"According to Buddy Love, these are the ingredients for an Alaskan Polar Bear Heater: 2 shots vodka, 1 shot rum, 1 shot vermouth, 1 shot brandy, 1 shot gin, 1 shot scotch, a dash of bitters, a smidgen of vinegar, a lemon peel, an orange peel and a cherry. Mix it well and pour it into a tall glass."
PLOT: To improve his social life, a nerdish professor drinks a potion that temporarily turns him into the handsome, but obnoxious, Buddy Love.
At National Film Preservation Board, USA, in 2004 this film won the award "National Film Registry"
Taglines: - What does he become? What kind of monster? - Well, any scientist who makes a girl like this can't be all mad. - Please do not reveal the middle of this picture! Jerry's a mousey chemistry prof who invents the greatest drink since Dracula discovered bloody marys.
Runtime: 107 min.
TRIVIA
- It was widely believed at the time that the Nutty Professor's sleazy alter ego Julius Kelp was a satirical swipe at Jerry Lewis's longtime partner, Dean Martin. - Jerry Lewis wrote seven scripts for the film by himself and two with Bill Richmond.
GOOFS:
* Continuity: When Julius drinks his "potion" and transforms into the Hyde-like creature prior to the appearance of Buddy, Julius' bird alternates between being covered and uncovered several times between shots. This is particularly noticeable when the bird says, "I told you, Julius," and we cut to a long shot where the birdcage is covered.
* Continuity: When Professor Kelp is at his desk writing in his journal, the clock on the wall is not running. When he drinks the formula later that evening, during his transformation into Buddy Love, the clock is running.
* Continuity: When Julius is making the potion in his lab he closes the blinds and it is glaringly bright outside. Then when he drinks the potion the clock reads 9:30 at night.
* Continuity: When Kelp has been jammed into a storage cabinet by a student, we see Stella as seen from his horizontal viewpoint with her head to the left of shot. But he's lying on his left side, so her head should be on the right.
* Continuity: When Kelp is jammed into a storage cabinet by a student, his left knee lies on a big brown bottle. In the following scenes, this bottle has simply vanished.
* Continuity: Before Buddy Love starts playing the piano in his first scene at the Purple Pit, he sets down his cigarette. During his song the cigarette is nearly finished burning, but after the song, he picks it back up and it's nearly whole.
* Continuity: In the last scenes, the Professor has new braces while in the classroom with Stella. But when the two leave the room after his parents enter, he is clearly without any in his mouth.
* Continuity: When Warfield meets with Kelp after the explosion, the fish tank on Warfield's desk keeps changing location.
* Continuity: At the prom, Stella's hand changes position on/off Buddy's shoulder.
* Revealing mistakes: As Julius is creeping behind the grassy knoll, he nudges the grass and the whole knoll rocks back and forth.
QUOTES:
Buddy Love: Hiya, chicky baby. How's it going? Stella Purdy: Fine. Buddy Love: Crazy. I thought I'd visit your little land of learning. Cute. Cute pad. Stella Purdy: What happened to you last night? What'd you run away like that for? I thought you saw a ghost or something. Buddy Love: Oh yeah. How 'bout that? Well, that's why I stopped by. I thought I'd lay it on ya, but this ain't the place to talk. What do you say we meet later at the Purple Pit? We can talk better there. Stella Purdy: Well, I dunno. You're pretty weird, you know, and I don't want... Buddy Love: Chi-chi. Ten o' clock? Stella Purdy: Perfect. Buddy Love: Figures.
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Buddy Love: I know what you're thinking: Where's he been all my life? Right? Stella Purdy: No, not exactly. Buddy Love: And that you're happy with the way I handled those three goons, right? Well, normally I would've belted them, but I didn't want to muss myself all up and have you dance with a sloppy guy. Dig? Stella Purdy: Well then, you restrained yourself just for little old me. Buddy Love: I knew you'd appreciate it. I do a lot of nice things. Stella Purdy: Well, is that really the case or is this line 27-a for young college girls? Buddy Love: Aww, now you see? You went and done it. For one of the rare times in my life when I dig down into the soul, and you doubt my veracity. Well, that hurts. Stella Purdy: Well, it's not your veracity that I doubt. [pause] Stella Purdy: The music stopped. Buddy Love: Yeah, I heard.
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Buddy Love: They're nice kids. All nice. All nice kids. They have very, very good taste, I might add. Stella Purdy: I'm glad. It would be a shame to waste the genius of yours on the riff-raff. Buddy Love: Well, honey, I always say, if you're good and you know it, why waste time beating around the bush, true? Stella Purdy: And I always say that to love yourself is the beginning of a life-long romance. And after watching you, I know that you and you will be very happy together. Buddy Love: Just a minute, sweetheart. I don't recall dismissing you. Stella Purdy: You rude, discourteous egomaniac! Buddy Love: You're crazy about me, right? And I can understand it. Only this morning, looking in the mirror before shaving, I enjoyed seeing what I saw so much I couldn't tear myself away. [kisses his hand] Buddy Love: Have some, baby?
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Purple Pit Bartender: What'll it be? Buddy Love: Aww... That's no way to talk. Tsk, tsk, tsk. "What'll it be?" That's no way to treat a customer. C'mere. Try it like this. Pay attention. You'll feel better and the customers'll be happier. Try this: "What'll it be? Hmmm?" Try that. Come on. We haven't got all night. Try it. Purple Pit Bartender: What'll it be? Hmmm? Buddy Love: Good! That was wonderful. Did anyone ever tell you you couldn't sing?
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Gym Attendant: Are you hurt? Professor Julius Kelp: Well, if a man with an ulcer and a splinter in his finger and a nail in his foot was then struck by lightning, if you could say that man was not hurt then yes you could say I'm not hurt.
Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England. Tagline: Mark Strong is Blackwood - Nothing Escapes Him - Dangerously Alluring - Depraved Adversary - Holmes for the Holiday. - Robert Downey Jr. is Holmes - Jude Law is Watson - Rachel McAdams is Adler
Runtime: 128 min.
Storyline: Storyline
After finally catching serial killer and occult "sorcerer" Lord Blackwood, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson can close yet another successful case. But when Blackwood mysteriously returns from the grave and resumes his killing spree, Holmes must take up the hunt once again. Contending with his partner's new fiancée and the dimwitted head of Scotland Yard, the dauntless detective must unravel the clues that will lead him into a twisted web of murder, deceit, and black magic - and the deadly embrace of temptress Irene Adler. Blogalaxia Tags: trailer,cinema,videos,hollywood,films,movies,official+video
GOOFS: Anachronisms:
- In the scene following Holmes' leap from the House of Parliament, a statue of Queen Boudicca can be seen at the end of Westminster Bridge. The statue was erected in 1902, 8 years after the opening of Tower Bridge, which is partially built in the film.
- Characters refer to radio waves. The term "radio" was first used as a noun in 1907.
- One shot of the Clocktower of the Palace of Westminster (commonly known as Big Ben) shows Portcullis House, the UK MP's offices, with its distinctive chimney stacks, to the right. Portcullis House was built in 2001.
- Modern, bright red cranes appear in several background shots.
- Early in the film, Holmes reads a Daily Graphic dated 13 November 1890. The front page features a report of Blackwood's impending execution, accompanied by photographs of Blackwood, Holmes, and Watson. The Daily Graphic was the first newspaper to print a halftone photograph, but it started in 1891.
- In many scenes, Sherlock Holmes wears a shirt with an attached collar. That was introduced by Van Huesen in 1929.
- When Sherlock Holmes is experimenting with the effects of music on flies, he mentions that the flies fly in an organized fashion when he plays "atonal" clusters. "Atonal" music was first written around 1908, by composer Arnold Schönberg.
- Just prior to his hanging, Blackwood is told he has been sentenced to death for "the practice of black magic". British law has not recognized magical acts since the Witchcraft Act of 1735. The only prosecutions have been against those who commit fraud by pretending to cast spells.
- In the beginning, Holmes tests the revolver silencer. His gun is an 1895 Nagant revolver, with the Soviet Tula arsenal mark (hammer inside the star) and 1941 (the year of manufacture) below it.
- Holmes describes his opponent's wild punch in the bare-knuckle fight as a "haymaker." The earliest recorded use of "haymaker" as a fighting term comes from the National Police Gazette in 1906. "One of those ... fellows is going to get the 'haymaker' over on your jaw." (Source: www.phrases.org)
- Holmes describes the devices used to kill one of the villain's opponents and torch the abattoir as "employing a flammable substance." "Flammable" entered the language in the early 20th century, as a disambiguation of "inflammable," which means the same thing, but was mistaken for its antonym, "non-flammable." For safety reasons, it became preferable to use "flammable" when giving warnings about combustibility.
- During Irene's first conversation with Holmes, she says she brought dates from Jordan. The country of Transjordan was established in 1921; the name changed to Jordan in 1949.
- Watson uses a streamlined, mercury-filled sphygmomanometer to take the Colonel's blood pressure. The instrument wasn't widely available, or widely used, until 1901.
- When Holmes and Watson are in jail, close-ups of Jude Law reveal a hearing aid in his left ear.
- SPOILER: Lord Blackwood is on Death Row (and presumably hanged) at H.M.P. Pentonville. London's death row was at H.M.P. Newgate until 1902.
GOOFS: Continuity
- During the bare-knuckle fight scene, Holmes is clearly tanned. When he is shackled to Adler's bedposts, his body is not tanned.
- When Holmes, Watson, and Irene are in the attic and Holmes is explaining the crime, Irene kneels to the ground to put a candle down to flatten out the map. In the next shot, she puts the candle on the map again.
- When Irene is running across the rooftops with the gas tanks, she holds each chamber in different hands. When Lord Blackwood takes the device, both pieces are together, obviously welded.
- When Holmes and Watson are taken to Lord Blackwood's slaughter house, they both jump from the Lucy into the shallow water near shore and make their way to the building. In the very next scene, their clothes are dry.
- During Adler's first fight scene, a handkerchief is on the ledge. Holmes goes to look for the owner, is punched, spins around, and falls to the ground. The handkerchief is missing. When he stands back up, the handkerchief is back.
- During the fight on the bridge, Holmes uses a net to hurl away from Lord Blackwood. In the next shot, the net disappears.
- At the beginning, one establishing shot of London that includes a fully-built Tower Bridge. Later, during the big fight scene, it is only half-built.
- In slow motion, Holmes demonstrates that he will dislocate the large man's jaw with his left elbow. The move is missing during the real-time fight sequence.
- When Holmes performs the magic ritual he cuts his fingers on a sharp knife to drip blood in middle of the circle. The next morning when talking to Watson and Irene, there is no sign of trauma to either of his thumbs.
- In the first overhead shot of street traffic, vehicles are driving on the right. The rest of the traffic shots show them driving on the left.
- During the bare-knuckle fight scene, Holmes gets a cut on his left lower lip. There is blood from it on his shirt when Watson comes to get him to meet Lord Blackwood before the execution. In the next scene, when Holmes and Watson are on their way to the prison, there is no sign of the cut on Holmes lip. Yet it is clearly visible in the prison scene that follows.
- The first few shots of the cemetery, where Blackwood was buried, were shot at a different time than the subsequent shots. Initially, the shadows are almost parallel to the length of the road. In later shots, they're at an acute angle.
- In the slaughterhouse scene as Holmes and Watson free Irene before she is sliced by the band saw, clearly she is shown being saved by Holmes' quick hand. In the very next shot it shows Watson pulling her up and Irene thanks Watson for saving her.
- Continuity: At the end during the fight scene, Lord Blackwood knocks Irene off the platform. There's nothing below her (you can see the water and boats). Later she's shown to be lying on another platform with her legs at odd angles.
- SPOILER: Towards the end of the film when Irene and Sherlock are together on the some sort of platform along the rooftops, there is no visual on the necklace being worn by Irene. Yet on the next shot when Sherlock rips off the necklace, she is suddenly seen wearing the necklace.
GOOFS: Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers):
- Ambassador Standish is referred to as the American ambassador to the United Kingdom and the English Ambassador to America. Based on his accent, he is clearly the former.
- Mary Morstan, Watson's fiancée, says she is a fan of detective novels, including those by Poe. Edgar Allan Poe wrote short detective stories, not novels.
- At the end of the restaurant scene, in which Holmes analyzes Mary, who leaves in disgust, Holmes uses a knife and fork to cut up and eat his meal. He holds the fork vertically between thumb and index finger, American-style.
- Holmes sniffs a bottle of an unknown chemical by sticking his nose in an taking a deep whiff. The safe way to smell chemicals, which has been practiced for over 200 years, is to use the hand to gently waft the fumes towards the nose. As a man with some background in chemistry, Holmes would surely have known that.
- During the opening titles we see the front page of the Illustrated Paper. The sub-heading of the headline story reads
'Sherlock Holmes Aides Police' instead of 'Sherlock Holmes Aids Police'.
- In the first scene, Sherlock Holmes tells Watson "It is ten o'clock." The clock on the wall says eight o'clock.
- When Blackwood talks to Ambassador Standish at the secret society meeting, he says America has been weakened by its recent Civil War. The Civil War ended in 1865, and the Reconstruction was over by 1877, so by 1891 when the film takes place, America was hardly in a weakened state.
- Holmes says Sir Thomas Rotheram is the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. That makes him a peer, so his title would be "Lord", not "Sir", which signifies knighthood.
GOOFS
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In the slaughterhouse, the dead pigs are transported straight from the flaming to the band saw. When the band saw cuts them apart, the pigs are hollow, with no internal organs. However, near the end of the movie during Holmes' elaborate explanation of the conjuring tricks, he explains that the stomachs of the pigs were the experimental subjects of a cyanide poison. It is possible the pigs were cut open or the organs were dissolved in the experiments.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When the camera flips over during the chase of the big man, the modern symbol for 'this way up' appears on a packing crate. Even so, this is clearly a joke by the filmmakers, as the crate is shown to be wrong way up.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In the film, 221b Baker Street has 3 steps to the front door. Modern-day 221b Baker St. has a street-level entrance. In 'Arthur Conan Doyle''s day, the address was fictional, and thus has no "real" representation.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Although Sherlock Holmes refers to the book of Revelation as "Revelations", it is noted by Watson in the 'Arthur Conan Doyle' novel "A Study in Scarlet" that Holmes' knowledge was limited to what he found relevant to his detective work, and in fact that he had very little knowledge of literature or philosophy.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Dredger meets Holmes for the second time, he quips "Tu m'as manqué?", which can mean "I felt your absence" or "you didn't hit me". In this situation, "Tu m'as manqué" is a perfect translation for "you missed me".
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In 1891, the statue of Eros (a.k.a. Anteros) in Piccadilly Circus pointed southwest, towards parliament. It changed direction, pointing toward Shaftesbury Avenue, sometime after 1896.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In Reordan's laboratory, Holmes says he smells candy floss. Candy floss (a.k.a. cotton candy) wasn't available to the general public until 1904, but it was invented in the mid-18th century. Holmes was often employed by wealthy people, so he could've had it before.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: SPOILER: Even though Sherlock Holmes did not witness Standish's murder, he was still able to describe it presumably because Inspector Lestrade, who was both a member of the secret society and also held Holmes in his confidence, related what he had heard of the event through his secret channels.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: SPOILER: Holmes says Blackwood faked his death using an extraction from a flower which is "quite infamous in the region of Turkey bordering the Black Sea for its ability to induce an apparently mortal paralysis." The modern Republic of Turkey was founded in 1923. However, in the 19th century, Westerners commonly called the Ottoman Empire "Turkey" and all of its inhabitants "Turks", even those that weren't ethnic Turks.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: SPOILER: Although it is widely believed that British Peers (such as Lord Blackwood) were hung with silk ropes rather than hemp, this is likely a popular myth. The last Peer to be executed in England was Earl Ferrers in 1760. There is no evidence that he was hung with a silk rope, and nothing in law or practice suggests this would be the case over 150 years later.
Revealing mistakes: When fighting the large man with the hammer at the boat dock, Holmes stumbles over one of the very large dock chains and moves it several inches, revealing it to be made of a lightweight material instead of iron.
Revealing mistakes: SPOILER: Blackwood's dead father blinks his eyes in the bathtub.
Errors in geography: When Irene escapes from the sewers beneath Parliament with the poison, she emerges at Tower Bridge, about two and a half miles away, within 30 seconds.
Errors in geography: A boat slips into the Thames and sinks stern first, with the bow in the air. The Thames is very shallow at that point
Errors in geography: Irene Adler is staying at the Grand Hotel, which is shown as being in Piccadilly Circus. It was actually in Trafalgar Square.
Errors in geography: The wide shot showing the streets of London shows two barouches driving on the right side of the road. In the UK, traffic travels on the left side.
Errors in geography: SPOILER: Lord Blackwood's execution is done American-style. In Britain, the hood placed over the condemned's head was white, not black. The rope was not the coiled noose of western movies; it passed through a simple eyelet.
Crew or equipment visible: Studio lights reflected in some of the cutlery during the restaurant scene.
Factual errors: The date on the newspaper Holmes is holding after he was bailed from jail is Friday, November 19, 1891. November 19th was actually on a Thursday that year.
Factual errors: The scene in the House of Lords shows a very large chamber, with lots of people, many standing behind the Lord Speaker on the Floor of the House, talking to each other until Lord Coward, the Home Secretary calls for their attention. In reality, the Lords' Chamber is fairly small. Peers must sit on their respective benches; they are not allowed to stand on the Floor of the House. The Speaker calls the House to order, not individual peers. In fact, as a government minister, Lord Coward would normally address the Lords from the government dispatch box, which can be seen on the Table of the House. Incidentally, the Table itself is incorrectly placed in front of the Lord Speaker. It should have been placed further down, with the Law Lords sitting between the Lord Speaker and the Table.
Factual errors: The movie continues the common mistake of identifying Holmes' house as 221B Baker St. The house should be 221; "B" refers to the fact that Holmes lives on the upper floor. Mrs. Hudson lives at 221A Baker St.
Plot holes: SPOILER: Lord Blackwood was executed by hanging, yet when Dr. Watson declared Blackwood dead, there were no bruises, ligature marks on the neck, or dislocation of the cervical vertebrae. Absence of these traumas from hanging should have aroused Watson's suspicion.
Robert Maillet accidentally knocked out Robert Downey Jr. while filming a fight scene.
Robert Downey Jr. read many Sherlock Holmes stories and watched "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (1984) by Granada Television (starring Jeremy Brett) in order to learn more about the character.
The song that plays from 1:03 to the end on the second trailer is a piece called "Unstoppable" by the group E.S. Posthumus (specifically 1:47 to the end on the track).
The set for Sherlock Holmes's home in this film was previously used as Sirius Black's home in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007).
Guy Ritchie's first film not to be Rated R in the US.
Watson's line to Holmes, "You know that what you're drinking is for eye surgery," is an obscure reference to Holmes's cocaine usage. At the time, cocaine was used as a topical anesthetic for eye surgery. In the stories, Holmes injects cocaine.
Although Irene Adler plays a large role in the movie, she only appears in one Sir 'Arthur Conan Doyle' story, "A Scandal in Bohemia", briefly referenced in the movie.
The story The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual mentions that Holmes practiced shooting his pistol by putting VR (Victoria Regina) on his wall with bullet holes. In the movie, Holmes shoots VR in the wall in his room with a gun.
The four symbols referred to in the movie, the Man, the Lion, the Ox and the Eagle, are also attributed to the four Gospels of the Christian Bible: Matthew (Man, the humanity of Christ), Mark (Lion, for courage and for action), Luke (Ox, for strength and perseverance), and John (Eagle, for clarity of sight and for divinity).
Before the scene where Sherlock Holmes reenacts the black magic ceremony, we see a brief shot of an Inn called The Punch Bowl. The Punch Bowl is the name of Guy Ritchie's pub in Mayfair, London.
In the stories, Holmes is described to be an expert in Baritsu. In the film however, the martial art that Holmes used is the Wing-Chun Kung Fu (famously used by Ip Man and Bruce Lee). Robert Downey Jr. is a practitioner of the art in real-life and the fight scene between him and David Garrick at Punchbowl Pit was coordinated with the help of his trainer.
The line "Never theorize before you have data. Invariably, you end up twisting facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts." which Holmes delivers to Watson when they are searching for the red-headed midget is a direct reference to the 'Arthur Conan Doyle' short story "A Scandal In Bohemia" , where the quote reads as "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist the facts to suit theories , instead of theories to suit facts." The short story also happens to feature Irene Adler, a character that is included in the movie.
Other quotes that have been taken directly from Conan Doyle stories and placed into the script: "It makes a considerable difference to me, having someone with me on whom I can thoroughly rely." - The Boscombe Valley Mystery "You have the grand gift of silence , Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion." - The Man With The Twisted Lip "Crime is common. Logic is rare." - The Adventure of The Copper Beeches "Data , data , data. I cannot make bricks without clay." - The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
SPOILER: The three murders of the men and the attempted murder of Parliament coincide with the four Greek elements. The first was a burial crime scene (Earth), second was drowning (water), third was immolation (fire), and fourth was poison gas (air).
SPOILER: Guy Ritchie has stated in interviews that he is a fan of (and a practitioner) Brazilian Jujitsu, made popular in mixed martial arts. Towards the end of the movie Holmes and Watson fight Dredger and finally manage to subdue him with an arm-bar and a modified rear naked choke, both popular Brazilian Jujitsu submissions.
SPOILER: All events take place in the year 1891. After Holmes and Watson are released from custody following the events in the shipyard, Inspector Lestrade hands a newspaper ("The National Police Gazette") over to Holmes. The title on the newspaper is "LONDON IN TERROR", and the date is Friday, November 19, 1891. This sets the story during the period which, in the original Sir 'Arthur Conan Doyle' stories, Holmes was believed dead. According to "The Final Problem," Holmes and Professor Moriarty apparently plunged to their deaths over the Reichenbach Falls in May 1891. Holmes did not reveal he had survived until the spring of 1894, as described in "The Adventure of the Empty House."
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA) Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some startling images and a scene of suggestive material.
2000: National Board of Review, USA: Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking. 2001: Chlotrudis Awards Best Actor: Christian Bale 2001: Chlotrudis Awards Best Screenplay - Adapted: Mary Harron, Guinevere Turner 2001: International Horror Guild [IHG Award]: Best Movie
Tagline: No Introduction Necessary.
Plot: A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
TRIVIA:
- Two scenes featured unexpected improvisation by Christian Bale. When Bateman is jumping rope, he starts to skip and cross his jump rope as a schoolgirl would. Bale surprised director Mary Harron even more by starting to dance as Bateman was preparing to kill Paul Allen (Jared Leto). That time, she says in interviews and the commentary, she collapsed with laughter.
- Bateman excuses himself from a conversation by claiming he has an appointment with "Cliff Huxtable". This was Bill Cosby's character's name in "The Cosby Show" (1984).
- Patrick Bateman works at the same firm as Sherman McCoy in The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990): Pierce and Pierce.
- Stars Christian Bale and Willem Dafoe have both played Jesus in previous films: Bale in Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999) and Dafoe in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).
- The movie appearing on Bateman's TV while he's working out at home is The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).
- Guinevere Turner, who plays Patrick's friend "Elizabeth" (in the scene with Christie the call girl), also wrote the film's screenplay.
- A sign reading "This is not an exit" is shown in the closing scene. These are the last words of the novel.
- While the novel "American Psycho" is set in 1989, the film adaptation is set in 1987. This is evidenced by the scene where Patrick is briefly reading Zagat's Survey: 1987. Also, the televised speech by President Ronald Reagan, as shown the final scene of the film, also occurred in 1987 (whereas Reagan had already left the White House by the time the events in the original novel took place).
MPAA:Rated R for strong violence, sexuality, drug use and language. Runtime: 102 min.
Goofs:
- Boom mic visible: During Detective Kimball's second interview with Bateman, the reflection of the microphone can be seen on the CD to Bateman's right.
- Crew or equipment visible: In multiple scenes at Bateman's apartment, the crew and camera operators are visible in the reflection of his bedroom TV.
- Crew or equipment visible: Camera and mount are briefly visible in the first shot of the title sequence, reflected in the silver knife (albeit distorted).
- Crew or equipment visible: When Bateman is at the ATM getting cash out, the lady walks by him. As he walks to catch up to her, the camera and crew are reflected in the glass of the storefront windows.
- Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Patrick tries to order drinks at the Tunnel bar, he asks for "two Stoli on the rocks." Instead, he receives two Stoli's up (no ice).
- Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When being questioned by Detective Kimball, Patrick states on the night of Paul Allen's murder, he was at dinner with a woman named "Veronica". Later, however, when he and Kimball are at lunch, he says he must have had dinner with "Victoria" the following night. He changed the name of the woman. While it is possible Patrick got mixed up, it is unlikely a man of his organization would do such a thing when faced in such a situation.
- Revealing mistakes: 'Acquisitions' is spelled incorrectly (as "aquisitions") on all the business cards.
- Continuity: In the scene where Patrick is sitting on his couch making reservations for Dorsia, the camera angle from the side shows his hair styled entirely back from his face. When the camera angle switches to the front there is a noticeable lock of hair hanging in front of his face. The camera switches back to the side view and his hair is styled entirely back from his face again.
- Continuity: Bateman is at the Christmas party wearing reindeer antlers. As the camera shot changes from front to rear, the antlers move from behind Bateman's ear to in front of it.
- Continuity: When Patrick Bateman is being questioned for the first time by Detective Kimball, a pill bottle appears in front of him on the desk blotter between shots.
- Continuity: During Patrick Bateman's first meeting with Detective Donald Kimball, Jean brings Detective Kimball mineral water that he does not want. She sets the bottle of water and glass on the corner of the desk. During the conversation between Bateman and Kimball, the glass and bottle move from the corner of Bateman's desk to a slightly deeper part of the corner, and an ashtray moves into their original place.
- Continuity: When Patrick and Evelyn arrive at Espace, Vandon and Stash are sitting next to Bryce and Carruthers when being introduced to Patrick. Later in the conversation, they are sitting on the opposite side of the table.
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- Revealing mistakes: SPOILER: When Bateman hits Paul Allen with the axe for the first time, the blood sprays on him before he actually hits him. Also the blood comes from a different angle than where Allen's head is supposed to be.
- Continuity: SPOILER: When Patrick Bateman is packing a suitcase in Paul Allen's apartment, the light is switched off in the bathroom behind him. But as he stands up and heads for the door the light is now switched on.
- Continuity: SPOILER: After killing Paul in his apartment, dragging his body through the lobby you can see the blood trail following the bag. But once he's outside flagging down the cab, the view back into the lobby shows no blood.
- Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): SPOILER: Bateman could not have killed Jean with the nail gun because that model of nail gun must be plugged into an air compressor for the nails to be fired. If he had pulled the trigger the way he was holding it [without it plugged into anything], nothing would have happened.
Patrick Bateman: There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman; some kind of abstraction. But there is no real me: only an entity, something illusory. And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable... I simply am not there.
Patrick Bateman: I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust. Something horrible is happening inside of me and I don't know why. My nightly bloodlust has overflown into my days. I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy. I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.
Patrick Bateman: There are no more barriers to cross. All I have in common with the uncontrollable and the insane, the vicious and the evil, all the mayhem I have caused and my utter indifference toward it I have now surpassed. My pain is constant and sharp and I do not hope for a better world for anyone, in fact I want my pain to be inflicted on others. I want no one to escape, but even after admitting this there is no catharsis, my punishment continues to elude me and I gain no deeper knowledge of myself; no new knowledge can be extracted from my telling. This confession has meant nothing.
Patrick Bateman: Do you like Huey Lewis and The News? Paul Allen: They're OK. Patrick Bateman: Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humor. Paul Allen: Hey Halberstram. Patrick Bateman: Yes, Allen? Paul Allen: Why are their copies of the style section all over the place, d-do you have a dog? A little chow or something? Patrick Bateman: No, Allen. Paul Allen: Is that a rain coat? Patrick Bateman: Yes it is! In '87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself. [raises axe above head] Patrick Bateman: Hey Paul! [he bashes Allen in the head with the axe, and blood splatters over him] Patrick Bateman: TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT DORSIA NOW YOU FUCKING STUPID BASTARD! YOU, FUCKING BASTARD!
Craig McDermott: If they have a great personality and they're not great looking... then who fucking cares? Patrick Bateman: Well, let's just say hypotetically ok? What if they have a great personality? [pause, all laugh] Patrick Bateman: I know, I know. [all in unison] Patrick Bateman, Craig McDermott, David Van Patten: There are no girls with good personalities. David Van Patten: A good personality consists of a chick with a little hard body, who will satisfy all sexual demands without being too slutty about things, and who essentially will keep her dumb fucking mouth shut. Craig McDermott: The only girls with good personalities who are smart or maybe funny or halfway intelligent or talented, though god knows what the fuck that means, are ugly chicks. David Van Patten: Absolutely. Craig McDermott: And this is because they have to make up for how fucking unnattractive they are.
Patrick Bateman: Do you like Phil Collins? I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent. I think Invisible Touch was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums. Christy, take off your robe. Listen to the brilliant ensemble playing of Banks, Collins and Rutherford. You can practically hear every nuance of every instrument. Sabrina, remove your dress. In terms of lyrical craftsmanship, the sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism. Sabrina, why don't you, uh, dance a little. Take the lyrics to Land of Confusion. In this song, Phil Collins addresses the problems of abusive political authority. In Too Deep is the most moving pop song of the 1980s, about monogamy and commitment. The song is extremely uplifting. Their lyrics are as positive and affirmative as anything I've heard in rock. Christy, get down on your knees so Sabrina can see your asshole. Phil Collins' solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Especially songs like In the Air Tonight and Against All Odds. Sabrina, don't just stare at it, eat it. But I also think Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist. This is Sussudio, a great, great song, a personal favorite.
Patrick Bateman: I'm fucking serious. It's fucking over, us, this is no joke. I don't think we should see each other any more. Evelyn Williams: But your friends are my friends and my friends are your friends. I really don't think it would work. You have a little something... Patrick Bateman: I know that your friends are my friends and, uh... I've thought about that. You can have 'em. Patrick Bateman: I don't want to get you drunk, but, ah, that's a very fine Chardonnay you're not drinking.
Patrick Bateman: Harold, it's Bateman, Patrick Bateman. You're my lawyer so I think you should know: I've killed a lot of people. Some girls in the apartment uptown uh, some homeless people maybe 5 or 10 um an NYU girl I met in Central Park. I left her in a parking lot behind some donut shop. I killed Bethany, my old girlfriend, with a nail gun, and some man uh some old faggot with a dog last week. I killed another girl with a chainsaw, I had to, she almost got away and uh someone else there I can't remember maybe a model, but she's dead too. And Paul Allen. I killed Paul Allen with an axe in the face, his body is dissolving in a bathtub in Hell's Kitchen. I don't want to leave anything out here. I guess I've killed maybe 20 people, maybe 40. I have tapes of a lot of it, uh some of the girls have seen the tapes. I even, um... I ate some of their brains, and I tried to cook a little. Tonight I, uh, I just had to kill a LOT of people. And I'm not sure I'm gonna get away with it this time. I guess I'll uh, I mean, ah, I guess I'm a pretty uh, I mean I guess I'm a pretty sick guy. So, if you get back tomorrow, I may show up at Harry's Bar, so you know, keep your eyes open.
Patrick Bateman: [after being kicked in the face by Christie the call girl] Not the face! You bitch! Not the fucking face, you piece of bitch trash!
Patrick Bateman: I live in the American Gardens Building on W. 81st Street on the 11th floor. My name is Patrick Bateman. I'm 27 years old. I believe in taking care of myself and a balanced diet and rigorous exercise routine. In the morning if my face is a little puffy I'll put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.
Patrick Bateman: I think, um, Evelyn that, uh, we've lost touch. Evelyn Williams: Why? What's wrong? Patrick Bateman: My need to engage in homicidal behaviour on a massive scale cannot be corrected but, uh, I have no other way to fulfill my needs.
Evelyn Williams: What does Mr. Grinch want for Christmas? And don't say breast implants again.
[at Paul Allen's apartment, empty and painted white] Real estate agent: You saw the ad in the Times? Patrick Bateman: No... Yeah, I mean yeah, in the Times. Real estate agent: There was no ad in the Times. I think you should go now.
Patrick Bateman: Evelyn, I'm sorry. I just, uh... you're not terribly important to me.
Luis Carruthers: Patrick? Is that you? Patrick Bateman: No Luis. It's not me. You're mistaken.
C'est Arrivé Près De Chez Vous Man Bites Dog [It Happened In Your Neigborhood] 1992
A.K.A: "C'est Arrivé Près De Chez Vous" - Belgium (Original Title) "It Happened In Your Neighborhood" - Belgium (English Title) "Man Bites Dog: It Happened In Your Neighborhood" - International (English Title) (Informal Title)
Tagline: A Killer Comedy
Plot: A camera crew follows a serial killer/thief around as he exercises his craft. He expounds on art, music, nature, society, and life as he offs mailmen, pensioners, and random people. Slowly he begins involving the camera crew in his activities, and they begin wondering if what they're doing is such a good idea, particularly when the killer kills a rival and the rival's brother sends a threatening letter.
1992 Metro Media Award - Toronto International Film Festival 1992 Best Actor Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival 1992 Best Film Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival 1992 Special Award Of The Youth - Cannes Film Festival 1992 SACD Award - Cannes Film Festival 1993 Critics Award - French Syndicate Of Cinema Critics
MPAA: Rated NC-17 for strong graphic violence. Runtime: 95 min. Country: Belgium Language: French
Trivia: The literal English translation for this movie is: "It took place close to your home."
GOOFS:
Revealing mistakes: When Ben has suffocated the little kid by putting a pillow on his face, the body stops stumbling and is supposedly dead, but the chest still makes breathing movements.
Revealing mistakes: At the very beginning of the film when Ben strangles the woman, she closes her eyes to show she has died, but then she opens them and then continues to blink until the scene fades.
Revealing mistakes: When Ben plays the piano, his hands play out of sync with the music.
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Ben and Valerie play a duet together, he informs her to play in 4/4 time when the song they play is actually in 3/4 time.
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Ben gets a holster for his birthday, he asks them to bring his revolver so he can try it out. But they don't bring a revolver, they bring him a semi-automatic pistol.
Trivia: After Raizo - played by Rain - is first captured and chained to the wall, one of his captors looks at him through the camera monitoring him and says, "He looks like he should be in a boy band." Rain started his career in the boy band Fanclub before becoming a superstar solo artist whose initial popularity in Asia has spread to other continents
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the German Police arrives at the hotel, the sirens sound like American sirens. However, German police cars have a completely different sound.
Plot holes: When Mika and Raizo were trying to flee the warehouse where Raizo was being held in custody for interrogation, Raizo seemed to know where Mika's Car was located even though he wasn't supposed to.
QUOTES
Hollywood: [to Tattoo Master] What did you just say, Old Man? I know you didn't just disrespect me, did you? Are you that fucking stupid? You disrespect me, I'll tattoo the ceiling with your fucking brains!
