The Nice Guys
They're not that nice.
The Nice Guys (2016)
Production
Budget
$50 000 000
Revenue
$71 261 763
Director
Scenario
Composer
Producer
Actors
Russell Crowe
Jackson Healy
Ryan Gosling
Holland March
Angourie Rice
Holly March
Matt Bomer
John Boy
Margaret Qualley
Amelia Kuttner
Yaya DaCosta
Tally
Keith David
Older Guy
Beau Knapp
Blueface
Short description
The Nice Guys is set in 1970s Los Angeles, where Holland March, a private detective, and Jackson Healy, a man who works as hired muscle, take on what look like separate jobs: the disappearance of a young woman named Amelia and the death of a porn star that has been treated as a suicide. The two men have little in common and very different ways of working, but the cases turn out to be connected, drawing them into a conspiracy that reaches well beyond the people they were originally paid to find. March's teenage daughter, Holly, becomes involved in the investigation as it grows more dangerous. The film was directed by Shane Black, who wrote the screenplay with Anthony Bagarozzi; it is the third film Black directed, following Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Iron Man 3. Russell Crowe plays Healy and Ryan Gosling plays March, with Angourie Rice as Holly March, Matt Bomer as John Boy, Margaret Qualley as Amelia Kuttner and Yaya DaCosta as Tally.
The production had a budget of 50 million US dollars and took about 71 million US dollars worldwide. On IMDb, the film holds a rating of 7.4 out of 10 from around 411,000 votes, and on TMDB it has a rating of 7.1 out of 10 from roughly 8,900 votes, while the film critics' rating stands at 7.7 out of 10 from 327 reviews.
What's left behind the scenes
- The red car with a white convertible top is a 1967 "Mustang" with a 4.7-liter engine.
- This is the first joint work of Russell Crowe and Kim Basinger since filming in Curtis Hanson's thriller "L.A. Confidential" (1997). It is the second joint work of Russell Crowe and Taye Simpkins after Paul Haggis's crime drama "Three Days to Escape" (2010).
- When Jackson, Holland, and Holly are stuck in traffic in a taxi after the shootout with John Boy in Holland's house, a black mini-van that hit Sinelicev is also stuck in the same traffic lane next to the taxi.
- One of the guests at the party hosted by the porn film producer, dressed in a Pinocchio costume, says: "It's not my nose that's growing." "It's not his nose that's growing" was the slogan for a pornographic version of Pinocchio in the 1970s.
- In the elevator, the same music plays as in the elevator in one episode of John Landis's comedic musical film "The Blues Brothers" (1980).
- During the party at Sid's, during Healy's fight, Russell Crowe delivers a series of punches – exactly like the punches Maximus, also played by him, delivered to Commodus in the finale of Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" (2000).
- Like private detective Jim Rockford from the series "The Rockford Files" (1974-1980), Ryan Gosling's character keeps a gun in a cookie jar.
- The scene in which Holland March chases mermaids in the pool is very reminiscent of an episode from Philip Kaufman's adventure drama "The Right Stuff" (1983), where Dick Slaten is in the pool and is observed by Gus Grissom and Gordon Cooper.
- The "even" sign at the gas station indicates the license plates of cars that were allowed to refuel on that day. This was practiced in the US in 1979, when cars with an even or odd sum of digits in their license plate number could only refuel on even or odd days of the month, respectively. For example, on April 3rd, a car with the license plate "ABC-827" could fill up. In some states, any car could refuel on the 31st of each month.
- Initially, "Goodfellas" was intended to be a series, but the pilot episode turned out rather lackluster, and the project's format was changed to a film.
- This is the second joint work of Jack Kilmer and Margaret Qualley. The first was the 2013 drama "Palo Alto," directed by Gia Coppola.
- In one of the final scenes of the film, a canopy over the "Comedy Store" theater can be seen in the background, where a film starring Tim Allen is being shown.
- Towards the end of the film, Christmas is shown. The depiction of Christmas is characteristic of all films directed by Shane Black.
- When March discovers a corpse in the woods, a cigarette sticks to his lip – exactly like the character played by Dan Aykroyd in the hotel scene in Ivan Reitman's fantasy comedy "Ghostbusters" (1984).
- Chet Jack Kilmer, who played the role of the projectionist, is the son of actor Val Kilmer. Val Kilmer starred in Shane Black's black comedy "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" (2005).
- The mole on the character named John Boy is exactly the same as that of his namesake from the television series "The Waltons" (1971-1981).
- Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling began their acting careers as children. Both later dropped out of school for the sake of cinema and never studied acting formally.
- The 1970s Los Angeles scenes were filmed in downtown Atlanta. Cars from those years, shown on the city streets, had their license plates changed to California plates, and one of them was repainted as a "Hollywood Taxi Co" cab.
- The number of deaths in the film is around 20.
- During March's opening monologue, the composition "Bang Bang Kiss Kiss" plays in the background. In 2005, Shane Black directed the black comedy "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang".
- Ty Simpkins played Harley Keener in Shane Black's "Iron Man 3" (2013).
- One of the songs the audience hears during the party is "Escape" by Rupert Holmes. The film is set in 1977, but Holmes released this song only in September 1979.
- The porn star "Mysti Mountainz's" name was borrowed from one of the production companies involved in making "Goodfellas".
- The advertisement for March's detective agency in the phone book is a tribute from the filmmakers to the series "The Rockford Files" (1974-1980). It is an exact copy of the advertisement promoting the services of private investigator Jim Rockford.
- Immediately after the scene in the toilet stall, President of the United States Richard Nixon (1913-1994) can be recognized on the cover of March's magazine, and he will reappear in the film once more.
- Initially, "Goodfellas" was intended to be a series, but the plot didn't develop much, so the project's format was changed to a film.
- The shot of Ryan Gosling sitting leaning against a tree next to Sid Shatuck's body is a tribute by the filmmakers to actor and comedian Lou Costello (1906-1959), who was often shown in close-up when something frightened him so much that he was initially unable to speak and then would shout his signature phrase, "Hey, Abbott!"
- The song "Get Down On It" by Kool & The Gang is playing at the party. In reality, this song was released in 1981.
- Russell Crowe and Taye Simpkins starred together in the crime drama "Three Days to Escape" (Paul Haggis, 2010), where Crowe played Simpkins' father.
- Russell Crowe plays a private investigator named Jackson Healy in the film. In the romantic comedy by Bobby and Peter Farrelly, "There's Something About Mary" (1998), Matt Dillon played a private investigator named Pat Healy.
- As with the promotion of Paul Thomas Anderson's comedy "Inherent Vice" (2014), "Warner Bros." released a trailer in the style of the 1970s, shot with typical image and sound quality of those years, and presenting "Kim Basinger on screen for the first time."
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