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Sin City (2005)
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After a poor Hollywood experience in the early-'90s, Frank Miller refused to relinquish the movie rights to any of his comic works, "Sin City" in particular. Robert Rodriguez, a longtime fan of the comic, filmed his own "audition" for the director's spot in secret. The footage, shot in early 2004, featured Josh Hartnett and 'Jamie King' acting out the "Sin City" short-story "The Customer is Always Right". He presented the finished footage to Miller with the proclamation: "If you like this, this will be the opening to the movie. If not, you'll have your own short film to show your friends." Miller approved of the footage and the film was underway. Rodriguez also screened the footage for each of the actors he wanted to cast in the film - all of whom are reported to have been instantly amazed.
Directors Rodriguez and Miller planned each shot in the movie by using the panels from the original book as storyboard.
While the three stories in the film are based on "The Hard Goodbye", "The Big Fat Kill" and "That Yellow Bastard", as well as the short "The Customer is Always Right", there is a very brief scene taken from the story "A Dame to Kill For" in which Dwight (Clive Owen) thinks in a voice over in Kadie's Bar how Marv "would have been okay if he'd been born a couple of thousand years ago".
The logo for Kadie's Bar is the same as the cover art for the Sin City short story collection "Booze, Broads, & Bullets" and even read "Kadie's - Booze & Broads".
Jessica Alba did not know how racy the images of her character Nancy is in the novel until after she signed on for the film.
Jessica Alba wanted a choreographer to assist her in her dances but the director insisted that she just feel the music and dance to it instead.
Jessica Alba went to strip clubs as a part of her research for her character. However, she said that it didn't help because all the pro-strippers were doing "is trying to get tips".
Director Rodriguez added the music Alba danced to later. She was actually listening to different music while performing in front of the blue screen.
In the graphic novel, the Yellow Bastard's (Nick Stahl) car is an Atlantic '57C Bugatti. However, it was changed to a 1936 Cadillac Limo for the film because it would've cost over $230,000 to use the Bugatti for four shooting days. Also, the Yellow Bastard's license plate is "TYB 069." The first half is TYB, the initials for the story "That Yellow Bastard."
Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Steve Buschemi where all originally offered roles.
Robert Rodriguez originally envisioned Johnny Depp in the role of Jackie Boy. Due to prior commitments, Depp could not play the part. While at the Oscars Rodriguez saw Benicio Del Toro with long hair ("Wolf Man" hair as he describes it) and he said that he "was looking at Jackie Boy". He then told Del Toro not to cut his hair and mailed him the comic book and a copy of "The Customer is Always Right" he had directed. Del Toro immediately signed on.
The cars and the guns were real, not CGI.
The signature white blood proved hard to achieve on screen. Regular movie blood couldn't provide the stark look. The crew had to use fluorescent red liquid and bath it in black light. In post-production, the liquid was turned white.
The reason Yellow Bastard had to be painted blue was because yellow, as with green, reacted with the green screen. This caused the color to spill into the background, making them impossible to separate.
One of the hookers in Old Town is dressed like Wonder Woman. She is seen from the back, wearing a set of star spangled hot pants and with a golden lasso at her side.
One of the guns used by Hartigan is a Beretta M93R Auto 9, which was used by RoboCop in the RoboCop movies. Frank Miller wrote Robocop 2 (1990) _qv and RoboCop 3 (1993) _qv
When John Hartigan (Bruce Willis) comes into the bar near the end of the movie, the waitress he talks to is carrying Chango beer. This is the same brand of beer used in the beginning scene of "Desperado", also directed by Robert Rodriguez.
Knowing that the stories would have to be cut down for time, Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller shot them (The Hard Goodbye, The Big Fat Kill and That Yellow Bastard) in their entirety anyway in order to be completely faithful to the source material and as a feature for the planned DVD.
The particular scene in question that Quentin Tarantino directed is the drive to the pits scene in which Dwight (Clive Owen) talks with a very dead Jackie Boy (Benicio Del Toro). When Tarantino insisted on a real car being built for the shooting Robert Rodriguez told him that it would be easier without one. After shooting a few takes with the real car Tarantino realized his friend was right on account that he couldn't get the shots and angles he wanted with a real set piece.
Rodriguez has said that he does not consider this movie to be an adaptation but rather a translation. This is why there is no screenplay by credit in the credits, all that is mentioned of writers is Frank Miller as the creator of the graphic novels.
The film, and many of its effects and scoring were all done in Rodriguez's studio which is immediately across the street from his home. Because the director refuses to work anywhere else and as such shuns Hollywood traditions, it took his friendship with Bob and Harvey Weinstein to make the production of the film possible as no other studios would take a leap on either Rodriguez's methods or such a bizarre film.
Becky's "peace symbol" earring is actually the symbol of PAX, the paramilitary peace force from Frank Miller's graphic novel "Give Me Liberty"
Rodriguez, who credits Miller's visual style in the comic as relevant as his own in the film, insisted that Miller receive a "co-director" credit with him. The Directors' Guild of America would not allow it. As a result, Rodriguez resigned from the DGA, saying "It was easier for me to quietly resign before shooting because otherwise I'd be forced to make compromises I was unwilling to make or set a precedent that might hurt the guild later on." Unfortunately, by resigning from the DGA, Rodriguez was also forced to relinquish his director's seat on the film John Carter of Mars (2006) (at the time "A Princess of Mars" after the book on which it was based) for Paramount. Rodriguez had already signed-on and been announced as director of that film when the DGA situation took place, planning to begin filming soon after wrapping this film.
Based on the graphic novels "Sin City" (this was the first of all the stories and originally had no title, but Miller has since re-named it "The Hard Good-Bye"), "The Big Fat Kill" and "That Yellow Bastard", by Frank Miller. The infamous "opening footage" with Josh Hartnett and Marley Shelton is from the Sin City short-story "The Customer is Always Right" from the "Babe Wore Red" collection.
Robert Rodriguez scored Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) for $1. Quentin Tarantino said he would repay him by directing a segment of this movie for $1. Tarantino, a vocal proponent of film-over-digital, has said that he was curious to get hands-on experience with the HD cameras which Rodriguez lauds. When asked about his experience, Tarantino merely replied, "Mission Accomplished."
This was one of several films around the world to be shot on a completely "digital backlot" (i.e. with all the acting shot in front of a green screen and the backgrounds added during post-production). While the other movies (Immortel (ad vitam) (2004), Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), and Casshern (2004) - two of which were shot on film) were shot first, this movie's use of High-Definition digital cameras (like "Sky Captain") in addition to the "backlot" method makes Sin City (2005) one of the world's first "fully-digital" live action motion pictures.
Originally, the film was going to include the story featured in the "Sin City" maxi-series "To Hell And Back", with Johnny Depp in the lead role as Wallace. This was scrapped before production began but will most likely be filmed for a sequel as Rodriguez plans to film all of Miller's stories at some point.
Leonardo DiCaprio was originally up for the role of Junior but eventually declined the role, which later went to Nick Stahl.
Michael Douglas was offered a role but turned it down.
Kate Bosworth was the first choice for the role of Gail.
Footage has been so coveted by fans that when a 27-second behind-the-scenes clip appeared on "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) (airdate: 19 May 2004), it was quickly (though not officially by the show) placed on the internet and downloaded over one million times. The raw footage featured only quick shots of Bruce Willis and a scantily-clad Jessica Alba performing in front of green-screen.
Although several of the actors already looked similar their characters, some of them underwent make-up and prosthetics to more strongly resemble their Miller-drawn likenesses, including Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, 'Benecio Del Toro' and Nick Stahl.
Although the movie is presented primarily in black-&-white, particular items are in color and, as such, had to be colored blue or green on set. According to Robert Rodriguez, Nick Stahl (who plays The Yellow Bastard) was known on set as "The Blue Bastard".
Cameo: [Frank Miller] the co-director and creator of the original comic series has a cameo as a priest.
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www.imdb.com/title/tt0401792/trivia
Trivia for
Sin City (2005)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0401792/trivia
After a poor Hollywood experience in the early-'90s, Frank Miller refused to relinquish the movie rights to any of his comic works, "Sin City" in particular. Robert Rodriguez, a longtime fan of the comic, filmed his own "audition" for the director's spot in secret. The footage, shot in early 2004, featured Josh Hartnett and 'Jamie King' acting out the "Sin City" short-story "The Customer is Always Right". He presented the finished footage to Miller with the proclamation: "If you like this, this will be the opening to the movie. If not, you'll have your own short film to show your friends." Miller approved of the footage and the film was underway. Rodriguez also screened the footage for each of the actors he wanted to cast in the film - all of whom are reported to have been instantly amazed.
Directors Rodriguez and Miller planned each shot in the movie by using the panels from the original book as storyboard.
While the three stories in the film are based on "The Hard Goodbye", "The Big Fat Kill" and "That Yellow Bastard", as well as the short "The Customer is Always Right", there is a very brief scene taken from the story "A Dame to Kill For" in which Dwight (Clive Owen) thinks in a voice over in Kadie's Bar how Marv "would have been okay if he'd been born a couple of thousand years ago".
The logo for Kadie's Bar is the same as the cover art for the Sin City short story collection "Booze, Broads, & Bullets" and even read "Kadie's - Booze & Broads".
Jessica Alba did not know how racy the images of her character Nancy is in the novel until after she signed on for the film.
Jessica Alba wanted a choreographer to assist her in her dances but the director insisted that she just feel the music and dance to it instead.
Jessica Alba went to strip clubs as a part of her research for her character. However, she said that it didn't help because all the pro-strippers were doing "is trying to get tips".
Director Rodriguez added the music Alba danced to later. She was actually listening to different music while performing in front of the blue screen.
In the graphic novel, the Yellow Bastard's (Nick Stahl) car is an Atlantic '57C Bugatti. However, it was changed to a 1936 Cadillac Limo for the film because it would've cost over $230,000 to use the Bugatti for four shooting days. Also, the Yellow Bastard's license plate is "TYB 069." The first half is TYB, the initials for the story "That Yellow Bastard."
Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Steve Buschemi where all originally offered roles.
Robert Rodriguez originally envisioned Johnny Depp in the role of Jackie Boy. Due to prior commitments, Depp could not play the part. While at the Oscars Rodriguez saw Benicio Del Toro with long hair ("Wolf Man" hair as he describes it) and he said that he "was looking at Jackie Boy". He then told Del Toro not to cut his hair and mailed him the comic book and a copy of "The Customer is Always Right" he had directed. Del Toro immediately signed on.
The cars and the guns were real, not CGI.
The signature white blood proved hard to achieve on screen. Regular movie blood couldn't provide the stark look. The crew had to use fluorescent red liquid and bath it in black light. In post-production, the liquid was turned white.
The reason Yellow Bastard had to be painted blue was because yellow, as with green, reacted with the green screen. This caused the color to spill into the background, making them impossible to separate.
One of the hookers in Old Town is dressed like Wonder Woman. She is seen from the back, wearing a set of star spangled hot pants and with a golden lasso at her side.
One of the guns used by Hartigan is a Beretta M93R Auto 9, which was used by RoboCop in the RoboCop movies. Frank Miller wrote Robocop 2 (1990) _qv and RoboCop 3 (1993) _qv
When John Hartigan (Bruce Willis) comes into the bar near the end of the movie, the waitress he talks to is carrying Chango beer. This is the same brand of beer used in the beginning scene of "Desperado", also directed by Robert Rodriguez.
Knowing that the stories would have to be cut down for time, Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller shot them (The Hard Goodbye, The Big Fat Kill and That Yellow Bastard) in their entirety anyway in order to be completely faithful to the source material and as a feature for the planned DVD.
The particular scene in question that Quentin Tarantino directed is the drive to the pits scene in which Dwight (Clive Owen) talks with a very dead Jackie Boy (Benicio Del Toro). When Tarantino insisted on a real car being built for the shooting Robert Rodriguez told him that it would be easier without one. After shooting a few takes with the real car Tarantino realized his friend was right on account that he couldn't get the shots and angles he wanted with a real set piece.
Rodriguez has said that he does not consider this movie to be an adaptation but rather a translation. This is why there is no screenplay by credit in the credits, all that is mentioned of writers is Frank Miller as the creator of the graphic novels.
The film, and many of its effects and scoring were all done in Rodriguez's studio which is immediately across the street from his home. Because the director refuses to work anywhere else and as such shuns Hollywood traditions, it took his friendship with Bob and Harvey Weinstein to make the production of the film possible as no other studios would take a leap on either Rodriguez's methods or such a bizarre film.
Becky's "peace symbol" earring is actually the symbol of PAX, the paramilitary peace force from Frank Miller's graphic novel "Give Me Liberty"
Rodriguez, who credits Miller's visual style in the comic as relevant as his own in the film, insisted that Miller receive a "co-director" credit with him. The Directors' Guild of America would not allow it. As a result, Rodriguez resigned from the DGA, saying "It was easier for me to quietly resign before shooting because otherwise I'd be forced to make compromises I was unwilling to make or set a precedent that might hurt the guild later on." Unfortunately, by resigning from the DGA, Rodriguez was also forced to relinquish his director's seat on the film John Carter of Mars (2006) (at the time "A Princess of Mars" after the book on which it was based) for Paramount. Rodriguez had already signed-on and been announced as director of that film when the DGA situation took place, planning to begin filming soon after wrapping this film.
Based on the graphic novels "Sin City" (this was the first of all the stories and originally had no title, but Miller has since re-named it "The Hard Good-Bye"), "The Big Fat Kill" and "That Yellow Bastard", by Frank Miller. The infamous "opening footage" with Josh Hartnett and Marley Shelton is from the Sin City short-story "The Customer is Always Right" from the "Babe Wore Red" collection.
Robert Rodriguez scored Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) for $1. Quentin Tarantino said he would repay him by directing a segment of this movie for $1. Tarantino, a vocal proponent of film-over-digital, has said that he was curious to get hands-on experience with the HD cameras which Rodriguez lauds. When asked about his experience, Tarantino merely replied, "Mission Accomplished."
This was one of several films around the world to be shot on a completely "digital backlot" (i.e. with all the acting shot in front of a green screen and the backgrounds added during post-production). While the other movies (Immortel (ad vitam) (2004), Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), and Casshern (2004) - two of which were shot on film) were shot first, this movie's use of High-Definition digital cameras (like "Sky Captain") in addition to the "backlot" method makes Sin City (2005) one of the world's first "fully-digital" live action motion pictures.
Originally, the film was going to include the story featured in the "Sin City" maxi-series "To Hell And Back", with Johnny Depp in the lead role as Wallace. This was scrapped before production began but will most likely be filmed for a sequel as Rodriguez plans to film all of Miller's stories at some point.
Leonardo DiCaprio was originally up for the role of Junior but eventually declined the role, which later went to Nick Stahl.
Michael Douglas was offered a role but turned it down.
Kate Bosworth was the first choice for the role of Gail.
Footage has been so coveted by fans that when a 27-second behind-the-scenes clip appeared on "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) (airdate: 19 May 2004), it was quickly (though not officially by the show) placed on the internet and downloaded over one million times. The raw footage featured only quick shots of Bruce Willis and a scantily-clad Jessica Alba performing in front of green-screen.
Although several of the actors already looked similar their characters, some of them underwent make-up and prosthetics to more strongly resemble their Miller-drawn likenesses, including Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, 'Benecio Del Toro' and Nick Stahl.
Although the movie is presented primarily in black-&-white, particular items are in color and, as such, had to be colored blue or green on set. According to Robert Rodriguez, Nick Stahl (who plays The Yellow Bastard) was known on set as "The Blue Bastard".
Cameo: [Frank Miller] the co-director and creator of the original comic series has a cameo as a priest.
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