Best action movie trivia of 1983

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Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi picture

Trivia: When filming ROTJ, Lucas didn't want anyone to find out that they were shooting the third Star Wars movie, because pandemonium could break out. So when someone asked the crew what they were filming, they said "Blue Harvest". All of the crew had shirts and hats that said Blue Harvest on them. The fictitious film's tagline was "Horror beyond imagination."

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Trivia: Clint Eastwood's friend Horace, the black male first seen sneaking up on him with a shotgun is also in other movies with Dirty Harry. His first appearance is the first "punk" where Harry gives his famous "Do you feel lucky...?" line to. He also appears in the Enforcer as Mustafa, the black militant leader. He is also in the second, Magnum Force, playing a pimp who is followed in his Cadillac with tiger skin seat off the freeway by the corrupt traffic cops. He talks a little to the officer and then, like other dodgy characters in the film, is shot a few times.

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Trivia: The "blink and you'll miss it" part of Smithers (Q's assistant, who triggers the powerful door-slam) is played by Jeremy Bulloch. Only worth noting because we see his face for once, as he's most famous for a part where he wears a mask - Boba Fett in the Star Wars sequels.

Jon Sandys

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Yellowbeard picture

Trivia: Tommy Chong couldn't do a Spanish accent, so while all the other Spanish characters imitate Spanish English, he just does a speech impediment instead. He admitted so himself in the 'making of'.

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Revenge of the Ninja picture

Trivia: It is commonplace for Sho Kosugi films that whenever a family is to be portrayed; his two sons Shane and Kane are cast into corresponding roles.

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Project A picture

Trivia: The original title for the film roughly translated to "Pirate Patrol." The title was changed during production, however, as Jackie Chan and the producers feared that other Hong Kong studios would rush to copy the film by making similar pirate-themed adventures. Chan later chose the much more vague title of "Project A," since it gave nothing away about the plot.

TedStixon

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10 to Midnight picture

Trivia: When Warren Stacy is in the dorm he picks up a police radio and the dispatcher can be heard saying Code 6 (Code 6 Stay out of area - http://www.radiolabs.com/police-codes.html) at Florence And Normandie. This is the intersection where the Rodney King Riots (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots) would break out nine years later. (01:33:05)

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The Return of the Man From U.N.C.L.E. - The Fifteen Years Later Affair picture

Trivia: Simon Williams, who plays Nigel Pennington-Smythe, is the nephew by marriage of James Bond creator Ian Fleming, who also helped in the creation of the original Man From U.N.C.L.E. TV series.

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Trivia: There were no stunt doubles used for the final fight between Chuck Norris and David Carradine. The two actors demanded they did the scene themselves, in spite of strong protests from the producers.

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Blue Thunder picture

Trivia: The registration number N77GH is visible on a gold placard on right surveillance camera' but only civilian aircraft are given November numbers. Military helicopters only have a series of numbers like on the tail. You aren't supposed to notice Blue Thunder's real "N" number, but it is there throughout the movie making it known it was truly a civilian helicopter.

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