Natural Born Killers
The media made them superstars.
Country
Production
Budget
$34 000 000
Revenue
$50 282 766
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Jane Hamsher, Don Murphy, Clayton Townsend, Arnon Milchan
Operator
Composer
Brent Lewis
Artist
Victor Kempster
Audition
Heidi Levitt, Risa Bramon Garcia, Billy Hopkins
Editing
Short description
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
What's left behind the scenes
- During filming, Juliette Lewis actually broke Tom Sizemore's nose in the scene where she slams Scagnetti's head against the wall.
- This film was the favorite of the two teenagers who committed the Columbine High School massacre.
- The Coca-Cola Company approved the use of their polar bear advertising without fully understanding what the film was about. But later, when the board of directors saw the finished product, they were simply furious.
- In the hotel room where Mickey and Mallory are holding a hostage, the television screen alternates between scenes from Alan Parker's 'Midnight Express' (1978) and Brian De Palma's 'Scarface' (1983), both written by Oliver Stone.
- Robert Downey Jr. spent some time with Australian tabloid king Steve Dunleavy to prepare for the role of Wayne Gale, and when he returned with an Australian accent, it was decided that the character would be Australian.
- The color green is used to depict Mickey's mental confusion and appears before the most violent scenes. For example, the lime pie in the diner, the green neon sign on the pharmacy, etc.
- Mickey and Mallory kill a cop named Harold Nash. In the film 'Reservoir Dogs' (1991), the cop who is tortured and killed is named Marvin Nash. The actor who played Marvin Nash, Kirk Baltz, plays Roger, a crew member in 'Natural Born Killers' (1994).
- Tom Sizemore's character is named Jack Scagnetti. In the film "Reservoir Dogs" (1991) (whose screenplay was also written by Tarantino), the police officer Vic Vega is named Seymour Scagnetti.
- The director's cut has a runtime of 122 minutes.
- Michael Madsen was considered for the role of Mickey.
- The screenplay was written by Quentin Tarantino, but was subsequently heavily rewritten by Oliver Stone along with David Veles and Richard Rutowski. Tarantino did not like the revised version and publicly disowned the script, requesting that his name be removed from the credits. Ultimately, however, he agreed to: 'Story by Quentin Tarantino'.
- Mickey wears women's underwear in the scene with the hostage in the hotel room.
- Robert Downey Jr. spent some time with Australian sensation Steve Dunleavy to prepare for the role of Wayne Gale, and when he returned with an Australian accent, they decided he would be Australian.
- In the hotel room where Mickey and Mallory are holding the hostage, the television screen alternates between scenes from Alan Parker's "Midnight Express" (1978) and Brian De Palma's "Scarface" (1983), both written by Oliver Stone.
- The screenplay for the film was written by Quentin Tarantino but was subsequently heavily revised by Oliver Stone along with David Veloz and Richard Rutowski. Tarantino disliked the revised version and publicly disowned the script, requesting his name be removed from the credits. However, he ultimately agreed to: Story by Quentin Tarantino.
- Tom Sizemore's character is named Jack Scagnetti. In the film 'Reservoir Dogs' (1991) (which was also written by Tarantino), the police detective Vic Vega is named Seymour Scagnetti.
- This was the second screenplay written by Quentin Tarantino (the first was "True Romance" (1993)), which was reportedly heavily rewritten by Stone afterward. Most people who have seen the film and read the script believe that Tarantino’s script is better than the film.
- Mickey and Mallory kill a cop named Harold Nash. In "Reservoir Dogs" (1991), the cop who is tortured and killed is named Marvin Nash. The actor who played Marvin Nash, Kirk Baltz, plays Roger, a member of the film crew in "Natural Born Killers" (1994).
- The riot scene was filmed in a prison, and the "inmates" in the film are actually its residents, some of whom are even convicted of murder.
- Mallory's mother (Edie McClurg) has blue hair, just like the mother of another psychopath, Alex, in the film 'A Clockwork Orange' (1971).
- This was the second screenplay written by Quentin Tarantino (the first was 'True Love' (1993)), which was reportedly heavily rewritten by Stone. Most people who have seen the film and read the script believe that Tarantino's screenplay was better than the movie.
- Mallory's mother (Edie McClurg) has blue hair, just like the mother of another psychopath, Alex, in "A Clockwork Orange" (1971).
- The riot scene was filmed in a prison, and the 'prisoners' in the movie are actually its inmates, some of whom were even convicted of murder.
- During filming, Juliette Lewis genuinely broke Tom Sizemore's nose in the scene where she headbutts Scagnetti against the wall.
- The filming took only 56 days.
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