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Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey made this film immediately before starting work on "Dirty Dancing".  "Red Dawn" was Charlie Sheen's big screen debut. -Thanks to Kara VictoriaAmong the reviews for the film was one from National Public Radio (of all groups) which unexpectedly raved about it. The reviewer was a former World War II resistance fighter in Holland who was amazed at the portrayal's accuracy of how these groups came to be and what it was like inside them. -Thanks to Darrell HartsigThe "portrait" of Ghengis Khan in the classroom, shown briefly just before the invasion, is director John Milius. It is his way of making a Hitchcock-style cameo in the film. -Thanks to Brad KnightThe original theater trailer on the DVD shows a scene [see pics] with a tank rolling up to a McDonald's restaurant where enemy soldiers are eating. This scene does not appear in the final cut. Some have suggested that this may have been removed due to a mass murder at a San Ysidro, CA McDonald's just weeks prior to the films opening. Ronald Reagan's former Secretary of State, Alexander Haig, went on the record to state that Red Dawn "...is one of the most realistic and provocative films that I have ever seen..." -Thanks to Chuck Hansen For The Corrections About Al HaigSomeone I used to be acquainted with, who worked in the intelligence community, confided in me that scenarios such as "Red Dawn" were actually contemplated by upper-echelon personnel in both military and intelligence agencies. The basic premise of the movies is correct in that many resistance groups, from all parts of the world, during most of the wars of the 20th century, were comprised of average citizens (what the founding fathers intended), including children, and the parents that would rather see death than live in subjugation. This is why the rallying cry of many survivalists of the 80's (I used to be one) was "Live free, or die!" -Thanks to Roger AwaltFrank Yablans, head of MGM/UA Entertainment at the time, was said to remark about the many elements involved in the high budget, "You've got enough people and equipment down there to start World War Three"... Ironic, no? For more stories behind "Red Dawn", and for that matter, pretty much everything MGM/UA made in the 80s, I recommend Peter Bart's book "Fade Out: The Calamitous Final Days Of MGM". -Thanks to John Edward KilduffIn response to the outcries about the right-wing pro NRA message of the film, Milius replied that his film could also be perceived as a leftist film, citing that kids younger than his characters are doing the same things in the movie but in real life in places like Afghanistan; and perhaps by viewing Red Dawn Americans could get a better perspective about "rebel forces" around the world when foreign super powers such as the United States and USSR exert their influence upon smaller nations. -Thanks to Will ClarkThe capture of Saddam Hussein was under Operation "Red Dawn". The objectives were Wolverine 1 and Wolverine 2. Guess what movie THOSE troops had been watching. -Thanks to Don Gober« Click here to add some Red Dawn trivia Rediscover your favorites! If you like Red Dawn or 80's Action classics, then be sure to check out this list: ..... Angel ..... Raiders of the Lost Ark ..... Beverly Hills Cop ..... Die Hard ..... Predator ..... Terminator ..... Black Rain ..... 48 HRS ..... Untouchables ..... Lethal Weapon ..... Rocky IV ..... Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior ..... Top Gun ..... Highlander ..... Streets Of Fire ..... Commando .....[More] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Las Vegas (NM) stood in for the fictional town of Calumet, Colarado. The Wolverines' secret hideout was actually filmed in an abandoned Safeway. Some wilderness shots where at the end of La Dispenses (sp?) Gravel Road, up near Sapellio [Thanks to Charlie] The school used in the begining is called "Memorial Middle School". [Thanks to Jerry Padilla] The shot where they are back in town and talking to the lady was shot in a drug store that is called "Murpheys Drug Store". Also this is the shot where the Wolverines blow up a store. [Thanks to Jerry Padilla] A lot of the shots where they show the Russian and Cuban bases were shot on Grand Avenue and Railroad Avenue in Las Vegas, NM. [Thanks to Jerry Padilla] The building which forms the backdrop for the final shooting scene is actually an old hotel which has long been closed. The hotel, called the 'Castaneda', was built in the 1890's. [Thanks to Mike Thomas] The cast mainly stayed at the Plaza Hotel (230 N. Plaza) in downtown Las Vegas. I believe, based on the interior appearance of the hotel, that they filmed some of the Victorian parlor-type scenes, involving Col. Bella, in that hotel. When the Russian helicopters are flying away from the combat scene at the rocks near the end of the movie, the helicopters are seen flying out over some water, a small lake. That lake was almost certainly Storrie Lake State Park. [Thanks to Mike Thomas] In junior high I went to a camp at a place called Ghost Ranch outside of Abiquiu, NM (home of famed artist Georgia O'Keefe). Several of the staff members at Ghost Ranch told me that several shots were filmed there including the scene where the two Russian Hind helicopters appear between two buttes as they chase the Wolverines. [Thanks to Devin] The scene at the very end where Swayze is holding his brother (Charlie Sheen) was shot in a historic park called "Lincoln Park". [Thanks to Jerry Padilla] An early scene shows the Carnegie Library a few blocks west of Grand Avenue apparently as a school building, including a statue entitled the Rough Rider. I am not sure if the staute is there or over in the Rough Rider Museum, on Grand Avenue, which commemorates the Rough Rider Reunions which were held on several occassions there. The Rough Riders were famous in the Spanish American War as a volunteer militia group comprosed of signicantly Southwesterners, which charge up San Juan Hill and later vaulted Teddy Roosevelt into the White House. [Thanks to Robert Truitt] Can you help? Do you know any of the Las Vegas, New Mexico filming locations used for Red Dawn? [Please send them in] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The likeable and patriotic score by Basil Poledouris has an almost epic feel to it. His score, especially the opening title sequence, borrows heavily from Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man. Considering the film's subject matter, it's an apt choice. [Thanks to Bob Patterson] Track Listing: 1. Main Title 2. The Invasion 3. The Drive-In 4. Let It Turn 5. Wolverines 6. Flowers 7. The Eulogy 8. Robert's End 9. Death and Freedom 10. End Titles « Click here to add new music trivia for Red Dawn Soundtrack Available: Used On CD | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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