Trivia / The Kid (2000)

• Contractual Obligation Project: The third of three projects Bruce Willis had to do for Disney, after Armageddon (1998) and The Sixth Sense, as part of a deal where they didn't sue the heck out of him for causing a planned movie, Broadway Brawler, to be cancelled after 20 days in production (primarily due to him firing the director). That said...
• So My Kids Can Watch: This was Willis' first family film. He thought it would be fun to do a family film for Disney after realizing how different it was compared to his previous films for them and because he wanted to star in a film that his daughters could watch.
• Uncredited Role: Matthew Perry and Cuba Gooding Jr. in brief cameos.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Tim Allen was offered the role of Russ Duritz, but was too busy filming Galaxy Quest and declined.
  • Jerry Goldsmith was the original composer. He wrote music before the was shot, and this music was then used as a temporary score during editing, and for test screenings. He spoke about this at the Director's Guild at the time. He said this was the first time he had ever done this. Unfortunately, he never got to do the final music for the finished film, and was replaced by Marc Shaiman and Jason White.

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