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The script was re-written several times because the studio was uncomfortable with the bleak ending, [...]	D
Surprisingly, this enjoyed some degree of success in post-revolutionary Iran, where it did well at t [...]	D
David Fincher had his production designer Arthur Max look at films like Una squillo per l'ispettore [...]	D
Footage of and from the helicopter in the end scene wasn't initially shot. The production ran out of [...]	D
The delivery man of the box at the very end of the movie, during the most dramatic scene of the enti [...]	D
The producers intended that Kevin Spacey should receive top billing at the start of the movie, but h [...]	D
Mills and William Somerset discuss the book "Of Human Bondage", which was written by W. Somerset Mau [...]	D
The filmmakers decided it should always be raining for two reasons: It added a sense of dread; and t [...]	D
The Glimmer Twins is the nickname of Keith Richards and Mick Jagger. David Fincher won a Grammy for [...]	D
Peter Frankfurt, who created the opening credits as well as the opening credits for Wild Wild West ( [...]	D
David Fincher said that he wanted someone who was incredibly skinny, around 90 pounds, to play Victo [...]	D
Brad Pitt fell while filming the scene in which Mills chases John Doe in the rain. Pitt's arm went t [...]	D
For the gluttony scene, seven crates of cockroaches were released on the set and poured on Bob Mack. [...]	D
Morgan Freeman remembers the original ending as having Somerset shoot John Doe instead of Mills' doi [...]	D
"When I was studying French, I could not figure out why they would call a library a bibliotheque and [...]	D
Despite being a serial killer movie, the only onscreen murder is done by a cop	D
The opening murder that Somerset is investigating in this film foreshadows the ending. Both are murd [...]	D
The film cast includes four Oscar winners: Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Brad P [...]	D
The ending in the movie is the ending in the original draft of the screenplay that the actors and di [...]	D
This movie spent four consecutive weeks at the top of the US box office charts.	D
Before filming began, Kevin Spacey asked David Fincher if he should shave his head and he told him " [...]	D
The autopsy of the first killing, as originally scripted, was incorrect according to the research of [...]	D
Andrew Kevin Walker: the first corpse.	D
John Doe, the killer, doesn't fully reveal himself until 90 minutes into the film.	D
Alfonso Freeman: Morgan Freeman's son as a fingerprint technician.	D
According to Morgan Freeman, he's never seen someone's head in a box nor has he ever seen anyone's r [...]	D
The first time Lynn Harris, the co-executive producer, visited the set was when they were filming th [...]	D
Andrew Kevin Walker had a very hard time getting a studio to buy the rights to his script because he [...]	D
The film was made in L.A., California, although the city the film is set in is never named. However, [...]	D
At 24 mins.) - On the commentary, Brad Pitt says Morgan Freeman has the "voice of God." Coincidental [...]	D
The police badge used in the film does not identify the setting, it only says 'Metropolitan', simila [...]	D
After the first cut of the film was shown to the studio, they attempted to mitigate the bleakness of [...]	D
"I've found all the best directors make sound effects when they're describing scenes," says Brad Pit [...]	D
Robert Duvall was offered the role of Somerset, but turned it down.	D
An edited-out sequence near the beginning had Somerset looking over the country house into which he' [...]	D
The first shot of Gwyneth Paltrow at the beginning of the film primarily shows her head, partially o [...]	D
David Fincher told his crew he wanted to make a black and white film in color. To do this, he used c [...]	D
Brad Pitt says the word "oof" a total of five times in the movie.	D
David Cronenberg was offered a chance to direct this, but he turned it down.	D
R. Lee Ermey originally auditioned for the part of John Doe. After the part was given to Kevin Space [...]	D
57 minutes into the movie Gwyneth Paltrow's character meets with Morgan Freeman's at a diner. The so [...]	D
When the film played for the first time in New York City, it had a different ending and cut to black [...]	D
When filming the "sloth" victim scene, the SWAT officers were not told that the victim was still ali [...]	D
"Se7en" ended up setting an odd record when it was recognized by a popular electronic-trivia system [...]	D
Neither Brad Pitt nor David Fincher are happy with the way the car ride at the end with John Doe in [...]	D
A fake head of Gwyneth Paltrow that was created to be shown in the box ended up being used instead f [...]	D
Just before 1:13 in, Somerset exits Doe's apartment building front door; lettering on transom window [...]	D
Gene Hackman was offered the role of Somerset, but turned it down because of too many night shoots.	D
When Detectives Mills and Somerset are searching John Doe's apartment, take a closer look at the rec [...]	D
As preparation for his traumatic scene in the interrogation room, Leland Orser would breathe in and [...]	D
The box full of photographs at the "sloth" scene has written on the side "To the World, from Me."	D
In 2001, the Patriot Act gave the government the ability to monitor library records, something which [...]	D
Although he's considered a "serial killer" throughout the movie and in movie history in general, the [...]	D
Like Mills, Andrew Kevin Walker didn't know all of the seven deadly sins until he did research.	D
Jeremiah S. Chechik was attached to direct at one point.	D
Detective Mills shoots John Doe six times.	D
Morgan Freeman and Kevin Spacey appeared together in Outbreak (1995) same year Se7en (1995) was rele [...]	D
Andrew Kevin Walker wrote the script over a two-year period while working at a branch of Tower Recor [...]	D
Italian censorship visa # 90569 delivered on 16 December 1995.	D
There are multiple references to decapitation throughout the film, foreshadowing its ending. There's [...]	D
The ending of the screenplay, with the head in the box, was originally part of an earlier draft that [...]	D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
John C. McGinley and R. Lee Ermey both starred together the previous year in the Steven Seagal actio [...]	D
According to earlier versions of the script, the unspoken name of the police Captain is Captain Luca [...]	D
In the opening credits scene of the movie, you can see John Doe cutting off the tips of his fingers. [...]	D
The word "fuck" and its derivatives are said a discernible 74 times throughout the movie, mostly by [...]	D
In the final act of the film, the characters Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey play become increasingly at [...]	D
Having played the victim of a serial killer, Leland Orser four years later played a cop who pursues [...]	D
This was voted the eighth scariest film of all time by Entertainment Weekly.	D
The U.S. Criterion Collection LaserDisc includes a new widescreen (2.35:1) digital transfer supervis [...]	D
Andrew Kevin Walker envisioned William Hurt as Somerset. William Hurt would go on to play a police d [...]	D
This was regarded as the first "A" production for New Line Cinema, proving that they could attract " [...]	D
At one point, Harrison Ford was considered for the role of Somerset.	D
David Fincher wanted the credits to look like a killer had written them.	D
Christina Applegate turned down the role of Tracey.	D
David Fincher mentions something he learned while working at ILM, that a director should look at a s [...]	D
The Mills' apartment is built on a shake-able platform. The crew would trick visitors to the set wit [...]	D
It is raining every day in the movie except for the last day. The reason is less about thematic issu [...]	D
The Platinum Series DVD from New Line Cinema is mastered from a new HDTV transfer which was made dir [...]	D
Mills' apartment number is 5A. The fifth deadly sin is wrath, which is the sin that Mills commits at [...]	D
All the building numbers in the opening scene start with 7. The climactic delivery was scheduled for [...]	D
Although the location of the city is never explicitly given, there is a scene in a cafe where Mills [...]	D
The film's brooding, dark look was achieved through a chemical process called bleach bypass. The sil [...]	D
A rejected version of the credits had the same scratchy handwriting and Coil-remixed "Closer", but u [...]	D
An alternate ending revealed that John Doe did not murder Mills' wife, only substituting a look-a-li [...]	D
Even though he's probably one of the most horrifying and sadistic killers in cinematic history, John [...]	D
David Fincher and Brad Pitt's first film together.	D
During the rain chase between Mills and John Doe, Brad Pitt slipped and smashed his hand through a w [...]	D
Titled "Se7en", the film runs for 127 minutes long, and the 35mm prints are made up of 7 reels.	D
As David Fincher explains, the opening credits came from a "practical place." "Oftentimes, some of t [...]	D
When Somerset is in his apartment, he can be heard listening to a radio broadcast of John F. McClell [...]	D
This film is in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd.	D
At the time, David Fincher had not read a script for a year and a half since after the frustrating e [...]	D
Val Kilmer turned down the role of John Doe.	D
When writing the script, Andrew Kevin Walker thought that Doe and Somerset should be of equal intell [...]	D
On the commentary, Morgan Freeman talks about his days on The Electric Company. Up to that point, he [...]	D
A metronome, shown in one of the scenes, is often symbolic of patience, steadiness, and making order [...]	D
The U.S. LaserDisc suggested retail price was $49.99.	D
The "song" playing when Mills and Somerset arrive at the "lust" crime scene is called, of course, Lu [...]	D
To appease the producers, who wanted to soften the dramatic ending a bit, an alternate version of th [...]	D
The primary influence for the film's screenplay came from Andrew Kevin Walker's time spent in New Yo [...]	D
R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe was briefly considered for the role of John Doe.	D
As evidenced by one of the crime scene photographs, Gluttony was discovered dead on 20 June 1995.	D
Brad Pitt didn't take his shirt off in the film because Vento di passioni (1994) had just made him a [...]	D
When Mills lists motives that killers give, one of them is "Jodie Foster told me to do it." John Hin [...]	D
Brad Pitt bought his own ties for the movie. He wanted Mills to have poor fashion sense.	D
The prison jumpsuit John Doe wears at the end of the film has the words "Bardach County Jail" writte [...]	D
At exactly seven minutes into the film, Mills gets a call that starts the seven murders. With exactl [...]	D
Charles S. Dutton: The cop who keeps the press out of the "greed" crime scene. Dutton had a substant [...]	D
Jeff Cronenweth started as a camera operator in the film, but when Darius Khondji moved to Io ballo [...]	D
David Fincher named the detectives in Fight Club (1999), Andrew, Kevin, and Walker, after this film' [...]	D
The only murder that is shown on-screen is when Mills shoots John Doe while in police custody at the [...]	D
The body count is 8. That includes John Doe, Tracy, and the homicide that Somerset was investigating [...]	D
Denzel Washington turned down the part that went to Brad Pitt, telling Entertainment Weekly that the [...]	D
David Fincher was initially turned off by the screenplay, because it sounded too much like a generic [...]	D
This was the seventh highest grossing film of 1995.	D
A remix of "Closer" by 'Nine Inch Nails' is one of the songs featured in the movie, but is missing o [...]	D
Originally the film was to open with Detective Somerset, going to look at an old house in the countr [...]	D
One of the re-written endings of the film involved John Doe kidnapping Mills. Somerset discovers tha [...]	D
In Orthodox Christianity, despair is considered the eighth deadly sin; this fits with Someset's worl [...]	D
Somerset reveals to Mills and Tracey that his first name is William. William is Brad Pitt's real fir [...]	D
Kevin Spacey was cast two days before filming began.	D
The credits of this film run backwards from top to bottom in comparison with traditional credits rol [...]	D
Brad Pitt considers this to be one of the most perfect films he's ever made.	D
David Fincher directed Alien 3 (1992), while LeLand Orser starred in Alien: Resurrection (1997).	D
Sloth is the third deadly sin, the sloth victim is found in a third floor apartment.	D
David Fincher told Kevin Spacey and Brad Pitt "this is not going to be the movie that you're remembe [...]	D
In the car scene with Mills, Somerset, and John Doe, Mills is shot behind bars, foreshadowing where [...]	D
The film was the subject of a lawsuit brought by a photographer, whose work was used in the backgrou [...]	D
The third slowest film to reach $100 million at the U.S. box office, after Shakespeare in Love (1998 [...]	D
An early scene in the film foreshadows the ending. When Somerset lists the Seven Deadly Sins for the [...]	D
For the Gluttony victim, actor Bob Mack had to wear his makeup and prosthetics for 10 hours a day, a [...]	D
Originally, the end scene took place underneath the giant power lines, John Doe had selected this lo [...]	D
Sylvester Stallone turned down the role of Mills. He told "Ain't It Cool News" that this was a mista [...]	D
Make-up for the 'sloth' victim took over fourteen hours.	D
During the scene before Mills and Somerset walk into the District Attorney's office, the camera zoom [...]	D
The film is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list.	D
The name of Jodie Foster is mentioned in this film as a reference of murderer's obsessions. Jodie Fo [...]	D
For the greed scene, Gene Borkan, who plays the victim, was hog-tied and only wearing his underwear [...]	D
There was originally a moment when Somerset and Tracy Mills first meet when the scrap of wallpaper h [...]	D
The diner that Somerset and Tracy meet at is the same diner that Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke m [...]	D
Before Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt were cast, Al Pacino and Denzel Washington were early choices fo [...]	D
At 7 minutes before the end of the film, smack in the middle of the most dramatic scene of the entir [...]	D
Kevin Spacey as the antagonist, John Doe, made his first appearance in the film as the photographer [...]	D
Originally, Morgan Freeman drew his pistol with his finger on the trigger. Police officers that were [...]	D
According to David Fincher, Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman were perfect during the first read-through [...]	D
Morgan Freeman and Mark Boone Junior would later appear in Batman Begins.	D
According to Brad Pitt, there was originally a scene where Mills and Somerset discussed "thumb recal [...]	D
New Line executives originally balked at the film's ending, but Brad Pitt refused to make the film i [...]	D
35mm prints were 7 reels long.	D
The seven deadly sins are: Lust: To have an intense desire or need. "But I tell you that anyone who [...]	D
Brad Pitt finds it interesting that the sun in the film comes out after John Doe has shown up. David [...]	D
In the climax scene, Somerset sees the box and runs back in horror. John Doe has revealed his final [...]	D
David Fincher approached making the film like a "tiny genre movie, the kind of movie Friedkin might [...]	D
David Fincher said on the DVD commentary that he felt bad for the actor who had to wear all the hot, [...]	D
David Fincher remembers Kevin Spacey saying he had heard they had cast someone else for John Doe but [...]	D
David Fincher thinks every marketing person sees their job as trying to save the film. "I've never h [...]	D
David Fincher allowed Andrew Kevin Walker on the set while filming, for on-set rewrites.	D
For the final moments between Mills and John Doe, Brad Pitt references Sean Penn's performance near [...]	D
Filming began on December 12, 1994 and ended on February 5, 1995 after 1 month, 7 weeks, or 55 days [...]	D
Kevin Costner and Nicolas Cage were briefly considered for the role of David Mills.	D
The victim tied to the bed for a year was not an animatronic model, but a very skinny actor made up [...]	D
A cockroach expert used Vaseline to keep bugs on the set.	D
David Fincher was impressed with Gwyneth Paltrow's work in Omicidi di provincia (1993). She was his [...]	D
Guillermo del Toro turned down the chance to direct, because as a romantic, he didn't subscribe to t [...]	D
In the opening credits, a reworked version of "Closer" by 'Nine Inch Nails' can be heard. Trent Rezn [...]	D
Howard Shore also scored Il silenzio degli innocenti (1991), another film about a serial killer.	D
Brad Pitt said one reason he took this role was "to escape the cheese" after Vento di passioni (1994 [...]	D
Andrew Kevin Walker named William Somerset after his favorite author, W. Somerset Maugham.	D
Brad Pitt praised Kevin Spacey's performance saying, "He's got more control on it than I do."	D
R. Lee Ermey, auditioned for the role of John Doe. David Fincher recollects the former Marine drill [...]	D
The original script had a strange, dwarf-like woman as part of the forensics team, appearing in ever [...]	D
It is not clear in what state the story takes place because, near the end of the movie, when Somerse [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Most [...]	D
David Fincher thought that Morgan Freeman would turn down the role, thinking he'd feel the film was [...]	D
Being an old-school detective, Somerset carries a classic S&W Model 15 38 Special revolver. Mills ca [...]	D
Just before Detective Mills shoots John Doe, a single frame (1/24th of a second) of Tracy flashes, a [...]	D
Brad Pitt said that Gwyneth Paltrow's character is "the only sunshine we have in the film."	D
All of John Doe's books were real books, written for the film. They took two months to complete, and [...]	D
Brad Pitt earned $7 million for starring in this film.	D
One of the scenes was shot in the Ambassador Hotel, where Robert Kennedy was assassinated in 1968.	D
According to David Fincher, the camerawork was influenced by C.O.P.S. Squadra anticrimine (1988), "h [...]	D
The director and actors wanted the film to end with a cut to black right after Mills shoots John Doe [...]	D
When Mills and Somerset go to Wild Bill's Leather Store looking for information about John Doe, the [...]	D
David Fincher was determined to make the film without compromising his vision. On his first film, Al [...]	D
David Fincher wanted something different for the chase sequence with Mills and Somerset chasing John [...]	D

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