FILM 1653: LORD OF WAR
TRIVIA: According to Andrew Niccol, the
filmmakers worked with actual gunrunners in the making of the film. The tanks
lined up for sale were real and belonged to a Czech arms dealer who had to have
them back to sell to another country. They used a real stockpile of over 3,000
AK-47s because it was cheaper than getting prop guns.
No US studios would back the film.
International finances were secured instead.
Yuri Orlov is a composite of five
real arms dealers.
CAMEO: Weston Cage: Nicolas Cage's son
is the young Mi-24 Hind helicopter mechanic Vladimir. In the movie, Cage Sr.
speaks to the mechanic in Russian: "Son, get off there before you get
hurt."
