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367 Crow, The (1994)




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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.

367 Crow, The (1994)

- 'Cameron Diaz' (qv) was offered the role of Shelley, but turned it down
because she didn't like the script.
- 'Brandon Lee' (qv) died during a mishap on the set. A scene required a
gun to be loaded, cocked, and then pointed at the camera. Because of the
close-range of the shot, the bullets loaded had real brass caps, but
no powder. After the cut, the propsmaster (not the armsmaster - he had
left the set for the day) dry-fired the gun to get the cock off,
knocking an empty cartridge into the barrel of the gun. The next scene
to be filmed involving that gun was the rape of Shelly. The gun was
loaded with blanks (which usually contain double or triple the powder of a
normal bullet to make a loud noise). Lee entered the set carrying a bag
of groceries containing an explosive blood pack. The script called for
Funboy ('Michael Massey' (qv)) to shoot Eric Draven (Lee) as he entered
the room, triggering the blood pack. The cartridge that was stuck in the
barrel was blasted at Lee through the bag he was carrying, killing him.
The footage of his death was destroyed without being developed. Lee is the
son of martial arts legend 'Bruce Lee' (qv), who died in mysterious
circumstances before completing "Game of Death (1979)" (qv). See also
"Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)" (qv).
- The following scenes were completed after Lee's death:
- Draven first enters the apartment after digging himself out of his grave:
footage of Lee walking through an alley in the rain was digitally
composited into the scene where he walks through the doorway. Computer
technology added drops of water to the door frame to make the water on
his back not seem out of place.
- The shot of Draven falling from the window was made by digitally
compositing Lee's face (complete with simulated blood) onto a body double.
- The scene where Draven puts on his make-up was filmed using a double. The
face in the smashed mirror may have been computer-generated, but was more
likely a double. The image of Draven walking towards the window with the
crow on his shoulder was cut from another scene, with a computer-generated
crow added.
- When Sarah visits the apartment, we never see Draven's face as it is
a double.
- Scenes featuring 'Michael Berryman' (qv) as the Skull Cowboy were cut.
- CAMEO(James O'Barr): stealing a TV set after Gideon's shop was blown up.
- CAMEO(Trent Reznor): stage diving

 

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