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* ExecutiveMeddling: The original theatrical release was the result of significant cuts and re-editing done by the studio to try and create a more conventional war film. It was decades before another version closer to Samuel Fuller's original vision was released to critical acclaim.
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* NamesTheSame: Private Griff should not be confused with [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue Private Grif]].
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* DevelopmentHell: The movie had been planned for over twenty years before it was finally filmed. A previous Creator/SamuelFuller film, ''Merrill's Marauders'', was supposed to be the original version of this.
* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The movie had been planned for over twenty years before it was finally filmed. A previous Creator/SamuelFuller film, ''Merrill's Marauders'', was supposed to be the original version of this.
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** Reportedly Fuller wanted Creator/MartinScorsese for the role of Pvt. Vinci, 1st Squad, but Scorsese moved on to do ''Film/RagingBull''.
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** Reportedly Reportedly, Fuller wanted Creator/MartinScorsese for the role of Pvt. Vinci, 1st Squad, but Scorsese moved on to do ''Film/RagingBull''.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/MarkHamill took the role of the cynical Griff in an attempt to show he had range beyond the idealistic Luke Skywalker.
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* CastTheExpert: Creator/LeeMarvin fought in WWII, but in the Pacific at Saipan.
* DawsonCasting: Many critics felt that Creator/LeeMarvin was too old at 54 to play the sergeant.
* DevelopmentHell: The movie had been planned for over twenty years before it was finally filmed. A previousSamuel Fuller Creator/SamuelFuller film, ''Merrill's Marauders'', was supposed to be the original version of this.
* DawsonCasting: Many critics felt that Creator/LeeMarvin was too old at 54 to play the sergeant.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: RealitySubtext: The scene in which the sergeant is wounded is a re-creation of how Creator/LeeMarvin was wounded in real life as a Marine in the Pacific. As in the film, Marvin was shot through the back and collapsed down on his knees.
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** The studio wantedJohnWayne Creator/JohnWayne as The Sergeant, but his failing health at the time prevented him from appearing.appearing.
** Reportedly Fuller wanted Creator/MartinScorsese for the role of Pvt. Vinci, 1st Squad, but Scorsese moved on to do ''Film/RagingBull''.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: Creator/SamuelFuller served in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. He was a member of "The Big Red One" and many of the moments in this movie are based upon his own experiences.
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** Reportedly Fuller wanted Creator/MartinScorsese for the role of Pvt. Vinci, 1st Squad, but Scorsese moved on to do ''Film/RagingBull''.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: Creator/SamuelFuller served in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. He was a member of "The Big Red One" and many of the moments in this movie are based upon his own experiences.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Most of the film was shot in Israel.Israel, with many of the Nazis ironically played by Jewish locals.
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* DevelopmentHell: The movie had been planned for over twenty years before it was finally filmed. A previous Samuel Fuller film, ''Merrill's Marauders'', was supposed to be the original version of this.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The studio wanted JohnWayne as The Sergeant, but his failing health at the time prevented him from appearing.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Most of the film was shot in Israel. Led to a HarsherInHindsight moment for the director when he noticed a large number of film extras take off their German helmets to reveal their Jewish yarmulkes during lunch breaks. Handwaved when someone asks what palm trees are doing in a Belgian monastery. Apparently the monk "had a yen for them".
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Most of the film was shot in Israel. Led to a HarsherInHindsight moment for the director when he noticed a large number of film extras take off their German helmets to reveal their Jewish yarmulkes during lunch breaks. Handwaved when someone asks what palm trees are doing in a Belgian monastery. Apparently the monk "had a yen for them".
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Most of the film was shot in Israel. Led to a HarsherInHindsight moment for the director when he noticed a large number of film extras take off their German helmets to reveal their Jewish yarmulkes during lunch breaks. Handwaved when someone asks what palm trees are doing in a Belgian monastery. Apparently the monk "had a yen for them".
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