The sequence where the Seabourn Legend rams into the port is still the most expensive stunt ever filmed in history, accounting for $25 million of the film's $110 million budget, and costing as much as the entire budget of 'Speed'. The town and ship's prow were all built life-size and then rigged so that the stunt could be filmed in sections. The ship's bow was mounted on underwater rails and then driven through the set one shot at a time. Reshoots and extra takes were out of the realm of possibility (and would cause the film to go over budget), as it would require rebuilding the port and repairing the ship, and as a result every shot of the ship crashing into the port was the first and only take.
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Brad Pitt (Bishop) announced to the media that he'd committed to the picture "basically because Bob was aboard" and expressed warm friendship to Robert Redford throughout.
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Brad Pitt and Tony Scott worked together on True Romance (1993).
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Tony Scott gave each flashback a distinct look to remind the viewer of that time in history. For Vietnam, he desaturated the colours to give it this "strange sepia green."
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Brad Pitt (Bishop) had signed on for Ocean's Eleven (2001) which was due to commence directly after Christmas. Filming was hemmed in by Pitt's dates and Tony Scott acknowledged there was a stopwatch on them all the time. Robert Redford understood the pressures on Brad and he never complained.
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Dedicated to the memory of Elizabeth Jean Scott (died 2001), mother of Tony Scott and Ridley Scott.
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Tony Scott asked for more money to film the rooftop scene in "Berlin" (in order to rent a helicopter for an aerial scene) but the producers refused. Scott believed that the scene was important and rented the helicopter with his own money.
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There was always an element of real danger around the shoot in Casablanca. The filmmakers recalled that everyday they'd hear about a violent crime happening near their shoot.
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The side of the building in Lebanon has a blue mural which has the words "The Bahamas" written on it in Arabic.
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To prepare for her role, Catherine McCormack met with an aid worker who fell in love with a CIA agent.
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Tony Scott said that the scenes in the conference room were the "most challenging part of the movie." He says he had to rely on camerawork and great actors to bring this room to life.
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Tony Scott said that the film is like a James Bond movie.
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