Nothing but Trouble - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

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[ethel]

Bertila Damas (Renalda Squiriniszu) is a popular Spanish-language singer. She sang "La Chanka".

[amber]

The script caught the attention of Warner Bros., who wanted John Candy to costar. Aykroyd wanted to play the parts of Judge Valkenheiser and Chris Thorne, but the studio wanted Chevy Chase to play Thorne, and Aykroyd agreed. With no director attached, Aykroyd said he would direct the film to secure the deal, even though he didn't want to direct the film.

[tom]

IFC listed Nothing but Trouble as one of "10 '90s Comedies That Really Need Sequels".

[victoria]

Chevy Chase made fun of the film on The Chevy Chase Show (1993).

[brent]

John Candy and Brian Doyle-Murray were both in JFK (1991) released later that year.

[fred]

Valkenvania was built on the same western backlot set that was used for High Noon.

[maureen]

Roger Ebert famously hated the movie so much that he refused to write a review for it after giving it one of his most emphatic "thumbs down" reviews ever on At the Movies (1986). On the show, Ebert said that when he went to a weeknight showing of the film in 1991, the theatre was almost abandoned except for him, a few lone adults, and several teenagers who were making loud, rude comments at the screen; Ebert famously went over to the teens and asked them to be even louder so he didn't have to listen to the terrible movie anymore.

[oscar]

The crew also enjoyed working with John Candy and Demi Moore, but Chevy Chase (as he is infamous for) proved to be a nightmare. Chase was verbally abusive to everyone on set, tried to speak on Moore's behalf about her "skimpy" costume, and stated that he had more worth than Aykroyd because Chase had the bigger paycheck. The crew was furious at Chase's treatment of Aykroyd, with one crew member even threatening to drop a brick on Chase's head if he ever spoke to the director like that again.

[chris]

On January 16, 1991, a billboard for the film on Sunset Boulevard replaced an ad for another recent Warner Bros. critical and commercial failure, The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990).

[tammy]

It was after Aykroyd screened his director's cut for Warner Bros. that the executive meddling kicked in. Warner Bros. considered the film a mess and pressured Aykroyd to tone down the cartoonish violence to avoid an R-rating, which in turn caused the release date to be pushed back from Christmas 1990 to February 1991.

[gerald]

Aykroyd later agreed to play the giant adult baby Bobo as well, after no one else wanted to play the part, and found it stressful to play two parts in heavy makeup while simultaneously directing and producing.

[jeffrey]

Chevy Chase did not like the script, but took the leading role because he wanted to work with his friend Dan Aykroyd, and thought they could improve the movie by improvising. Chase later said that Aykroyd took a huge career hit when the movie bombed, because he had taken on so many roles (director, writer, actor, and producer) that no one else had a high enough profile to take blame for how bad things turned out.

[ronnie]

This is the only film directed by Dan Aykroyd.

[wallace]

The film was originally darker and a tad more graphic. However, when test audiences reacted poorly, the film was re-edited and its release date was pushed back.

[kenzi]

If you look closely at Dan Aykroyd's make-up when he is eating the hot dog and Chevy Chase makes a funny face, the tip of his nose is in the shape of a penis.