Pikk tekst, aga soovitan soojalt lugeda. Üksikasjalikult ära toodud, kuidas selle filmi võtetest sai täielik katastroof:
Re: What happened on set?
by sangotham13 (Thu Aug 2 2007 23:33:49)
Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer had just returned from Ireland together secondary to Brando's grieving from the suicide of his daughter. The day production started the French set off an underwater atomic bomb near Tahiti where Brando owned an atoll. Then Kilmer learned that he was getting divorced when he turned on the TV. Kilmer immediately wanted off the set to be with his children but was forced to participate contractually by the studio secondary to the recent success of "Batman Forever", "Heat" and "Tombstone". The studio allowed him to change roles as a compromise. Just a few days later director Richard Stanley was fired from his life-long dream job by the studio due to their concerns over the direction of the film and actor Rob Morrow left the production. David Thewlis was short fused to replace Morrow. John Frankenheimer was hired to replace Stanley but from the start clashed with Brando, Kilmer, other members of the cast and studio executives regarding the direction of the film. Brando had trouble remembering his lines and had to wear a wire with his lines read to him, but given all that he was going through nobody was surprised. Thewlis then fell and broke his leg. Frankenheimer was looking for a scapegoat on a film he knew he should have never agreed to take over. Given the body of work exhibited; Brando, Thewlis and Kilmer had every right to be upset with Frankenheimer. Thewlis even refused to participate in promoting the film and did not attend the premiere. Thewlis has noted several times that this film was the "most negative experience" he has ever had as an actor. Frankenheimer elected to attack Kilmer knowing the actor did not have a PR staff (like Tom Cruise or Tom Hanks did at the time) and also failed to counter attack Joel Schumacher's acidic remarks when Kilmer refused to star in the fourth Batman film or Schumacher's "A Time to Kill" after "Batman Forever" wrapped. To make matters worse fired director Richard Stanley crashed the wrap party incognito dressed in character as a mutant animal to quietly check on the progress of the production. Frankenheimer was an extremely demanding director in every capacity, and was famous within the industry for telling even highly experienced stunt drivers inane things like "I don't wanna see any brake lights". David Mamet worked on his next film "Ronin" as a script doctor and significantly re-wrote the script and helped save the film. Yet Frankenheimer raised issue insisting that J.D. Zeik be given story credit and billing over Mamet despite Mamet's exponential work. Frankenheimer would not back down and Mamet eventually requested that his name either be removed entirely or placed under a pseudonym to get Frankenheimer off his back.
Ma muide soovitan seda soojalt vaadata, see on lihtsalt ajuvaba ja tõeliselt pöörane... eriti kui üleni valgeks meigitud päikeseprillidega Val Kilmer lõpupoole luuletusi sonib ja Marlon Brandot matkib, samal ajal ringisiplevatele kollidele uimasteid jagades ja mingit metsloomade orgiat kamandades. Ja siis natuke hiljem on järsku kõik kollid omale automaadid kätte saanud, kuigi saarel valitseb kuuldavasti seadus, et tapmine on keelatud, ja tulistavad oma AK-47'dest 10 minutit järjest ilma magasini vahetamata. Kõigele lisaks on seal veel koht, kus Marlon Brando täiesti karakteris sees on ja järsku ühele liliputile, kes ta jalgu üles tõsta üritab, "Don't do that!" karjatab ning siis jälle oma tegelast edasi mängib - ärge küsige, miks see filmi lõppversiooni jõudis. Ja tegelikult seal on nii mõndagi mõtlemapanevat ja isegi hirmuäratavat ka. Täielik aare!