Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure

Factual error: Throughout the movie, the television sets at ABC are airing historically relevant news broadcasts. However, the events are always shown on the same day as key episodes of Dynasty, but completely divorced from the real date of their occurrence. For example, President George Bush is alleged to have been sworn in on the day the finale aired, May 10, 1989, when it really happened in January of that year.

DavidK93

Factual error: During the preparations for filming the "Moldavian Massacre" scene, Heather Locklear expresses the hope that she will return in the next season. Then, executive producer Esther Shapiro asks for more blood to be put on Locklear. But Locklear's character, Sammy Jo, wasn't in the Moldavian Massacre; she was in New York City during those events.

DavidK93

Factual error: In the movie, Catherine Oxenberg complains of illness as a ploy to gain a higher salary, and her character Amanda is consequently recast after sustaining severe injuries in a car crash. However, in reality, it was Pamela Sue Martin's Fallon who was recast in this way. Amanda was recast after being in a fire at La Mirage.

DavidK93

Question: Why did Joan Collins character let herself get beaten up by her ex husband's second wife? She surely could've used this to get her arrested for assault.

Rob245

Answer: Alexis instigated the fights, by lying cheating and mouthing off. Plus the publicity of an arrest or trial was no doubt unappealing.

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