Nome in codice: Broken Arrow

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Lauren Holly was considered for the role of Terry Carmichael.	D
Popular movie-news Web site Ain't It Cool News got its name from a line in the movie.	D
Samantha Mathis says that kissing ex-boyfriend Christian Slater in this film was "like kissing [...]	D
John Woo cast Samantha Mathis and Christian Slater by putting photos of them together and decid [...]	D
The review of this movie on Siskel & Ebert & the Movies (1986) represents the only time in hist [...]	D
Christian Slater turned down a role in Assassins (1995) to work with director John Woo.	D
A scream sound effect used in the movie when Kelly was kicked out of the train was named after [...]	D
Christian Slater and Howie Long would later appear in 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001).	D
During the final few blows of the last fist fight, as Hale is punching and kicking, growls and [...]	D
When Deakins is sparring with Hale in the boxing ring, Deakins taunts him with many things incl [...]	D
Howie Long's character was originally supposed to be killed off earlier in the picture, but whe [...]	D
Most of the action sequences were shot on location, not on a studio set.	D
John Woo: [unusual hand-to-hand weapons] On the train, Terry kicks the helicopter's tail-rotor [...]	D
In writing his score for this film, Oscar winner Hans Zimmer had sought to reinvent the action- [...]	D
Critic Jeffery Lyons at the time the film was released in Feburary 1996 criticized the film as [...]	D
Kelly kills Chief Rhodes as he tries to dismantle the bomb from going nuclear and blowing it up [...]	D
Howie Long did his own stunts in the film.	D
Jennifer Aniston was considered for the role of park ranger Terry Carmichael.	D
John Travolta was given the choice of playing either Deakins or Hale in the film. He chose the [...]	D
For their fight scenes, Christian Slater and John Travolta trained with former boxing champ Car [...]	D
John Travolta was originally offered the part of Riley Hale. After reading the script, he was m [...]	D
The main characters in the film are wearing Breitling Aerospace watches with quartz movement an [...]	D
In the film John Travolta's character says, "F-ck em if they can't take a joke." Christian Slat [...]	D
John Travolta's character Deakins takes off his uniform after he reveals himself to be a traito [...]	D
After being hit by the shockwave from the blast, Deakins says, "I said God Damn, what a rush". [...]	D
Helen Hunt was offered the role of Terry Carmichael but turned it down in favor of Twister (199 [...]	D
This is the second film that featured both John Travolta and Delroy Lindo. The other was Get Sh [...]	D
DIRECTOR TRADEMARK (John Woo): [Mexican stand-off]: Mexican stand-off twice - Once between Carm [...]	D
John Travolta and Frank Whaley appeared together in Pulp Fiction (1994) in the famous "Big Kahu [...]	D
Both John Travolta and Christian Slater previously starred in Quentin Tarantino films: Slater i [...]	D
Just like John Woo's first US movie Senza tregua (1993), this film suffered from problems with [...]	D
Samantha Mathis is Christian Slater's former girlfriend.	D
In an interview on Parkinson (1971), Halle Berry recalled that the producers turned her down fo [...]	D
John Travolta and Samantha Mathis later worked together on The Punisher (2004), although they d [...]	D
John Travolta and Delroy Lindo appeared together in Get Shorty (1995) the previous year.	D
Halle Berry stated in an interview that she was considered for the role of Terry Carmichael but [...]	D
John Woo's earlier cut came in at the two hour mark, and featured more character development an [...]	D
John Travolta formed a close friendship with John Woo while filming.	D
The stealth fighter shown is modeled on the B-2 Spirit bomber. The villain smokes American Spir [...]	D
As preparation for his role in this movie, Christian Slater gave up smoking.	D
Samantha Mathis plays Terry Carmichael, the love interest of Christian Slater's character Riley [...]	D
Originally the studio hired director Dwight H. Little to direct the film but had a decision to [...]	D
Hale and Terry don't call each other by their names until the end of the movie.	D
Oliver Wood was considered to be the film's director of photography, but he was unable to take [...]	D
The deep reverberant guitar solo in the recurring musical cue was performed by Grammy Award win [...]	D
The film is not a remake of the western of the same name Broken Arrow (1950).	D
The armorer estimated over 60,000 rounds of ammo were fired while making the film.	D
The phrase "broken arrow" is not actually used to refer to the theft, loss or seizure of nuclea [...]	D
Samantha Mathis was a huge fan of John Travolta and was nervous to work with him.	D
Deakins and Hale have never killed anyone in person, face to face since they were both pilots w [...]	D
In the film's novelization, the character of Hale is slightly younger than Christian Slater's r [...]	D
In the mine, the weapon that Deakins uses is a Ruger AC556K.	D
Christian Slater did almost all of his own stunts.	D
John Woo: [reflection] Riley sees the reflection of Deakins pulling a gun on him in the cockpit [...]	D
Body count: 28 (2 of which are by Terry, 3 by Kelly, 6 by Deakins and 8 by Hale).	D
The soundtrack of Hans Zimmer was inspired by Ennio Morricone's works with Sergio Leone.	D
In the films' novelization based on Graham Yost's original script, Terry Carmichael (played by [...]	D
After the surprise success of Speed (1994), Graham Yost's script for this film became a hot com [...]	D
Delroy Lindo and Vondie Curtis Hall previously worked together in Crooklyn (1994).	D
Samantha Mathis asked friend Sandra Bullock for tips on doing action scenes. Bullock told her t [...]	D
John Woo: [verbal confrontation between opponents from opposite sites of a wall] Deakins (John [...]	D
Samantha Mathis dyed her hair red for the film.	D
John Woo cast Samantha Mathis as Carmichael because she was "not a scared girl needing protecti [...]	D
John Woo: [guns] Riley uses two guns in the mine.	D
Hale finally beats Deakins and gets the twenty dollars they always bet against each other with [...]	D
It was John Travolta's idea to play the Deakins character as "bigger than life."	D
To promote the film, the publicity unit sent sunglasses resembling the ones worn by John Travol [...]	D
According to "Trains" Magazine, the train chase scene was actually filmed on the shortline Cent [...]	D
The film missed its original December 1995 release date when special effects work could not be [...]	D
The pistol used by Vic Deakins is a Beretta 93R 3rd Generation model	D
A portion of Hans Zimmer's score was also used in Scream 2 (1997).	D
Christian Slater gave up smoking for this film to be able to do all the stuntwork required.	D
The film came out the same year as the Graham Yost written "The Flood" (which was renamed Hard [...]	D
Director John Woo originally wanted Hale to die during the film.	D
In the novelization based on Graham Yost's original script, Deakins was a much older man. When John [...]	D

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