Ryan's Daughter - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

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[albert]

Sir John Mills told the story that he took delivery of a new Rolls-Royce convertible during filming. He took it for a drive while completely made up for his role as Michael. He was stopped by the police and had to prove his identity.

[lonnie]

Sir David Lean ultimately fell out with Robert Mitchum to the extent that all communication between director and actor was carried out through Sarah Miles. Mitchum later compared working with the notoriously perfectionist director to "having to build a Taj Mahal out of toothpicks."

[phyllis]

Robert Mitchum was undergoing a personal crisis at the time. He told Sir David Lean that he was seriously contemplating suicide when he was cast. When screenwriter Robert Bolt heard of this, he told Mitchum that as long as he finished "working on this wretched little film" first, he would pay for his burial.

[michele]

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) originally gave this movie an "R" rating instead of MGM's desired "GP" (now PG), due to the love scene between Rosy and Doryan, as well as themes involving infidelity. Although MGM argued that the sex scene was tasteful and there was a lot more nudity in other movies that were rated "GP," the primary motivation was to save the hurting studio. MGM was in serious debt at the time, and studio executives argued that they needed the less-restrictive "GP" in order to increase ticket sales; otherwise, MGM would not survive it. MGM even threatened to leave the MPAA if the rating was not lowered. The MPAA relented and passed this movie with the "GP" rating. When MGM re-submitted this movie to the MPAA in 1996, it was re-rated "R."

[camila]

This movie was the fourth most successful movie at the U.S. box office in 1970, taking in over $13 million in rentals.

[linda]

Sir Anthony Hopkins, George C. Scott, and Patrick McGoohan were considered for the lead role, but not approached.

[sylvia]

When this movie was finally completed, MGM claimed to have $5 million for promotion, but producer Sir Anthony James Allan Havelock-Allan said the studio's financial woes made publicity almost non-existent.

[edgar]

Trevor Howard was undergoing marital difficulties during filming. When his wife Helen paid a visit to Ireland, but stormed out of a party after an argument with him, she was nearly killed in a car accident on the treacherous narrow, winding roads.

[harry]

This movie is set in 1916. Robert Mitchum was born in 1917.