Judge Dredd
In the future, one man is the law.
Judge Dredd (1995)
Budget
$90 000 000
Revenue
$113 493 481
Director
Scenario
William Wisher
Author
Composer
Producer
Beau Marks
Actors
Sylvester Stallone
Judge Joseph Dredd
Diane Lane
Judge Hershey
Armand Assante
Rico
Rob Schneider
Herman 'Fergee' Ferguson
Jürgen Prochnow
Judge Griffin
Max von Sydow
Chief Justice Fargo
Christopher Adamson
Mean Machine
Joanna Miles
Judge Evelyn McGruder
Short description
In a violent, overcrowded future, order is kept by the Judges, officers who arrest, try and sentence offenders on the spot. Judge Joseph Dredd is one of the most uncompromising of them, operating in the vast Mega-City One. When he is accused of a murder he did not commit, he is stripped of his position and sentenced; behind the accusation stands Rico, a criminal who is identical to Dredd and is connected to a secret that touches them both. Dredd has to clear his name on his own while a man who shares his face works against him.
The film is a 1995 adaptation of the British comic character, directed by Danny Cannon and written by Steven E. de Souza and William Wisher. It was Cannon's first feature, made well before I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and Goal!, and it stars Sylvester Stallone in the title role, with Diane Lane, Armand Assante, Rob Schneider, Jürgen Prochnow and Max von Sydow. The Judges' world, the Mega-City setting and Dredd's own creation are drawn from the comics.
Produced on a budget of about 90 million dollars, it took roughly 113 million worldwide, a modest return against that cost. Reception was mixed: on IMDb the film holds 5.6/10 from around 132,000 votes and on TMDB 5.9/10 from about 2,800, while critics were harder on it, giving it 4.2/10 across 54 reviews.
What's left behind the scenes
- Danny Cannon and Sylvester Stallone often argued on set because Sly constantly demanded changes to the script. Upon completion of filming, Cannon vowed never to work with stars again.
- In the early stages of the project's development, Arnold Schwarzenegger was considered for the lead role, and Christopher Walken for the role of Rico.
- After Joe Pesci turned down the role of Fergie, Stallone personally called Rob Schneider and invited him to play the part.
- Rennie Harlin, Richard Donner, and the Coen brothers were initially considered as potential directors of the film.
- The title song for the film was supposed to be written by Manic Street Preachers, but the project was eventually shelved for a long time, and they released the song “Judge Yourself” only in 2003.
- The design of the combat robot for the film was taken from the “ABC Warriors” comic book series published by 2000 AD.
- The costumes for the judges were designed by fashion designer Gianni Versace.
- In the “flying motorcycle” scene, there are three seconds where Dredd is created using computer graphics. This is the moment when he dives over a crowd of hooligans.
- From the very beginning, the filmmakers intended to receive a PG-13 rating. Due to excessive violence, the MPAA refused to lower the R rating they had assigned, despite repeated appeals from the studio and Sylvester Stallone. Ultimately, due to a strict release date, the film could not be reworked for PG-13 and was released with an R rating.
- Director Danny Cannon had a poster for the film “Judge Dredd” (1995) that he made himself. The poster was published in issue 534 of the comic “2000AD” from August 8, 1987.
- The voice of the computer in the film is voiced by Adrienne Barbeau (this is not indicated in the credits); she played the same role in John Carpenter’s “The Thing” (1982).
- When naming the location twice, the police radio dispatcher references two comedy duos: “Abbott and Costello” (Bud Abbott and Lou Costello) and “Burns and Allen” (George Burns and Gracie Allen).
- The vehicles used in the film (mainly taxis) are actually Land Rover Forward Control 101s, originally used as a military vehicle. Specifically for the film, Land Rover designed and built 31 vehicles using the FC101 chassis and a fiberglass body. Only one vehicle had interior finishing specifically for filming inside or directly next to it; all the others were completely empty inside, except for controls and the driver's seat.
- In the comics, Dredd almost never removes his helmet, so his face appears fully only fleetingly. But the filmmakers clearly couldn't allow such a renowned actor as Sylvester Stallone to never show his face completely.
- Director Danny Cannon had to make a lot of effort to convince the producers to film in England. And not only because it's the homeland of Judge Dredd, he justified it by the fact that the UK has very high-level cinematographers.
- In an interview, Rob Schneider said that the crew made Sylvester Stallone additional fire protection on his back in his costume for the scene with fire in the ventilation shaft, while Schneider himself had no protection at all.
- Jerry Goldsmith was initially planned to write the music for the film, but due to scheduling conflicts, he had to decline. However, he kindly wrote the music for the teaser, which was subsequently used in many of the film's trailers. David Arnold, who was taken instead of Goldsmith, was replaced by Alan Silvestri because the producers felt he was too closely associated with director Danny Cannon.
- Sylvester Stallone had never heard of Judge Dredd until he was offered the role.
- Richard Stanley and Peter Hewitt declined offers to direct.
- Tim Hunter could have directed the film with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the role of Judge Dredd.
- The scene where Fergee mocks Dredd was completely improvised, but since it looked quite funny, it was decided to leave it in the film.
- In the scene where the young judge removes Dredd's helmet (when Dredd is working undercover) and says, "Dredd! I thought it was you!", his lips do not move at that moment.
- When Judge Dredd first arrives at the scene, he tells the other judges that he is safe because he is outside the effective range of bullets, and even before his arrival, at least one person is seen killed in the street.
- Angel Pa introduces his eldest son (Phil Smithon) as Link, but the character's name is listed as Fink in the credits. According to the comics, Link, Junior, and Min Machine have a brother named Fink, but he does not appear in the film.
- The microphone on the back of the neck of the man monitoring Geiger's bazaar disappears and reappears.
- The indicators on Min Machine's (Christopher Adamson) head return to their original position after Angel Pa turns them.
- In the desert, when Dredd and Ferguson are on the hill looking at the garbage tunnel, Dredd walks away. In the next shot, they are standing together as if Dredd hadn't moved in the previous shot.
- All members of the Supreme Judiciary Council wear devices on their shoulders displaying their rank. For Chief Judge Griffin (Jurgen Prochnow), it is noticeably askew in almost all scenes. In the scene where Janus's files are unlocked, his shoulder device rotates depending on the angle from which he is shown.
- When Dredd and Fergie flee from security after Rico and Griffin kill the High Council, Dredd is fully dressed in Judge uniform. When he enters the room with the 'air bike,' he is wearing a shirt. When he is sitting on the bike, he is already shirtless, only in a t-shirt. And this happens within a timeframe where he is already on the bike, without even the opportunity to take the shirt off.
- When the DNA collector takes a sample from Rico's arm, blood streams down his arm. But when he pulls it out of the collector, his arm is completely clean.
- In the scene immediately before Dredd's arrest, a camera is visible in the reflection of his helmet.
- In the comic book, Fergi is a fugitive who lives in the “Undercity” and is the leader of other outcasts and mutants. In the film, he's just a cowardly ex-criminal who serves as a comedic contrast.
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