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What was Childs drinking?
When MacReady last saw Fuchs in his laboratory, Fuchs was so nervous that he grabbed a beaker containing a chemical that was obviously so lethal that it could be used as a projectile. MacReady was perceptive about this since he came into the lab to see if Fuchs had devised a way to defeat the thing. Perhaps, after Fuchs died, MacReady found a way to put it into a bottle so as to trick a thing into drinking it.
In the November 1991 issue (#74) of Mad Movies, Jennifer Connelly said: <i>"The script was constantly being rewritten, even during filming. Between the producer, John Hughes, and Bryan Gordon, the director, it was really stormy. We had to reshoot a good half of the scenes. Career Opportunities has changed so much that today, I don't know who the director really is."</i>
In the February 1993 issue (#43) of a French magazine called Impact, Traci Lords said: <i>"It's a wacky comedy co-produced by Sam Raimi. On the set, I had a lot of fun, especially with Bruce Campbell, despite the differences between the director and the production. They really didn't have the same point of view on the script. To repair the damage, Sam Raimi shot a few sequences. Currently, the problems continue. Given the result, the producers have been arguing and no one knows exactly where the film is!"</i>
Just putting it out there since that bit about Christopher Lloyd doesn't get mentioned when Stoltz is interviewed.
In the March 1989 issue (#58) of a French magazine called Mad Movies, there was this exchange between the interviewer and Eric Stoltz…
Q: Do you remember your experience on Back to the Future? You were originally hired to play the Michael J. Fox role and it only lasted a week or two…
A: Six weeks! I remember a miserable and very unpleasant experience. The director, Robert Zemeckis, and I were not on the same wavelength. For example, he loved Huey Lewis and the News and I didn’t find it hot. I don’t remember much else, it was so long ago. On the other hand, Christopher Lloyd was on the same wavelength.
There's also this other vintage site: http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/t19061-catherine-spaak.html
Eva Mendes.
I think Jackie made a mistake in doing union movies. The Matrix, and John Woo's Hard Target were non-union movies which meant that there was more leeway in what could be done in terms of action. It was the same thing with Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon.
As for the late '90s, what could really have reinvigorated the martial arts and action genres would be to have Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock reunite for a movie directed by Corey Yuen.
In Hong Kong, it was the same thing. Jackie Chan's First Strike wasn't anything special except for that ladder fight, and Jet Li's Dr. Wai was forgettable.
Back to American action movies in 1996, Broken Arrow was fairly ordinary for a John Woo movie.
He definitely didn't obsess when he was younger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkC61kIkSVs
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