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Erika Eleniak’s E.T. appearance, Alabama shooting locations, budget-saving rewrites, Seagal’s Pearl Harbor idea, and the film persuading Harrison Ford to make The Fugitive
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- Eleniak’s first feature role was the girl Elliott kissed in E.T. — Bill Simmons
- USS Alabama stood in for USS Missouri. — Bill Simmons
- Mobile-area locations and framing made the limited water appear to be open ocean. — Bill Simmons
- The script was reduced from an estimated $100 million version to a roughly $30 million production. — Bill Simmons
- Seagal proposed incorporating the Pearl Harbor memorial and gathered ships. — Bill Simmons
- Harrison Ford reportedly joined The Fugitive after seeing an Under Siege rough cut. — Bill Simmons
- The production used a blackout barge and visual blocking to conceal the Alabama’s surroundings. — Bill Simmons