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The REAL reason his accent changes during the film.

posted 15 years ago by Betelgeuse345
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A friend of mine has a film internship in LA and worked on the film. He said a "reputable source" claimed that Nic Cage contracted lockjaw after accidentally cutting himself with the rusty spoon used in the film. Cage refused a tetnus shot, and subsequently came down with the voice-inhibiting condition. He received treatment for the lockjaw at a local clinic and his voice quickly returned to normal. This accounts for the sudden arrival and departure of his drunken-Jimmy Stewart voice that permeates the middle third of the film.

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[–] mark2115 15 years ago

0/10. Just awful.

[–] Iam006 15 years ago

So, is it like Battlefield Earth style awful BS, or like Steven Seagal's Marked For Death style 'so bad it's good'? Cuz Steven Seagal, once upon a time in the era before remakes, made some pretty badass B-movies.

Hard To Kill
Marked For Death
Out For Justice
Under Siege

Then he directed 'On Deadly Ground', and...it...all....went..to...s...h..i.........t!

[–] Profondorosso75 14 years ago

Iam006, it's a step above "battlefield earth" which is the worst theatrical film with big-name celebrities I have ever seen, but also well below the segal films you listed. I also agree those are segals best films with the addition of "above the law" and I did enjoy "under siege 2" in no small part because I have an interest in movies that take place primarily on a train. He has done nothing but crap besides those films. This was just...not good. Cage's clumsy, forced, uneven performance was the biggest problem for me. I never believed him as the character at all. the best scenes were the few that he was freaking out in, he really to me seemed too lucid throughout the movie for a man he is doing so much and so many different drugs. surprisingly the direction was not bad considering Herzog usually directs documentaries and the ones I have seen I didn't like. I have never seen the original but i will now. I'm curious to see what Kietel does with this character and I liked the ferrera films I have seen.

"everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die"

[–] panik65 15 years ago

Really? That's very disappointing. I assumed he was trying for the Jimmy Stewart accent to underscore the total "It's a Wonderful Life" parade-of-good-fortune ending.

[–] Faye-9 15 years ago

You are not even a GOOD bee-esser! What a moron! Do your friends believe the crap you invent?

[–] Excitable-Boy 15 years ago

It sounded like he started doing an Edward G. Robinson impression...

It's clean, real clean. Like my conscience.

[–] Crow3711 15 years ago

Methinks this story is a lie

[–] skervich 14 years ago

Or Kaufman's Tony Clifton.

[–] DaveCharpentier 15 years ago

If it was an injury, or unintentional, how come he only had it during that phase of the movie. The movie wasn't shot in order.

[–] enigmatic_man2 15 years ago

If it was an injury, or unintentional, how come he only had it during that phase of the movie. The movie wasn't shot in order.

If he was withdrawing from the drugs he uses to control his back pain, illegal or otherwise, then he'd be in an intense amount of pain. Which could explain the odd tone of voice he develops briefly partway through the movie.

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¡No hay la banda!

[–] chris2404 15 years ago

He is playing a drug addict who takes most things he can find or steal off dealers and his voice changes depending on whatever crap he has taken that day....its as simple as that.

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[–] babyboomer1215 15 years ago

Interesting... Me and my friend laughed well at several points in the movie, I told him my conclusion about the lockjaw was just how coked out he was. Uppers can stiffen your jaw pretty well when your high and you think youre talking normally,after you do enough of them

[–] All_Seeing_Fly 14 years ago

Are you kidding, he was completely off his tits, and had no sleep at all. How would you do the acting for that? Perfectly eloquent, and understandable I suppose?