In 1960s screenings of this picture on British television channels,there would sometimes be an extra, very short, sequence very near the end which showed a small group of 'North Korean' peasants approaching Brubaker as he hides in the ditch. They appear to be unarmed and just curious, possibly even trying to help. Realizing that they will be regarded as hostile by the 'rescap' aircraft circling overhead, he desperately tries to get them to go back to safety, but he's too late and to his horror they are shot up (off camera). This scene may have been carefully filmed so as to be excised from the picture if required without its absence being noticed, as is now the case: seeing ' 'Toko Ri' on t.v. today, you won't notice anything amis and the missing footage may have gone for good. Quite why the director filmed it in the first place is puzzling, since U.S. audiences wouldn't have wanted to see 'their side' shooting-up civilians: that was "unamerican" ( the earlier Korean War picture "One Minute To Zero" justified Robert Mitchum's ordering the shelling of a Korean civilian refugee column because it contained armed 'Commie' infiltrators).
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Although many stunt drivers are credited, Ryan Gosling did a number of stunts himself, after completing a stunt driving car crash course.
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Locations were picked by Nicolas Winding Refn while Ryan Gosling drove him around the city at night. Refn chose Los Angeles as the shooting site due to budget concerns.
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The title sequence is hot-pink, which was inspired by Risky Business (1983)' editing table.
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The film premiered on May 20, in competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. At its first showing to the media, it received abundant praise and received "some of the best responses of the festival", but one positive review said it "can't win, won't win" Cannes's top prize. It was greeted with hoots and howls of joy from the media, with viewers cheering on some of the scenes featuring extreme violence. It also received a 15-minute standing ovation from the crowd.
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"Trying to work in a more reality arena for a character like that," Nicolas Winding Refn originally auditioned porn stars for Blanche. He was unable to find anyone with the necessary acting talent. After meeting with Christina Hendricks, he decided to cast her, feeling her "powerhouse" persona would click with the character.
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Nicolas Winding Refn replaced Neil Marshall as director. Refn was hand-picked by Ryan Gosling for the project.
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Ron Perlman won the role of Nino after explaining to Nicolas Winding Refn that he wanted to play "a Jewish man who wants to be an Italian gangster because that's what [he is], a Jewish boy from N.Y."
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Bryan Cranston revealed in a 2012 interview that he ad-libbed many of his scenes in this film.
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Although this is a quiet crime thriller, the trailers gave the impression that it was a car chase film like the "Fast and Furious" films. One woman even sued because she did not get that sort of film.
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The movie's tagline is the same tagline that was used for No Country for Old Men (2007) ("There are no clean getaways").
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There are many references to Taxi Driver (1976) in this film. One is the scene in which Driver sits alone eating pie. This is the same thing the protagonist, Travis Bickle, did in Taxi Driver. Refn has expressed an esteemed admiration for Taxi Driver director Martin Scorsese.
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After Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn removed much of the Driver's dialogue, Bryan Cranston felt that his character, Shannon, should make up for the lack of talking in the film, and thus made Shannon a motormouth. Much of his dialogue is improvised.
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Drive (2011) was the inspiration for the incredibly popular indie game," Hotline Miami," according to its creator, Jonatan Söderström.
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Drive - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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