Trivia / Geronimo: An American Legend

• Box Office Bomb: Budget, $35 million. Box office, $18,635,620.
• The Cast Showoff: Jason Patric showed his considerable horsemanship in the scene where he has a one-on-one showdown with an Apache warrior. Patric goes from laying across his horse prone on the ground, to ordering the horse back onto its feet while he mounts it as it quickly rolls upright, rifle in one hand, reins in the other.
• Creator Killer: Walter Hill had some misgivings about how this movie turned out, and it dented his career along with Neil Canton and John Milius.
• Dueling Works: Walter Hill blamed the film's failure on a rival made-for-TV Geronimo biopic that aired on TNT around the same time.
• Vacation, Dear Boy: Robert Duvall described the film as "a paid vacation".
• What Could Have Been:
  • Alec Baldwin was considered for Charles B. Gatewood.
  • Seiber was originally supposed to ride off into the sunset.
  • An original draft of the script included scenes with Mrs. Gatewood, but these were cut out for budgetary reasons.

---