Film
993: Con Air
Trivia: The
Las Vegas scenes were filmed at the legendary Sands Hotel immediately prior to
its demolition in late 1996. When the production team heard about the city's
intentions to raze the historic landmark, they immediately scheduled a multiple
camera setup to take advantage of the rare event, which is what you actually
see in the movie.
The song
"How Do I Live" was nominated for both an Oscar as Best Original Song
and a Razzie as Worst Original Song. It did not win either award.
While
"Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd
Skynyrd is playing in the background, Garland Greene (Steve Buscemi) says:
"Define irony: a bunch of idiots dancing around on a plane to a song made
famous by a band that died in a plane crash." On October 20, 1977 Lynyrd
Skynyrd's plane crashed. It was the model Convair 240.
In
reference to the credit "In Memory of Phil Swartz", Phil Swartz was
an effects specialist who was killed during the making of this movie, when a
rigged plane fell and crushed him.
The film
was called "Les Ailes de l'Enfer" (The Wings of Hell) in France.
"Con" in French is a slang word for a vagina and, as in most
languages, is also used as a (very strong) derogatory epithet.
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