Post by Death on Aug 2, 2006 22:00:52 GMT -5
"Final Destination" was released in theaters on March 17, 2000.
"Final Destination" grossed $10,015,822 in its opening weekend and its final take was $53,331,147.
"Final Destination" had a budget of $23 million.
Most characters in the film are named after directors or stars from black and white horror movies. For example, Chaney (Lon Chaney), Waggner (director George Waggner), Browning (famous "Dracula" director Tod Browning), Larry Murnau, (after F.W. Murnau, director of the "first" Dracula film Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)), Schreck (Max Schreck starred in "Nosferatu"), Valerie Lewton (Val Lewton produced several famous horror movies) and Billy Hitchcock whose name pays homage to Alfred Hitchcock.
The woman at the check-in desk at the airport tells Alex that the plane leaves at 9:25 which is the same as his birthday (25th September). When he gets on the plane he sits in seat I (which is the 9th letter of the alphabet) and the seat is in row 25.
Much of the news footage shown is actual footage from the July 1996 explosion and crash of TWA Flight 800 off East Moriches, Long Island, New York.
As well as footage, Final Destination (2000) borrows in other ways from the crash of TWA Flight 800. The July 17th, 1996 flight was also carrying a high school French club, it exploded suddenly and was investigated for a possible deliberate act causing the accident - first a bomb, then a surface to air missile. As with the movie, it was ultimately decided that the crash was a result of mechanical failure (explosion in the central fuel tank), although the FBI investigation is still open.
When the students are boarding the airplane, Alex looks down from the jetway and sees a luggage cart with the number 666 on it.
During the opening credits, all of the deaths in the movie are foreshadowed. There is a hanging doll, a guillotine, and a picture of a knife in someone's chest.
The numerous appearances of '180' in the movie refer to the film's original title of 'Flight 180'. New Line decided to rename the film to Final Destination (2000) through fear of confusion of other movies like Air Force One (1997) or Con Air (1997).
Many of the props contain references to assassinated presidents or almost-presidents: Miss Lewton's leaking coffee cup had an inscription for Mt. Abraham High, and Carter Horton's car had a license plate beginning with the letters "RFK". The plane takes off from "JFK"-Airport. JFK, John F. Kennedy also was assassinated.
The music played throughout the movie was by John Denver, a musician who died in a plane crash.
After the main characters are removed from the plane, Billy is only shot from the rear, showing the name on his jersey, that of suspense master Alfred Hitchcock.
The story was originally the concept for an abandoned "The X Files" (1993) television script.
The original casting choices for Alex and Clear were Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst.
The exterior of Ms Lewton's house was built in five days. The residents of Vancouver didn't want the filmmakers to blow it up as they thought it was a nice house.
When Clear gets out the car to find Alex on the beach, a real beach was used with some trees placed at the roadside to make it appear like she is walking through a maze to get to Alex. Once the shot closes in on Alex, a set is used to stop the water effects from the real beach getting on to the soundtrack of the scene.
The infamous beach scene was originally shot with the romantic subplot between Alex and Clear.
The scene where Carter elbows Billy in the car was added in because on the day of shooting that scene, Seann William Scott had a sore lip. To hide it, the make up team added blood and the end result was of Carter elbowing Billy.
In the opening scene, Devon Sawa (Alex) was supposed to pretend to be asleep. He actually fell asleep for four hours.
The shot of Alex's bedside clock, which fades in from 1.00am to 180, took 5 days to get correct.
Clear Rivers (Ali Larter) was named after Morgan and Wong's assistant. The Rivers surname came from a family relation of one of the crew.
The flight charter board in the airport was not part of the scene, it was a CGI effect.
Kerr Smith and Seann William Scott took travel sickness pills (Dramamine) before each plane crash take and were half asleep and very weak during the shots - that's why they aren't shown close-up much.
The plane set was built on a gimbal about twenty feet high to make it shake. The plane set was later torn down and changed to Clear's top floor which she runs through in the storm sequence.
Ms. Lewton's conversation with the co-pilot to let the teachers back on the plane was completely improvised.
Clear's cabin was also the cabin from Lake Placid (1999)
Alex's chicken spread was actually mushed up banana.
Daniel Roebuck was chosen partly because of his knowledge of old horror flicks.
At the Flight 180 memorial a month or so after the crash, the song that plays is "Hundred Grand", performed by Pete Atherton.
SPOILER: The Alka-Seltzer sequence which follows Amanda Detmer's character getting hit by the bus had to be extended as test audiences were still recovering from the shock.
SPOILER: In Tod's death scene, the shot of the leaking water was played forward as it came out. The footage was simply rolled backwards to give the effect that it is sucked back under the toilet.
SPOILER: The bus sequence, from Alex and Clear talking about the Mortician to Terry being hit by the bus took a total of three days to shoot.
SPOILER: In the scene where Lewton is impaled with the kitchen knives, actress Kristen Cloke was put under a fake wooden floor with a silicone body on top. This was so the knife could impale the character.
SPOILER: The piece of glass that went into Ms. Lewton's neck from the computer was done backwards - they shot the glass being yanked away from her neck with a line (which was digitally erased).
"Final Destination" grossed $10,015,822 in its opening weekend and its final take was $53,331,147.
"Final Destination" had a budget of $23 million.
Most characters in the film are named after directors or stars from black and white horror movies. For example, Chaney (Lon Chaney), Waggner (director George Waggner), Browning (famous "Dracula" director Tod Browning), Larry Murnau, (after F.W. Murnau, director of the "first" Dracula film Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)), Schreck (Max Schreck starred in "Nosferatu"), Valerie Lewton (Val Lewton produced several famous horror movies) and Billy Hitchcock whose name pays homage to Alfred Hitchcock.
The woman at the check-in desk at the airport tells Alex that the plane leaves at 9:25 which is the same as his birthday (25th September). When he gets on the plane he sits in seat I (which is the 9th letter of the alphabet) and the seat is in row 25.
Much of the news footage shown is actual footage from the July 1996 explosion and crash of TWA Flight 800 off East Moriches, Long Island, New York.
As well as footage, Final Destination (2000) borrows in other ways from the crash of TWA Flight 800. The July 17th, 1996 flight was also carrying a high school French club, it exploded suddenly and was investigated for a possible deliberate act causing the accident - first a bomb, then a surface to air missile. As with the movie, it was ultimately decided that the crash was a result of mechanical failure (explosion in the central fuel tank), although the FBI investigation is still open.
When the students are boarding the airplane, Alex looks down from the jetway and sees a luggage cart with the number 666 on it.
During the opening credits, all of the deaths in the movie are foreshadowed. There is a hanging doll, a guillotine, and a picture of a knife in someone's chest.
The numerous appearances of '180' in the movie refer to the film's original title of 'Flight 180'. New Line decided to rename the film to Final Destination (2000) through fear of confusion of other movies like Air Force One (1997) or Con Air (1997).
Many of the props contain references to assassinated presidents or almost-presidents: Miss Lewton's leaking coffee cup had an inscription for Mt. Abraham High, and Carter Horton's car had a license plate beginning with the letters "RFK". The plane takes off from "JFK"-Airport. JFK, John F. Kennedy also was assassinated.
The music played throughout the movie was by John Denver, a musician who died in a plane crash.
After the main characters are removed from the plane, Billy is only shot from the rear, showing the name on his jersey, that of suspense master Alfred Hitchcock.
The story was originally the concept for an abandoned "The X Files" (1993) television script.
The original casting choices for Alex and Clear were Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst.
The exterior of Ms Lewton's house was built in five days. The residents of Vancouver didn't want the filmmakers to blow it up as they thought it was a nice house.
When Clear gets out the car to find Alex on the beach, a real beach was used with some trees placed at the roadside to make it appear like she is walking through a maze to get to Alex. Once the shot closes in on Alex, a set is used to stop the water effects from the real beach getting on to the soundtrack of the scene.
The infamous beach scene was originally shot with the romantic subplot between Alex and Clear.
The scene where Carter elbows Billy in the car was added in because on the day of shooting that scene, Seann William Scott had a sore lip. To hide it, the make up team added blood and the end result was of Carter elbowing Billy.
In the opening scene, Devon Sawa (Alex) was supposed to pretend to be asleep. He actually fell asleep for four hours.
The shot of Alex's bedside clock, which fades in from 1.00am to 180, took 5 days to get correct.
Clear Rivers (Ali Larter) was named after Morgan and Wong's assistant. The Rivers surname came from a family relation of one of the crew.
The flight charter board in the airport was not part of the scene, it was a CGI effect.
Kerr Smith and Seann William Scott took travel sickness pills (Dramamine) before each plane crash take and were half asleep and very weak during the shots - that's why they aren't shown close-up much.
The plane set was built on a gimbal about twenty feet high to make it shake. The plane set was later torn down and changed to Clear's top floor which she runs through in the storm sequence.
Ms. Lewton's conversation with the co-pilot to let the teachers back on the plane was completely improvised.
Clear's cabin was also the cabin from Lake Placid (1999)
Alex's chicken spread was actually mushed up banana.
Daniel Roebuck was chosen partly because of his knowledge of old horror flicks.
At the Flight 180 memorial a month or so after the crash, the song that plays is "Hundred Grand", performed by Pete Atherton.
SPOILER: The Alka-Seltzer sequence which follows Amanda Detmer's character getting hit by the bus had to be extended as test audiences were still recovering from the shock.
SPOILER: In Tod's death scene, the shot of the leaking water was played forward as it came out. The footage was simply rolled backwards to give the effect that it is sucked back under the toilet.
SPOILER: The bus sequence, from Alex and Clear talking about the Mortician to Terry being hit by the bus took a total of three days to shoot.
SPOILER: In the scene where Lewton is impaled with the kitchen knives, actress Kristen Cloke was put under a fake wooden floor with a silicone body on top. This was so the knife could impale the character.
SPOILER: The piece of glass that went into Ms. Lewton's neck from the computer was done backwards - they shot the glass being yanked away from her neck with a line (which was digitally erased).
