Demolition Man
The future isn't big enough for the both of them.
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$57 000 000
Box office
$159 055 768
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Howard G. Kazanjian, Joel Silver, Michael Levy, Craig Sheffer, Steven Bratter, Pete Catalano, Aaron Schwab, Faye Schwab
Camera operator
Alex Thomson
Composer
Artist
David L. Snyder, Jacques Stroweis, Sarah Knowles
Audition
Ferne Cassel, Joy Todd
Editing
Short description
Simon Phoenix, a violent criminal cryogenically frozen in 1996, escapes during a parole hearing in 2032 in the utopia of San Angeles. Police are incapable of dealing with his violent ways and turn to his captor, who had also been cryogenically frozen after being wrongfully accused of killing 30 innocent people while apprehending Phoenix.
What's left behind the scenes
- It is well known that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone enjoy teasing each other in their films. Thus, in the film "Twins" (1988), Arnie poked fun at Sly's character John Rambo, in response, Sly made Arnie the president of the future in "The Terminator".
- Lori Petty was originally cast as Lenina Huxley, but after a few days of filming, she was replaced by Sandra Bullock. Sylvester Stallone wanted Jackie Chan to play the role of Phoenix, but the actor refused a negative role. Interestingly, in one scene, Sandra Bullock's character says that she learned to fight from Jackie Chan's films.
- A scene in which John Spartan enjoys eating a rat meat hamburger in an underground village was not included in the television version of the film on the TBS channel.
- In the original version of the film, John Spartan meets his aged daughter in the finale.
- While all restaurants in San Angeles were named Taco Bell in the American release, they were named Pizza Hut in the European release (except in the United Kingdom).
- The lead roles were offered to Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme.
- The song "Demolition Man" for the film was written and performed by Sting.
- Simon Phoenix finds the name of the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer on the list of frozen people.
- Sylvester Stallone called filming the freezing scene the worst five hours of his life.
- Wesley Snipes hated dyeing his hair yellow, so he shaved his head immediately after filming wrapped.
- Dennis Rodman started dyeing his hair blond after the release of this film.
- Producers asked Wesley Snipes to move his legs slower, as his kicks appeared blurred on film.
- Wesley Snipes' shoulder pads and chest plate were made from tire protectors.
- The main villain, Phoenix, has heterochromia: his left eye is blue, and his right eye is brown. However, in the scene where Phoenix rises to the surface from the dungeon, it's reversed – his left eye becomes brown, and his right eye turns blue. In the chase scene, everything is back to normal.
- The first and last name for the character “Lenina Huxley” were constructed from the surname of English writer Aldous Huxley and the name Lenina Crowne – a character from A. Huxley’s novel “Brave New World”.
- A poster for the film “Lethal Weapon 3” (1992) can be seen in the San Angeles police station.
- During the shootout in the museum, Simon directly references Aldous Huxley's novel, saying: "O brave new world! It's a pity you're leaving it."
- It is well known that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone love to play jokes on each other in their movies. For instance, in 'Twins' (1988), Arnie poked fun at Stallone's character John Rambo; in return, Sly made Arnie the president of the future in 'The Demolisher'.
- The name and surname for the character 'Lenina Huxley' were constructed from the surname of English writer Aldous Huxley and the name of Lenina Crowne, a character in Huxley's novel 'Brave New World'.
- Lori Petty was originally cast as Lenina Huxley, but after a few days of filming, she was replaced by Sandra Bullock. Meanwhile, Sylvester Stallone wanted Jackie Chan to play the role of Phoenix, but the actor refused to play a villain. Interestingly, in one of the scenes, Sandra Bullock's character mentions that she learned how to fight by watching Jackie Chan movies.
- A poster for the movie "Lethal Weapon 3" (1992) can be seen in the San Angeles police station.
- During the shootout in the museum, Simon makes a direct reference to Aldous Huxley's novel, saying: "Brave New World! It's a pity you're leaving it."
- Sylvester Stallone described the filming of the freezing scene as the worst five hours of his life.
- Wesley Snipes hated dyeing his hair yellow, so he shaved his head immediately after filming ended.
- Dennis Rodman started dyeing his hair blonde after the release of this movie.
- The producers asked Wesley Snipes to kick more slowly, as his strikes appeared blurred on film.
- Wesley Snipes' shoulder pads and chest plate were made from tire treads.
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