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Where Eagles Dare (1968) - 6 corrections

starring Clint Eastwood, Richard Burton (add more)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, War

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In order to get the two stars of the film (Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood) to sign up, the film's producers had to use a little trickery. They told Burton that Eastwood had already signed up and told Eastwood that Burton had already signed up, when in fact neither of them had yet. The plan worked however, because Eastwood was keen to work with Burton, the classy British stage actor, and Burton wanted to work with Eastwood, the big Hollywood action star. Had one of them turned the role down however, the producers would have lost both the leading actors. [The driving force behind the film was Richard Burton's stepson, who wanted to see his stepfather in a good old-fashioned adventure movie. Burton approached producer Elliott Kastner for ideas, who asked Alistair MacLean. At that time, most of MacLean's novels had either been made into films, or were in the process of being filmed. Kastner persuaded MacLean to write a new story. Six weeks later, MacLean delivered the script.]

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When Schaffer starts to rappel down the castle, he has no gloves on. The very next shot shows him with grey wool gloves, then no gloves again when he reaches the bottom. [I've just watched the film and Schaffer wears the grey gloves all the way down. If you look closely (just before he goes out of the window), he rummages in his pockets for the gloves and puts them on.]

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When the heroes have jumped off the cable car into the water, they climb out and run for cover. As they are running they pass a large window and you can clearly see the camera crew reflected in it. [I've just watched the film. Once out of the water, "our heroes" are seen (briefly) from above and then from behind. At no point do they pass a large window.]