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Manis the Orangutan once got upset and grabbed Clint Eastwood while he was driving a truck. The ape's trainers were able to calm Manis down by speaking to him over the two-way radio.
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Ma (Ruth Gordon) stated, "Get off my porch" and "Get off my property" to the Black Widows of Pacoima motorcycle gang. Thirty years later, in Gran Torino (2008), Clint Eastwood said "Get off my lawn" to members of a gang.
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Reportedly, Clint Eastwood was nervous about doing a comedy, and contacted Burt Reynolds for advice because Reynolds had a lot of experience doing comedies.
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Clint Eastwood's boxing coach for this movie was Al Silvani. He used to train Jake LaMotta, and had recently prepared Sylvester Stallone for Rocky (1976).
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Sondra Locke's character "Lynn Halsey-Taylor" is named after Halsey Taylor, founder of the Halsey Taylor Sanitary Fountain company, est. 1912. In the film, "Lynn" speaks of her intention of opening her own honky tonk, called "Lynn Halsey Taylor's Drinking Fountain". Halsey Taylor still manufactures sanitary drinking fountains, coolers, and bottled-water filling stations nationwide.
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British movie critic Philip French was convinced that Ma (Ruth Gordon), in this movie and its sequel, was inspired by his friend and fellow critic Dilys Powell, one of Clint Eastwood's biggest admirers in the critical community.
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Philo's license plate reads "99951u", which, when the numbers are inverted, reads 15666 or IS666 or "is evil". With the exception of the letter "u", the same digits were later used on Sam Raimi's personally owned 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 in Drag Me to Hell (2009). That same car has appeared in nearly every Sam Raimi movie since The Evil Dead (1981).
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Clint Eastwood's sixth movie for Warner Brothers.
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The filming location of Philo's house was 11847 Peoria St., Sun Valley, California. The location of Ma's house is next door at 11845 Peoria.
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Beverly D'Angelo stars as the girlfriend of Geoffrey Lewis. She played the mother of Juliette Lewis, Geoffrey's daughter, in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989).
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Ruth Gordon had won the Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar for Rosemary's Baby (1968), the same year Sondra Locke lost in that category for The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968).
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Several years later, the movie was re-released on a double-bill with its sequel, Any Which Way You Can (1980).
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According to publicity, Manis the Orangutan weighed one hundred eighty pounds (eighty-two kilograms).
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This is the third of six movies made by real-life couple Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke.
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The animals in this movie were not abused.
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The movie and its sequel used "Clint and Clyde" first-name alliteration of its two main stars in its promotions and marketing. In true Hollywood style, Clint Eastwood received top first billing, as he was the bigger star, while Manis the Orangutan had to settle for second billing.
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Reportedly, the small towns across the U.S. provided the best audiences for the movie at the box office.
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Adjusted for inflation, this is the biggest hit of Clint Eastwood's career.
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Theatrical movie debut of Manis the Orangutan (Clyde).
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