The original script included several characters which were cut. There was another lion cub named Mee-Too, a bat-eared fox, and a rhino with a tickbird on his back. In fact the tickbird was kept and evolved into Zazu. Multiple characters have ended up scrapped for the final version of the first film - a little brother for Nala, a second meerkat, Nala's father (who would have been leader of another pride), Joka, a rock python who would have acted as a fourth lackey for Scar and a bat-eared fox named Bhati for example. Nala's brother, Mheetu, in particular was to have an important role, serving as a character for Nala to protect from the hyenas and Scar. Mheetu would also have been lured into the gorge, causing Simba to try and save him. However, he fails, causing Mufasa to rescue them, leading to his death.
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The production shoot ran several weeks over schedule, with the budget blowing-out from seven and a half million dollars to eleven million dollars.
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Sir Michael Caine has said many times that he acted in this movie purely for monetary reasons, and considers it the worst project he's ever done. Caine once said that this movie was "the worst, most wretched film I ever made."
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Kabir Bedi and Sir Peter Ustinov appeared in The Thief of Baghdad (1978).
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George MacDonald Fraser said in his memoirs, that Telly Savalas and Kirk Douglas were offered major cameos.
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This movie was distributed by two studios, Warner Brothers and Columbia Pictures, depending on the territory.
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Beverly Johnson was attacked by a masseuse in her hotel room while on-location, and subsequently was arrested for slapping the man.
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Richard Fleischer replaced Richard C. Sarafian, the original director, who dropped out of the production.
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Omar Sharif was cast in this movie based on his well-known screen persona in Sir David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Sharif was originally going to play the Lawrence of Arabia (1962)-type role of desert-guide Malik (Kabir Bedi), but had to bow out. Instead, Sharif played the smaller role of Prince Hassan.
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The name of Prince Hassan's (Omar Sharif's) yacht was "Odalisque" of the port of Panama. The word "Odalisque", according to the Oxford Dictionary, is from the Turkish "Odalik" and means "a female slave or concubine in an Ottoman seraglio, especially the Imperial Harem of the sultan."
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Director Richard Fleischer and Cinematographer Aldo Tonti worked together on Barabbas (1961).
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Beverly Johnson was pregnant during principal photography, but did not tell the producers. The white dress she wears during the end of the movie had to be let out due to this. It was designed by veteran Hollywood Costume Designer Edith Head.
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One of the final theatrical movies for Sir Rex Harrison (Brian Walker) and William Holden (Jim Sandell).
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According to a television Interview on Pebble Mill (1972), Saeed Jaffrey was cut out of this project.
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For the role of helicopter pilot Jim Sandell, William Holden replaced James Coburn, who had replaced Telly Savalas.
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This movie represented a rare movie role as a villain for Sir Peter Ustinov. Publicity for this movie stated the part was Ustinov's first out-and-out bad guy role in his then thirty-year-long career.
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The new Blu-ray and widescreen double DVD release of this movie includes a twenty-seven minute interview with Beverly Johnson.
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Heat was a major problem while shooting, with temperatures getting as high as one hundred thirty-eight degrees Fahrenheit (fifty-nine degrees Celsius).
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This movie is based on fact.
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Donald Churchill was scheduled to play a part, but it was cut before being filmed.
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