Rhonda Fleming, who is second billed, has no scenes with any of the cast members in the main location, the commercial jet. Her sporadic role, as the manipulating wife of Efrem Zimbalist Jr., mostly occurs in Zimbalist's flashback sequences as he's flying the jet fighter. Also: her and Zimbalist's swimwear-clad bodies shown in the poster artwork, embraced and kissing liken to the famous scene in From Here to Eternity (1953), also derives from a flashback sequence.
The Fog - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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The role of Father Malone was originally offered to Sir Christopher Lee who believed the character to be the 'father of the community'. However, Lee proved unavailable and Hal Holbrook was eventually cast.
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Although she was known for her television roles, this was the debut cinematic movie of actress Adrienne Barbeau.
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John Carpenter has stated two inspirations for the film, both of which are related to Great Britain. The first was the British film The Crawling Eye (1958) which dealt with monsters hiding in the clouds. He also stated that he and his co-writer/producer, Debra Hill, were inspired by a trip to Stonehenge, the ancient monument in South West England, which was covered in fog during their visit.
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Extensive reshoots were done after the first screening when director and studio executives decided that the movie wasn't scary enough. Additional scenes shot include close-ups of death scenes (specifically stab wounds), the scene with Jamie Lee Curtis and the walking corpse in the morgue, and the finale with Adrienne Barbeau on top of the lighthouse.
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A remake of this movie was released in 2005. It was produced by John Carpenter and Debra Hill, makers of the original movie.
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This movie contains three of the most prominent Scream Queens of cinema: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis and Janet Leigh. Janet Leigh will always be most widely known for her role in Psycho (1960). Along with this film, she also starred in [Halloween H20: 20 Years Later](/category/3441/Halloween-h20-20-years-later) (1998). Jamie Lee Curtis also starred in Halloween (1978), Halloween II (1981), [Halloween H20: 20 Years Later](/category/3441/Halloween-h20-20-years-later) (1998), Halloween: Resurrection (2002), and the Halloween (2018) reboot. She also starred in The Fog (1980), Road Games (1981), Prom Night (1980) and Terror Train (1980), and was also one of the featured regulars on the television series Scream Queens (2015). Adrienne Barbeau starred in Someone's Watching Me! (1978), The Fog (1980), Swamp Thing (1982), Creepshow (1982), Two Evil Eyes (1990), Burial of the Rats (1995), The Convent (2000), Ring of Darkness (2004), Unholy (2007), Tales of Halloween (2015), Death House (2017), and Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998).
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Although this movie cost just over $1 million to make, Avco Embassy spent three times that amount on advertising and promotion. This included TV ads, radio ads, print ads, and the studio even installed fog machines (at a cost of $350 each) in the lobbies of selected cinemas where the movie was showing.
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John Houseman worked only for one day on this movie and was given a "special appearance" credit. His scene at the campfire was shot on a set rather than outside.
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Actors Tom Atkins, Hal Holbrook and Adrienne Barbeau later co-starred in George A. Romero's classic Creepshow (1982) two years later.
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One of the characters name is Dan O'Bannon. This is an inside joke since Dan O'Bannon was a popular screenwriter working in Hollywood at the time (He had just written Alien (1979)).
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In the final scene at the church, Nick has Andy stand back and hide. On the wall behind Andy is a brick inscribed "H. Hawks". This is undoubtedly a reference to John Carpenter's favorite director Howard Hawks.
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Tom Atkins' character's name is Nick Castle. This is a reference to the actor who played Michael Myers in John Carpenter's classic Halloween (1978).
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The character played by John Carpenter, Bennett, is named after Carpenter's friend Bennett Tramer. They went to USC (University of Southern California) together. Carpenter used the character name Ben Tramer in Halloween (1978) also, as a potential love interest for Laurie Strode.
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The lead ghost, Blake, was played by makeup specialist Rob Bottin. When Bottin asked for the job, John Carpenter asked him to "stand up". Bottin then expected Carpenter to say, "...and get out!" When Carpenter saw that Bottin was a very large man at 6' 5, which was needed for the character Blake, he was hired.
The Fog - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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