Miracle Mile
There are 70 minutes to the end of the world. Where can you hide?
Country
Production
Budget
$3 700 000
Box office
$1 145 404
Director
Actors
Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, John Agar, Lou Hancock, Mykelti Williamson, Kurt Fuller, Denise Crosby, Robert DoQui, O-Lan Jones, Claude Earl Jones
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Derek Gibson, John Daly
Camera operator
Theo van de Sande
Composer
Artist
Christopher Horner, Pamela Marcotte
Audition
Billy DaMota, Lauren Lloyd
Editing
Stephen Semel, Kathie Weaver
Whole Team (68)
Whole Team (68)
Short description
After 30 years of searching, Harry has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los Angeles in less than an hour!
What's left behind the scenes
- Miracle Mile is a district of Los Angeles where almost all of the film's action takes place.
- The role of Fred, which was eventually played by Robert Ducay (1934-2008), was initially offered to Jack Nance (1943-1996), who had worked with David Lynch in the horror film 'Eraserhead' (1977), but he had already left acting for a career as a security guard and declined the role.
- It took the screenwriter and director Steve De Jarnatt eight years to work on the film.
- Johnie's Coffee Shop in Los Angeles closed down in the late 1990s. However, the building was not demolished and was used for filming many more movies. On November 27, 2013, the building was designated a historical landmark.
- Even before the film 'The Green Mile' was made, it had already, in a sense, achieved legendary status. In 1983, American Film magazine named it among the ten best screenplays that had never been filmed. Steve De Jarnatt approached Warner Brothers with the script, offering to direct it himself, but they didn't want to work with De Jarnatt, who hadn't directed anything at that point. Then De Jarnatt revised the script, and the studio offered him $400,000 for it, but De Jarnatt refused to sell. He tried to pitch the script to other film companies, but no one wanted to deal with a mixture of a love story and the theme of nuclear war, especially with a sad ending. Before Anthony Edwards was cast in the lead role, the film was planned to star Nicolas Cage and Kurt Russell. Hemdale Films allocated $3.7 million to De Jarnatt for filming.
- The film is mentioned in William Gibson's science fiction novel “Virtual Light” – one of the characters, obsessed with 20th-century films, talks about it.
- The role of Fred, eventually played by Robert Doukman (1934-2008), was initially offered to Jack Nance (1943-1996), who appeared in David Lynch's horror film Eraserhead (1977), but he had already left acting to become a security guard and turned down the role.
- It took screenwriter and director Steve De Jarnatt eight years to work on the film.
- Even before the film 'The Magic Mile' was shot, it had already acquired a kind of legendary status. In 1983, American Film magazine named it among the ten best screenplays that were never filmed. Steve De Jarnatt approached Warner Brothers with the script and a proposal to direct it himself, but the studio was unwilling to deal with De Jarnatt, who had not directed anything at the time. De Jarnatt then revised the script, and the studio offered him $400,000 for it, but he refused to sell. He tried to place the script with other production companies, but no one wanted to touch a blend of a love story and nuclear war, especially with a sad ending. Before Anthony Edwards was cast as the lead, the film was planned to star Nicolas Cage and Kurt Russell. Hemdale Films eventually provided De Jarnatt with $3.7 million for the production.
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