Ratings: IMDB ― 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes ― 85%, ME ― 75%
Harry: Well what I'm doing for the guy who likes to bluff is I'm playing a little game called "Am I Bluffing?"
[Loads one round into the revolver to play Russian Roulette]
Harry: Where is she? Where the fuck is Harmony? You want to play hardball? I can do that.
[Spins the chamber and points the gun]
Harry: Where is the girl?
[Shoots the guy in the head]
Perry: [Stuttering at first] What did you just do?
Harry: [Confused] I just put in one bullet, didn't I?
Perry: You put a live round in that gun?
Harry: Well yeah, there was like an 8% chance.
Perry: Eight? Who taught you math!
Robert Downey, Jr. as Harry Lockhart and Val Kilmer as Gay Perry
As a sign of support to Robert Downey Jr.'s recovery from alcohol and drugs, Val Kilmer refused to drink during the entire production.
Val Kilmer's depiction of Gay Perry is generally considered to be the first openly gay character to front a Hollywood action movie.
The film was given a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival.
Val Kilmer met Robert Downey Jr. for the first time at a Hollywood party. A week later he received the screenplay for Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) and agreed to do it before he'd even finished reading it. Upon agreeing, and much to his delight, he was informed that Downey Jr had already been cast.
Laurence Fishburne provides the voice for the bear in the fake beer commercial.
Val Kilmer had to quickly lose the 50 pounds gained for his plump role in Oliver Stone's Alexander (2004) in order to play his fit GQ character for this film.
Val Kilmer walked around in a $500 pair of Louis Vuitton driving shoes and wore nail varnish while experimenting with several variations of speech patterns for the role. Kilmer also noted this was done much to his son Jack's chagrin.
The film grossed far more outside the United States, accounting for just over 70% of the film's worldwide gross.
Shane Black had been suffering from writer's block; it ultimately took him over a year and a half to write the script for Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005). He then had enormous trouble trying to sell it. His former cachet as being the highest paid screenwriter meant nothing when he was touting around his screenplay. Eventually he took it to Joel Silverwho gave him his first break back in 1987 when he bought Lethal Weapon (1987).
Robert Downey Jr. composed music for his first music album during the production.
Joel Silver noted that the film was originally budgeted at US$10 million because Warner Bros. were not confident in the premise. The film ran over and the final budget was US$15 million. Warner Bros. loved the film when it was screened, and immediately opened it at the 2005 Cannes International Film Festival in a high profile capacity.
The movie's title is a reference to an un-used theme song to the James Bond movie Thunderball (1965). "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" was recorded by first Shirley Bassey and then Dionne Warwick after composer John Barry had chosen the title when he read a magazine article which mentioned that was how Bond was known in Italy. However, the producers got cold feet at the last moment and asked him to write a title song, Thunderball, which was performed by Tom Jones. Both versions of Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang were released many years later, and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang has since become a slang description of the James Bond-style spy genre.
Shane Black read several stories by Raymond Chandler when writing this script. As a result, the story is divided into chapters and the chapter titles come from Chandler works. Specifically: 1. "Trouble is My Business", 2. "The Lady in the Lake", 3. "The Little Sister", 4. "The Simple Art of Murder", and Epilogue: "Farewell, My Lovely".
Warner Brothers were willing to produce the movie with a larger budget if Harrison Ford were to play the detective. When he passed, several other options were briefly considered before Val Kilmer was offered the role.
The film was originally titled "L.A.P.I.", then "Bang!" - but Val Kilmer suggested to director Shane Black that "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" would have more appeal.
In reference to the "Ike, Mike, and Mustard" quote. Ike and Mike are diner slang for salt and pepper shakers. Also, Pre-1950s, an "Ike, Mike, and Mustard" joke was an off color joke, generally with sexual references, that wouldn't be told in polite or mixed company.
Co-producer of the film Susan Downey (Susan Levin) is Robert Downey Jr.'s wife.
The film's original title was You'll Never Die in This Town Again.
One scene in the film takes place in a club exhibiting living art, which, at one point in his life, Robert Downey Jr. worked as.
Johnny Knoxville was set to star as Harry Lockhart before being replaced by Robert Downey Jr.
Harry's game of Russian roulette while asking the suspect "Where is the girl?" is a mirror of a Russell Crowe scene from L.A. Confidential (1997).
Gay Perry's cell phone ring tone is "I will survive".
The phrase "kiss kiss, bang bang" appeared in the 1960s as an overseas slang for spy movies, especially James Bond movies. It was popular in Europe and Japan. It first appeared as a film title for Kiss Kiss - Bang Bang (1966), a 1966 spy comedy made in Spain with Italian financing. It was also the title of famed critic Pauline Kael's second published collection of reviews. Kael wrote that she chose the words as her title because they are "perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies."
Because of its modest budget, Warner Bros. granted Joel Silver the distinction of overseeing the film personally, allowing Shane Black to only have to answer to him instead of numerous studio heads.
Although the film leads us to believe that the characters played by Robert Downey Jr.and Michelle Monaghan grew up together, there's actually an 11 year age difference between the two actors.
Hugh Grant and Benicio Del Toro were initially considered for the lead roles.
Shane Black's directorial debut.
In its initial release, this never expanded beyond 169 screens, hence its disappointing box office numbers.
In one scene, Harry Lockhart is prompted to read lines from a script sample. The first line he reads ends with the phrase "go spit," which is also a catchphrase of the Roger Murtaugh character in the Lethal Weapon (1987) movies written by Shane Black.
While being held at gunpoint, Gay Perry (Val Kilmer) demonstrates how easy it is to disarm a non-professional gunman, as most of them fail to keep a minimum distance of at least 5 feet from their target. This is an in-joke, as many other movies written by Shane Black feature a scene where the hero is able to disarm a gunman who makes this very mistake, most notably in The Last Boy Scout (1991) and The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996).
At one point in the film Gay Perry (Val Kilmer) reveals that Colin Farrell is up for the role that Harry is auditioning for. Kilmer had previously played Philip, father of Alexander the Great (Farrell) in Alexander (2004).
Harmony's baseball bat carries the inscription "Wonder Girl" which is a homage to Robert Redford's bat in The Natural (1984) which was called "Wonder Boy".
The (published) name of the author of the Jonny Gossamer books is Joe Chester. You can see it briefly on the first book Harmony picks up at the party.
The "Johnny Gossamer" novel Harmony picks up at the party opens to show the contents as 'Man Beneath The Uniform' by Maureen Child.
The first film produced by Public Media Works, Corbin Bernsen's production company.
Harry's hotel room number is 714. This number is also Joe Friday's badge number on the L.A. television cop show, Dragnet (1951).
Shannyn Sossamon's character was originally "Girl with Pink Hair" but was changed after production was completed to "Pink Hair Girl".
Spoilers ―
[Loads one round into the revolver to play Russian Roulette]
Harry: Where is she? Where the fuck is Harmony? You want to play hardball? I can do that.
[Spins the chamber and points the gun]
Harry: Where is the girl?
[Shoots the guy in the head]
Perry: [Stuttering at first] What did you just do?
Harry: [Confused] I just put in one bullet, didn't I?
Perry: You put a live round in that gun?
Harry: Well yeah, there was like an 8% chance.
Perry: Eight? Who taught you math!
Robert Downey, Jr. as Harry Lockhart and Val Kilmer as Gay Perry
Trivia (From IMDB):
As a sign of support to Robert Downey Jr.'s recovery from alcohol and drugs, Val Kilmer refused to drink during the entire production.
Val Kilmer's depiction of Gay Perry is generally considered to be the first openly gay character to front a Hollywood action movie.
The film was given a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival.
Val Kilmer met Robert Downey Jr. for the first time at a Hollywood party. A week later he received the screenplay for Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) and agreed to do it before he'd even finished reading it. Upon agreeing, and much to his delight, he was informed that Downey Jr had already been cast.
Laurence Fishburne provides the voice for the bear in the fake beer commercial.
Val Kilmer had to quickly lose the 50 pounds gained for his plump role in Oliver Stone's Alexander (2004) in order to play his fit GQ character for this film.
Val Kilmer walked around in a $500 pair of Louis Vuitton driving shoes and wore nail varnish while experimenting with several variations of speech patterns for the role. Kilmer also noted this was done much to his son Jack's chagrin.
The film grossed far more outside the United States, accounting for just over 70% of the film's worldwide gross.
Shane Black had been suffering from writer's block; it ultimately took him over a year and a half to write the script for Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005). He then had enormous trouble trying to sell it. His former cachet as being the highest paid screenwriter meant nothing when he was touting around his screenplay. Eventually he took it to Joel Silverwho gave him his first break back in 1987 when he bought Lethal Weapon (1987).
Robert Downey Jr. composed music for his first music album during the production.
Joel Silver noted that the film was originally budgeted at US$10 million because Warner Bros. were not confident in the premise. The film ran over and the final budget was US$15 million. Warner Bros. loved the film when it was screened, and immediately opened it at the 2005 Cannes International Film Festival in a high profile capacity.
The movie's title is a reference to an un-used theme song to the James Bond movie Thunderball (1965). "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" was recorded by first Shirley Bassey and then Dionne Warwick after composer John Barry had chosen the title when he read a magazine article which mentioned that was how Bond was known in Italy. However, the producers got cold feet at the last moment and asked him to write a title song, Thunderball, which was performed by Tom Jones. Both versions of Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang were released many years later, and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang has since become a slang description of the James Bond-style spy genre.
Shane Black read several stories by Raymond Chandler when writing this script. As a result, the story is divided into chapters and the chapter titles come from Chandler works. Specifically: 1. "Trouble is My Business", 2. "The Lady in the Lake", 3. "The Little Sister", 4. "The Simple Art of Murder", and Epilogue: "Farewell, My Lovely".
Warner Brothers were willing to produce the movie with a larger budget if Harrison Ford were to play the detective. When he passed, several other options were briefly considered before Val Kilmer was offered the role.
The film was originally titled "L.A.P.I.", then "Bang!" - but Val Kilmer suggested to director Shane Black that "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" would have more appeal.
In reference to the "Ike, Mike, and Mustard" quote. Ike and Mike are diner slang for salt and pepper shakers. Also, Pre-1950s, an "Ike, Mike, and Mustard" joke was an off color joke, generally with sexual references, that wouldn't be told in polite or mixed company.
Co-producer of the film Susan Downey (Susan Levin) is Robert Downey Jr.'s wife.
The film's original title was You'll Never Die in This Town Again.
One scene in the film takes place in a club exhibiting living art, which, at one point in his life, Robert Downey Jr. worked as.
Johnny Knoxville was set to star as Harry Lockhart before being replaced by Robert Downey Jr.
Harry's game of Russian roulette while asking the suspect "Where is the girl?" is a mirror of a Russell Crowe scene from L.A. Confidential (1997).
Gay Perry's cell phone ring tone is "I will survive".
The phrase "kiss kiss, bang bang" appeared in the 1960s as an overseas slang for spy movies, especially James Bond movies. It was popular in Europe and Japan. It first appeared as a film title for Kiss Kiss - Bang Bang (1966), a 1966 spy comedy made in Spain with Italian financing. It was also the title of famed critic Pauline Kael's second published collection of reviews. Kael wrote that she chose the words as her title because they are "perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies."
Because of its modest budget, Warner Bros. granted Joel Silver the distinction of overseeing the film personally, allowing Shane Black to only have to answer to him instead of numerous studio heads.
Although the film leads us to believe that the characters played by Robert Downey Jr.and Michelle Monaghan grew up together, there's actually an 11 year age difference between the two actors.
Hugh Grant and Benicio Del Toro were initially considered for the lead roles.
Shane Black's directorial debut.
In its initial release, this never expanded beyond 169 screens, hence its disappointing box office numbers.
In one scene, Harry Lockhart is prompted to read lines from a script sample. The first line he reads ends with the phrase "go spit," which is also a catchphrase of the Roger Murtaugh character in the Lethal Weapon (1987) movies written by Shane Black.
While being held at gunpoint, Gay Perry (Val Kilmer) demonstrates how easy it is to disarm a non-professional gunman, as most of them fail to keep a minimum distance of at least 5 feet from their target. This is an in-joke, as many other movies written by Shane Black feature a scene where the hero is able to disarm a gunman who makes this very mistake, most notably in The Last Boy Scout (1991) and The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996).
At one point in the film Gay Perry (Val Kilmer) reveals that Colin Farrell is up for the role that Harry is auditioning for. Kilmer had previously played Philip, father of Alexander the Great (Farrell) in Alexander (2004).
Harmony's baseball bat carries the inscription "Wonder Girl" which is a homage to Robert Redford's bat in The Natural (1984) which was called "Wonder Boy".
The (published) name of the author of the Jonny Gossamer books is Joe Chester. You can see it briefly on the first book Harmony picks up at the party.
The "Johnny Gossamer" novel Harmony picks up at the party opens to show the contents as 'Man Beneath The Uniform' by Maureen Child.
The first film produced by Public Media Works, Corbin Bernsen's production company.
Harry's hotel room number is 714. This number is also Joe Friday's badge number on the L.A. television cop show, Dragnet (1951).
Shannyn Sossamon's character was originally "Girl with Pink Hair" but was changed after production was completed to "Pink Hair Girl".
Spoilers ―
Corpse count: 13: Richie (shot by woman on fire escape); Protocop (scared out of an open window); Veronica Dexter (the "lady in the lake"); Jenna Lane (suicide); Mr Frying Pan (shot by food stand owner); Pink Hair Girl (shot by Mr Fire); Mr Fire (shot by Harry); Dexter's Clinic guard (shot by Harry); Aurelio (shot by Perry); Dexter's goon on bridge (shot by Perry); Harlan Dexter (shot by Harry); two goons on freeway (shot by Harry).
From IMDB, and Wikipedia
From IMDB, and Wikipedia
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