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.

Robinson had always had top billing over Bogart in their previous films together but for this movie, Robinson's name appears to the right of Bogart's, but placed a little higher on the posters, and also in the film's opening credits, to indicate Robinson's near-equal status.

Spacey appeared in the 1995 thriller film Seven, with Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, making a sudden entrance late in the film as the serial killer John Doe, after going unmentioned in the film's advertisements and opening credits.

Leaflets arguing against the film's representation of the New Testament ( for example, suggesting that the Wise Men would not have approached the wrong stable as they do in the opening of the film ) were documented in Robert Hewison's book Monty Python: The Case Against.

The film's graveyard prologue is a recreation of the opening scene from Ed Wood's then-unreleased 1958 film Night of the Ghouls.

The film's opening weekend drew what The Hollywood Reporter dubbed " a dispiriting $ 8. 4 million ".

With the film's opening in October 1954, Kelly was again praised.

The film's plot structure also bears similarity to Orson Welles's Citizen Kane ( 1941 ), particularly the opening scenes with Lawrence's death and the reporter inquiring notables at Lawrence's funeral.

In the film's opening act, Nero's ship emerges in the year 2233, and through its interaction with the inhabitants, inadvertently creates an " alternate, parallel ' Star Trek ' universe ".

It features the opening title song " Reach For The Sun ( Summer Holiday )" ( released as a single to coincide with the film's release ) and a memorable music-fantasy sequence, where the Team perform a cover version of The Cowsills 1967 song " The Rain, The Park & Other Things ".

This image begins the film's opening credit sequence.

As a token of respect, Howard narrated the film's opening montage, which showed various clips from Wayne's long film career.

Still unhappy with the film's length, Harry Cohn intervened ; he cancelled the February 1 opening and edited the film himself.

Philips ' book also asserts that Shaw was not nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award because he demanded that his name follow those of Newman and Redford before the film's opening title.

Following the opening credits, the epigraph states that the film's story is non-factual.

Black media outlets of the time praised the film, but the studio — fearful of a backlash from Southern and white film audiences — ended up cutting out controversial scenes, including the film's opening sequence at a slave auction ( in which a mother is torn away from her baby ).

Weissman also compared many of the film's sets with locations from Chaplin's real childhood such as the statue in the opening scene resembling St. Mark's Church on Kennington Park Road and Chaplin referring to the waterfront set as the Thames Embarkment.

He then shot the film's opening scene of the Little Tramp waking up in a newly unveiled public statue.

Coppola and the editors returned to the cutting room to change the film's narrative structure, but could not complete the work in time, leaving the final scenes poorly timed at the opening.

He abandoned most of this footage ( which included him being chased through the snow by Big Jim, instead of just around the hut as in the final cut ), retaining only the film's opening scene.

After filming the film's opening sequences of the arrival in America, he reshot parts of the restaurant scene to be consistent with the new plot ( bringing Bergman back in a new role as an artist who resolves the subplot of Charlie being unable to pay for dinner ), and added the epilogue in which the Tramp and Purviance are married.

Prolific film scorer John Williams drew inspiration from this film's soundtrack for his famous Star Wars opening theme.

The film's opening credits state that the screenplay was written by W. R. Burnett and Frank Butler " From the Records of The United States Marine Corps ", and includes many Marine Corps and military advisers.

The day before the film's real-life premiere in San Francisco, the movie had its fictional opening in Wistful Vista during that week's radio episode, and Bergen and McCarthy made a guest appearance (" Premiere of Look Who's Laughing " ( 11 / 11 / 41 )).

The film's opening scenes aboard the starship Saratoga were the first to be shot ; principal photography commenced on February 24, 1986.

However, Oxford Brookes University historian David Nash says the removal of the scene represented " a form of self-censorship " and the Otto sequence " which involved a character representative of extreme forms of Zionism " was cut " in the interests of smoothing the way for the film's distribution in America.

There is a brief epilogue sequence in which the fates of the six only known survivors are shown: Sydney underwent surgery on his kneecap injuries and lives as a horticulturist with his son Seymour, Arthur received an OBE for lifelong service to the theatre and retired to the country, Sebastian wrote a book about the film's events and is currently negotiating the film rights.

The film's main action sequence, when Nanook hunts a walrus, was also a staged event.

He also staged the film's climactic sequence, in which three men in a small boat strive to row back to shore through perilously high, rock-infested seas.

The film's title derives from Flaherty's own statement that he had been accused, in the staged climactic sequence of Man of Aran, of " trying to drown a boatload of wild Irishmen ".

The song was not used in the movie, nor was the band, the only band not to receive a call-back to perform live for the film's " Battle of the Bands " sequence, perhaps due to the fact that the Germs ' chaotic Roxy performance had featured an unscripted, full-on food fight.

Another sequence, a parody of the Albertina Rasch ballet's " pearl dance " by Marie Dressler, was planned but not shot ( as the film's production records reveal ).

Even as the film was in the first weeks of its 1989 theatrical release, rumors were circulating of a wave sequence missing from the film's end.

Baskett was also given the voice role of Brer Fox, one of the film's animated antagonists, and even filled in as the main animated protagonist, Brer Rabbit, in one sequence.

The film was strongly influenced by the French New Wave directors, both in its rapid shifts of tone, and in its choppy editing, which is particularly noticeable in the film's closing sequence.

According to Disney archivist David Smith, the sequence was aired uncut on television in 1966 before the edits were made for the film's 1969 theatrical reissue.

Much of the sequence of the freaks attacking Cleopatra, as she lay under a tree, was removed, as well as a gruesome sequence showing Hercules being castrated, a number of comedy sequences, and most of the film's original epilogue.

Carney has posted three video clips from Shadows I for viewing on his website to verify the film's condition and indicate the presence of a complete credits sequence, which demonstrates that the version he possesses is a final version, not a rough assembly.

Waller was later regretful of the football sequence, claiming that audiences at bodybuilding competitions continued to boo him for years after the film's release.

Other features include: " The Surprise Attack ", a multi-angle breakdown of the film's most exciting sequence ( 30 minutes ), which includes multiple video tracks ( such as previsualization and final edit ) and commentaries from veterans / Also included is the " Pearl Harbor Historic Timeline ", a set-top interactive feature produced by documentarian Charles Kiselyak ( 68 minutes ).

Dr. Jenner also reveals that the Prince of Wales has hurled the Queen's favorite bust of Mr. Brown up and over the " palace wall ", referring us back to the film's opening sequence.

The film's title sequence story ( based on the original story by Dan O ' Bannon and art by Thomas Warkentin ) opens with a space shuttle flying in orbit over Earth.

Leading directly from the title sequence, the film's framing story has the astronaut, named Grimaldi, arriving at home where he is greeted by his daughter.

The shot of the exploding house at the end of the Grimaldi sequence was originally to be rotoscoped, but as the film's release date had been moved up from October / November to August 7, 1981, a lack of time prevented this.

Goldsmith did not write a motif for the Son ' a, choosing to score the action sequence without designating the Son ' a as an antagonist ( suggesting the film's revelation that the Son ' a and Ba ' ku are related.