Johnny Mnemonic - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Johnny Mnemonic or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Johnny Mnemonic

[chad]

The bartender seen with the electronic prosthetic arm is a reference to Ratz, a bartender introduced early in William Gibson's Neuromancer.

[ronnie]

In this film, Keanu Reeves plays a man who smuggles data from cyberspace. Four years later, he starred as a computer hacker who learns that he has been living in a computer program in The Matrix (1999).

[bessie]

At one point, Christopher Lambert was in contention for the lead role.

[marc]

According to William Gibson, the movie was re-edited by the producers in order to make it more "mainstream". The Japanese release is said to be closer to the director's and Gibson's original vision.

[ruby]

Johnny's wake up call at the beginning of the film says the date is Thursday, 17 January 2021. In actuality, January 17, 2021 was a Sunday.

[stephanie]

In Doctor Who: Time Heist (2014), there is a character in that episode played by Jonathan Bailey called Psi. Like Johnny, Psi has the ability to store data in his mind and also like Johnny, Psi has deleted all of his memories of his family.

[jessica]

Keanu Reeves plays a character holding data in his head that can kill him. In Cyberpunk 2077 (2020), you play a character with a deadly data chip in your head, containing the avatar of Johnny Silverhand, played by Mr. Keanu Reeves.

[ava]

The film has no company credits at the beginning of the film.

[darrell]

William Gibson was very unhappy with what became of this adaptation of his own story. Despite being credited as the sole screenwriter, he has insisted for years that it wasn't his screenplay that was ultimately produced.

[clayton]

B.J. Rack, one of the producers, is still credited, although he left the project due to creative differences with director Robert Longo.

[oscar]

The film takes place in January 2021. In The Terminator (1984), Kyle Reese says to Dr. Silberman, "I served from '21 to '27".

[veronica]

Early in the development, Bono was in talks about supervising the soundtrack and possibly play Street Preacher.

[cameron]

The Japanese character seen above the "Internet-2021" title card at the beginning of the movie directly translates as "hackneyed, clichéd" in English.

[sophie]

After finishing work on the film, Dina Meyer began working on her second feature film Dragonheart (1996).