Kelly's Heroes - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[harry]

Before they set off, Oddball (Donald Sutherland) mentions that he added pipes to his tanks guns to make them look more intimidating. In World War II, however, there were reports of the crews of up-armed Sherman tanks, who had noticeably-longer barrels on their main guns, much like what Oddball now has, actually trying to hide their longer barrels, recognizing that it drew more fire from the enemy.

[brent]

It was during shooting in Yugoslavia in 1969 that Donald Sutherland (Oddball) received word, via co-star Clint Eastwood (Lieutenant Kelly), that his then-wife Shirley Douglas was arrested for trying to buy hand grenades for the Black Panthers with a personal check from an undercover F.B.I. Agent. Sutherland recounts this story often, mentioning that when Eastwood got to the part about the personal check, he laughed so hard that he fell to his knees, and Sutherland had to help him up. Eastwood then put his arm around Sutherland and walked him down the hill that overlooked the Yugoslavian countryside, assuring his friend his complete support of his predicament. Sutherland and Douglas, who are the parents of Kiefer Sutherland and twin sister Rachel Sutherland, divorced in 1970.

[jesse]

The American fighter plane that attacks Kelly's group was actually a Yugoslavian "Ikarus Type 522" trainer, which flew for the first time in 1955.

[kim]

The "key" symbol on the Tiger tanks denotes that they are attached to the 1st S.S. Panzer Division "Liebstandarte A.H."

[kenzi]

Yugoslavia was chosen as a location mostly because earnings from previous showings of movies there could not be taken out of the country, but could be used to fund the production. Another reason was that in 1969, it was one of the few countries whose Army was still equipped with operating World War II mechanized equipment, German and American. This simplified logistics tremendously.

[morris]

A record was made of Clint Eastwood singing "Burning Bridges", the theme song from this movie. It was released as a 45-rpm single record on Certron Records, catalogue number C-10010, and produced by Dickey Lee and Allen Reynolds (with the B-side of "When I Loved Her" also sung by Eastwood, and written by Kris Kristofferson).

[jamie]

Telly Savalas and Donald Sutherland appeared in The Dirty Dozen (1967).

[linda]

It was while working on this movie that John Landis got the idea for An American Werewolf in London (1981).

[manuel]

There is a nod to Clint Eastwood's Spaghetti Westerns in the stand-off with the Tiger tank, a tongue-in-cheek remake of the ending of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), right down to a similar musical score, and the overdubbing of the sound of non-existent jangling spurs.

[lynn]

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Walk the Line features sentimental, touching, emotional, road movie and captivating style.

[Michaelascet]

Get on Up 2014

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Get on Up features emotional, talky, heartbreaking, captivating and realistic style.

[Kennethzef]

Selena 1997

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[iamfaisalkhan_]

Whats Love Got to Do with It 1993

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Whats Love Got to Do with It features inspirational, sincere, intense, emotional and serious style.

[violet]

Elvis 2022

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Elvis features historical drama, touching, semi autobiographical, thought provoking and captivating style.

[nina]

La Bamba 1987

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La Bamba features inspirational, touching, hispanic, intense and suspense style.

[edgar]

Why Do Fools Fall in Love 1998

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Why Do Fools Fall in Love features emotional, melancholic, inspirational, touching and realistic style.

[ArinaHous 0]

Sid and Nancy 1986

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Sid and Nancy features bloody, cult classic, disturbing, independent film and psychedelic style.

[darrell]

Crazy 2008

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Crazy features serious, realistic, sincere, contemplative and independent film

[Damiano]

Cadillac Records 2008

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Cadillac Records features realistic, inspirational, intense, stylized and talky style.

[albert]

The Doors 1991

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer Jim Morrison.

The Doors features psychedelic, factual, realistic, serious and cult classic style.