When director submitted the film to the MPAA, they gave it an "X rating". He then made some cuts and resubmitted it a second time; again the film was given an "X rating" (one of the reasons apparently being that a character was shot too many times). He yet again made some further cuts and submitted it a third time; yet again it was given an "X". The director refused to cut the film any further to qualify it for an R. He and producer Martin Bregman arranged a hearing with the MPAA. They brought in a panel of experts, including real narcotics officers, who stated that the film was an accurate portrayal of real life in the drug underworld and should be widely seen. This convinced the 20 members of the ratings board to give the third submitted cut of the film an "R rating" by a vote of 18-2. However, the director surmised that if the third cut of the film was judged an "R" than the very first cut should have been an "R" as well. He asked the studio if he could release the first cut but was told that he couldn't. However since the Studio execs really didn't know the differences between the different cuts that had been submitted, he released the first cut of the film to theaters anyway. It wasn't until the film had been released on videocassette months later that he confessed that he had released his first unedited and intended version of the film.
Producer Martin Erlichman first read the film's source novel when it was in galley form. Erlichman once said that for this movie he wanted to do for hospitals what Jaws (1975) had done to people with the ocean and sharks. He said: "People have a primal fear of the ocean and Jaws titillated that phobia. In a similar manner, [this movie] accents one's primal fears of hospitals. This is an even stronger phobia because a person can always refrain from going into the water, but cannot always avoid the necessity of going into hospital!".
The star of this movie was originally the intended star of Beverly Hills Cop. But he made a lot of changes to that script that the studio could not afford to implement. So he left Beverly Hills Cop and took his changes to this movie project, which was based on a novel called "Fair Game."
A decade later, "Fair Game" was made into a movie in its own right. It starred William Baldwin and Cindy Crawford, and by all accounts it was lousy.
This film has a reputation as a flop, despite having the largest opening weekend in Warner Brothers history up until that point.
The movie has no sequels, though its star is not exactly what one would call averse to the idea of revisiting the next chapter in the lives of his characters.
The movie has no sequels, though its star is not exactly what one would call averse to the idea of revisiting the next chapter in the lives of his characters.
That sounds an awful lot like Harrison Ford (3 Han Solo, 4 Indiana Jones, 2 Jack Ryan), though I can't see him in BHC. If it was a black actor, I can't think of one so sequel-prone.
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Human without the bean
Why didn't you say that 2 days ago Mr. Wolf? Your right Rottie, They are pretty good. Makes it tough on me to get my 2 cents in.
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I was way off going with "The Terminal", except that it didn't have any articles of clothing in the title. I assume WordWolf is correct, but I'm not familiar with it. But that's not unusual.
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Stallone. Also well-known for reprising his Rocky role. I can't see him in Eddie Murphy's role in BHC, though... George
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"The Ten Commandments"?
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That's it.
Why Alfalfa and Herb Alpert (the musician) were in there, I can't guess.
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When director submitted the film to the MPAA, they gave it an "X rating". He then made some cuts and resubmitted it a second time; again the film was given an "X rating" (one of the reasons apparently being that a character was shot too many times). He yet again made some further cuts and submitted it a third time; yet again it was given an "X". The director refused to cut the film any further to qualify it for an R. He and producer Martin Bregman arranged a hearing with the MPAA. They brought in a panel of experts, including real narcotics officers, who stated that the film was an accurate portrayal of real life in the drug underworld and should be widely seen. This convinced the 20 members of the ratings board to give the third submitted cut of the film an "R rating" by a vote of 18-2. However, the director surmised that if the third cut of the film was judged an "R" than the very first cut should have been an "R" as well. He asked the studio if he could release the first cut but was told that he couldn't. However since the Studio execs really didn't know the differences between the different cuts that had been submitted, he released the first cut of the film to theaters anyway. It wasn't until the film had been released on videocassette months later that he confessed that he had released his first unedited and intended version of the film.
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Another clue might be in order....
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Nah.
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Correct. I was just about to post that this movie had about 1.3 "F--ks" per minute. :lol:
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Tagline: Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas.
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You wouldn't know it from the title, but this horror-comedy was the last chapter of a trilogy.
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"Army of Darkness"?
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The third and final chapter in the Evil Dead series.
You're up.
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Ya gotta love Bruce Campbell... :)
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Stop telling me who I have to love! Sheesh, you Christians are all...
Oops. Sorry. Wrong forum.
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Producer Martin Erlichman first read the film's source novel when it was in galley form. Erlichman once said that for this movie he wanted to do for hospitals what Jaws (1975) had done to people with the ocean and sharks. He said: "People have a primal fear of the ocean and Jaws titillated that phobia. In a similar manner, [this movie] accents one's primal fears of hospitals. This is an even stronger phobia because a person can always refrain from going into the water, but cannot always avoid the necessity of going into hospital!".
Ed Harris's first film.
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Was that "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"?
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Cuckoo's nest was before Jaws.
This would be Coma
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Yes, it would.
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Raf is up...
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The star of this movie was originally the intended star of Beverly Hills Cop. But he made a lot of changes to that script that the studio could not afford to implement. So he left Beverly Hills Cop and took his changes to this movie project, which was based on a novel called "Fair Game."
A decade later, "Fair Game" was made into a movie in its own right. It starred William Baldwin and Cindy Crawford, and by all accounts it was lousy.
This film has a reputation as a flop, despite having the largest opening weekend in Warner Brothers history up until that point.
The movie has no sequels, though its star is not exactly what one would call averse to the idea of revisiting the next chapter in the lives of his characters.
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That sounds an awful lot like Harrison Ford (3 Han Solo, 4 Indiana Jones, 2 Jack Ryan), though I can't see him in BHC. If it was a black actor, I can't think of one so sequel-prone.
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Not Harrison Ford
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Cindy Crawford probably had something to do with that, you think. I can't come up with your movie yet Raf.
However, I remember hearing about another lead actor who didn't take the role in Beverly HC.
Was that Richard Pryor?
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Nope. White guy. VERY well known.
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