The Man From UNCLE trivia (13 items)

Stone 2021-10-20 17:39:55

(The following may contain spoilers)

1. The TV version of the

movie is adapted from the 1964 NBC TV series of the same name "Uncle Bureau Agents", and a short section of the TV version of the theme song is also used as the soundtrack in the film.
But the story of this film is original, not in the tv version, it happened a year or two before the Cuban Missile Crisis. So some people questioned that the film just borrowed the name of the original tv version, and the content is completely different.
In the film, the two agents aimed at the quarrel about what the heroine should wear, as a tribute to the film of the 15th anniversary of the reunion of the Uncle Bureau agents in 1983. In that movie, after the Russian agent left the Uncle Bureau, he specialized in high fashion costume design...



2.

Most of the protagonists in the accent film do not use a native accent, except for Hugh Grant. The Englishman Henry speaks the American voice, the American Hammer speaks Russian, and the mechanical Ji Vikander is from Sweden but plays the East German.



3. The stunt

Henry Cavill pulled the tablecloth out from under the things on the table. It was not CG, it was his own skill! Learned from British juggling star Mat Ricardo. In fact, many of the special effects of the hero in the film are Heng Fat and Hammer taking the initiative to play in person, especially Hammer, who has done what the avatar does, leaving the avatar nothing to do. Hammer was also the only one who did his homework and watched the original TV series.



4. In the nickname

film, Hammer called Henry Cowboy. In fact, he himself played cowboy in the previous movie (The Lone Ranger); Henry called Hammer Red Peril (staining red), which fits him very well as an American Super League. identity of.



5. Pectoral Muscles

Henry admitted that he was relieved to find that this film does not need to sell pectoral muscles... so that he can be noticed by his acting skills instead of his body.



6. Superman

Hammer was once considered to play Superman and Batman by DC's Superman Iron Man and Superman Battle. But nothing happened. Therefore, this film and Henry Cavill's collaboration is regarded as another form of super bat.



7. The archenemy, Curly

Curly, Jesse Einsenberg is the common enemy of Henry and Hammer. The former is Superman and Luther, and the latter is a battle between Facebook.



8.

Beckham also has a show! A projection projectionist, the lens is swept away... and he seems to be planning to be an actor: Next, he will continue to work with Gerich and appear in "Knights of the Round Table: King Arthur". There are also rumors that he will become the next generation of 007.
In addition, director Gerich got married before the release, and invited Cast, including Beckham, to attend his wedding.



9. Fellini!

The screenwriter said that the film was set in Italy in the 1960s because Fellini and his "Sweet Life" were there! There is Antonioni! There is Italian neo-realism! So he was full of longing for the setting of this time and place.



10.

Ian Fleming, the father of 007 and the author of the original novel, is also related to the agent of the TV version of the Uncle Bureau. Henry's agent Solo played for the first time in the golden finger of the 007 series of novels. To pay tribute to him, the British spy chief Waverly (Hugh Grant) in this film has the same title as Bond, and is the commander of the British Intelligence Agency.



11.

In the chase scene of the East German car , the Russian agents drove Trabant, the East German brand, known as the "Poor People's Volkswagen": prone to breakdowns, lack of horsepower, slow speeds, and noisy noise , Emit black smoke. But the plastic shell can prevent rust! And East German products are very much in line with the identity of Russian spies.



12. The

very eye-catching landline used by the female villain Victoria in the landline movie was a product of Ericsson in 1956. It helped the company to open the European and Australian markets in the early stage. Unfortunately, in the United States, the monopoly of Bell Company has not been popularized.



13. The

heroine of the Manhattan Project film and his father who made the hydrogen bomb are both surnamed Teller, which is a tribute to Edward Teller, the father of the hydrogen bomb in reality.



Source
IMDB: The Man From UNCLE
Collider.com Interview
Movieweb.com Interview
WhatCulture.com: 5 Mistakes That Seriously Damage The Movie

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. quotes

  • Illya Kuryakin: [as Solo cracks a safe] Did you disable the alarm?

    Napoleon Solo: There's no alarm on the 307.

    [alarm immediately begins wailing]

    Illya Kuryakin: ...Loving your work, Cowboy.