TedStixon

26th Mar 2024

The Crow (1994)

Trivia: Chad Stahelski was a close friend of Brandon Lee and was working as his stunt-double on the film. After Lee tragically died, Stahelski served as his body double for unfinished scenes. Stahelski later became famous as a film director, helming all four "John Wick" films. Due to Lee's death, he is reportedly incredibly strict on his sets when it comes to firearms safety.

TedStixon

25th Jan 2023

The Crow (1994)

Audio problem: When Shelly is being wheeled away in the beginning, she makes a strained gasping sound right before they put the oxygen mask back on her. But her gasp doesn't match her mouth movements. In fact, it's impossible to make the sound she made with the mouth movements she made. Try it yourself. It almost looks like she's saying "F**k" or something similar, and they just dubbed it over with a gasp. Additionally, the gasp is far too loud and clear given how softly she's speaking. Bad looping.

TedStixon

24th Jan 2023

The Crow (1994)

Deliberate mistake: When Eric first enters his old apartment, watch very closely. When he first wanders in the room, his body has a slightly weird jitter and blur to it that doesn't quite match his movements. This is because the footage of Eric walking through the doorway is actually taken from the scene in the alley. They "cut" Brandon Lee out of that scene and inserted him into the apartment since they didn't have a shot of him. But unfortunately, it has some odd "glitches" due the footage not quite matching.

TedStixon

13th Jan 2020

The Crow (1994)

Trivia: Aside from the tragic death of Brandon Lee, the film's production was reportedly extremely difficult. A carpenter suffered electric burns in an accident. A crew-member injured himself with a screwdriver. Another crew-member crashed his car into a studio workshop. And a grip-truck caught fire. Drug use was also rampant on-set (much to the annoyance of star Brandon Lee and director Alex Proyas, who were trying to remain professional and do their best), which may explain some of the accidents.

TedStixon

13th Jan 2020

The Crow (1994)

Trivia: The film originally had a number of scenes featuring a decomposing, zombie-like character called the "Skull Cowboy," who was played by character-actor Michael Berryman. The character would act as a sort-of "spirit guide" for Eric Draven, and do things like explain the rules of the crow to him, and offer him advice. All of his scenes were ultimately scrapped, as they were deemed unnecessary.

TedStixon

13th Jan 2020

The Crow (1994)

Trivia: Michael Massee, the actor who shot the prop gun that inadvertently killed Brandon Lee, was deeply affected by the event. He took a year off from working on any projects to simply relax and deal with his emotional state. He also reportedly refused to watch the finished film, and still hadn't seen it at the time of his unfortunate passing in 2016 from cancer.

TedStixon

13th Jan 2020

The Crow (1994)

Trivia: Original "Crow" comic creator James O'Barr donated most of his earnings from the film because he felt it was "blood money" after the death of Brandon Lee. The only things he bought with it were a car for his mother and some speakers. The rest went to charity.

TedStixon

13th Jan 2020

The Crow (1994)

Trivia: Co-writer David J. Schow has a cameo as one of the goons that Eric takes out during the big shootout. (He's the guy who gets dragged under the table right after the first goon gets shot).

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