Maverick
In their hands, a deck of cards was the only thing more dangerous than a gun.
Country
Production
Budget
$75 000 000
Box office
$183 031 272
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Bruce Davey, Richard Donner
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Thomas E. Sanders, Nathan Crowley
Audition
Marion Dougherty
Editing
Short description
Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game that begins in a few days, so he joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvellous southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.
What's left behind the scenes
- James Garner, who played Zane Cooper (Kupa) in the original 1957 film, played Bret Maverick. The name Zane Cooper was created from the surname of actor Gary Cooper and the first name of Zane Grey, author of many popular Westerns.
- The film features cameos by many stars of Westerns and country music, especially during the poker championship.
- Jodie Foster's clumsiness in the film is evident from her very first scene, when she expected Mel Gibson's character to help her down from the stagecoach, but he simply took her umbrella. Foster's character tried to get down on her own, but stumbled and fell. The film's director, Richard Donner (1930-2021), liked the scene so much that he began to include other similar scenes in the film, where Foster's character trips, or is thrown out the window, etc.
- When Marshal Cooper explains the rules of the poker tournament to those gathered, he takes out his own revolvers and says that only his firearms are present and may be present in the room. He drops one revolver at this point but continues speaking as if nothing had happened, and the dropped revolver is immediately picked up and handed to him. This detail was not in the script. James Garner (1928-2014), who played the role, accidentally dropped the revolver, but didn't react, and the director was so delighted with the situation that he decided to leave the scene in the film.
- Mel Gibson specifically trained to quickly draw his revolver from its holster.
- In the final scene, Mel Gibson's character reveals his cards one by one. Nowadays, this is considered bad etiquette.
- Filming took place from August 16 to December 10, 1993.
- One of the players in the first card scene, the 'shooter', introduces himself as 'Johnny Hardin'. The real John Wesley Hardin was one of the most famous gunfighters in the American Wild West, having killed over 40 people in his lifetime.
- The episode where Maverick finds the robber played by Danny Glover's face very familiar is a reference to the popular 'Lethal Weapon' franchise at the time, where Mel Gibson and Glover starred as police partners.
- James Garner, who played Zane Cooper (Coop), played Bret Maverick in the original 1957 film. The name Zane Cooper was created based on the surname of actor Gary Cooper and the first name of Zane Grey, the author of many popular Westerns.
- The episode where Maverick finds the face of the robber played by Danny Glover very familiar is a reference to the then-popular 'Lethal Weapon' franchise, in which Mel Gibson and Glover played the lead roles of police partners, respectively.
- The clumsiness of Jodie Foster's character is evident from her very first scene, when she expected Mel Gibson's character to help her down from the stagecoach, but he simply took her umbrella. Foster's character tried to step down on her own, but tripped and fell. Director Richard Donner (1930-2021) liked the scene so much that he began adding other similar moments to the film where Foster's character trips, is thrown out of a window, and so on.
- When Marshal Cooper explains the rules of the poker tournament to the gathered crowd, he produces his own revolvers and states that these are the only firearms present—and permitted—in the room. During this, he drops one of the revolvers but continues speaking as if nothing had happened, while the dropped gun is immediately picked up and handed back to him. This detail was not in the script. James Garner (1928-2014), who played the role, actually dropped the revolver by accident but didn't let on; the director was so delighted by the situation that he decided to keep the scene in the movie.
- Mel Gibson specifically trained to draw a revolver from a holster.
- In the final scene, Mel Gibson's character reveals his cards one by one. Nowadays, this is considered bad form.
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