In an interview during production, Sir Laurence Olivier explained why he agreed to be in the cast, "People ask me why I'm playing in this picture. The answer is simple; money, dear boy. I'm like a vintage wine. You have to drink me quickly before I turn sour. I'm almost used up now, and I can feel the end coming. That's why I'm taking money now. I've got nothing to leave my family, but the money I can make from films. Nothing is beneath me if it pays well. I've earned the right to damn well grab whatever I can in the time I've got left."
When ___location filming ran past the original production schedule, Sir Laurence Olivier insisted on getting his "bonus salary," weekly cash payments in briefcases full of money, flown to the ___location by helicopter.
Most of the cast and crew were paid in cash, which furthered suspicions that it was funded by the controversial Unification Church.
This movie has never officially been released on home video or DVD. It was broadcast on cable television during the early 2000s.
Initial footage of General Douglas MacArthur's final limo scene was rejected because the crowd was too small. The scene was re-shot in South Korea, but the shots of the crowds and the limo didn't match. Finally, the crew rented a studio in Dublin and put the limo against a rear projection of the crowds. The three-minute scene cost over $3 million.
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