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While not financially successful, that kind of gross against budget would put the film within reach of potential profitability.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $11 million. Box office, $19 million. It was protested by Gay Rights groups both during filming and after its release over concerns of homophobia. Critics generally felt the film failed to strongly commit to its subject matter.
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* NamesTheSame: This is a movie about a detective named Steve Burns, but it has nothing to do with ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues''.
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* TroubledProduction: And ''how'':
** Friedkin and Pacino did not get along during production, with Friedkin viewing Pacino as unprofessional and disinterested. Years later, he would ''still'' vocally call Pacino out. This would have been bad enough by itself, if if it wasn't for the fact that...
** The film was notoriously protested by the [=LGBTQ+=] community, who perceived it to be homophobic and incendiary in a way that would provoke anti-gay violence, and the New York shoot was disrupted by action ranging from large-scale protests at filming locations to acts of sabotage; in particular, so much noise was made by protestors that huge amount of audio had to be overdubbed.
** Friedkin and Pacino did not get along during production, with Friedkin viewing Pacino as unprofessional and disinterested. Years later, he would ''still'' vocally call Pacino out. This would have been bad enough by itself, if if it wasn't for the fact that...
** The film was notoriously protested by the [=LGBTQ+=] community, who perceived it to be homophobic and incendiary in a way that would provoke anti-gay violence, and the New York shoot was disrupted by action ranging from large-scale protests at filming locations to acts of sabotage; in particular, so much noise was made by protestors that huge amount of audio had to be overdubbed.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film is very much a time capsule of a bygone era in gay life; a year after its release, the first reports of AIDS-related illnesses were reported in New York City.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $11 million. Box office, $19 million. It was protested by Gay Rights groups both during filming and after its release over concerns of homophobia. Critics generally felt the film failed to strongly commit to its subject matter.
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* ActingInTheDark: Karen Allen was never shown a complete script before she worked on this film. Creator/WilliamFriedkin deliberately kept her in the dark, since her character Nancy wasn't supposed to be aware of what was happening to Steve as he explored the gay underworld.
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* ActingInTheDark: Karen Allen Creator/KarenAllen was never shown a complete script before she worked on this film. Creator/WilliamFriedkin deliberately kept her in the dark, since her character Nancy wasn't supposed to be aware of what was happening to Steve as he explored the gay underworld.
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* ActorSharedBackground: DiSimone mentions his wife leaving him and moving down to Florida with their young daughter to live with his wife's sister. In real life, Joe Spinell's wife, porn star Jean Jennings, divorced him several weeks before he filmed his scenes and moved to Florida--exactly as his character describes.
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* ActorSharedBackground: DiSimone [=DiSimone=] mentions his wife leaving him and moving down to Florida with their young daughter to live with his wife's sister. In real life, Joe Spinell's wife, porn star Jean Jennings, divorced him several weeks before he filmed his scenes and moved to Florida--exactly as his character describes.
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** Paul Morrissey was going to direct with Creator/JeffBridges as Steve Burns and Jan-Michael Vincent as Stuart Richards.
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** Paul Morrissey was going to direct with Creator/JeffBridges as Steve Burns and Jan-Michael Vincent Creator/JanMichaelVincent as Stuart Richards.
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** Creator/WilliamFriedkin originally wanted Creator/RichardGere for Steve Burns, because he believed that Gere would bring an androgynous quality to the role. Creator/RobertDeNiro was offered the role.
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** Creator/WilliamFriedkin originally wanted Creator/RichardGere for Steve Burns, because he believed that Gere would bring an androgynous quality to the role. Creator/RobertDeNiro was and Creator/RoyScheider were offered the role.role.
** Producer Philip D'Antoni tried to attach Creator/StevenSpielberg, but they were not able to interest a studio.
** Producer Philip D'Antoni tried to attach Creator/StevenSpielberg, but they were not able to interest a studio.
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** James A. Contner originally wanted to shoot the film in black and white, as he felt it would fit the look of the S/M world.
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** James A. Contner originally wanted to shoot the film in black and white, as he felt it would fit the look of the S/M world.world.
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* NamesTheSame: This is a movie about a detective named Steve Burns, but it has nothing to do with ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues''.
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* ActingInTheDark: Karen Allen was never shown a complete script before she worked on this film. Creator/WilliamFriedkin deliberately kept her in the dark, since her character Nancy wasn't supposed to be aware of what was happening to Steve as he explored the gay underworld.
* ActorSharedBackground: DiSimone mentions his wife leaving him and moving down to Florida with their young daughter to live with his wife's sister. In real life, Joe Spinell's wife, porn star Jean Jennings, divorced him several weeks before he filmed his scenes and moved to Florida--exactly as his character describes.
* BannedInChina: The film was banned in Finland, Iran and South Africa.
* DeletedScene[=/=]MissingEpisode: Creator/WilliamFriedkin's original cut was 140 minutes long. Friedkin claims he took the film before the MPAA board "50 times" at a cost of $50,000 and deleted 40 minutes of footage from the original cut before he secured an R rating. The deleted footage, according to Friedkin, consisted entirely of footage from the clubs in which portions of the film were shot and consisted of "[a]bsolutely graphic sexuality....that material showed the most graphic homosexuality with Pacino watching, and with the intimation that he may have been participating." In some discussions, Friedkin claims that the missing 40 minutes had no effect on the story or the characterizations, but in others he states that the footage created "mysterious twists and turns (which [the film] no longer takes)", that the suspicion that Pacino's character may have himself become a killer was made more clear and that the missing footage simultaneously made the film both more and less ambiguous. When Friedkin sought to restore the missing footage for the film's DVD release, he discovered that Creator/UnitedArtists no longer had it. He believes that UA destroyed the footage.
* LoopingLines: Some scenes had to redubbed due to gay rights protesters disrupting filming by making lots of noise.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film is very much a time capsule of a bygone era in gay life; a year after its release, the first reports of AIDS-related illnesses were reported in New York City.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/BrianDePalma really wanted to direct this film but his producers could not obtain the rights to the material, so he made ''Film/DressedToKill''.
** Creator/WilliamFriedkin originally wanted Creator/RichardGere for Steve Burns, because he believed that Gere would bring an androgynous quality to the role. Creator/RobertDeNiro was offered the role.
** Paul Morrissey was going to direct with Creator/JeffBridges as Steve Burns and Jan-Michael Vincent as Stuart Richards.
** James A. Contner originally wanted to shoot the film in black and white, as he felt it would fit the look of the S/M world.
* ActorSharedBackground: DiSimone mentions his wife leaving him and moving down to Florida with their young daughter to live with his wife's sister. In real life, Joe Spinell's wife, porn star Jean Jennings, divorced him several weeks before he filmed his scenes and moved to Florida--exactly as his character describes.
* BannedInChina: The film was banned in Finland, Iran and South Africa.
* DeletedScene[=/=]MissingEpisode: Creator/WilliamFriedkin's original cut was 140 minutes long. Friedkin claims he took the film before the MPAA board "50 times" at a cost of $50,000 and deleted 40 minutes of footage from the original cut before he secured an R rating. The deleted footage, according to Friedkin, consisted entirely of footage from the clubs in which portions of the film were shot and consisted of "[a]bsolutely graphic sexuality....that material showed the most graphic homosexuality with Pacino watching, and with the intimation that he may have been participating." In some discussions, Friedkin claims that the missing 40 minutes had no effect on the story or the characterizations, but in others he states that the footage created "mysterious twists and turns (which [the film] no longer takes)", that the suspicion that Pacino's character may have himself become a killer was made more clear and that the missing footage simultaneously made the film both more and less ambiguous. When Friedkin sought to restore the missing footage for the film's DVD release, he discovered that Creator/UnitedArtists no longer had it. He believes that UA destroyed the footage.
* LoopingLines: Some scenes had to redubbed due to gay rights protesters disrupting filming by making lots of noise.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film is very much a time capsule of a bygone era in gay life; a year after its release, the first reports of AIDS-related illnesses were reported in New York City.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/BrianDePalma really wanted to direct this film but his producers could not obtain the rights to the material, so he made ''Film/DressedToKill''.
** Creator/WilliamFriedkin originally wanted Creator/RichardGere for Steve Burns, because he believed that Gere would bring an androgynous quality to the role. Creator/RobertDeNiro was offered the role.
** Paul Morrissey was going to direct with Creator/JeffBridges as Steve Burns and Jan-Michael Vincent as Stuart Richards.
** James A. Contner originally wanted to shoot the film in black and white, as he felt it would fit the look of the S/M world.
