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1. #001

   John Schlesinger initially presented the film at a length of roughly 165 minutes. He was forced to cut it about 25 minutes before the premiere. The film stayed at that length, and the 165-minute director's cut was never seen. Among the casualties of the cuts was Bill Nighy, whose character Tom was removed.

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2. #002

   The film is celebrated every year in August at one of its filming locations in Saddleworth, Lancashire, England, where people wear authentic Second World War uniforms and a parade of military vehicles and aircraft is held.

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3. #003

   The film's opening image actually belongs to a war memorial in the town centre of Stalybridge in Lancashire, England.

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4. #004

   Jeff Bridges turned down the role that was given to Richard Gere.

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5. #005

   American actress Lisa Eichhorn, who studied at Oxford and trained in London, won the lead role after deceiving John Schlesinger about her nationality: "I never lied about anything like that. I said I was English, there was a pause and then I said, half English… my mother was American and so on, so if he detected a slight American accent there would be an explanation for it."

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6. #006

   Olivia Newton-John was interviewed for a significant role.

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7. #007

   The shower scene in Yanks provided an interesting behind-the-scenes story about the production. The film's story involves GIs disembarking from troop ships and then being transported by truck to their duty stations. This means that on arrival the GIs were "pretty ripe" and needed to shower, shave and change uniforms. The extras were made up to show insect bites (bedbugs, chiggers and so on), small nicks, cuts and bruises. More than 45 men stripped naked and stood under the hot showers as the Red Cross truck passed by. But it was April in Yorkshire, and the hot water lasted only 2 or 3 takes. To get what the director wanted, the extras had to endure 17 takes. By the end the water was freezing and the makeup was long gone.

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8. #008

   A campaign was launched in December 2009 to save the real Second World War pillbox used as a set in this film. The two-storey brick building is attached to the former Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) in the village of Steeton.

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9. #009

   The film's opening prologue says: "From early 1942 until the invasion of Europe, more than a million Americans came to Britain. They came to serve on other battle fronts or to be stationed at the vast US bases in England. Hardly a single city, town or village was left untouched."

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10. #010

    Roy Scheider and George Segal were considered for the role of Matt Dyson.

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11. #011

    For some large scenes (the shower, the boxing match and the dance hall), director Schlesinger needed large numbers of American voices. To achieve this, he asked the US Department of Defense whether he could use personnel from nearby American facilities in the north of England. Some of these extras were granted permission to appear in the film, earning eight pounds a day and free meals for their work.

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12. #012

    This was the first film that England-born director John Schlesinger had shot in Britain since Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), eight years earlier.

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13. #013

    Although it was shot in England, the film was financed with American and West German money.

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14. #014

    The B-25 aircraft that flew to Ireland most likely went to RAF Langford Lodge in Crumlin, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was the main airfield of the Eighth Air Force in Northern Ireland (USAAF Station 597); others were USAAF Station 237 at RAF Greencastle in Kilkeen, County Down, and USAAF Station 238 at RAF Cluntoe in Ardboe, County Tyrone. US forces had neither bases nor a presence in the southern counties (now the Republic of Ireland).

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15. #015

    This was Lynne Carol's last film.

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16. #016

    In the cinema scene, a girl walking down the aisle is seen spraying something over the audience. It is either a disinfectant or a scented room spray (sometimes referred to in the period context as a cinema air freshener). The scene was shot at the Davenport Theatre/Cinema in Stockport, used for its authentic Art Deco interior. The action reflects the era, probably as a form of cleaning or to freshen the air in the crowded theatre.

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17. #017

    This was Rachel Davies's debut.

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