| 1 | * BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $5 million (Estimated). Box office, $2.5 million. While the film went on to be a CultClassic, the film was massively criticized on release. It was so bad that at one of the premiere screenings, Creator/LaurenceFishburne and writer Nicholas St. John got booed off the stage. |
| 2 | * TheCastShowoff: Walken is given several opportunities to show off his dancing skills, though he appears a little confused on how to dance to [=80s=] R&B. |
| 3 | * CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/JamesRusso turned down the part of Jimmy Jump. Creator/LaurenceFishburne, who had already been cast as Thomas Flanagan, persistently begged Creator/AbelFerrara for an audition for the part. He got the part just by coming in looking exactly as he does in the film and did not have to audition. |
| 4 | * ExtremelyLengthyCreation: Creator/AbelFerrara and screenwriter Nicholas St. John worked on the screenplay for five years. |
| 5 | * HeyItsThatPlace: The shootout between the Chinese gang and Frank's crew was filmed in the same alley featured in ''Film/ChinaGirl'', also directed by Creator/AbelFerrara, in Downtown Manhattan. |
| 6 | * RealLifeRelative: Creator/AbelFerrara's young adopted daughter plays Flanagan's daughter in the wedding sequence. |
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