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To: ManyMoose who wrote (190983)	12/29/2006 11:24:53 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793911

Second Hand Lions has taken on a life of it's own here. I guessed the "Bloom Country" while watching. Trivia * Actor Michael Caine had to imitate a Texan accent for the film, which he relates to having all the words "lean on each other." * The cartoons drawn by Walter are actually drawn by Berkeley Breathed, best known for his comic strip Bloom County. * In an alternate ending to the movie, instead of the sheik's grandson, a tractor-trailer pulls up at the gravesite and a detachment from the French Foreign Legion rides out on horseback and act as an Honor Guard. Shortly thereafter, the sheik himself, now wheelchair-bound and elderly, arrives in a limousine surrounded by his harem to pay his respects. The four ruffians that Hub beat up also make an appearance at the funeral, showing that Hub's speech did have an impact, as the men are now mature and respectable. * At the end of the movie, the helicopter carrying the sheik's grandson says "Western Sahara Petroleum" on the side. Western Sahara is in fact a disputed province in northwest Africa, with no functioning petroleum industry to date. * Haley Joel Osment was attacked by the pig during filming. * Travis Willingham, who played one of the hoodlums Hub beats up, has told fans that Robert Duvall threw real punches. Duvall mistook Willingham for a stuntman and didn't fake the blows, actually bloodying Travis' nose; this was the take used for the movie. * Haley Joel Osment was busy eating cookies while they were suppose to be shooting a scene with him, but he wasn't paying attention.