Il favoloso dottor Dolittle

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Geoffrey Holder (William Shakespeare X) received racist abuse from Rex Harrison's entourage.	D
The animals frequently bit Sir Rex Harrison and several members of the crew.	D
There was a huge outcry when the movie was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar despite having receive [...]	D
Hugh Griffith was seriously considered for the role of Albert Blossom. The production team didn't hi [...]	D
Leslie Bricusse was determined to make a good impression with his first screenplay after Alan Jay Le [...]	D
The upkeep for the featured creatures averaged $750 per week.	D
Angered by the filmmakers' attempts to enlarge a pond in Castle Combe, Wiltshire, Sir Ranulph Fienne [...]	D
The only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year to be also nominated for Best Song, Best Original Musi [...]	D
This movie also faced strong competition from Il libro della giungla (1967), which opened the same w [...]	D
Samantha Eggar's singing was dubbed by Diana Lee.	D
The younger cast members grew to loathe Rex Harrison for his abuse. They retaliated by antagonizing [...]	D
The movie's U.S. premiere, on December 19, 1967, at the Loew's State Theater in New York City, was a [...]	D
Filming in Castle Combe proved to be problematic. The producers chose to ignore reports of the area' [...]	D
There were complaints that the songs in the film were unsingable.	D
This movie and Camelot (1967), released two months earlier, are often credited with killing the fami [...]	D
Danny Kaye, Bing Crosby, and David Wayne were considered for Matthew Mugg. Arthur P. Jacobs wanted s [...]	D
This movie was made in an era when major Hollywood studios annually "lobbied" their thousands of emp [...]	D
Peter O'Toole expressed an interest in the lead role, but was turned down.	D
The Great Pink Sea Snail was an eight-ton machine that cost more than $65,000.	D
To influence the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members at Oscar nomination time in 196 [...]	D
Anthony Newley was incensed by comments made by Sir Rex Harrison that he deemed anti-Semitic. Harris [...]	D
Nine separate versions of the soundtrack were commissioned in several languages, with over one milli [...]	D
Sir Rex Harrison behaved so badly on-set that he was nicknamed "Tyrannosaurus Rex".	D
In his 1993 autobiography, "Just Tell Me When to Cry", director Richard Fleischer devoted an entire [...]	D
Sir Rex Harrison was under contract to play the title character. After the original scriptwriter and [...]	D
The only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year not to be nominated in any of the writing categories.	D
Sir Rex Harrison suggested his friend Dame Maggie Smith for the role of Emma Fairfax. Dame Julie And [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2004 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Ameri [...]	D
This movie was part of Twentieth Century Fox's attempt to duplicate the success of Tutti insieme app [...]	D
Samantha Eggar said of Sir Rex Harrison, "Yes, he was unkind and vitriolic and very mean-spirited, b [...]	D
The Great Pink Sea Snail scenes were shot in Marigot Bay, Saint Lucia. Enraged locals pelted the pro [...]	D
No one expected that shooting a scene with ducks swimming in a pond would be difficult. However, whe [...]	D
In the original cut of the movie, Dr. Dolittle (Sir Rex Harrison) and Emma Fairfax (Samantha Eggar) [...]	D
Following the troubled production of this movie, Arthur P. Jacobs got Twentieth Century Fox to green [...]	D
Sir Rex Harrison demanded contradictory re-writes from Leslie Bricusse, made pointless explorations [...]	D
The only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year not to be nominated for Best Actor, or in any of the l [...]	D
Helen Winston, a producer involved early in the movie's development, sued Twentieth Century Fox for [...]	D
The producers felt 58-year-old Rex Harrison was too old to play Dr. Dolittle, but hoped his name wou [...]	D
Emma Fairfax and General Bellowes were created for this movie. They didn't appear in any of the book [...]	D
Alexander Courage who conducted the orchestra, is famous for composing the music for the original "S [...]	D
The only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year to not be nominated for Best Director.	D
A wet summer in St. Lucia meant swarms of insects, and cast and crew got bites that often became inf [...]	D
Producer Arthur P. Jacobs had a heart attack during production.	D
This movie had its official Royal World Charity Premiere on December 12, 1967, at the Odeon Marble A [...]	D
"The Reluctant Vegetarian" was one of the hardest scenes to film, mainly because of the number of an [...]	D
This movie's massive critical and commercial failure effectively ended Sir Rex Harrison's career as [...]	D
Producer Arthur P. Jacobs thought he could interest Sidney Poitier in the role of Bumpo, even hiring [...]	D
Peter Bull was considered for the role of circus owner Albert Blossom. Sir Richard Attenborough was [...]	D
Producer Arthur P. Jacobs tried to get the Sherman Brothers to write songs for the movie, but they w [...]	D
As set decorator Stuart A. Reiss recalled in the book "Pictures at a Revolution", the California set [...]	D
This movie had one of the biggest merchandising tie-in campaigns in Hollywood history. Merchandise i [...]	D
The hundreds of animals trained in California couldn't be used for location shooting at Castle Combe [...]	D
This movie took over four years to complete.	D
This movie was photographed in 70mm Todd-AO.	D
At 27% "Rotten", this is the film with the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score to earn a Best Picture Oscar [...]	D
The first sneak preview, at the Mann Theatre in Minneapolis in September 1967, was a failure. The au [...]	D
Sir Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Jack Lemmon, and Sir Peter Ustinov were considered for the lead ro [...]	D
Sir Rex Harrison deliberately ruined filming of a beach scene in which he was not involved by sailin [...]	D
Two songs were originally written for the movie, and filmed, but didn't make the final cut: "Where A [...]	D
Sir Richard Attenborough got his role as a last-minute replacement.	D
According to Hayley Mill's book, Her sister, Juliet Mills was going to get the part of Emma Fairfax. [...]	D
"Talk to the Animals" is arguably the most well-known song in the movie, and won an Oscar. No one on [...]	D
Following the success of My Fair Lady (1964), Twentieth Century Fox originally intended for this mov [...]	D
John Huston was considered as director, but producer Arthur P. Jacobs nixed the idea. Vincente Minne [...]	D
One scene required a squirrel to stay still next to Polynesia the Parrot for a few seconds, long eno [...]	D
This movie set was no picnic. One of the fawns ate a quart of paint during a scene break, and had to [...]	D
CASTLE THUNDER: this can be heard about seven times in this movie. The first time is when it starts [...]	D
The movie's appeal as family fare was undermined when the British press drew attention to racist con [...]	D
A great deal of advance publicity for the film featured the image of Rex Harrison riding on the back [...]	D
The giraffe Sir Rex Harrison rode was named Twigga. Exotic animal trainer Ralph Helfer saddle-broke [...]	D
Over 1,200 live animals were used in the movie, including dogs, pigs, birds, and giraffes. A giraffe [...]	D

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