Fly Away Home

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1. #001

   Bill Lishman, whose real-life work dramatizing the migration of geese inspired the film, was hired as Jeff Daniels's stunt double to perform Thomas Alden's flying scenes. He also made the sculptures in Thomas and Amy's home.

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2. #002

   The film is based on the true story of experiments with migratory birds conducted by William Lishman and Joseph Duff. Lishman and Duff provided the real aircraft used in the production as well as the actual "imprinted" birds. The film also draws on the experience of British-born zoologist and adventurer Dr. William J. L. Sladen, who helped Lishman with the migration.

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3. #003

   The film's release was postponed after Jessica Dubroff, a seven-year-old girl, was killed at the controls of a small plane that crashed during a heavily publicized attempt at a transcontinental flight with her father and her flight instructor.

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4. #004

   The MPAA initially gave the film a G rating, which the producers did not want because they feared it would eliminate the film's chances of being seen by young adults. They therefore added a previously removed scene in which Jeff Daniels's character uses a non-sexual swear word and resubmitted the film, immediately receiving the PG rating they had hoped for.

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5. #005

   The film's original title, which can be seen in various trailers, was "Flying Wild."

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6. #006

   Amy's fake nose ring was a joking attempt by Anna Paquin to be rebellious and see what the crew would say if she pierced her nose in the middle of the shoot. She found the fake ring at a "clean and hip jeweler" in Toronto and got it for free. Disappointingly, the attempt at rebellion was well received, as Carroll Ballard decided to use the nose ring plug in the film as well.

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7. #007

   Igor collides with the glider Amy is flying. The scene was shot in sections, using a real goose and a fake one along with computer-generated portions and portions shot in front of a blue screen.

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8. #008

   Epilogue: "The following spring, Amy's flock set off north on their own. All 16 geese, including Igor, returned to Amy's front porch."

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9. #009

   Principal photography for the four-day journey home that would lead the geese over the Appalachians to Lake Ontario, Pennsylvania and Maryland, and finally to settle on the North Carolina coast, was in fact shot almost entirely in Port Perry and Sandbanks Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada. Additional location shooting was the city flight in Toronto, Ontario, standing in for Baltimore, Maryland (the CGI plane). At the end of production, Lishman led the migration of 60 printed "actor-geese" to winter at the Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center off the coast of Georgetown, South Carolina.

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10. #010

    In Japan, the film was retitled "Goose."

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11. #011

    According to the credits, the military aircraft were from New York. The F-16s belonged to the 174th Fighter Wing of the New York Air National Guard, and the C-130Hs to the 914th Airlift Wing of the Air Force Reserve. However, they were not based at the same base. The F-16s came from Syracuse, New York, and the transport aircraft were then at Niagara Falls, NY.

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12. #012

    At 19:46, the scene on the grass outside Amy's house recalls Andrew Wyeth's famous painting "Christina's World."

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13. #013

    Director Carroll Ballard and cinematographer Caleb Deschanel had previously worked together on The Black Stallion (1979) and Never Cry Wolf (1983); Fly Away Home (1996) was their third family film together.

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14. #014

    Two gliders appear in the film: the UFM Easy Riser and the Cosmos Trike. The Easy Riser first appeared as a foot-launched biplane hang glider. Staying faithful to Lishman's real-life epic, modifications were made, including adding an engine and a seat to improve the design. Anna Paquin's character instead flies the A-frame Cosmos Trike, which has a fake goose head mounted on the nose plate of the airframe and a fabric wing covering painted to resemble feathers. The Cosmos Trike was reportedly chosen for its safety, superior engine power and increased wing size (a feature needed to fly slowly enough for the birds).

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15. #015

    Season 13, Episode 3 of the TV series "Lassie" is titled "Fly Away Home." Its plot description reads: "Lassie and Corey visit a wildlife preserve where many species of migratory birds gather. Lassie rescues a goose caught on an old fishing line. The goose bonds with a coal miner and refuses to migrate until Lassie plays matchmaker."

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