The Stunt Man/Fun Facts
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
< The Stunt Man
- Completed in 1979, it had to wait until 1980 to be released because the studio had no idea how to market it because it didn't fit into one particular genre.
- Director Richard Rush suffered two heart attacks over the course of the production.
- Although it is based on a novel, Wikipedia only has a page for the movie.
- Columbia Pictures originally announced plans to make the film in 1970, with William Castle as the producer and Frederick Wiseman assigned as director.
- Richard Rush was nominated for an Oscar for Best Director, but the film was not nominated for Best Picture. Rush lost to Robert Redford for Ordinary People.
- Peter O'Toole based his portrayal of director Eli Cross in part on his experiences dealing with director David Lean during filming of Lawrence of Arabia.
- The film requires that you watch very closely, due to its blurring the lines between fantasy and reality.
- While never spoken on screen, the film-within-a-film is a World War II picture titled Devil's Squadron.
