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6th Aug 2018

The Jackal (1997)

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Trivia: For the Charlie Murdock disguise that The Jackal uses to buy a minivan, the fat suit that Bruce Willis wore was very hot and made him sweat. The film crew decided to incorporate this into the movie, and is why when in this disguise the Jackal always appears over heated and sweaty. (00:21:10 - 00:45:55)

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The Jackal (1997)

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Revealing mistake: As Politovsky is walking up on the orange van before they ambush him, you can see one of the men walk past the left back door and can see the window on it. The window is completely covered in frost with no parts disturbed. Then after they shoot Politovsky with the rubber ball and are loading him into the back of the van, you can see the door again but now there are clear finger prints on the window in the frost from where they did previous takes of this shot in filming where the guy grabbed the door there to close it. (00:14:00)

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Continuity mistake: When the Russian officer tells Preston that they need to conduct the interrogation efficiently and then walks away, you can see Preston contemplating what he means looking awkwardly. He's looking almost straight ahead with his head slightly turned to his left. The camera then cuts to by his shoulder before he turns to Witherspoon and suddenly he's now got his head turned fully to the left watching the Russians leave the room. (00:13:25)

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Trivia: Film director Michael Caton-Jones makes a cameo in the film as the man waving at the camera during the briefing with the FBI where Koslova is going over the location where Terek and his men are hiding. (00:12:55)

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Trivia: When The Jackal is in the Finnish hotel about to meet with Terek, the TV is playing a documentary about Hyenas. The commentator on the program is actually voiced by Jim Clark, the editor of The Jackal. (00:10:05)

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Trivia: According to the director, in the scene where the henchman is reporting to Terek about the death of Ghazzi and where Terek kills this man, the extra at the end of the table with the broken nose was real. They did not apply makeup to his face for that look. That the actor had gotten into a fight the night before and someone had shoved a glass into his face. He turned up on set like that. (00:08:20)

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Trivia: At the end of the film when the I Can Only Imagine single is being distributed to radio stations, the first person that is seen opening it is actually Wally from the Wally Show of WayFM.

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Trivia: In one of the scenes set in 1985, Bart rides his bike by a movie theater that's advertising it's showing Goonies and Jaws 3D. Dennis Quaid, who plays Bart's father in this film, also played the lead role of Mike Brody in Jaws 3D in 1983.

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Trivia: Dennis Quaid is shown to have been a football quarterback in his high school years. The picture of him shown in his trophy case as he's throwing away and burning his memorabilia is a picture of Dennis Quaid in the movie Any Given Sunday from 1999 where he played a quarterback, even sporting the #19 in the image.

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Trivia: Dennis Quaid's twin children are seen as extras in the dinner scene. His daughter is the little girl who points at him as he falls out of his chair during his medical attack.

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Trivia: The release date for this film was March 16th, or 3-16. John 3:16 is one of the most popular and quoted verses in The Bible. And is stated to be the most famous.

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Factual error: In the scene in 1985 when Bart's mother takes him into town, they drive by a movie theater. Up on the board it shows two of the movies playing is Goonies, and Jaws 3D. Goonies is right as it came out in 1985, however Jaws 3D was only in theatres in 1983.

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6th Aug 2018

Bambi (1942)

Trivia: The voice actor for young Bambi, Donnie Dunagan, actually grew up as a Marine and even reached the rank of General. He stated in an interview that he had to hide the fact that he was the voice of Bambi while in the Marines to keep any respect, and did so until about 2 months before retirement.

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6th Aug 2018

The Jackal (1997)

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Trivia: Bruce Willis stated had been wanting to play the villain in a movie for some time before this film, and that he thought the Jackal would be a fun character to play.

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6th Aug 2018

The Jackal (1997)

6th Aug 2018

The Jackal (1997)

6th Aug 2018

The Jackal (1997)

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Trivia: Early in the film, Richard Gere has a mustache and goatee as he wanted to go with a different look than his usual popular image. However the studio was unhappy with this, and forced Gere and the director to shoot an additional scene after accepting the job, where he asks for a decent razor. Thus, him being clean shaven in the rest of the film. (00:29:00)

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The Jackal (1997)

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The Jackal (1997)

Trivia: When Richard Gere asks Koslova about her name, you can hear the theme song for the 1970's TV show Kojak playing in the background. Richard Gere was in the Season 4, Episode 1 of this show called Birthday Party. (00:29:10)

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