The Long Kiss Goodnight - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of The Long Kiss Goodnight or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to The Long Kiss Goodnight

[ruby]

WRITER TRADEMARK: (Shane Black (disarmed gunman): While being held at gunpoint, Charly disarms the gunman when he is distracted. Black's screenplays often contain scenes where the hero is able to surprise a gunman who makes a fatal mistake, like in The Last Boy Scout (1991) and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005).

[oscar]

Craig Ferguson auditioned for the role of Timothy.

[darrell]

This film and Cutthroat Island (1995) were attempts by Director Renny Harlin and his then-wife, Geena Davis, to not only further her career, but to generate more public interest in female action stars.

[sara]

In the first draft of the script, the name "Sam Caine" was not an alias used by Charly Baltimore (as it is in the finished film), but was instead a creation of her mind, as an anagram of "amnesiac".

[willard]

During an escape attempt, Geena Davis lights gas with a matchbook from Tops. Tops is a grocery store chain based in Buffalo, New York, but also has stores in Rochester, New York, and Pennsylvania.

[terry]

"RFK 575" is the license plate used in the film for the dead terrorist's car. It's also the license plate used by Derek Zoolander's roommate in Zoolander (2001) and on a car in Final Destination (2000).

[camila]

This movie opened on October 11, 1996, which marked the 43rd birthday of David Morse (Luke/Daedalus).

[claude]

At 9 minutes into the movie, Geena Davis' character, Samantha Caine is driving home Earl, an intoxicated member of her Christmas party, in a Volvo station-wagon when they are involved in a car accident where the vehicle strikes a deer then a tree. In the beginning of the movie, Beetlejuice (1988), Geena Davis' character, Barbara Matland, is driving a Volvo station-wagon, same body style as in The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996). She swerves to miss hitting a dog and drives off a covered bridge causing her and her husband, Adam Matland's (Alec Baldwin) death.

[ray]

Director Renny Harlin credits Craig Bierko with suggesting the song "She's Not There" by Santana.

[kristen]

In the first draft of the screenplay, Mitch (Samuel L. Jackson) dies of his wounds. The test audience didn't like the ending, so it was re-shot.

[kristina]

When Mitch and Trin pull their scam on the "Man in bed", Mitch and two other actors pretend to be police detectives. Ironically, the room was full of people who have portrayed cops in popular movies and television shows. Rex Linn (man in bed) portrayed a Detective on CSI: Miami (2002), Melina Kanakaredes (Trin) portrayed a detective on CSI: NY (2004), Shawn Doyle (Bum Cop) portrayed a detective in the movie Frequency (2000), and Samuel L. Jackson (Mitch) portrayed a cop in the movie The Negotiator (1998).

[aaron]

The theatrical trailer features the song "The Eyes of Truth" by Enigma.

[sandra]

The song "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" by Dean Martin plays in Samantha's car radio. The same song, sung by Vaughn Monroe, also featured at the end of Die Hard 2 (1990) also directed by Renny Harlin.

[maureen]

The line "Yes, it was very exciting. Tomorrow we go to the zoo" was recycled from Shane Black's original script for The Last Boy Scout (1991).

[linda]

One of the movie's original locations was a historic, grand hotel in Muskoka, Ontario, the one hundred-year-old Windermere House. During filming, however, the hotel caught fire and burned to the ground. The heat from the film lights were initially blamed for causing the blaze, but it was never proven that the lights started the fire.

[leo]

French visa # 91314.

[claude]

The ice skating scene was scripted to end with Samantha performing a double axel flip and simultaneously firing over her upside-down head. After two aerial-rig configurations (in sub-zero conditions) and several attempts at greenscreening failed to hold any convincing fluency to the action, it was dropped from the final cut of the film.

[ivan]

The first 6 digits of Samantha Kane's mobile number that she wrote on her daughter's arm cast was "717-854-", suggesting that she lives with her boyfriend and daughter in York, PA as the "854" exchange was introduced to the 717 area code (Lancaster, PA and surrounding areas) in 1994 for the York area.

[harry]

In the scene at the train station Mitch (Samuel L. Jackson) said "I have a bad feeling about this", Samuel L. Jackson also in the Star Wars movies which famous of the lines/phrase.