FILM · 2019 · USA
Gemini Man
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- #001
Tony Scott and Curtis Hanson were attached to direct in the 1990s, when Disney was producing the film. The studio cancelled the project because computer effects were not advanced enough at the time. Neither Scott nor Hanson lived to see the final film.
- #002
The original screenplay was written for Clint Eastwood.
- #003
From 2003 to 2010, Nicolas Cage was attached to the project. It was finally scheduled to go into production in 2008, but Cage convinced Jerry Bruckheimer to work on The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) instead.
- #004
Because clones share the same DNA, they are effectively identical twins. However, since identical twins often have different personalities, clones would be far more different from the original, because a different environment, parenting and even time period, starting in the womb, would help shape the individual's biology and personality. This also means they may not share the same allergies.
- #005
When Brogan says "50-year-old self," Baron corrects him, saying he is 51. Will Smith was 51 when the film was released.
- #006
Asked where he was born, Henry says "Philadelphia." Smith was born in Philadelphia and so was his famous character in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990).
- #007
Danny (while undercover as a dock worker) calculates Henry's bill as $23.46, foreshadowing the conspiracy. In human biology, a fetus receives 23 chromosomes from each parent, for a total of 46 chromosomes.
- #008
The film's epilogue mentions Junior going to college, considering his major there and his interest in engineering. Will Smith decided not to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a school known for its engineering program, in order to continue his rap career.
- #009
This is Ang Lee's second film shot in 4K 3D at a high frame rate such as 120 fps since Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016).
- #010
Johnny Depp turned down the offer in 2012.
- #011
Henry Brogan is a former Scout-Sniper in the United States Marine Corps Force Recon companies. Force Recon functions as the special operations component of the Marine Corps.
- #012
Tatiana Maslany and Elizabeth Debicki auditioned for the role of Danny.
- #013
In the DVD extras, the only people who pronounce "Cartagena" correctly are Will Smith and Jerry Bruckheimer. In Spanish it is "CartaHAYna," not "CartaHAYnya," not "Cartagena," not "Cartageña."
- #014
This is the first film Jerry Bruckheimer has worked on with Paramount Pictures since Days of Thunder (1990).
- #015
YURI KOVÁCS's address is Nagymezo u., Budapest, the "Hungarian Broadway," which is home to multiple theatres and cultural institutes.
- #016
It was partly filmed in Glennville, Georgia.
- #017
The phone number Henry gives Bill has the BC area code, which is in Canada.
- #018
While Henry and Danny wait for Baron on the beach, as Baron's seaplane lands, if you look to the left on the water's surface you can see a fin break the surface and dive into the water.
- #019
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is an intelligence and combat support agency under the United States Department of Defense, specializing in defense and military intelligence.
- #020
The film's second released trailer features "Icon" by Will Smith's son, Jaden Smith.
- #021
Henry (the sniper) and Danny (the marked agent) escape the hitmen at the dock in Georgia aboard a boat named 'Hinkley'. This is a reference to real-life would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley Jr. The boat's manufacturer is the luxury yacht brand "HINKLEY".
- #022
This film has no connection to the 1976 television series Gemini Man.
- #023
None of the characters pronounces the name Budapest correctly.
- #024
The filming location is Pelican Point Restaurant, also known as The Fish Dock, Pelican Point Crescent GA.
- #025
In the office of DIA Deputy Director Janet Lassiter, photographs of her in a Chief of Police uniform are displayed on the desk behind her. These photos are visible in the scenes where she speaks with Clay Verris in his office. It is presumed she served in a state capital police force before joining the Defense Intelligence Agency.
- #026
Clive Owen (Verris) played a similar role in another spy film, The Bourne Identity (2002) — but in that film he gives the order for an assassination, whereas in Bourne he was the assassin himself.
- #027
This is Clive Owen's first collaboration with producer Jerry Bruckheimer since King Arthur (2004).
- #028
This is Jerry Bruckheimer's fourteenth production shot in the taller 1.85:1 aspect ratio since Dangerous Minds (1995); however, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022) were specially formatted for IMAX 1.90:1.
- #029
Ralph Brown and Benedict Wong have both appeared in the Alien series.
- #030
Ralph Brown played Del Preston in Wayne's World 2 (1993) and plays a character named Del Patterson here.
- #031
This was Will Smith's first feature film for Paramount Pictures.
- #032
The film made the shortlist for the Best Visual Effects Oscar but was not nominated.
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