Commentary tracks featuring McDowell and Mirren are included on the non-hardcore, pre-release version, and the DVD includes interviews with Tinto Brass, who discusses the film's hectic production and botched editing ; and Penthouse Pet Lori Wagner, who discusses the addition of the hardcore footage, including the lesbian sex scene in which she participated.

When she was given the film's script, she met with the director Robin Swicord, with whom she says she " geeked out ", and was given the role of Allegra, an openly lesbian 20-year-old.

Moyle revealed in the DVD audio commentary that the film's integrity was compromised by the removal of the more overt lesbian content, and the addition of several inappropriate songs to the film's soundtrack at the insistence of producer Robert Stigwood.

However, it has since been rediscovered and has become a cult classic and a staple at gay and lesbian film festivals, because of the aforementioned, subtly-portrayed lesbian relationship between the film's two female leads.

David Robinson writes that the film's failure was probably due to it seeming too old-fashioned compared to many of the other films released that year, such as the French New Wave films.

The film's title was inspired by the line, " Bring me my chariot of fire ," from the William Blake poem adapted into the popular British hymn " Jerusalem "; the hymn is heard at the end of the film.

The Academy cited the film's genre of " non-fiction ", arguing that it was not actually a documentary.

The film's total budget was estimated to be US $ 6 million.

Avco-Embassy Pictures, the film's financial backer, preferred either Charles Bronson or Tommy Lee Jones to play the role of Snake Plissken to Carpenter's choice of Kurt Russell, who was trying to overcome the " lightweight " screen image conveyed by his roles in several Disney comedies.

The finished version of the film was significantly different from the original screenplay drafts as Bruce Lee revised much of the script himself, including having written and directed the film's opening Shaolin Monastery fight sequence.

In 1980 Jeff Lynne was asked to write for the soundtrack of the musical film Xanadu, with the other half written by John Farrar and performed by the film's star Olivia Newton-John.

The film's production was not nearly as chaotic or strange as the production of the original, largely because of Raimi, Tapert and Campbell's additional film making experience.

The film was overshadowed by the death of Coppola's eldest son Gian-Carlo Coppola during the film's production.

Life Without Zoe was mostly panned by critics and was generally considered the segment that brought the film's overall quality down.

Although a moderate box-office success, grossing $ 58 million domestically on an estimated $ 45 million budget, it was panned by critics, many of whom disliked the film's abrupt contrast between actual comedy and tragic melodrama.

Andy Garcia has since claimed the film's script was nearly produced.

Camille Claudel, directed by newcomer Bruno Nuytten and starring Isabelle Adjani and Gérard Depardieu, was a major commercial success in 1988, earning Adjani, who was also the film's co-producer, a César Award for best actress.

There has been a refocus onto celluloid film's ability to capture an " indexical " image of a moment in time by theorists like Mary Ann Doane, Philip Rosen and Laura Mulvey who was informed by psychoanalysis.

The film's cinematography | cinematographer was John Alton, the creator of many of film noir's stylized images.

Scarlet Street was a semi-independent — cosponsored by Universal and Lang's own Diana Productions, of which the film's costar, Joan Bennett, was the second biggest shareholder.

Time magazine writer Richard Corliss was less scathing, but agreed that it was forgettable, saying that people would " forget all about movie by the time they leave the multiplex ," even joking at the end of his review that he had forgotten the film's name.

Nonetheless, Capra's vision about the film's significance was clear:

The significance of the film's message was established further in France, shortly after World War II began.

This time there was no soundtrack album in spite of the importance of music in the film as the film's writer, director and star Tim Robbins was concerned that the politically right wing content would be taken seriously and used by right wing politicians.

The HK Flix edition is a version of the BFI's Salò DVD, complete with a factory imperfection at the film's 01: 47: 19 mark ; however, its quality is unequal to that of the Gaumont DVD, and, still, it is missing a scene.

Many complaints about the film's accuracy, however, centre on the characterisation of Lawrence himself.

He was, however, able to record the film's narration track.

Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels was impressed, however, and took the film's message to heart.

Critics praised the film's action scenes and stunt work, however they criticized the film's location errors, clichéd script, poor acting and dialogue.

In the film's climactic scene, however, the station is assaulted by a small force of Rebel starfighters ; the battle ends with the Death Star's destruction at the hands of Luke Skywalker.

The film's unusual camera angles, however, were not appreciated by all critics at the time.

According to Brooks, after the film was completed, Embassy executives refused to release it as being in " bad taste "; however, Peter Sellers saw the film privately and placed an advertisement in Variety in support of the film's wider release.

Some details of the film's account have, however, been criticized as historically inaccurate ( for example, in the movie the regiment is called the South Wales Borderers but the unit was not in fact called that until 2 years after the battle, even though the regiment had been based at Brecon in South Wales since 1873 ).

Schwarzenegger claims to have helped Butler in casting himself as a villain, citing his story about not returning home for his father's funeral as having been told to him by a French bodybuilder ; however, following the film's release, claims surfaced that Schwarzenegger had in fact refused to attend the funeral.

Elsewhere however it is suggested that such views are partly based on a misreading of the films, especially his earlier ones, which has impeded an appreciation of the exhilarating humour and irony which pervade his work ; and other viewers have been able to make the connection between the film's form and its human dimension.

The film did however cause a rift between real life brothers Steve Antin and Jonathon Antin as Jonathon was insulted over the film's close resemblance to their own family and how the character Brent Zetterland was depicted as vapid, vain, oafish and slow.

Arden thought the band's song would receive publicity by the film ; however, the film's UK release was delayed, and " I've Got Mine " subsequently failed to chart despite receiving good reviews.

She was however disappointed with the film's storytelling, and said the story has no logic and so does not move the audience.

Writing in the ' The Guardian ', however, Hilary defended the film's depiction of events and her sister's personality, arguing that it accurately portrayed her darker side, the " MS side "; and in The New Yorker she argued that detractors simply " want to look only at the pieces of Jackie's life they ready to accept ".

The film's producer, Albin Grau ( Udo Kier ) however, suspects that Schreck is not really a German theater actor, and is confused when Murnau tells him that he in fact found Schreck in the old castle.

" All Night Thing " is played in the movie Wayne's World, however the song was not featured on the film's soundtrack.

He noted, however, that certain elements of the film's plane, such as the escape pod and the rear parachute ramp, did not reflect actual features of Air Force One.

Disagreements with the film's distributor Allen Klein however led to both The Holy Mountain and El Topo failing to gain widespread distribution, although both became classics on the underground film circuit.

Hitchcock, however, may have utilised this animosity to the film's advantage.

Kneale, however, was irritated with this use of the character's name in the film's credits, as he feared that the impression may be given that he had something to do with the film.

Critics such as Roger Ebert, however, found the film's message to be deeper than Scott's Gladiator.

The Old French Continuation of William of Tyre ( the so-called Chronicle of Ernoul ) claimed that Sibylla had been infatuated with Balian's older brother Baldwin of Ibelin, a widower over twice her age, but this is doubtful ; instead, it seems that Raymond of Tripoli attempted a coup to marry her off to him to strengthen the position of his faction ; however, this legend seems to have been behind the film's creation of a romance between Sibylla and a member of the Ibelin family.