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Russell's pay cut for extras' meals; Russell playing left-handed; the Vancouver arena shared with Rocky IV; other Dream On uses; Michael Mantenuto's later life; Jim Craig's 39 saves; Jim Craig's DUI
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- Russell took a pay cut so the 800 to 1,000 extras playing fans could get a full hot meal instead of a brown-bag lunch.
- Russell, right-handed, used his left hand in the movie; Herb Brooks was a lefty.
- The Soviet game was filmed in Vancouver at the P&E Agrodome, which also hosted the Rocky-Drago fight for Rocky 4, the Cold War sports mecca.
- Dream On has also appeared in a live orchestrated Last Action Hero, The Virgin Suicides, Cold Case episode 49 and Glee.
- Michael Mantonuto, who played O.C., left acting, joined the Army, served with the Green Berets, came home and died by suicide; he was good enough to have been an actor.
- Jim Craig really did stop 39 shots, 39 to 16 in shots, and the movie seems to show all of them.
- Jim Craig had a DUI in the 80s that the speaker thinks was a manslaughter; he has rebuilt to some degree.