One of two foreign language films to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in the same year, the other being Cold War (2018). This is the first time since 1976 (42 years) in which two out of the five nominees were foreign films; both Seven Beauties (1975) and Face to Face (1976) were nominated for Best Director at the 49th Academy Awards in early 1977. In fact, 1976 and 2018 are the only instances in which two foreign language films were nominated for Best Director in the same year.
Natural Born Killers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Woody Harrelson and Tommy Lee Jones appeared in No Country for Old Men (2007).
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Juliette Lewis also starred in Kalifornia (1993) the previous year as half of a couple who are involved in serial killing, but unlike this film, she never kills anyone in that film.
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When producers Jane Hamsher and Don Murphy first brought Quentin Tarantino's screenplay to Oliver Stone's attention, Stone's initial idea was to make a lighthearted all-action blockbuster. His previous film, Heaven & Earth (1993), had been a difficult shoot which had failed at the box office, and he saw this movie as a way to make a fun movie and play with genre conventions. As he puts it himself in Chaos Rising: The Storm Around 'Natural Born Killers' (2001), he planned to make "something Arnold Schwarzenegger would be proud of." As the project developed however, Stone found the movie getting deeper and deeper, and soon all hopes for a simple action spectacular were gone.
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Rosanna Arquette pursued the role of Mallory.
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Tom Sizemore plays Detective Jack Scagnetti in this film. The name "Scagnetti" was also mentioned as the name of Mr. Blonde's parole officer in "Reservoir Dogs (1992)," also written by Quentin Tarantino.
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Coca-Cola approved the use of the Polar Bear ads for its product in the movie without having a full idea of what the movie was about; when the Board of Directors saw the finished product, they were furious.
Natural Born Killers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Natural Born Killers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Natural Born Killers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Natural Born Killers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Natural Born Killers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Natural Born Killers - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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