The Majestic (film) - Production Notes

Production Notes

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Luke's father Harry is shown projecting the 1925 silent film The Big Parade on the torn screen while Emmett Smith (Gerry Black) watches in the theater holding his dog, reminiscing about France and World War I. The scene shown is Melisande desperately trying to hold onto James as he is being sent up to the front lines. The Big Parade is not named in the film, and is only referenced by Harry as "the first film ever shown in the theater."

A brief appearance of the golden idol from Raiders of the Lost Ark can be seen in Peter Appleton's in-film movie, Sand Pirates of the Sahara.

The letter from Luke that Adele gives to Peter contains many lines that are similar to the farewell letter written by Sullivan Ballou to his wife shortly before he was killed at the First Battle of Bull Run.

In one scene the band plays "Stranger on the Shore", a song that wasn't published until the 1960s.

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