(at around 1h 30 mins) The declaration that Frank Castle writes near the end of the film, listing the basis of his vigilante philosophy in numbered order, form the beginning of his war journal, an ongoing diary of his campaign against organized crime. It was the basis for the long-running comic book "The Punisher War Journal".
Reversal of Fortune - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Claus refers to Alexandra Isles as the daughter of Billy Botsky. In real life, Alexandra Isles' father's name was Count Carl Adam Moltke. According to Dominick Dunne's 1985 "Vanity Fair" interview with Claus von Bülow, he was known to needle Count Moltke's acquaintances by calling him Bobby.
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The two black brothers Alan is trying to save from death row is based on the 1980 case of the Tison brothers in Arizona. They helped their father escape from prison, and were charged with murder when he killed four people soon after. The real Alan Dershowitz got their sentence commuted to life in prison. The brothers were also white in real life.
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Jeremy Irons met the real Claus von Bülow three years after the release of the film. Irons commented, "he didn't tell me anything I didn't already know." Irons recalled that von Bülow asked him if he was aware that the real Alan Dershowitz was (at the time) representing Leona Helmsley and Mike Tyson. Irons replied that he was aware of that, to which von Bülow quipped: "I don't suppose you've been asked to play either of them, have you?"
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Martha Sunny von Bulow died December 6, 2008, at age 76. She spent the last 28 years of her life in a coma.
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In real life, one of the law students on this case was Eliot Spitzer, who later became Governor of New York.
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According to casting director Howard Feuer, Glenn Close was paid "an outrageous fortune" for three weeks' work as the leading lady. Jeremy Irons and Ron Silver were paid quite handsomely. Supporting players Julie Hagerty, Fisher Stevens, and Uta Hagen had to settle for scale plus 10.
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Martha Sunny von Bulow's first coma was on December 27th, 1979. Her second coma was on December 21st, 1980. Claus von Bülow was found guilty on March 16th, 1982.
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Claus von Bülow financed the Broadway and movie versions of Ira Levin's play Deathtrap, about a playwright who murders his wife.
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In the opening flyover of Newport, on the way to Clarendon Court, one of the mansions shown is Seaview Terrace (later known as Carey Mansion.) It's the gothic house with a turret. This mansion was used as the exterior of Collinwood in the 1960s gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, which starred Klaus Von Bulow's lover, Alexandra Isles.
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Jeremy Irons's Oscar winning performance in this film is his only Academy Award nomination.
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Julie Hagerty: Alexandra Isles.
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The wristwatch Jeremy Irons wears in his home office is a Swatch Burglar.
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Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, and Christine Baranski previously appeared on the Broadway staging of 'The Real Thing', directed by Mike Nichols in 1984. In the play, Irons and Close play lovers. They later played brother and sister in The House of the Spirits (1993).
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Uta Hagen's final film.
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Alan Dershowitz: briefly, in profile, as one of the appellate judges, just as they are sitting down at the appeal.
Reversal of Fortune - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Reversal of Fortune - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Reversal of Fortune - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Reversal of Fortune - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Reversal of Fortune - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Reversal of Fortune - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Reversal of Fortune - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Reversal of Fortune - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Reversal of Fortune - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Reversal of Fortune - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Reversal of Fortune - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Reversal of Fortune - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Reversal of Fortune - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Reversal of Fortune - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Reversal of Fortune - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Reversal of Fortune - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Reversal of Fortune - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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