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The Great Santini

Year:

1979

Duration:

115 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.3

Director:

Lewis John Carlino

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1979-10-26

Filming Locations: Samuel Goldwyn Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, USA

Earnings

Gross: $4,702,575 (USA) ( 1980)

Cast

Actor

Character

Robert Duvall

Lt. Col. 'Bull' Meechum

Blythe Danner

Lillian Meechum

Michael O'Keefe

Ben Meechum

Lisa Jane Persky

Mary Anne Meechum

Julie Anne Haddock

Karen Meechum

Brian Andrews

Matthew Meechum

Stan Shaw

Toomer Smalls

Theresa Merritt

Arrabella Smalls

David Keith

Red Petus

Paul Mantee

Col. Virgil Hedgepath

Michael Strong

Col. Varney

Bennett Liss

Cpl. Atcherly

Joe Dorsey

Coach Spinks

David Frankham

Capt. Weber

Jan Stratton

Mrs. Weber

Paul Gleason

Lt. Sammy

W.K. Stratton

Ace

Lew Horn

Capt. Brookout

Michael Rougas

Col. J.S. Mullinax

Al Garcia

Pedro

Stacy MacGregor

Leroy

Harold B. Bibey

Hedgepath's Sergeant

Gordon Gene Jones

Bartender

Harry Pickens Porth

Squadron Executive Officer

Albert Smith

Hobie Simms

Walter Gay

Man at Shrimp Dock

Wendell Gregory

Shrimp Header

Bill Nelson

1st Cousin

Bill Eudaly

2nd Cousin

Wayne Sharpnack

Mac

Morris Phifer

Air Traffic Controller Sergeant

Brad Baldwin

Radar Operator Sergeant

Ronnie Cross

Honor Guard Sergeant

Timothy Norton

Jim Don

Richard Horswell

Art

Ronald Garrett Jr.

Pinkie

Hank Chappell

Mumford

Reggie Malphrus

Abbot

Doyle Kelly

1st Referee

Larry Burke

2nd Referee

K.C. Stiglbauer

Basketball player

Randy Cauthen

Basketball player

Tom Conroy

Basketball player

Lance Snyder

Basketball player

Tony Langdale

Basketball player

Gary Towles

Basketball player

Ray Nix

Basketball player

Chip Upchurch

Basketball Player

Nicole von der Heyde

Cheerleader

Nancy Black

Cheerleader

Lisa Collins

Cheerleader

Kim Duncan

Cheerleader

Claudette Evans

Cheerleader

Carol Monson

Cheerleader

Tara Hudson

Cheerleader

Sandra Patterson

Cheerleader

Holly Malphrus

Cheerleader

Sarah Sanford

Cheerleader

Denise Walker

Cheerleader

Edwina Dawn Tucker

Cheerleader

Ted Otis

Busboy (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

On the morning of the Academy Award nominations in 1981, when the movie got nods for actor and supporting actor, author Pat Conroy received a phone call from him father who told him "You and me got nominated for Academy Awards, your mother didn't get squat".

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David Keith's film debut.

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According to author Pat Conroy, Lt. Col. Bull Meecham is based entirely on his own father, Donald Conroy, a Marine fighter pilot who referred to himself in the third person as "The Great Santini." Donald Conroy took the nickname from a magician he'd seen as a child. Pat and Donald Conroy were on the set on the day that Robert Duvall and Michael O'Keefe filmed the scene where Bull Meecham bullies and taunts Ben after losing to him in a basketball game. A woman on the set asked Donald Conroy if he and Pat had really played games like that. Donald Conroy replied, "Every day, madam. Every single day." However, the book and movie gave Donald Conroy an opportunity to mend fences with his children, especially Pat. After the novel was published, Donald Conroy would often accompany his son to book signings, and would sign his son's novels with the signature, "Donald Conroy - The Great Santini."

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Goofs

When Santini and his wife Lillian are in bed together, her right hand in some shots, is up by his head/neck area and in other shots it isn't.

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When the Santini family is in their station wagon, in the process of moving, Santini wakes his son up. The pillow that Lillian was using is missing in the shot of the awakened boy and Santini.

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When Santini and his oldest son are at, what appears to be the officers club, there is a full shot showing Santini standing to make a toast. On the table there is a bottle. In the next full shot, the bottle has moved about four inches to the viewer's left.

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Quotes

Mary Anne Meechum: They're staring at us like we're freaks or something.

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Bull Meechum: I didn't know you looked so stacked, sports fans.

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Bull Meechum: I am Santini, the Great Santini.

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