The Crow: City of Angels - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[gerald]

In the comic, Eric was a mechanic, as opposed to a musician in the first film. As a nod to this, Ashe is a mechanic.

[ronnie]

Ashes motorcycle is a, Ducati Monster.

[miriam]

The band playing the Day of the Dead festival near the end of the movie are non other that Sacreamento alt rockers, Deftones. They hadn't even had their first album released at the time.

[francisco]

In the original script, Ashe and Danny were the brothers, with Ashe being the one brought back to avenge their deaths.

[lena]

Despite the poor reviews, the film gained a strong cult following, and is considered the best of The Crow sequels.

[riley]

To distinguish Ashe from Eric Draven, he was made a brute force fighter rather than a martial artist.

[beth]

Jon Bon Jovi auditioned for the lead role.

[cassandra]

The following scenes were in the original 160 minutes long workprint version of the film, but were cut from the theatrical version by Miramax in order to make it more like the first film: Sarah had a longer voice over in the beginning of the film.While he is underwater Ashe remembers reading stories to DannyThe crow "lifts" (resurrects) Ashe.After Sarah takes him to her loft and he wakes up, Ashe does not believe he is dead so Sarah takes the kitchen knife and stabs him with it. Scared, Ashe then runs away as in theatrical version.Ashe's last name (Corven) is clearly revealed as he runs back to his garage after his resurrection. The garage reads "Corven's Body Shop".When Ashe is going after Spidermonkey at the Trinity Drug Plant, he takes Spidermonkey's gun and says, "Don't try this at home, kids!", shoots himself in the head and falls on ground. Then as Spidermonkey approaches, Ashe gets up, scaring Spidermonkey.When Ashe destroys the Trinity Drug Plant, some thugs come to pick a fight with him. Ashe tells one of them that if he (the thug) has a gun he should shoot him (Ashe). The thug hesitates, and Ashe takes his gun, scaring the thugs and forcing them to flee.After killing Nemo, Ashe confronts Holly Daze, the stripper who was talking to Nemo at Live Girl building. Ashe grabs her and looks into her eyes. He tells her that she should value what's left of her soul and to never come back "here" again.In the original version, when Ashe builds Danny's grave he does not burn his painting.Originally, there was more dialogue and love scenes between Ashe and Sarah.In original version Kali's and Curve's deaths happened the other way around.In the scene where Ashe is being shot by thugs at bar while Curve escapes, Ashe grabs the shotgun he took earlier when he killed Nemo and kills the thugs.Ashe/Curve motorcycle chase scene was longer.When Curve screams "You think I'm afraid of you?!" he pees his pants because he is afraid of Ashe.When Ashe blows up Curve's motorcycle with his shotgun, Curve is on the ground with his crotch on fire. Glimpse of this scene is still visible in theatrical version when Curve hits the ground.After dragging the injured Curve into the water, Ashe steals Curves gun and puts it into his coat. It's hard to see in theatrical version, but once Curve starts floating away his gun disappears from his pants.The Twins and Kali shoot at Sarah's apartment door features and then trash Sarah's apartment and destroy her paintings.When Kali is thrown out of the window, a shadow of a giant crow morphing into Ashe is visible showing that the Crow and Ashe are one.Kali's death is different. She is still alive, though crippled and unable to move, cause her back were broken after being thrown out of the window, and she is seen crawling along the ground. Dialogue between her and Ashe was also deleted. Ashe comes out of nowhere and Kali begs him to kill her because she is in pain. Ashe refuses and smiles as he stands over her, telling her that he has already sent her to Hell.Judah reveals his motivations in wanting the crow's power, he tells Sarah when he has captured her about himself falling in icy water, drowning and nearly dying when he was younger and visiting hell before he was revived, which he enjoyed, leading to his obsession with the occult and becoming the way that he is.At the Day of the Dead festival, two more characters called Louis and Amede are shown.When Ashe is climbing Judah's headquarters, The Twins follow him. One falls off the building and ends up decapitated.When the ghost of Danny is at the Day of the Dead festival, instead of Danny saying to Ashe "If you give up now, we won't be together." He says instead, "It is time to go now," and Ashe refuses, saying he has to save Sarah. By doing so, he gives up his chance to return to Heaven, cursing himself to live on earth for eternity (since he is already dead and hence can't die). Danny disappears, Ashe looks for him in the crowd and turns a drunk guy around, believing it was Danny.More dialogue between Ashe and Judah during their fight.Ashe pulls out Curve's gun which he took from him earlier and unloads it into Judah's chest. It has no effect. Ashe tries to punch Judah, but Judah crushes his hand.During the fight scene, Danny's painting falls from Ashe's coat and Judah rips it up.In the original version, Sarah and Ashe talk to each other just before Sarah dies. Ashe says he stayed on earth for her. Sarah gives Ashe her ring and tells him that "If two people really love each other, nothing can keep them apart.. nothing." Ashe cries. Sarah tells him that she'll wait for him, "Forever if i have to."Ashe destroys Sarah's apartment so that he does not remember her anymore.The ending was very different than the one which was re-shot for theatrical version. The scene where Ashe carries dead Sarah to the church was longer. It also featured Ashe wearing Sarah's ring like Eric did in the first movie. When he sits down, he is looking at Sarah's ring. The word "Forever" is inscribed inside of it. The priest from earlier in the film enters the church and, knowing that Ashe is walking dead, asks why he is "still here". Ashe replies that he has no where to go. Priest then asks Ashe, "What will you do now, my son?", slightly angered Ashe replies (since he is cursed to walk the earth for eternity) "There are already many shadows in this city.. one more won't make a difference."

[oscar]

Wanting to avoid comparisons with The Crow (1994) and Brandon Lee, David S. Goyer originally intended to have the character of Sarah return as a female crow.

[chad]

For inspiration, Vincent Perez looked to Jim Morrison and Hamlet.

[bryan]

The theme of the first film was rain. In this film, it's smoke, because the filmmakers wanted the City of Angels to have an apocalyptic feel.

[sophie]

"Sibyl" means a seer or psychic, Kali, Judah's bloodthirsty Dragon, shares her name with a Hindu death goddess. Ashe's given name sounds like "ash," which is associated with death. His surname Corven derives from "corvid," which means "crow." Judah's name is a version of the name Judas, most famously the name of the betrayer of Jesus.

[jesse]

Eager to make a film that wouldn't upset the fanbase, Tim Pope and David S. Goyer went to various Crow messageboards and asked the fans what they would and wouldn't like in a sequel. The unanimous verdict was that they wanted it to be respectful of Brandon Lee's death and tell its own story.

[cassandra]

While working on the film, David S. Goyer was also writing the script for Dark City (1998), which was directed by The Crow (1994)'s director Alex Proyas.

[richard]

James O'Barr attempted to write the script himself, but all he could think about was his deceased friend, Brandon Lee. He eventually told Tim Pope that he couldn't do it, but gave his blessing, as long as it was its own story.

[tammy]

The drawing on the napkin was a caricature of producer Edward R. Pressman.

[sylvia]

Although he has made a variety of many different films, Vincent Perez's portrayal of Ashe Corven still remains his most iconic role in his career. He once stated that even while still filming on set, he used the late Brandon Lee's character from the previous film as a reference in order to intensify his role. Fans of the franchise were pleased with his performance and made him a cult favorite.