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The Predator costume weighed over two hundred pounds, and even though 7'2" Kevin Peter Hall was a la [...]	D
John McTiernan had been in the middle of his location shoot in Mexico when production had come to a [...]	D
The black helicopter pilot seen at the end of the movie is Kevin Peter Hall, the actor who plays the [...]	D
Kevin Peter Hall had previously portrayed an alien on safari for human quarry, in the low-budgeted H [...]	D
Aliens (1986) was cited as one of Jim and John Thomas's influences behind the film because it was ab [...]	D
Real venomonous snakes and scorpions invaded the set during filming.	D
The attack on the compound was shot by a 2nd unit director, but John McTiernan wasn't fond of its "s [...]	D
Shane Black was cast because John McTiernan and producer Joel Silver wanted a writer on the set. "An [...]	D
Jesse Ventura (Blain) became the first actor ever to fire the M134 Minigun handheld. Several actors [...]	D
James Olson who worked with Schwarzenegger in Commando (1985) was offered the part of Gen. Phillips, [...]	D
In keeping with this being a black ops endeavor the helicopters have no registration numbers nor oth [...]	D
Sven-Ole Thorsen, who is a personal friend and bodybuilding partner of Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a [...]	D
Dillon tells Anna to "vamos"; it means "move on" in Spanish and Portuguese.	D
This is the second movie in 10 years in which Carl Weathers plays a soldier, after Incontri ravvicin [...]	D
Although it's not mentioned what the pouch is that Billy clutches when afraid, it's something filled [...]	D
In an effort not to get sick while filming in Mexico John McTiernan instead went without much eating [...]	D
It is alleged that in the early '90s, the Department of Defense tested a form of camouflage that use [...]	D
John McTiernan and Arnold Schwarzenegger lost twenty-five pounds during filming. Schwarzenegger's we [...]	D
During the closing credits, Shane Black is seen prominently displaying a copy of Sgt. Rock #408 (Feb [...]	D
The studio picked Boss Studio for the first design of the Predator to save money. Their Predator was [...]	D
The crew would chop down leaves, and re-plant them in front of the camera, for some shots.	D
According to the Xenopedia, the Alien vs Predator wiki website: following his last stand against the [...]	D
The film served as an inspiration for the Filipino film Bangis (1996).	D
First screenplay written by brothers Jim Thomas and John Thomas.	D
When it came time to recognize Predator with an Academy Award nomination, the combination of techniq [...]	D
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jesse Ventura, and Sven-Ole Thorsen appeared in L'implacabile (1987).	D
Before Blain gets killed by the predator with its plasmacaster, blood appears on his neck and should [...]	D
Maria Shriver discussed decoration plans concerning her and Arnold Schwarzenegger's new house with h [...]	D
The original plan for the movie was to have several Predators as adversaries. This didn't occur unti [...]	D
Several weeks of greenscreen shooting on a stage in Los Angeles followed the three-month shoot in Me [...]	D
After the movie ends and prior to the ending credits, the main cast (in order of apparition: Richard [...]	D
When the script was pitched around Hollywood, the shorthand description used for it was "'Alien (197 [...]	D
Several weapons were proposed for the Predator but cut from the finished film, including a speargun [...]	D
In an interview, Carl Weathers said the actors would secretly wake up as early as 3:00 a.m. to work [...]	D
John McTiernan got the idea for the nuclear bomb countdown from a dream he had in high school.	D
When they started shooting in the jungle, three hundred Mexican crew members showed up. It was two h [...]	D
The facial appearance of the Predator was inspired by the wrinkle-faced bat (Centurio Senex).	D
When the Predator is ambushed by a mud covered Dutch, it panics and starts firing "in all directions [...]	D
John McTiernan and cinematographer Donald McAlpine had to plead the studio to let them film somewher [...]	D
Sonny Landham, who played Billy, previously played a character named Billy Bear in 48 Hrs. (1982) wh [...]	D
All the actors are wearing Vietnam-era surplus canvas load-bearing gear, not the more modern (post-1 [...]	D
Contrary to popular belief, Jesse Ventura (Blain) was not a Navy SEAL before becoming an actor. He w [...]	D
The Predator's scaly flesh is based on koi (carp) and locusts.	D
Bill Duke improvised the shaving. The crew scrambled on-set to make a razor that squirts blood.	D
The actors learned how to be a real military unit, by performing maneuvers and marches in the jungle [...]	D
The shot of Dutch (Schwarzenegger) and his team crawling with the binoculars was accomplished with a [...]	D
The only scene where anyone was actually hurt on the film is the bit where Dutch slides down the hil [...]	D
Rambo 2 - La vendetta (1985) and Aliens - Scontro finale (1986) have been cited as influences behind [...]	D
Not everyone at the shop shared Stan Winston's high opinion of the Predator project. "There were jus [...]	D
"The production designer hadn't done any research and had no idea that the trees lost their leaves o [...]	D
Commitments by Arnold Schwarzenegger delayed the start of filming by several months. The delay gave [...]	D
When the failure of the first Predator suit halted production, Arnold Schwarzenegger recommended his [...]	D
Film debut of Jesse Ventura.	D
Throughout the film Richard Chaves' character is referred to as "Pancho"; yet the English subtitles [...]	D
One of the movie's animators actually "cut" his own name into Predator's costume.	D
John McTiernan originally wanted the team to arrive on scene via a halo jump and describes the entir [...]	D
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Duke previously appeared together in another 20th Century Fox action [...]	D
Richard Chaves (Poncho) fought in the Vietnam War before becoming an actor.	D
The weapon that Blain (Jesse Ventura) is using is a minigun. This is a weapon most commonly mounted [...]	D
Shane Black, who plays commando Hawkins, is actually a screenwriter. Producer Joel Silver wanted Bla [...]	D
The Predator's blood was originally supposed to be orange, but it was difficult to accomplish. An ef [...]	D
One of the elements in the sound of the "snap" to Predator-vision is a whip crack.	D
John McTiernan points out a scene with a 180-degree camera dolly pan in it. "You couldn't at the tim [...]	D
Jesse Ventura was delighted to find out from the wardrobe department that his arms were one inch big [...]	D
Film debut of Shane Black.	D
Vietnam vet Richard Chaves said that being in the jungle "was an instant dÃ©jÃ vu."	D
This was a speculative script that accidentally found its way to 20th Century Fox.	D
In the scene where Mac crushes the dead scorpion under his boot, when the Predator picks up the scor [...]	D
At 50:50 Dillon says to Anna "VÃ¡monos" which is Spanish for "Let's go".	D
The arcade game Alien vs. Predator (1994) features a character named Dutch Schaefer as an homage to [...]	D
Originally, Joel Silver wanted Michael Kamen to do the music for this film after collaborating with [...]	D
The screenwriters did a lot of research into U.S. Special Forces operations in South America, to mak [...]	D
Dillon's death is Dillon's comeuppance for lying to Dutch about the mission and for using Dutch and [...]	D
Jesse Ventura said that firing the Minigun is "like shooting a chainsaw."	D
Kevin Peter Hall, the Predator, is also visible without his "Predator Suit" and make-up towards the [...]	D
Dutch's main weapon is an AR-15/SP1 slab-side M16 fitted with an M16A1 birdcage muzzle flash with an [...]	D
The sound editors called the Predator's shoulder gun the "Parrot Gun", because when it moved indepen [...]	D
When Dutch's right shoulder is wounded when the Predator shoots him with the shoulder cannon, the Pr [...]	D
The Predator's infrared vision is the same as how snakes detect their own prey.	D
When the Jungle Hunter is cleaning his trophy skulls, the one on the right belongs to Mac, due to th [...]	D
The studio's insurance company would not agree to insure the production unless a bodyguard was hired [...]	D
Arnold Schwarzenegger believed this movie was such a hit because the heroes were impressively muscul [...]	D
Bill Duke and actor/stunt man Henry Kingi (in an uncredited role as the rebel in the truck) appeared [...]	D
Arnold Schwarzenegger lost over twenty-five pounds before filming began, in order to better fit the [...]	D
The wild boar that Mac killed was fake. "That pig was so unreal are you kidding me." John McTiernan [...]	D
The real life Goblin spider species Predatoroonops blain is named after Blain Cooper; every member o [...]	D
In the Alien vs Predator universe, the film takes place 17 years before Alien vs. Predator (2004) an [...]	D
Sven-Ole Thorsen: Arnold Schwarzenegger's friend and frequent collaborator, appears as the Russian O [...]	D
The tree the Predator stands on was made of concrete, in order to support the weight of the actor an [...]	D
Predator is an American-Mexican co-production film.	D
Jean-Claude Van Damme was originally cast to play the Predator, the idea being that the physical act [...]	D
The distinctive clicking and gurgling sound the Predator makes throughout the movie was thought up b [...]	D
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer was the inspiration and model for the video game [...]	D
Arnold Schwarzenegger posed for photos with the snake around his shoulders.	D
The original concept for this film originated as a joke. Someone said that the only person Rocky Bal [...]	D
Arnold Schwarzenegger never worked again with Joel Silver after this film.	D
The original creature design was by all accounts terrible, but when they brought on Stan Winston the [...]	D
Jesse Ventura pulled a prank on Arnold Schwarzenegger by pouring water over himself while at the gym [...]	D
Body count: sixty-nine humans (most of them at the hands of Dutch Schaefer), one scorpion, one boar, [...]	D
Initially, the mask design was a mechanical interpretation of the creature's face. To avoid giving a [...]	D
The movie did not get a cinema release in the United Kingdom until New Year's Day 1988.	D
Carl Weathers joked in an interview that Arnold Schwarzenegger got him addicted to cigar smoking dur [...]	D
The map General Phillips uses to brief Dutch is a map of Brazil. The area that the map shows is a re [...]	D
Rumors persist that Billy's death was originally filmed but cut from the movie because it was too vi [...]	D
The animal that startles Blain just before he's killed by the Predator is a Mexican tree porcupine.	D
During a confrontation scene with Dillon, Dutch mentioned that his crew were "not expendables". As o [...]	D
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jesse Ventura, Richard Chaves and Sonny Landham in real life have served in t [...]	D
In the final season of the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (1963) (TV Series) The series title [...]	D
In an interview with Steve Austin on his podcast, Jesse Ventura recalled that he mentally "went back [...]	D
Although they were never mentioned in the final film, the full names of the main characters in the o [...]	D
A crew spent two weeks wiring the jungle with explosives, to create the destruction in the military [...]	D
Award-winning Makeup FX artist Steve Johnson, who led the original Predator suit build for Boss, con [...]	D
After Dutch impales a bad guy against a wooden post with his machete, he utters the immortal one-lin [...]	D
According to an interview with director John McTiernan, the "hole in the jungle" appearance of the P [...]	D
When Dutch says that the Predator is a hunter there is a long pause when he says it as 'Hunter' was [...]	D
The greeting between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers early on in the film has since become a [...]	D
In February 1987, with the new Stan Winston Studio Predator suit completed, the production company a [...]	D
Carl Weathers was always the first choice to play Dillon.	D
Some sources give Dillon's first name as George. While his first name is never mentioned in the film [...]	D
The M-203 grenade launcher mounted on Dutch's rifle was a custom made prop, not an actual grenade la [...]	D
Jesse Ventura once quipped, "Gary Goldman was a former Green Beret and technical advisor on this fil [...]	D
Producer John Davis developed the script with the idea that it was "Rocky meets Alien, I guess," but [...]	D
Some of the early Predator shots were accomplished with a stuntman in a red suit that would later be [...]	D
In the movie, Dutch and his team's full names are never said in the movie. Dutch's real name is Alan [...]	D
John McTiernan was keen to make the comrade banter between the soldiers as real as possible. To help [...]	D
The studio would not allow John McTiernan to shoot this film in anamorphic widescreen, due to the co [...]	D
The members of Dutch's team are killed by The Predator are in order as followed: Hawkins. Blain. Mac [...]	D
Arnold Schwarzenegger's cigar wouldn't light for the credits sequence, so they used optical effects [...]	D
Part of the shoot was forty-eight hours before Arnold Schwarzenegger's wedding rehearsal dinner. Jes [...]	D
Joel Hynek, a special effects supervisor, who directed the design of the Predator's camouflage effec [...]	D
Shane Black spent his free time on the set writing the screenplay for L'ultimo boy scout - Missione: [...]	D
The film originally featured a Native American soldier as the lead. This character eventually evolve [...]	D
John McTiernan hand-picked the M134 minigun (aka "Painless") that Blain (Ventura) uses. They had to [...]	D
The crew had to improvise and use the resources of the jungle to their advantage, too. Stuntmen dug [...]	D
At 37:23 Anna says to Dillon "Mierda" which is Spanish for "sh*t".	D
Originally the Jungle Hunter Predator had a very different much more elaborate Bio-Mask designed to [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Most [...]	D
John McTiernan doesn't read subtitles when watching foreign films. "I really didn't care what people [...]	D
Each character has different camouflage make-up. Dutch wears "strong lines", to show that he's a lea [...]	D
The Walther PP pistol used by Anna is likely intended to stand in for the Makarov PM pistol, which l [...]	D
John McTiernan feels there's a fascination among audiences about seeing guns being fired, so he adde [...]	D
Shane Black hated the glasses he was given to wear as Hawkins. He wanted to wear authentic military- [...]	D
Fans sometimes refer to the self-destruct device as a "wrist nuke". This nickname probably refers to [...]	D
The first week of shooting was a nightmare at times due mostly to the crowded jungle conditions caus [...]	D
3 years after the film's release, Jesse Ventura and Sven-Ole Thorsen starred in the sci-fi film Abra [...]	D
The hardships of the location were many. Gunfire from Guatemalan rebels could be heard at night, and [...]	D
Hawkins was originally supposed to wear a distinctive red beret, most likely inspired by the U.S. Ar [...]	D
A dummy of Sonny Landham was used for the graphic sequence which the Predator rips out Billy's skull [...]	D
Dillon points out that both he and Dutch have lighters of some personal significance. While it's nev [...]	D
John McTiernan broke his wrist while on-location, but kept working.	D
Regarding Jesse Ventura, John McTiernan was surprised to discover he was "a lot brighter than he pre [...]	D
When the film was broadcast on ITV in the UK in 1991, some violent scenes in the film, and bad langu [...]	D
The Predator's blood - a goopy substance with the color of Mountain Dew - was made on-set using a mi [...]	D
According to John McTiernan's DVD commentary, some minor cuts were done for an R-rating. Predator 2 [...]	D
The song that Blain plays on the stereo is "Long Tall Sally" by Little Richard and runs almost a min [...]	D
The "B" camera was given a reel of incorrect film stock, which is why some shots look a lot grainier [...]	D
It was announced in April 2021 that the original Predator writers were suing Disney's 20th Century S [...]	D
Kevin Peter Hall stated in an interview that his experience on the film "wasn't a movie; it was a su [...]	D
Billy first senses the Predator after the attack on the guerrilla camp. However, this is not the res [...]	D
Supposedly, Jerry Goldsmith was originally approached to score the film, but was unavailable.	D
The theatrical trailer for Predator featured music from James Horner's compositions for Aliens (1986 [...]	D
Most of film was shot under the original title "Hunter" (as can be seen on clapperboards in the outt [...]	D
When Billy is finding the skinned bodies and you hear jungle animal sounds, you can briefly hear the [...]	D
John McTiernan admitted that R.G. Armstrong was too old for his part, but kept him, simply because h [...]	D
When the soldiers are setting the "boy scout" traps for the Predator the Dillon character doesn't in [...]	D
Adding to the problems, the suit had been built specifically for Jean-Claude Van Damme, a world kara [...]	D
The "rebel camp" location has become a tourist attraction in Mexico.	D
The opening credits sequence was filmed in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico.	D
According to actor Gary Busey when he was interviewed of the set of Predator 2 (1990). Dillon was wo [...]	D
Filming began in 1985 and the film was released on the big screen in 1987.	D
Bill Duke's character Mac's famous quote "I'm gonna have me some fun tonight" is in reference to the [...]	D
The "Predator-vision" was created using visual effects, and a heat-vision camera.	D
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Shane Black and Bill Duke got terribly sick from bad water bec [...]	D
The crew covered Arnold Schwarzenegger in mud by shooting it through a hose like they were "stuccoin [...]	D
Arnold Schwarzenegger stated in an interview that he decided to the movie because he had always want [...]	D
The mandibles of the Predator were the idea of James Cameron who stated, 'You know, I've always want [...]	D
In the novelization of Predator, Mac is caucasian and both he and Blain are quite racist towards Dil [...]	D
One of only four movies featuring two United States Governors with roles as actors (not "self" credi [...]	D
In the scene where the Special Forces team attack the village, the guerrilla, who gets blown up in t [...]	D
At 44:01 Pancho says to Anna "QuÃ© pasÃ³ mujer? QuÃ© viste?" which is Spanish for "What happen [...]	D
The invisibility cloaking effect was achieved with a bright red suit (because it was the farthest op [...]	D
Despite its inauspicious beginning as a 911 call and a favor to a friend, Predator remains one of th [...]	D
The film's iconic score was used in numerous movie trailers including Killer machine (1993) and Dall [...]	D
They initially attempted to use real heat vision cameras to capture the Predator's vision, but not o [...]	D
When the movie aired on ITV in the UK in 1992, Dillon's death was cut for censorship which Dillon lo [...]	D
Hawkins was slashed in the carotid artery by the Predator.	D
This film had the second biggest opening weekend of 1987; Beverly Hills Cop II - Un piedipiatti a Be [...]	D
Mac's death was ranked #2 by Io9 of the 10 best Predator kills.	D
"Wow, I haven't seen this movie in a long time," John McTiernan says on the commentary, noting that [...]	D
The film was dedicated to the memories of Agustin Ytuarte and Federico Ysunza, who were both killed [...]	D
The filmmakers used an inframetrics thermal video scanner for the Predator's thermal vision as it ga [...]	D
Stunt director Craig R. Baxley made his directorial debut with the film Action Jackson (1988), which [...]	D
At 38:38 Dillon says to Anna "Callate" which is Spanish for "Stay quiet".	D
The Predator does not kill those who are unarmed.	D
Apart from this film, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sonny Landham have something else in common: they bo [...]	D
Scenes with Jesse Ventura were shown to viewers on "WWF Superstars of Wrestling" to promote the movi [...]	D
The characters of Mac and Blain were originally written to be white supremacists who did not like th [...]	D
The film provided a variety of hardships for the actors, such as leeches, snakes, stifling humidity, [...]	D
The Predator has eight minutes of screentime.	D
Dutch was born on January 13th 1948 and is 39 in the film and Dillon was born on February 15th 1948 [...]	D
John McTiernan points out that this was his first studio film, and it's actually only his second fea [...]	D
The Predator's head was built as a separate piece, and a total of three were created for the film: a [...]	D
Peter Cullen was reluctant to take the job of voicing the Predator, as he injured his throat playing [...]	D
Was originally titled 'The Predator' until they changed it to just 'Predator'. The Predator (2018) b [...]	D
The original "Hunter" model was a large creature with a long neck, a head shaped like a dog, and one [...]	D
Stan Winston was inspired by a painting of a Rastafarian warrior in the producer's office. "I saw th [...]	D
Arnold Schwarzenegger recommended Jesse Ventura for Blain after interviewing him for the role. He th [...]	D
In the comics/literary world, the sequel to Predator is Predator: Concrete Jungle, and it centers on [...]	D
The stuntman who doubled for Arnold Schwarzenegger, for the fall into the river, blew out his knee p [...]	D
John McTiernan wants to be clear that the Predator's dreadlocks are in no way a signifier of racial [...]	D
Each members role of Dutch's rescue team: Billy (Sonny Landham), scout and tracker; Mac (Bill Duke), [...]	D
Billy seems to have a sixth sense regarding the Predator, in the novelization however his powers go [...]	D
MythBusters (2003) proved that covering yourself entirely in mud doesn't, in fact, conceal your body [...]	D
When Dillon asks Dutch why he declined to do Libya at the beginning of the movie, Dutch responds tha [...]	D
Looking back, Alec Gillis recalls a turning point in crew morale when Stan said: 'Listen, guys. I wi [...]	D
Two waterfalls are used in the climax of the movie, both near Palenque, Mexico. The first is Misol H [...]	D
Arnold Schwarzenegger "wanted to do a film like The Magnificent Seven (1960), where a team of guys w [...]	D
The "curtain call" at the end was due to McTiernan's desire to show the team together again after th [...]	D
The original plot had Dutch Schaefer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) pitted against the Predator alone. Schw [...]	D
The big tree used in the end confrontation is made out of concrete.	D
Geoff Murphy was first attached to direct.	D
The Predator/Prey Pack DLC for the video game Mortal Kombat X (2015) adds an alternate costume for t [...]	D
John McTiernan didn't like Puerto Vallarta, because the brown leaves made it look less like a jungle [...]	D
Editor Mark Helfrich says he may have let the helicopter scene run too long..."I had a lot of cool h [...]	D
They had to ship three Huey helicopters to Mexico for the shoot. The montage of the choppers flying [...]	D
Poncho's grenade launcher is an entirely fictional design. It was custom built out of parts from a H [...]	D
The screenwriters based the film on classic mythological stories: "There have always been creatures [...]	D
The screenwriters' intent was to "strip away elements of the modern, organized world. Here's a guy w [...]	D
The crew didn't burn any jungle. The explosion location had already been burned to the ground two ye [...]	D
Two of the actors portraying commandos besieged by the Predator have been elected to state governors [...]	D
To make the fireballs, the crew would just dump gasoline around and light it up.	D
Third film in which Arnold Schwarzenegger wears a Seiko model H558-5009 diver's watch. Since nicknam [...]	D
Shane Black came up with the coarse jokes that he tells in the film.	D
John McTiernan was impressed with Elpidia Carrillo, "She knows more about the character than I do."	D
Because this was the first Predator movie, only the thermal vision and infrared vision was shown fro [...]	D
In the novelization of the film, the Predator is very different from the creature that appeared in t [...]	D
"I remember when Stan came in and told us what he was planning for Predator," said SWS veteran and c [...]	D
The sidearms carried by the troopers are Desert Eagle handguns.	D
This is the first of 2 movies Arnold was in in 1987. The other one was The Running Man. Jesse Ventur [...]	D
Carl Weathers came onboard because John McTiernan wanted an actual actor to work against Schwarzeneg [...]	D
The machete-like weapon Dutch throws at the bad guy was made special for the film by a knife maker t [...]	D
At 1:12, Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) reveals that he knows they are being hunted by saying, "Don't [...]	D
John McTiernan points out how much Schwarzenegger resembles Sgt. Rock and mentions that the actor wa [...]	D
Additional visual effects, mainly for the opening title sequence of the Predator arriving on Earth, [...]	D
Dutch's line "Get to the chopper!" is Arnold Schwarzenegger's personal favorite catchphrase of all o [...]	D
The final design featured an insectoid head and tusks extending from the mandibles, but was otherwis [...]	D
The film changed its title from "Hunter" to Predator (1987) to avoid confusion with Hunter (1984), w [...]	D
Blain's gun Old Painless could only fire blanks for five seconds at a time.	D
Most of the cast and crew suffered from traveller's diarrhea, since the Mexican hotel in which they [...]	D
Richard Chaves was bitten by ants.	D
Due to health and safety regulations, Arnold Schwarzenegger was not allowed to light his cigar insid [...]	D

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