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Film Trivia
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The Usual Suspects
- Kevin Spacey's character is actually based on a real life donkey that writer Christopher McQuarrie once saw kicking a man on a beach in Blackpool
- In the original ending, Verbal Kint reveals himself to be a horrific alien beast.
- When the film came out, there were fears that people may try to replicate the stunts in real life. For this reason, any scene involving goats was removed.
- 'Soze' is actually Hungarian for 'backside'
- 'Keyser' is German for 'King', but did you also know it is Hungarian for 'Kick my'?
- The film is said by many to be in exact sychronisation with 'OK Computer' by Radiohead. Clues include: A car is seen at the same time as the song 'Airbag' plays, and a character wearing Gucci clothing is kicked as Thom Yorke sings 'Kicking Screaming Gucci Little Piggy'. A policeman is in shot during the song 'Karma Police'.
- The scene in the lift with Kobeyashe is a reference to Star Wars (1977)
- The line 'I believe in God and the only thing I'm afraid of is Keyser Soze' is a reference to 'The Goonies' (1984)
- Kevin Spacey also appeared in Seven. His co-star in that movie is Brad Pitt who is married to Jennifer Aniston who is in Friends, which also stars Courtney Cox, who was in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
- All the cast members hated each other so much that each actor was actually filmed seperatly and digitally inserted into each scene.
- Directors Trademark [Bryan Singer]: In every one of Bryan Singer's films, there are references to coffee.
- Actor's Trademark [Kevin Spacey]: Kevin Spaceys face
- The film was originally scripted to feature no dialogue whatsoever.
- For most of the shoot, Stephen Baldwin believed he was a bat, attempted to do each scene hanging upside-down, making what he later described as 'bat noises'. For each take he had to undergo temporary hypnosis.
- Every single scene in the movie was shot in the middle of the night. The daylight was added in post-production.
- The character name 'Keaton' is a reference to 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' (1985)
- None of the principal cast in this movie have beards, which the exception of some of them.
- Benicio del Toro really does talk like that
- The idea of having a cripple as the only survivor of a heist relaying the story to a cop is a reference to 'The Ladykillers' (1954)
- This is Chazz Palimenteri's 3rd film to feature a character called David.
- When Kobeyashe gives them each their files in the pool room scene, brown envelopes are used. This is a reference to THX 1138 (1975)
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