читать дальшеThe exterior shots of New York City were actually sets built in North Carolina.
Said sets proved realistic enough to fool even Stanley Kubrick, who attended the movie's premiere.
Co-writer/director Michael Cimino actually had to convince the Bronx-born Kubrick this film's exteriors were shot at a sound-stage and not on location.
When the film came out, it was protested against by the Chinese American community for presenting an inaccurate and stereotyped image of Chinatown.
For this movie, co-writer/director Michael Cimino drew considerably on star Mickey Rourke's real-life boxing prowess.
But at first, Rourke didn't take his physical training seriously.
So Cimino hired a real-life Hell's Angel to be Rourke's trainer, and the biker (according to Cimino) worked wonders with the once-reluctant Rourke.
Director Michael Cimino and co-screenwriter Oliver Stone envisioned either Nick Nolte or Jeff Bridges in the lead role.
After seeing Rourke in The Pope of Greenwich Village and working with him on Heaven's Gate, Cimino decided on him.
The name of the main character in the movie, played by Mickey Rourke, is "Stanley White" (it is said he is of Polish descent and changed it from "Wizynski").
In the closing credits, there is a Stanley White credited as "Technical Police Consultant".
According to Mickey Rourke, the part of Stanley White was written for Clint Eastwood or Paul Newman who both turned the role down.
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