The song "Chim, Chim, Cher-ee," from the movie Mary Poppins (1964), can be heard playing in the background while Annie contemplates becoming a nanny. Later, this tune becomes the ringtone for Annie's cell phone.
The Mercenary - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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The original draft of the screenplay was written by Franco Solinas and Giorgio Arlorio, and was largely inspired by Bertolt Brecht's "The Exception and the Rule". Gillo Pontecorvo was the intended director. The screenplay was, however, largely rewritten by Luciano Vincenzoni and several others, who re-conceived the film as a Mexican Revolution-based Spaghetti Western. Solinas and Arlorio disowned the new script, and Pontecorvo stepped down as director, believing he did not have enough experience with Westerns. He instead directed Burn! (1969), a film with a similar concept. Alberto Grimaldi then hired Sergio Corbucci to direct because of his experience with Spaghetti Westerns.
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During filming, the crew caught sight of what appeared to be a UFO. They filmed it and sent photos to NASA, who were impressed with the findings, but nothing further came of the discovery.
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Jack Palance character Ricciolo is gunned down by Paco Roman wearing clown makeup. He is also gunned down in Batman (1989) by The Joker, also wearing similar clown makeup.
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Because he was contractually obliged to provide his voice for the English version, Franco Nero was initially cast as Paco Roman. James Coburn was hired for the role of the mercenary (who was originally intended to be an American) based on his role in Our Man Flint (1966), but eventually dropped out of the role due to disagreements as to whether he or Nero would be top-billed. Coburn's role was rewritten as Polish so that Nero could portray the character with an accent. Tony Musante was cast as Paco after Nero saw him in The Incident (1967).
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Franco Nero appeared in this film as part of a two-picture deal with producer Alberto Grimaldi, the other being A Quiet Place in the Country (1968).
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Based on his performance in the film, Franco Nero recommended Tony Musante to Giuseppe Patroni Griffi for a role in Love Circle (1969) that he and Gian Maria Volontè were unable to accept.
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Jack Palance plays a character named "Curly". Palance later won an Oscar for City Slickers (1991), in which he also played a character named "Curly".
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Toward the end of the film Franco Nero uses a similar fictional machine gun as he did in Django (1966), where Tony Musante uses the Mle 1914 Hotchkiss machine gun that Franco Nero's character bought earlier in the film.
The Mercenary - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Mercenary - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Mercenary - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Mercenary - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Mercenary - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Mercenary - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Mercenary - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Mercenary - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Mercenary - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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