveMeddling: On a ''governmental'' level. The film company was forbidden to actually pay the Zulu's acting as extras, under [[TheApartheidEra apartheid]] laws. Director Cy Enfield, who'd struck up a friendship with the Zulus acting in the film, was upset with this and decided to leave them the cattle used in the film, more valuable to them than money.

** Not even slightly true http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058777/trivia

* PlayingAgainstType: Inverted. MichaelCaine, who would go on to play working class Cockney characters throughout his career, plays a snobby aristocratic officer with a posh accent in this movie -- his first.

* PlayingAgainstType: Inverted. MichaelCaine, who would go on to play working class Cockney characters throughout his career, plays a snobby aristocratic officer with a posh accent in this movie -- his first.