Film
1082: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Trivia: Sidney Lumet's final film.
Title
taken from the Irish toast: "May you have food and raiment, a soft pillow
for your head; may you be 40 years in heaven, before the devil knows you're
dead."
In the
original script, Andrew and Hank Hanson were not brothers. Sidney Lumet made this
change to increase the drama of the movie. He also removed the character of
Andrew & Gina's daughter.
In the
DVD's Director's commentary, Sidney Lumet
says the nude scene between Gina and Hank was shot, Ethan Hawke wanted to make
Marisa Tomei, feel more
comfortable, and insisted on being nude as well. He further insisted that every
male crew member strip naked while filming the scene to accommodate Tomei.
Philip Seymour Hoffman and
Ethan Hawke are both in
real-life old friends of Marisa Tomei.
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