Thunderbolt and Lightfoot - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Thunderbolt and Lightfoot or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

[michele]

At one point, there is a marquee showing the Burt Reynolds movie White Lightning (1973). Burt and Clint Eastwood starred in City Heat (1984).

[linda]

Jeff Bridges was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, but lost to Robert De Niro in The Godfather: Part II (1974). Michael Cimino directed Robert De Niro in The Deer Hunter (1978).

[frances]

The television set in the bedroom of the vault manager and his wife was tuned to a stand-up routine performed by acerbic entertainer Don Rickles. Rickles was Clint Eastwood's co-star in Kelly's Heroes (1970).

[clayton]

The dangerous stunt where Clint Eastwood leapt onto a speeding car being driven by Jeff Bridges and hooks his leg inside the car window while holding onto the door handle was performed by Eastwood.

[janice]

Writer and Director Michael Cimino said on his audio commentary for Year of the Dragon (1985), that if it had not been for Clint Eastwood, he would never have had a career in the film industry.

[liam]

According to Steven Bach's "Final Cut", Clint Eastwood was disappointed with this movie's initial disappointing nine million dollar receipts, and blamed United Artists for inadequately promoting the movie. Despite his relationship with the studio on the Spaghetti Westerns, and a two-movie deal from the studio, he never made another movie for them.

[dustin]

Clint Eastwood did this movie because he wanted to make a road movie, according to "American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood" (2009) by Marc Eliot.

[wesley]

Clint Eastwood received the script for this movie from agent Leonard Hirshan, who had in turn received it from agent Stanley Kamen.

[alyssa]

The hymn heard during the church service in the beginning of this movie was "Man of Sorrows, What a Name", a nineteenth century hymn by Philip Bliss.

[veronica]

When Writer and Director Michael Cimino was discussing this movie with Jeff Bridges, he told Bridges it was his job to make Clint Eastwood laugh both on and off-camera, and he did.

[marc]

Michael Cimino was given the chance to write and direct this movie for Clint Eastwood after Eastwood was impressed with a re-write Cimino did on the script for Magnum Force (1973).

[steve]

Jeff Bridges was nominated for a Best Actor in a Supporting Role Academy Award, his second Oscar nomination, and his last until Starman (1984). According to the book "Clint: The Life and Legend" (1999) by Patrick McGilligan, Clint Eastwood believed that his own performance was worthy of an Oscar nomination.

[kylie]

The high concept for this movie was devised by Hollywood talent agent Stanley Kamen of the William Morris Agency.

[ava]

The "Thunderbolt" of the title refers to the nickname "The Thunderbolt" of John Doherty (Clint Eastwood).

[jessica]

Debut feature film as a director for Michael Cimino.

[stephanie]

Principal photography took place during July, August, and September of 1973.

[lena]

Writer and Director Michael Cimino modelled this movie after one of his favorite movies from the 1950s, Captain Lightfoot (1955), directed by Douglas Sirk. That movie followed the adventures of two Irish highwaymen (Captain Thunderbolt and Captain Lightfoot) as they attempted to raise money to support their Irish revolutionary society.

[kyle]

The production shoot for this movie ran for forty-seven days.

[ella]

Jeff Bridges was seen in drag in this movie. Bridges once said of this: "It's mind blowing! When you glance in a mirror, you feel like you're looking at your sister!" Jeff got a bit of flak and wisecracks about his role as a leading lady from his brother and father, Beau and Lloyd.