Sliver - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

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[ella]

William Baldwin works in this film with director Phillip Noyce. The previous year, Noyce had directed Patriot Games (1992), in which Harrison Ford played the lead role because William's brother, Alec Baldwin declined to return to his role from The Hunt for Red October (1990).

[liam]

The original script called for a different ending in which Zeke (William Baldwin) turns out to be the killer, but was re-shot when it fared poorly with test audiences.

[frederick]

In this movie, William Baldwin's character records the other characters lives as well as recording when he has sex with other women. In the movie, Flatliners, Baldwin also recorded having sex with other women.

[camila]

Near the beginning of the movie when Carly (Sharon Stone) is at the publishing company where she works, she suggests to Jody (Colleen Camp) that, instead of tickets to Pavarotti, Jody get tickets to Pearl Jam. When Sharon Stone hosted SNL in 1992, Pearl Jam were the musical guest.

[lena]

The script originally called for full male frontal nudity, but William Baldwin changed his mind after the scenes had been shot.

[kenneth]

Polly Walker also appeared in Patriot Games(1992) another Phillip Noyce movie

[ava]

According to the book 'Last Night At The Viper Room' River Phoenix turned down the role of Zeke Hawkins.

[leo]

While filming a kissing scene, Sharon Stone bit William Baldwin's tongue with such force that he couldn't talk properly for days afterwards.

[cassandra]

According to Phillip Noyce, Sharon Stone and William Baldwin disliked each other and demanded that their scenes be filmed separately whenever possible.

[nicholas]

Joe Eszterhas' script got changed during the shoot by the producers. Eszterhas also says that he hates the movie (particularly the film's final line, "Get a life" - which he didn't write).

[norma]

In the original novel, the Sharon Stone's character's name was Kay, not Carly.

[claude]

According to his autobiography, producer Robert Evans initially wanted Roman Polanski to direct the film. Since Polanski will not return to the United States, Evans planned on having a second unit director shoot some footage of New York, whilst Polanski would direct the film in Paris.

[nina]

Sliver is a small thin, narrow piece of something cut or split off a larger piece.

[terry]

Written by Ira Levin, author of Rosemary's Baby, there are similarities: both are set in an expensive New York City hotel (albeit this one is super modern, the other is old style) that the main character, a woman, moves into; the woman meets a friendly resident who dies not long after meeting them; there is a secret (or two) hidden within the building and its inhabitants that takes the entire film for her to learn about.

[sara]

Joe Eszterhas's original ending was incomprehensible to test audiences and an alternate ending had to be quickly devised and shot. Eszterhas cracked out five different endings in three days.

[aaron]

Enigma's Michael Cretu was approached to compose the film's score but ultimately declined the offer. He did however contribute the song "Carly's Loneliness" to the film's soundtrack, a version of which also appeared on the second Enigma album.

[jim]

The movie's sub-plot about the lecherous villain's secret video-recording is eerily similar to the docu-drama Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story (2002).

[harry]

During filming, a crew was sent to Hawaii to film an active volcano for the opening credits. During the flyover, the volcano erupted, and the helicopter carrying the crew crashed. No one was killed, but all film was lost. The opening credit scene is referenced in the film by the crystal volcano in Zeke's Room.

[kim]

In Levin's original novel, the "Zeke" character's name is Peter.