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* StuntDouble: The man "jumping" Tom's boat off the dam is rather obviously not Bruce Willis.

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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/BruceWillis notoriously apologized for the (lack of) quality of this movie several years after it was released.



* OldShame: Creator/BruceWillis notoriously apologized for the (lack of) quality of this movie several years after it was released.
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* MissingTrailerScene: The theatrical trailer shows lot of deleted, extended and alternate scenes, probably ones which were decided to be cut or changed after bad test screening of the original cut. There are also lot of promotional stills which show several other deleted scenes, like Tom and Jo pulling some man out of the water while group of people watches them or deleted part from the ending showing Tom kneeling over Nick's body.

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* MissingTrailerScene: The [[https://youtu.be/5PbX4LXD6Es theatrical trailer trailer]] shows lot of deleted, extended and alternate scenes, probably ones which were decided to be cut or changed after bad test screening of the original cut. There are also lot of promotional stills which show several other deleted scenes, like Tom and Jo pulling some man out of the water while group of people watches them or deleted part from the ending showing Tom kneeling over Nick's body.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, the lead role was to be played by Creator/EdHarris. It was then rewritten for Creator/RobertDeNiro and, finally, Creator/BruceWillis.

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Originally, the lead role was to be played by Creator/EdHarris. It was then rewritten for Creator/RobertDeNiro and, finally, Creator/BruceWillis.Creator/BruceWillis.
** Creator/RonPerlman was considered to play Jimmy.

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* OldShame: Willis notoriously apologized for the (lack of) quality of this movie several years after it was released.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $30 million. Box office, $24,107,867.
* MissingTrailerScene: The theatrical trailer shows lot of deleted, extended and alternate scenes, probably ones which were decided to be cut or changed after bad test screening of the original cut. There are also lot of promotional stills which show several other deleted scenes, like Tom and Jo pulling some man out of the water while group of people watches them or deleted part from the ending showing Tom kneeling over Nick's body.
* OldShame: Willis Creator/BruceWillis notoriously apologized for the (lack of) quality of this movie several years after it was released.released.
* ReleaseDateChange: The film was scheduled to be released on May 21, 1993. But after the original cut was shown to a test audience that hated it, extensive re-shooting was done in Los Angeles. Story changes, and removal of some plot points, were done to try and and make the movie better. Because of this, release date was pushed from May to September 17th.
* TroubledProduction: The film had to deal with Creator/BruceWillis' huge ego:
** Namely, Willis would often rewrite scenes and [[WagTheDirector have them directed the way he wanted them to be done]], to the point where one crew member called him "Orson Willis". This is not the [[Film/HudsonHawk first]] [[Literature/TheBonfireOfTheVanities time]] this has happened with Willis.
** Since audiences found the original cut confusing, they had to do loads of reshoots to make the movie more [[HotterAndSexier sexy]] and [[BloodierAndGorier violent]]; Willis didn't want to do them, and even blamed the director for the original cut's poor quality. Overzealous executive Mark Canton, known for being behind [[Film/LastActionHero various]] [[Literature/TheBonfireOfTheVanities other]] troubled productions, wanted many scenes altered, and even shielded the movie's production problems from the public.
** Finally, the title was changed at the last minute from ''Three Rivers'' due to the increase in action scenes. All of this resulted in a product that [[BoxOfficeBomb flopped at the box office]], and is now an OldShame to Willis.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, the lead role was to be played by Creator/EdHarris. It was then rewritten for Creator/RobertDeNiro and, finally, Creator/BruceWillis.
* WorkingTitle: ''Three Rivers''.
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** Detective Eiler [[YouLookFamiliar pops up]] as Bruce Willis's boss again [[Film/TheFifthElement a few hundred years in the future]].
** Sarah Jessica Parker before ''Series/SexAndTheCity''
* OldShame: Willis notoriously apologized for the (lack of) quality of this movie several years after it was released.

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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Detective Eiler [[YouLookFamiliar pops up]] as Bruce Willis's boss again [[Film/TheFifthElement a few hundred years in the future]].
** Sarah Jessica Parker before ''Series/SexAndTheCity''
* OldShame: Willis notoriously apologized for the (lack of) quality of this movie several years after it was released.

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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Detective Eiler [[YouLookFamiliar pops up]] as Bruce Willis's boss again [[Film/TheFifthElement a few hundred years in the future]].
** Sarah Jessica Parker before ''Series/SexAndTheCity''

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