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Xander Berkeley plays Ralph, a minor character. He also played Waingro in Sei solo, agente Vincent ( [...]
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Earlier drafts had Nate getting caught by Hanna, and facing accessory charges, for the armored car r [...]
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Trejo's name was originally Towner.
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Johnny Depp was considered for the role of Chris Shiherlis, but his asking price was deemed too high [...]
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The scene involving the shoot-out after the bank robbery was particularly tricky to film, since they [...]
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A few subtle bits of foreshadowing occur with the hockey masks Neil's crew wear during the armored c [...]
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The scene where Pacino leaves with his TV originated in the series Crime Story S1E7.
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Lieutenant Hanna is shown "checking the chamber" on his handgun in at least one scene. This is a tra [...]
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The two main characters used to be in the Marine Corps. Detective Hanna (Al Pacino) is talked about [...]
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Jon Voight's first film to get a wide theatrical release since A 30 secondi dalla fine (1985). Un fi [...]
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Al Pacino and Robert De Niro were Michael Mann's first choices for Hanna and McCauley.
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According to Val Kilmer's autobiography, his agent tried to convince him not to act in this film bec [...]
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During the bank shootout Mann wanted to realistically portray the damage caused by gunfire. Several [...]
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Gong Li was offered the role of Justine Hanna. She refused, unless the script was translated into Ma [...]
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Michael Mann pressured Val Kilmer to visit Folsom State Prison so that he could get further into the [...]
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A poster of Miles Davis is featured in the background during a scene with Al Pacino. A live performa [...]
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Al Pacino had a full facelift before filming began.
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From Al Pacino's line, "Gimme that shotgun," to Robert DeNiro's penultimate line, "Told you I'm neve [...]
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The "Console TV Man" who witnesses the armored car robbery was an actual homeless man who lived near [...]
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The armored car robbery in earlier scripts is a bit different. Its street location is much different [...]
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Keanu Reeves. fresh off his role in Speed, turned down the role of Chris Shiherlis to do Hamlet on s [...]
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For the restaurant sequence where McCauley and Hanna finally meet, Michael Mann ran two cameras simu [...]
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Ted Levine was originally offered the part of Waingro, but turned it down because he felt that he wa [...]
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The famous French gangster Redouane Faïd, an armored truck robber, confessed in front of Michael [...]
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When Michael Mann filmed the restaurant scene at Kate Mantilini in Beverly Hills, he used the restau [...]
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Keanu Reeves was originally signed to play Chris Shiherlis, and Carsten Norgaard was also one of Mic [...]
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Val Kilmer was thrilled to learn that the moment in the gunbattle scene where he runs out of bullets [...]
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The gun battle scene used up 800 to 1,000 rounds per take.
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The scene where Vincent catches his wife cheating, removes the television set, and later throws it f [...]
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The train station shown in the beginning of the film is the same station featured at the end of Coll [...]
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Filmed without a single soundstage.
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In August 2022 Michael Mann released a novel that served as a prequel and sequel to the events portr [...]
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Hank Azaria based Moe's voice in The Simpsons on Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon and the actors appea [...]
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Rather than dubbing in the gunshots during the bank robbery shoot-out, Michael Mann had microphones [...]
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In a promotional interview for La fortezza (1983), Michael Mann stated that he wanted to see "Heat" [...]
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In the original script, the gunman at the drive-in was still alive after being shot at and run over. [...]
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In the original script, Casals was the detective wounded during the shoot-out sequence.
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Diane Venora was bemused that she got the part of Al Pacino's wife, seeing as the screenplay describ [...]
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Before Danny Trejo was hired to play the role of "Trejo" in this movie, he and Edward Bunker, a writ [...]
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In the director's commentary, Michael Mann said that Neil's trademark gray suits were designed to he [...]
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Interestingly, at the crime scene when Bosko describes to Hanna what they know about the robbery of [...]
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The ending shot at LAX was filmed on an actual approach runway. However the differences are that the [...]
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The explicit nature of several of the film's scenes was cited as the model of a spate of robberies s [...]
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In a Japanese television interview in 1995, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino got asked "which role-play, [...]
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Jean-Claude Van Damme was briefly considered for the role of Michael Cheritto.
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The actors who took part in the robbery sequence had to undergo power weapons training.
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Al Pacino and Diane Venora were both in Insider - Dietro la verità (1999), also directed by Micha [...]
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This is the second film in which Robert De Niro co-stars with a voice actor from 'The Simpsons'-Hank [...]
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Madeleine Stowe turned down the role of Justine Hanna.
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Hank Azaria was also working on Piume di struzzo (1996) while he filmed his scene in this film. The [...]
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In the original script, the burglary-cop Harry Dieter was questioned and threatened by Vincent Hanna [...]
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Natalie Portman's second film.
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The film features the track "Armenia" from German industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten, which w [...]
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William Fichtner (Roger Van Zant) appeared in the bank robbery sequence that opened Il cavaliere osc [...]
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An ending discussed featured Neil and Vincent shooting and killing each other, instead of Vincent sh [...]
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Michael Mann: [military training] Neil's crew shows evidence of military training when attempting th [...]
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Mel Gibson and Harrison Ford were considered for the lead roles of Vincent Hanna and Neil McCauley.
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The meeting between Robert De Niro and Al Pacino over coffee was shot at Kate Mantilini on Wilshire [...]
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Several tests were done to ensure that the armored car would tip over when struck by the tow truck d [...]
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During the famous bank robbery gunfight, Mann directed the actors portraying the police to aim delib [...]
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Mykelti Williamson, in the Special Edition DVD of the movie, said in an interview that Michael Mann [...]
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Tom Elfmont: The concierge at the airport hotel is played by a former L.A.P.D. detective, who served [...]
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For the sequence where Neil ( Robert De Niro ) and Eady ( Amy Brenneman ) discuss a possible future [...]
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Amy Brenneman disliked the script and didn't want to be in the movie, saying it was too filled with [...]
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Nate (Jon Voight) is based on real-life former career criminal Edward Bunker. Bunker had previously [...]
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Val Kilmer was so experienced with heavy weaponry and ammunition, having earlier been taught to use [...]
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When Sergeant Drucker (Mykelti Williamson) says to Charlene (Ashley Judd) her son could end up at "g [...]
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Brad Pitt was considered for the role of Chris Shilerhis.
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In a deleted scene, Nate tells Neil that he and Chris will be set up with new lives in Ireland.
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Although this is the second film on which Al Pacino and Robert De Niro have shared top billing, in I [...]
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Jeremy Piven, Xander Berkeley, and Tom Noonan all appeared in Phoenix: Delitto di polizia (1998); Je [...]
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The current residents of the apartment where Danny Trejo's death scene was filmed got curious after [...]
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In June of 2002, the scene involving the shoot-out after the bank robbery was shown to United States [...]
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In the director's commentary, Michael Mann noted that Al Pacino improvised the line "Because she's g [...]
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Initially, Michael Mann shopped the script to Walter Hill to direct, but Hill turned him down.
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Waingro tells the bartender he spent time at Folsom State Prison and then at the "SHU" (Special Hand [...]
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Robert De Niro and Al Pacino both played versions of Satan. First was Robert De Niro in the (1987) f [...]
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U2 isn't mentioned during the song credits, because they contribute a track under the name of "The P [...]
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Composer Elliot Goldenthal wrote a piece of score to play over the final scene. Michael Mann replace [...]
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Drucker's name was Arriaga in the original film, Sei solo, agente Vincent (1989), though he was not [...]
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The drive-in sequence was shot at the Centinela Drive-in in Inglewood, California, which had been cl [...]
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The first film to feature Robert De Niro and Al Pacino acting together, which created much hype prio [...]
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During pre-production weapons trainer Mick Gould related a story from his time in the British Army. [...]
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James Caan has been rumored to have been considered for the role of Nate. Caan lamented to Michael M [...]
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Bosko, at the party, tells a story of a grade school friend of his named Raoul. Michael Mann said th [...]
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The coffee shop scene sold Robert De Niro on the idea of making the film. He, Al Pacino, and Michael [...]
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McCauley's thirty-second rule in action: When McCauley comes out of the hotel to drive off with Eady [...]
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In April 1994, Michael Mann was reported to have abandoned his earlier plan to shoot a biopic of Jam [...]
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This movie features three actors who have played killers pursued by the FBI in movies based on Thoma [...]
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A video game adaptation was reported to be in development around 2009, but never came to fruition.
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The restaurant where Neil meets with Michael and Chris to expunge the rebel Waingro was called Johni [...]
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Michael Mann: He disowned the television version aired by NBC. Mann offered to restore seventeen of [...]
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Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Most [...]
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Deleted scenes found on the Special Edition DVD give more character development to Michael Cheritto, [...]
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In his book "Modern Romance", Aziz Ansari recounted a dating story when he was living in a rented ho [...]
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In the UK, the film was given a "15" rating for both its cinema and video release, and passed uncut [...]
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Dennis Farina, a former Chicago police officer, was a consultant on the film since the story was bas [...]
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While researching her role, Ashley Judd met several former prostitutes who became housewives.
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A Marine Corps plaque appears briefly in Vincent's office in the Major Crimes Unit, although the tra [...]
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Bosko (Ted Levine) is the detective that is killed during the bank robbery shoot-out. Originally, th [...]
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Body count: 21
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Danny Trejo, who plays a member of the crew, has been an inmate at Folsom Prison in real life, just [...]
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Michael Mann visited inmates in Folsom prison to gain some insight into prison life, to aid his depi [...]
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During a February 2016 discussion at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, Michael Mann reveale [...]
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The armored car robbery originally had a different street location, and the escape is a lot tighter, [...]
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Vincent Hanna's Armani suits and slicked-back hair are an homage to Los Angeles Lakers coach Pat Ril [...]
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Jean Reno was considered for the role of Chris Shiherlis.
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Michael Mann made the movie as tribute to a detective friend of his in Chicago, who obsessively trac [...]
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Among the parallels in the characters of Neil and Vincent are that both are stylish dressers, both a [...]
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The shooting at the drive-in movie theater differs in one way between the movie and script drafts: i [...]
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Moby's two contributions to the soundtrack were originally meant to be reversed, his cover of Joy Di [...]
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The camera used by both Neil and Casals in the "We just got made" scene is a Nikon F4, at the time N [...]
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In the trailer, McCauley tells the shade tree doctor "I'm double the worst trouble you've ever seen. [...]
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This is one of Christopher Nolan's favorite films. The film inspired his vision of Gotham City in Th [...]
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The final chase (on foot) and shootout is very similar to a long scene near the end of "Bullitt" (19 [...]
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Robert De Niro was the first cast member to get the film script. he showed it to Al Pacino, who also [...]
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Xander Berkeley (Ralph) and Tom Noonan (Kelso) both appeared in Caccia spietata (2006).
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The cast was given weapons and tactics training by former British Special Air Service members Andy M [...]
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Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.
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Goodhew Ambulance also shows up in the 1994 film, Speed.
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In an early draft of the script, Vincent Hanna had a cocaine habit, which, according to Al Pacino, e [...]
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Don Johnson was briefly considered for the part of Michael Cheritto. He was also discussed as a poss [...]
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Michael Mann had wanted to work with Robert De Niro ever since he first saw him in Mean Streets - Do [...]
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Actor and former thief John Santucci filmed scenes as a fence that were ultimately deleted from the [...]
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According to Michael Mann's official sequel novel, "Heat 2" (2022), after Neil abandoned her at the [...]
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According to Danny Trejo, Val Kilmer (who was still filming Batman Forever (1995) at the time) told [...]
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In order to prepare the actors for the roles of McCauley's crew, Michael Mann took Val Kilmer, Tom S [...]
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Michael Mann stated in an interview that Chris met Charlene in Las Vegas, when he was on a huge win [...]
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Much of the film is based on a real-life confrontation between Chicago cop Chuck Adamson and the rea [...]
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In the original script, Eady was Chinese.
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The date of birth given for Vincent Hanna's applications, reviewed by Neil and Nate, is 7/15/1953. A [...]
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Justine was called Lillian in the original film: Sei solo, agente Vincent (1989).
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Nick Nolte and Jeff Bridges were discussed as a possible alternative for the two leading roles.
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Writer and Director Michael Mann is one of Robert De Niro's favorite Directors.
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The cast includes four Oscar winners: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Jon Voight, and Natalie Portman.
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This film is in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd.
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The scene of McCauley standing against a window and watching the ocean was inspired by the painting [...]
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Al Pacino revealed in Argentina when he performed An Evening With Al Pacino at the Teatro Colón, [...]
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The scene of the armed robbery at a shopping mall is based on a real event. In the late eighties the [...]
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In an interview with Al Pacino on the DVD Special Edition, Pacino revealed that for the scene in the [...]
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When Kevin Gage was imprisoned for two years in 2003, he was universally addressed by fellow inmates [...]
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The place where Neil meets Eady for the first time is called The Broadway Deli, a more upscale versi [...]
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Before Van Zant is killed by Neil in his home he's watching a hockey game, Neil and his crew all wor [...]
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William Petersen turned down the role of Michael Cheritto.
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Val Kilmer stated the main reason he chose to act in this film was so that he would be able to call [...]
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This is Tom Hiddleston's favorite film.
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Waingro (Kevin Gage) is based on a real Chicago criminal named "Waingro", who ratted out some influe [...]
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Michael Mann stated in an interview that Cherrito is a recovering heroin addict, and the giant peaco [...]
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Jon Voight initially turned down the part of Nate, telling Michael Mann that there were several acto [...]
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During the scene when Detective Danny Schwartz is talking with Lieutenant Vincent Hanna over the pho [...]
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Neil McCauley is never seen driving the same car, which implies that he frequently abandons cars and [...]
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