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Paranoia | Italian American
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Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film | 2000 | John
1999 | Spike
Worst Supporting Actor | 1999 | Spike
Best Film | 1999 | Spike
Budget 22,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 19,288,130 USD
Spike Lee was facing a lot of negative feedback from the family members of the victims who didn't want a film being made which might glorify the killer in some sorts. As a result, the script had to be changed which focused more on the community than the killer himself. "Son of Sam" was rumored to be the original working title.
In the script, Richie was the lead character and Vinny was a secondary character. But Spike Lee enjoyed John Leguizamo's improvising so much that he ended up giving him more screen time. The scene where Vinny pours coffee on Gloria was one of many improvisations by Leguizamo.
The "I am the monster" letters read in the film are word-for-word recreations of those that the real Son of Sam wrote to Jimmy Breslin.
The scene in which Vinny and Dionna argue in the cemetery was improvised. Spike Lee told Leguizamo to spit in Mira Sorvino's face without her knowledge.
According to Mira Sorvino, she hated filming the club orgy scene and considered it "demoralizing".
"Vinny: Come on, get in the car. Please, baby. Dionna: Baby? Don't you dare "baby" me! I'm gonna wait here! I'm gonna wait here until somebody comes along. You know what? I'm gonna wait here until some soul brother comes along in his big black Cadillac. And you know and I know that he's got a big black dick too. Vinny: Don't talk like that, just get inside the car. Dionna: Oh, fuck you! Vinny: Please, please, don't make me have to beg you. Get in the car. Come on- don't make me have to hurt you. Dionna: Hurt me? Don't you even fuckin' lay a pinkie on me! I'll get him to kick your ass and then I'll fuck 'em! You wanna watch Vinny? Will that turn you on Vinny? You linguine dick mother fucker. You wanna watch while I suck a big black dick in the back of a big black cadillac?"
"Vinny: You fuckin' make me sick, you fuckin' slut. [He spits in her face, she smacks him hard] Dionna: *I* AM A SLUT? You're calling *ME* a slut? You lowlife piece of fuckin' shit, *YOU FUCKED MY COUSIN*! You didn't think I knew about that! I smelled her pussy juice all over your fuckin' FACE! You fuckin' sick bastard, HOW DARE YOU! And all this time I'm thinking there's something wrong with ME! You perverted sick fuck!"
