The Man with the Iron Fists

You can't spell Kung Fu without F and U!
The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
Timing: 1:36 (96 min)
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Budget
$15 000 000
Box office
$20 546 518
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Director
Scenario
Producer
Quentin Tarantino, Marc Abraham, Eric Newman, Eli Roth, Tom Karnowski, Doris Tse, Thomas A. Bliss, Kristel Laiblin
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Drew Boughton, Molly Siu
Audition
Denise Chamian
Editing
Joe D'Augustine
Whole Team (50)

Short description

In feudal China, a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village is put in the position where he must defend himself and his fellow villagers.

What's left behind the scenes

  • When Russell Crowe walks through the room, he puts on glasses, but before he reaches the door, the glasses fall off. However, when he opens the door for Madame Blossom, his glasses are back in place.
  • As Russell Crowe walks across the room, he puts on his glasses, but before he reaches the door, they fall off. However, when he opens Madame Blossom's door, his glasses are back in place.
  • Russell Crowe agreed to star in the film as a favor to director and screenwriter RZA, because he had previously given rap lessons to athletes from the Australian professional rugby team "South Sydney Rabbitohs," which Crowe co-owns.
  • It took RZA and Eli Roth over two years to work on the film's script, during which they refined every aspect of the plot and every detail of the weapons used.
  • The first assembly cut of the film lasted 4 hours. Director RZA wanted to split the material into two feature films, but co-writer and producer Eli Roth disagreed with this option. As a result of painstaking work, the creators managed to reduce the film's duration to an acceptable 90 minutes of screen time.
  • RZA wrote the role he appeared in specifically for himself. Two months before filming began, he even started learning one of the styles of wushu, practicing for an hour or two each day.
  • Russell Crowe agreed to act in this film as a favor to the director and writer RZA, because some time ago, RZA had given rap lessons to athletes from the South Sydney Rabbitohs, an Australian professional rugby team co-owned by Crowe.
  • The Wilhelm scream can be heard when Tadeusz throws a man off the balcony.
  • It took RZA and Eli Roth more than two years to work on the script, during which they refined every aspect of the plot and every detail of the weapons used.
  • The first rough cut of the film was 4 hours long. Director RZA wanted to split the material into two feature films, but co-writer and producer Eli Roth disagreed. As a result of painstaking work, the filmmakers managed to reduce the film's length to a reasonable 90 minutes.
  • RZA wrote the role he appeared in specifically for himself. Two months before filming began, he even started studying a style of wushu, practicing for an hour or two every day.

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