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Child Pornography | New York City
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1999 | Joel
Worst Sense of Direction Stop them before they direct again For | 1999
Worst Sense of Direction (Stop them before they direct again) | 1999 | Joel
Budget 40,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 96,618,699 USD
The actress (Jenny Powell) playing the character of Mary Ann Mathews was originally a stripper hired to act as a stand-in. Joel Schumacher gave her the part of the victim on the 8mm film as she had a suitably "haunted" look about her.
Russell Crowe agreed to do the film with Joel Schumacher when the film was slated to be a "dirty, handheld gritty thriller". Crowe had one stipulation to all this and it was the scene where his character is looking at the kiddie porn and throws it in the trash he throws a cigarette so it would start burning inside the trash can. Schumacher agreed. Then out of the blue, Nicolas Cage's agent called Schumacher and told him that he wanted to do the film as well. Schumacher then contacted John Calley at Sony and told him that we can do the film with Crowe as a "low budget, dirty handheld camera thriller" or a much bigger film with Cage. Calley then agreed to do the film with Cage as the lead which eventually led to a much bigger budget.
Nicolas Cage's Oscar award (for Leaving Las Vegas (1995)) makes a cameo in the film. Look for it, wrapped up in black string/laces on Eddie Poole's desk when Cage breaks in to tap Poole's phone.
The film's production encountered concerns regarding the dark subject matter, and the studio asked Andrew Kevin Walker to lighten the film's tone. With Joel Schumacher as director, Walker felt a rewrite would no longer be needed. As it turned out, Schumacher supported the studio and made changes of his own, leading to a much-publicized fallout between the two, with Walker virtually disowning the film and walking away from the set. He refused to even watch it.
David Fincher was the first choice to direct this film.
"Max California: [on the porn industry] All I'm saying is... it can get to you. Tom Welles: No worries. Thanks for the warning, though. Max California: You're welcome. Pops... If you dance with the devil, the devil don't change. The devil changes you. Tom Welles: Some of your lyrics? Max California: That's cute."
"Max California: There are some things that you see, and you can't unsee them. Know what I mean?"
