Jeremiah Johnson - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[beth]

Robert Redford has described this as his favorite of all his movies. He likes that Johnson suffers but he continues on.

[toni]

Johnson never answers the question about the Crows.

[harry]

David Rayfiel did an uncredited rewrite on the screenplay.

[kyle]

"Fort Hawley", mentioned twice in the movie, was the actual historical Fort Hall, a well-known trading post established in 1834 along the Snake River in present-day southern Idaho. There actually was a Fort Hawley located below Fort Benton on the south side of the Missouri, 20 miles above the Musselshell River.

[veronica]

The movie's technical director was a Flathead American Indian from Montana. One of his key jobs was to act as coach for Delle Bolton, who was playing Jeremiah Johnson's Indian wife Swan.

[richard]

Robert Redford fought to have the movie filmed in Utah, but the studio wanted an L.A. soundstage. Sydney Pollack put up his own money to make up the difference to film on location.

[aaron]

Principal photography began in January 1971, but unexpected changes in weather threatened production. Even after Sydney Pollack mortgaged his home to make up for budgetary constraints, production was very limited as threat of going over budget loomed. "The snows of St. George in southern Utah were terrible," said Pollack, "and we were using Cinemobiles as the lifelines. There was no way I was going to let it overrun, and [Robert Redford] was a superb partner in keeping us tight. In the end it was the greatest way to learn production, because I was playing with my own money." Struggling with weather and budgetary concerns, very rarely was there time or money to shoot any second takes.

[janice]

Film debut of Josh Albee.

[stephanie]

According to Sydney Pollack, Robert Redford directed the pacing: "He became another kind of actor, far more internal."

[manuel]

Johnson's uniform pants appear to have a zipper front fly design. The zipper did not become commonplace in pants until after 1917

[eli]

John Rubinstein's musical score for the opening montage uses four different horns to reflect certain aspects of the story: flutes for the delicate wonder of nature, oboes for the changing seasons, french horns for the majestic mountain ranges, and a trumpet for Jeremiah's military past.

[nora]

Bad weather plagued the production but they were still able to bring the film in on time and on budget.

[toni]

Casting for the role of Swan, Jeremiah's wife, took three months. After auditioning for a role in a different film, actress Delle Bolton was spotted by the casting director. She was interviewed along with 200 Native American women and eventually won the role.