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1* AcclaimedFlop: It did very well with critics but failed at the box office.
2* ActorInspiredElement: The movie was originally set in New York, but Creator/NicolasCage changed the setting to New Orleans in order to help them after Hurricane Katrina.
3* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/EvaMendes has said that Werner Herzog is one of her favorite film makers.
4* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $25 million. Box office, $10,589,102. Its widest release was only 96 theaters. It was well received critically though.
5* HalfRememberedHomage: The film is a re-imagining of ''Film/BadLieutenant'', but Creator/WernerHerzog claims to have never seen the original.
6-->"I haven't seen it, so I can't compare it. It has nothing to do with it." --Werner Herzog at the 81st Academy Awards
7-->"I've never seen a film by him. I have no idea who he is." --Werner Herzog again, in response to Creator/AbelFerrara denouncing everyone involved in ''Port of Call New Orleans''
8* ThrowItIn: Creator/WernerHerzog spotted an iguana in a tree during shooting and immediately decided there should be a couple in the film. One of them bit him while filming the close-up shots, much to the whole crew's amusement.

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