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Missionary | Based On Novel Or Book
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Best Original Score Motion Picture | 1992 | Zbigniew
Budget 36,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 1,345,903 USD
To study for his role as a Christian missionary, Aidan Quinn went undercover with the Wycliffe Bible Translator group in Belem, Brazil, passing himself off as a born again Christian from the American Midwest.
The town of Mae de Deus was constructed on a large piece of land owned by Pirelli. After filming, the set was distributed to the locals as firewood.
Laura Dern had been cast as Andy Huben but pulled out due to having to swim in a parasite-filled river as part of the role. Daryl Hannah replaced her.
James Cameron has acknowledged that the film was a thematic influence for Avatar (2009).
Producer Saul Zaentz first tried to make this film in 1965, only to find that MGM owned the rights. He kept trying to buy them every time there was an administrative change at MGM up until 1989 when new studio heads Jay Kanter and Alan Ladd Jr. decided that MGM would not be making the film. Zaentz still had to pay $1.4 million for the rights.
"Martin Quarrier: The next time you strike an Indian for any reason whatsoever, it is you who is going to be sent away. They are different from us, they don't understand! And besides that, it could be very dangerous for us all. Hazel Quarrier: Do you want Billy seeing their filthy tricks? Martin Quarrier: It will not seem filthy to him unless we make it so. Honey, it is very natural. Hazel Quarrier: Natural? And if one of those nasty little savages puts a hand on him? Martin Quarrier: Then he might enjoy it."
"Billy Quarrier: [Billy is dying of Black Swamp Fever and he knows it] Dad, why does God hate me? Martin Quarrier: He doesn't hate you, he loves you. Billy Quarrier: Then why did God make the mosquito?"
