The song "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" was performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams. It was released in June 1991 as the lead single for the Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves soundtrack and his album Waking Up the Neighbours.

In the 1975 movie "Jaws", Quint's shark-hunting boat was named the Orca. The weathered 1940s Nova Scotia-style lobster boat was the primary setting for the film's climactic battle with the great white shark.

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Writer Arthur C. Clarke was British, having been born in Minehead, Somerset, England, in 1917. Although he spent the latter half of his life as a resident of Sri Lanka, he retained his British citizenship up until his death in 2008.