FILM 1838: END OF DAYS

FILM 1838: END OF DAYS

TRIVIA: Arnold Schwarzenegger's first film since Batman & Robin (1997). The reason for the gap was because of his heart surgery after playing Mr Freeze; the studios were anxious about whether or not they could insure him, and despite attempts to convince them he was in perfect health, he couldn't get any work until End of Days (1999). Even then, he was amazed when insurance people and executives from Universal came to the set just to watch him, to see if he was still up to the action scenes. They asked Schwarzenegger if he enjoyed this kind of punishment, but he said he was used to it. After the first week of shooting, the insurance guys backed off and not long after, the film offers started rolling in again.

Was the last movie to be pressed in the laserdisc format in the United States.

Father Kovak says to Jericho Cane that "Satan's greatest trick was convincing man he didn't exist". This quote from the French poet Charles Baudelaire also appears in The Usual Suspects (1995), also featuring Gabriel Byrne and Kevin Pollak.

The role of Jericho Cane was originally written for Tom Cruise, but he instead chose to work on Magnolia (1999).

Arnold Schwarzenegger's youngest daughter visited the set the day Arnold was tied to a cross and lifted over the alley. A photo of the visit exists in Schwarzenegger's biography "Total Recall" .

FILM 1792: MILLER'S CROSSING

FILM 1792: MILLER'S CROSSING

TRIVIA: Writers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen suffered writer's block while writing Miller's Crossing(1990). They took a three week break and wrote Barton Fink (1991) a film about a writer with writer's block. The name of Tom Regan's residence is "The Barton Arms". In one of the newspapers an article reads 'Seven Dead in Hotel Fire,' another reference to Barton Fink.

The character Eddie Dane was originally written for Peter Stormare and was to be named The Swede. Stormare had to decline as he was appearing as Hamlet in the Broadway production. The part was then re-written and re-cast, and became The Dane.

The Coen Brothers reportedly turned down Batman (1989) because it would have interfered with this film.

'Twist' is a slang term for a girl or woman, often used derogatorily.

In the script, the film takes place in 1929.

Steve Buscemi was cast as Mink Larouie because he could speak faster than anyone else.

The fight poster in Drop Johnson's apartment has as the under card a fight featuring "Bunky Knudsen." Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen was the President of Ford Motor Company in 1969, and before that a top executive at General Motors. the poster also includes the name Lars Thorvald, which is a reference to 'Alfred Hitchcock''s Rear Window (1954).