478 Player, The (1992)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
478 Player, The (1992)
- The opening tracking shot (6.5 minutes) includes people talking about famous
long tracking shots in old movies. The scene was rehearsed for a day, shot
for half a day. Fifteen takes were done, five were printed, and the third
one was used in the film. The writers pitching stories in that shot are
relating real stories.
- The following people appear as themselves: 'Steve Allen' (qv),
'Richard Anderson' (qv), 'Rene Auberjonois' (qv), 'Harry Belafonte' (qv),
'Shari Belafonte' (qv), 'Karen Black' (qv), 'Michael Bowen' (qv),
'Gary Busey' (qv), 'Robert Carradine' (qv), 'Charles Champlin' (qv),
'Cher' (qv), 'James Coburn' (qv), 'Cathy Lee Crosby' (qv),
'John Cusack' (qv), 'Brad Davis' (qv), 'Paul Dooley' (qv),
'Thereza Ellis' (qv), 'Peter Falk' (qv), 'Felicia Farr' (qv),
'Kasia Figura' (qv), 'Louise Fletcher' (qv), 'Dennis Franz' (qv),
'Teri Garr' (qv), 'Leeza Gibbons' (qv), 'Scott Glenn' (qv),
'Jeff Goldblum' (qv), 'Elliot Gould' (qv), 'Joel Grey' (qv),
'David Alan Grier' (qv), 'Buck Henry' (qv), 'Anjelica Huston' (qv),
'Kathy Ireland' (qv), 'Steve James' (qv), 'Maxine John-James' (qv),
'Sally Kellerman' (qv), 'Sally Kirkland' (qv), 'Jack Lemmon' (qv),
'Marlee Matlin' (qv), 'Andie MacDowell' (qv), 'Malcolm McDowell' (qv),
'Jayne Meadows' (qv), 'Martin Mull' (qv), 'Jennifer Nash' (qv),
'Nick Nolte' (qv), 'Alexandra Powers' (qv), 'Bert Remsen' (qv),
'Guy Remsen' (qv), 'Patricia Resnick' (qv), 'Burt Reynolds' (qv),
'Jack Riley' (qv), 'Julia Roberts' (qv), 'Mimi Rogers' (qv),
'Annie Ross' (qv), 'Alan Rudolph' (qv), 'Jill St. John' (qv),
'Susan Sarandon' (qv), 'Adam Simon' (qv), 'Rod Steiger' (qv),
'Joan Tewkesbury' (qv), 'Brian Tochi' (qv), 'Lily Tomlin' (qv),
'Robert Wagner' (qv), 'Ray Walston' (qv), 'Bruce Willis' (qv), and
'Marvin Youn' (qv). Scenes with 'Jeff Daniels' (qv) playing golf in a
surgeon's gown at a hospital and 'Patrick Swayze' (qv) showing off karate
moves were filmed but cut.
- Cher appears at the awards ceremony in a bright red dress, despite the
invitation specifying ``black and white only.'' In real life, Cher
never wears red.
- The rushes from the movie being filmed (with Glen and Tomlin) were filmed
while the actors were rehearsing the scene.
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