Kay Gaz ProFilm Reviews

The first ever Greek Musical.

The production received permission to shoot on England’s busiest motorway (M1) one Sunday morning from 07:00 – 09:00, with the police clearing traffic as much as possible. Using 10 cameras, they managed to capture 1 minute of footage.

In Japan, to minimise confusion, during TV screenings of the film, a reference was shown in the top left corner of the screen indicating which dream level the action was occurring on.

An entire village was constructed for the film and then left for 9 months to acquire natural wear and tear.

While shooting outdoors, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and the crew cleaned everything – from trash to graffiti – to maintain the fantasy atmosphere of the film.

None of the actors are professional. They all use their real names, and almost every scene is a reenactment of real-life events.

The first Tetsuya Nakashima film that is not a comedy – and it was a box office hit!

Watch McManus’ (Stephen Baldwin) reaction when Redfoot throws the cigarette in his face. According to the script, it was supposed to be thrown at his chest. Baldwin’s shock is genuine, and the shot was included in the film’s final cut.

When the producers approached Dillon Freasier’s mother, the kid playing Daniel Plainview’s son (Daniel Day-Lewis), to appear in the film, she wanted to know who this… Daniel Day-Lewis was. When the production showed her Gangs of New York (2002), she was scared by his performance and refused. To change her mind, they showed her The Age of Innocence (1993).

Mel Gibson thought he was too old for the role of William Wallace and initially refused it. However, Paramount told him that without him, they wouldn’t have funding, so… he accepted!

Unheard of at the time and for the first time in the history of Greek cinema, a woman wears a suit and pretends to be a man.

When Bruno attempts to cross the street, two cars almost run him over. The scene and the reactions are entirely genuine as… two cars really did nearly run him over.

Tony Leung Chiu Wai’s character ended up mute and deaf because the actor couldn’t convincingly speak Taiwanese or Mandarin, and the film was shot with live sound.

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck shed tears of joy on the first day of shooting after waiting five years to see the amazing Robin Williams and Stellan Skarsgård do justice to their script.

“Aren’t I compassionate?” Joaquin Phoenix shouts at Connie Nielsen unexpectedly, and her frightened reaction is genuine.

Although of Greek origin, Yvonne Sanson was dubbed by Theano Ioannidou because her Greek wasn’t very good.