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* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/KeanueReeves and director Joe Charbanich were friends and roommates prior to this film entering production. But Reeves' disinterest in the film and anger at being strong-armed into participating by Charbanich resulted in the friendship breaking apart.

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* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/KeanueReeves Creator/KeanuReeves and director Joe Charbanich were friends and roommates prior to this film entering production. But Reeves' disinterest in the film and anger at being strong-armed into participating by Charbanich resulted in the friendship breaking apart.
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* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/KeanueReeves and director Joe Charbanich were friends and roommates prior to this film entering production. But Reeves' disinterest in the film and anger at being strong-armed into participating by Charbanich resulted in the friendship breaking apart.
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* MoneyDearBoy: Creator/KeanueReeves was so infuriated at the events that led to his casting that Universal gave him a cut of the profits (amounting to a $2 million bonus) and agreed not to make him central to the film's marketing in exchange for him keeping quiet about it for a year. Once the agreement expired, he immediately made his anger known to the public.

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* MoneyDearBoy: Creator/KeanueReeves Creator/KeanuReeves was so infuriated at the events that led to his casting that Universal gave him a cut of the profits (amounting to a $2 million bonus) and agreed not to make him central to the film's marketing in exchange for him keeping quiet about it for a year. Once the agreement expired, he immediately made his anger known to the public.

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* OldShame: What Creator/KeanuReeves thought of this movie as. Apparently he didn't even ''want'' to star in it, and claimed his roommate had signed the contract fraudulently so he couldn't back out.

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\n* OldShame: What ContractualObligationProject: Creator/KeanuReeves thought of says that he only participated in this movie as. Apparently film because director Joe Charbanich, his roommate at the time, had forged his signature on the contract. He had to take the role because he didn't even ''want'' want to star in it, risk a lawsuit.
* CreatorBacklash: Creator/KeanuReeves, normally one of the nicest
and claimed his roommate most-diplomatic people in the film industry, has nothing good to say about this movie, saying he found the script uninteresting. Especially because the film's director had signed forged Reeves' signature onto the contract fraudulently for a cameo appearance at scale rates only for the role to turn into a lead antagonist without the pay being raised accordingly.
* MoneyDearBoy: Creator/KeanueReeves was
so infuriated at the events that led to his casting that Universal gave him a cut of the profits (amounting to a $2 million bonus) and agreed not to make him central to the film's marketing in exchange for him keeping quiet about it for a year. Once the agreement expired, he couldn't back out.immediately made his anger known to the public.




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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: David Allen Griffin was originally a very minor role (almost a cameo), but the part was beefed up into a lead upon Creator/KeanuReeves' casting. He wasn't very happy about this because he didn't want to take part in the first place.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The film features Kodak cameras (including photos that needed to be developed for an hour), and old, small Sony [=TVs=].

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The film features Kodak cameras (including photos that needed to be developed for an hour), and old, small Sony [=TVs=].[=TVs=].

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* {{Typecasting}}: Various actors who play suspects so commonly play jerks or villains that it's almost a given that they'll become suspects right from their introduction.
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!!The Film:
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Good lord, this movie is early 2000s/late 1990s, what with the Kodak cameras (including photos that needed to be developed for an hour), old, small Sony [=TVs=], and a late 90's soundtrack.

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Good lord, this movie is early 2000s/late 1990s, what with the TechnologyMarchesOn: The film features Kodak cameras (including photos that needed to be developed for an hour), and old, small Sony [=TVs=], and a late 90's soundtrack.[=TVs=].
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* OldShame: What Creator/KeanuReeves thought of this movie as. Apparently, he didn't even ''want'' to star in it, and he claimed that his roommate had signed the contract fraudulently and he couldn't back out.

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* OldShame: What Creator/KeanuReeves thought of this movie as. Apparently, Apparently he didn't even ''want'' to star in it, and he claimed that his roommate had signed the contract fraudulently and so he couldn't back out.
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* OldShame: What KeanuReeves thought of this movie as. Apparently, he didn't even ''want'' to star in it, and he claimed that his roommate had signed the contract fraudulently and he couldn't back out.

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* OldShame: What KeanuReeves Creator/KeanuReeves thought of this movie as. Apparently, he didn't even ''want'' to star in it, and he claimed that his roommate had signed the contract fraudulently and he couldn't back out.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Good lord, this movie is early 2000s/late 1990s, what with the kodak cameras (including photos that needed to be developed for an hour), old, small Sony TVs, and a late 90's soundtrack.

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Good lord, this movie is early 2000s/late 1990s, what with the kodak Kodak cameras (including photos that needed to be developed for an hour), old, small Sony TVs, [=TVs=], and a late 90's soundtrack.
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* PlayingAgainstType: The lead actors swapped types. Reeves is primarily known for playing heroes and Spader generally plays creeps.

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* PlayingAgainstType: The lead actors swapped types. Reeves is primarily known for playing heroes and Spader generally plays creeps.creeps.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Good lord, this movie is early 2000s/late 1990s, what with the kodak cameras (including photos that needed to be developed for an hour), old, small Sony TVs, and a late 90's soundtrack.
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* OldShame: What KeanuReeves thought of this movie as. Apparently, he didn't even ''want'' to star in it, and he claimed that his roommate had signed the contract fraudulently and he couldn't back out.

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* OldShame: What KeanuReeves thought of this movie as. Apparently, he didn't even ''want'' to star in it, and he claimed that his roommate had signed the contract fraudulently and he couldn't back out.out.
* PlayingAgainstType: The lead actors swapped types. Reeves is primarily known for playing heroes and Spader generally plays creeps.
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* OldShame: What KeanuReeves thought of this movie as. Apparently, he didn't even ''want'' to star in it, and he claimed that his roommate had signed the contract fraudulently and he couldn't back out.

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