The Long Kiss Goodnight(1996) Movie Review 1/4

Part one of my review of The Long Kiss Goodnight(1996) starring Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima, Craig Bierko, Tom Amandes, Brian Cox, Patrick Malahide, and David Morse. Directed by Renny Harlin.

Trivia

In the first draft of the screenplay, Mitch dies of his wounds.(That makes sense..)

The song "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow" by 'Vaughn Monroe (I)' plays in Samantha's car radio. It also featured at the end of Die Hard 2 (1990) also directed by Renny Harlin.

The ice skating scene was scripted to end with Samantha performing a double-axel flip and simultaneously firing over her upside-down head. After two aerial-rig configurations (in sub-zero conditions) and several attempts at green-screening failed to hold any convincing fluency to the action, it was dropped from the final cut of the film

The movie playing on the TV at the hotel was The Long Goodbye (1973).

Director Trademark: [Renny Harlin] [finland] Both Mitch and Charly drink Finlandia Vodka.

One of the movie's original locations was a historic, grand hotel in Muskoka, Ontario, Canada - the 100-year-old Windermere House. During filming, however, the hotel caught fire and burned to the ground. The heat from the film lights were initially blamed for causing the blaze, but it was never proven that the lights started the fire.

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• The Long Kiss Goodnight
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• Brian Cox
• Patrick Malahide
• David Morse
• Renny Harlin
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[phantassm]

I reviewed this film quite sometime ago but I thought that it was pretty good. I really liked it.