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317 Cliffhanger (1993)




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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.

317 Cliffhanger (1993)

- Set in Colorado, but filmed in Italy. The American Enivornmental Protection
Authority wouldn't allow filming in America for fear of the damage that
could be left by the film crew. Italy was chosen because it had spectacular
mountains that are similar to the Colorado Rockies. The production crew
paid a very large deposit against clean-up costs.
- 31 well-known climbers were signed up, including 'Ron Kauk' (qv) and
'Wolfgang Gullich' (qv). Gullich performed many of the film's stunts.
- Kauk was 'Sylvester Stallone' (qv)'s stunt double and really had to bulk up.
He ate 5 carbohydrate-heavy meals a day and pumped a lot of iron. The
trainer wanted to have him eat a sixth meal in the middle of the night.
Kauk also doubled for 'Leon' (qv), a 6'3'' black actor, and
'Janine Turner' (qv).
- To demonstrate his faith in the safety equipment, director
'Renny Harlin' (qv) put on a harness and flung himself out on a cable over a
cliff.
- An avid golfer, Stallone found that climbing roughed up his hands and
consequently messed up his game. He had a net on the set for practice. The
models he was dating complained about his rough hands.
- Electrical storms hit during filming, knocking down 5 crew members. Climber
Earl Wiggins was hit 3 times, but was only slightly injured. During a later
storm, crew members had fun taking pictures of each other with their hair
standing on end while the climbers pointed out the wisdom of evacuating.
- The background for many of the scenes was generated by an IBM Power
Visualization System.
- Sneak-preview audiences saw a scene where a rabbit gets killed by gunfire.
Their reaction was strong enough for Stallone to invest $100,000 of his
own money to have the scene re-shot so that the rabbit escaped.
- The credits include a message which explains that the Black Diamond harness
used in the opening scene was specially modified so that it would fail.
- The stuntman who did the air-to-air transfer (Simon Crane) actually couldn't
get inside the second plane, but good editing gives the appearance that he
does.
- One of the buckles on the horse's bridle is a piece of climbing equipment.
- DIRTRADE(Renny Harlin): [finland]: one of the parachutes looks like
the Finnish flag.

 

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