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* RealitySubtext: In the very first film directed by Creator/TheWachowskis, the film opens with an unconscious Corky tied up in a closet. Later in the film after it's HowWeGotHere story, she busts out of the closet. One could see this moment as a retrospective metaphor for Lana and Lilly having to live their lives as men before coming out as trans women long after their careers have been established.
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* RealitySubtext: In the very first film directed by Creator/TheWachowskis, the film opens with an unconscious Corky tied up in a closet. Later in the film after it's its HowWeGotHere story, she busts out of the closet. One could see this moment as a retrospective metaphor for Lana and Lilly having to live their lives as men before coming out as trans women long after their careers have been established.
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* OnSetInjury:
** Barry Kivel was injured when his head was banged against a toilet in the scene where Shelly was violently beaten in Caesar's bathroom. Creator/GinaGershon was also injured.
** In the scene between Corky and Caesar near the end of the film, Gershon struck a gun from Creator/JoePantoliano's hand so violently, that she required stitches.
** Barry Kivel was injured when his head was banged against a toilet in the scene where Shelly was violently beaten in Caesar's bathroom. Creator/GinaGershon was also injured.
** In the scene between Corky and Caesar near the end of the film, Gershon struck a gun from Creator/JoePantoliano's hand so violently, that she required stitches.
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* GayPanic: {{Averted}}. Some studio executives wanted Corky to be a man. Fortunately, Creator/TheWachowskis declined, saying that that movie had been made dozens of times.
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* ActorInspiredElement: Creator/GinaGershon chose Corky's tattoos and where they would go.
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** Creator/GinaGershon chose Corky's tattoos and where they wouldgo.go.
** She also suggested Joe Pantoliano for the part of Caesar.
** Creator/GinaGershon chose Corky's tattoos and where they would
** She also suggested Joe Pantoliano for the part of Caesar.
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* CreatorsFavorite: Creator/JoePantoliano named Caesar as his favorite role, while Creator/JenniferTilly named Violet as one of the best roles she ever had.
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* CreatorsFavorite: Creator/JoePantoliano named Caesar as his favorite role, while Creator/JenniferTilly named Violet as one of the best roles she ever had. Gina Gershon likewise said it was one of the films she was proudest of.
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* DescendedCreator: Susie Bright, a feminist author the Wachowskis were fans of, was sent the script and asked to be an extra. Noticing how little description was in the sex scenes, she offered to come on board as an intimacy coordinator. She still appears in the film as Jesse, who Corky tries to talk to in the bar.
* EnforcedMethodActing: Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon were nervous about the sex scenes, and drank tequila together to prepare for filming.
* EnforcedMethodActing: Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon were nervous about the sex scenes, and drank tequila together to prepare for filming.
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** Gina Gershon says that she was warned not to do the film because of the lesbian content, and she even left her agent over it.
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** Creator/MarciaGayHarden auditioned for one of the lead roles. Creator/LindaHamilton was considered for either of the leads.
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** Creator/MarciaGayHarden auditioned for one of the lead roles.
** Creator/LindaHamilton was considered foreither of the leads.Violet.
** Creator/LindaHamilton was considered for
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* ReferencedBy: In ''Film/TheMatrixResurrections'', during the part where Thomas/Neo is looking at birds in the sky, a random business sign advertises a business called Corky's Massage with a bizarre logo (a Labrys, an asymmetric double-headed ritual axe, just like the one that Corky has as a tattoo on her arm).
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* RealitySubtext: In the very first film directed by Creator/TheWachowskis, the film opens with an unconscious Corky tied up in a closet. Later in the film after it's HowWeGotHere story, she busts out of the closet. One could see this moment as a retrospective metaphor for Lana and Lilly having to live their lives as men before coming out as trans women long after their careers have been established.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $6 million. Box office, $3,802,260. [[AcclaimedFlop Though it several festival awards and brought attention to the Wachowski siblings]].
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $6 million. Box office, $3,802,260. [[AcclaimedFlop Though it won several festival awards and brought attention to the Wachowski siblings]].
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* CreatorsFavorite: Creator/JoePantoliano named Caesar as his favourite role, while Creator/JenniferTilly named Violet as one of the best roles she ever had.
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* CreatorsFavorite: Creator/JoePantoliano named Caesar as his favourite favorite role, while Creator/JenniferTilly named Violet as one of the best roles she ever had.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Some studio executives wanted Corky to be a man. Fortunately, Creator/TheWachowskis declined, saying that that movie had been made dozens of times.
* InspirationForTheWork: Seeing FilmNoir as a genre within which they could tell a contained story and twist conventions, they described Creator/BillyWilder as a big influence. The film's visual style was inspired by the comics of Creator/FrankMiller, particuarly ''ComicBook/SinCity''.
* InspirationForTheWork: Seeing FilmNoir as a genre within which they could tell a contained story and twist conventions, they described Creator/BillyWilder as a big influence. The film's visual style was inspired by the comics of Creator/FrankMiller, particuarly ''ComicBook/SinCity''.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: GayPanic: {{Averted}}. Some studio executives wanted Corky to be a man. Fortunately, Creator/TheWachowskis declined, saying that that movie had been made dozens of times.
* InspirationForTheWork: Seeing FilmNoir as a genre within which they could tell a contained story and twist conventions, they described Creator/BillyWilder as a big influence. The film's visual style was inspired by the comics of Creator/FrankMiller, particuarly ''ComicBook/SinCity''.times.
* InspirationForTheWork: Seeing FilmNoir as a genre within which they could tell a contained story and twist conventions, they described Creator/BillyWilder as a big influence. The film's visual style was inspired by the comics of Creator/FrankMiller, particuarly ''ComicBook/SinCity''.
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* ActorInspiredElement: Creator/GinaGerson chose Corky's tattoos and where they would go.
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* ActorInspiredElement: Creator/GinaGerson Creator/GinaGershon chose Corky's tattoos and where they would go.
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* BreakthroughHit: This was the film that convinced the studio of [[Creator/TheWachowskis the Wachowski Sisters]]' talent as directors so that they could make ''Film/TheMatrix'', a screenplay/story they had come up with during the filming of their first screenplay, ''Film/{{Assassins}}''.
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* BreakthroughHit: This was the film that convinced the studio of [[Creator/TheWachowskis the Wachowski Sisters]]' Creator/TheWachowskis' talent as directors so that they could make ''Film/TheMatrix'', a screenplay/story they had come up with during the filming of their first screenplay, ''Film/{{Assassins}}''.
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* ActorInspiredElement: Creator/GinaGerson chose Corky's tattoos and where they would go.
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* OneForTheMoneyOneForTheArt: [[Creator/TheWachowskis Lana and Lilly Wachowski]] made this to prove they had the chops to handle ''Film/TheMatrix''.
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* OneForTheMoneyOneForTheArt: [[Creator/TheWachowskis Lana and Lilly Wachowski]] Creator/TheWachowskis made this to prove they had the chops to handle ''Film/TheMatrix''.
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* BreakthroughHit: This was the film that convinced the studio of Creator/TheWachowskis' talent as directors so that they could make ''Film/TheMatrix'', a screenplay/story they had come up with during the filming of their first screenplay, ''Film/{{Assassins}}''.
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* BreakthroughHit: This was the film that convinced the studio of Creator/TheWachowskis' [[Creator/TheWachowskis the Wachowski Sisters]]' talent as directors so that they could make ''Film/TheMatrix'', a screenplay/story they had come up with during the filming of their first screenplay, ''Film/{{Assassins}}''.
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* OneForTheMoneyOneForTheArt: Creator/TheWachowskis made this to prove they had the chops to handle ''Film/TheMatrix''.
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* OneForTheMoneyOneForTheArt: Creator/TheWachowskis [[Creator/TheWachowskis Lana and Lilly Wachowski]] made this to prove they had the chops to handle ''Film/TheMatrix''.
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* CreatorsFavorite: Creator/JoePantoliano named Caesar as his favourite role.
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* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/JenniferTilly originally read for Corky. She loved the role and was looking forward to playing a character very different from previous parts in her career. When the part of Violet became available, and Creator/GinaGershon came in to read for Corky, Tilly agreed that Gershon would make a better Corky.
* CreatorsFavorite: Creator/JoePantoliano named Caesar as his favouriterole.role, while Creator/JenniferTilly named Violet as one of the best roles she ever had.
* CreatorsFavorite: Creator/JoePantoliano named Caesar as his favourite
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* CreatorsFavorite: Creator/JoePantoliano named Caesar as his favourite role.
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* InspirationForTheWork: Seeing FilmNoir as a genre within which they could tell a contained story and twist conventions, they described Creator/BillyWilder as a big influence. The film's visual style was inspired by the comics of Creator/FrankMiller, particuarly ''ComicBook/SinCity''.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $6 million. Box office, $3,802,260. [[AccalimedFlop Though it several festival awards and brought attention to the Wachowski siblings]].
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $6 million. Box office, $3,802,260. [[AccalimedFlop [[AcclaimedFlop Though it several festival awards and brought attention to the Wachowski siblings]].
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $6 million. Box office, $3,802,260. [[AccalimedFlop Though it several festival awards and brought attention to the Wachowski siblings.siblings]].
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* ThrowItIn:
** Creator/JenniferTilly added the finger lick.
** Creator/JoePantoliano says he improvised the handshake when his character Caesar meets Corky in the apartment. “It gets a huge laugh because of where it was a minute ago.”
** Creator/JenniferTilly added the finger lick.
** Creator/JoePantoliano says he improvised the handshake when his character Caesar meets Corky in the apartment. “It gets a huge laugh because of where it was a minute ago.”
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** The film originally ended with a scene involving a parole officer, but they re-shot it
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** Creator/MarciaGayHarden auditioned for one of the lead roles.
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** Creator/MarciaGayHarden auditioned for one of the lead roles. Creator/LindaHamilton was considered for either of the leads.
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* OneForTheMoneyOneForTheArt: Creator/TheWachowskis made this to prove they had the chops to handle ''FilmTheMatrix''.
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* OneForTheMoneyOneForTheArt: Creator/TheWachowskis made this to prove they had the chops to handle ''FilmTheMatrix''.''Film/TheMatrix''.
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* OneForTheMoneyOneForTheArt: Creator/TheWachowskis made this to prove they had the chops to handle ''FilmTheMatrix''.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $6 million. Box office, $3,802,260. Though it several festival awards and brought attention to the Wachowski siblings.
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* BreakthroughHit: This was the film that convinced the studio of Creator/TheWachowski's talent as directors so that they could make ''Film/TheMatrix'', a screenplay/story they had come up with during the filming of their first screenplay, ''Film/{{Assassins}}''.
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* BreakthroughHit: This was the film that convinced the studio of Creator/TheWachowski's Creator/TheWachowskis' talent as directors so that they could make ''Film/TheMatrix'', a screenplay/story they had come up with during the filming of their first screenplay, ''Film/{{Assassins}}''.
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* BreakthroughHit: This was the film that convinced the studio of Creator/TheWachowski's talent as directors so that they could make ''Film/TheMatrix'', a screenplay/story they had come up with during the filming of their first screenplay, ''Film/{{Assassins}}''.
* DVDCommentary: The commentary features Creator/TheWachowskis along with feminist writer and sex educator Susie Bright, whom they consulted for the portrayal of lesbianism. Creator/JenniferTilly also shows up in the last 20 minutes. The track is notable for being the last time the Wachowskis did anything related to promotion for one of their films.
* DVDCommentary: The commentary features Creator/TheWachowskis along with feminist writer and sex educator Susie Bright, whom they consulted for the portrayal of lesbianism. Creator/JenniferTilly also shows up in the last 20 minutes. The track is notable for being the last time the Wachowskis did anything related to promotion for one of their films.
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* NoBudget: Creator/TheWachowskis' original director of photography resigned on the grounds that he could not do the film with the limited budget he had available, nor did he know anyone he believed could. Subsequently, cinematographer Bill Pope was hired, who knew "a bunch of cheap guys".
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/TheWachowskis wanted to use "The Girl from Ipanema" and Music/FrankSinatra songs, but could not afford to.
** Creator/MarciaGayHarden auditioned for one of the lead roles.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/TheWachowskis wanted to use "The Girl from Ipanema" and Music/FrankSinatra songs, but could not afford to.
** Creator/MarciaGayHarden auditioned for one of the lead roles.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Some studio executives wanted Corky to be a man. Fortunately, the Wachowskis declined, saying that that movie had been made dozens of times.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Some studio executives wanted Corky to be a man. Fortunately, the Wachowskis Creator/TheWachowskis declined, saying that that movie had been made dozens of times.
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