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* DawsonCasting: As noted by one critic, Harry and Harmony are meant to have been in the same class in high school, but Creator/RobertDowneyJr was 40 at the time of shooting while Creator/MichelleMonaghan was only 29. Their characters' ages split the difference; Harmony specifically says she's 34.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/ValKilmer met Creator/RobertDowneyJr for the first time at a Hollywood party. A week later, he received the screenplay for this film, and agreed to do it before he'd even finished reading it. Upon agreeing, and much to his delight, he was informed that Downey had already been cast.
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* DawsonCasting: As noted by one critic, Harry and Harmony are meant to have been in the same class in high school, but Downey Jr. was 40 at the time of shooting while Monaghan was only 29.
* GenreAdultery: It started as this, only to become a subversion. Shane Black tried to do a Creator/JamesLBrooks-esque comedy under the supervision of the man himself. Once he hit a creative wall, the conclusion was [[http://www.gq.com/story/shot-callers-shane-black-the-nice-guys “Fuck it. I have to put a murder in it”]], and so it become another action comedy in his SignatureStyle.
* MetaCasting: ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' was strongly influenced on works by Creator/RaymondChandler; Robert Downey Jr. himself previously starred in a similar role in ''Series/TheSingingDetective'' a few years earlier, which is also based on Chandler's books.
* GenreAdultery: It started as this, only to become a subversion. Shane Black tried to do a Creator/JamesLBrooks-esque comedy under the supervision of the man himself. Once he hit a creative wall, the conclusion was [[http://www.gq.com/story/shot-callers-shane-black-the-nice-guys “Fuck it. I have to put a murder in it”]], and so it become another action comedy in his SignatureStyle.
* MetaCasting: ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' was strongly influenced on works by Creator/RaymondChandler; Robert Downey Jr. himself previously starred in a similar role in ''Series/TheSingingDetective'' a few years earlier, which is also based on Chandler's books.
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* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: This is Creator/RobertDowneyJr's favourite movie of his own.
* DawsonCasting: As noted by one critic, Harry and Harmony are meant to have been in the same class in high school, butDowney Jr. Creator/RobertDowneyJr was 40 at the time of shooting while Monaghan Creator/MichelleMonaghan was only 29.
* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/ValKilmer had to quickly lose the fifty pounds gained for his plump role in ''Film/{{Alexander}}'', in order to play his fit GQ character for this film.
* GenreAdultery: It started as this, only to become a subversion. Shane Black tried to do a Creator/JamesLBrooks-esque comedy under the supervision of the man himself. Once he hit a creative wall, the conclusion was [[http://www.gq.com/story/shot-callers-shane-black-the-nice-guys“Fuck "Fuck it. I have to put a murder in it”]], it"]], and so it become another action comedy in his SignatureStyle.
* MetaCasting: ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' was strongly influenced on works by Creator/RaymondChandler; Robert Downey Jr. himself previously starred in a similar role in ''Series/TheSingingDetective'' a few years earlier, which is also based on Chandler's books.SignatureStyle.
* DawsonCasting: As noted by one critic, Harry and Harmony are meant to have been in the same class in high school, but
* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/ValKilmer had to quickly lose the fifty pounds gained for his plump role in ''Film/{{Alexander}}'', in order to play his fit GQ character for this film.
* GenreAdultery: It started as this, only to become a subversion. Shane Black tried to do a Creator/JamesLBrooks-esque comedy under the supervision of the man himself. Once he hit a creative wall, the conclusion was [[http://www.gq.com/story/shot-callers-shane-black-the-nice-guys
* MetaCasting: ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' was strongly influenced on works by Creator/RaymondChandler; Robert Downey Jr. himself previously starred in a similar role in ''Series/TheSingingDetective'' a few years earlier, which is also based on Chandler's books.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Early in production, Creator/WarnerBros considered Creator/BenicioDelToro for Harry and Creator/HughGrant for Gay Perry.
** Creator/JohnnyKnoxville was set to star as Harry Lockhart.
* WorkingTitle: The film was originally titled ''You'll Never Die in This Town Again'', then ''L.A.P.I.'', then ''Bang!''. Creator/ValKilmer suggested to Creator/ShaneBlack that ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' would have more appeal.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Early in production, Creator/WarnerBros considered Creator/BenicioDelToro for Harry and Creator/HughGrant for Gay Perry.
** Creator/JohnnyKnoxville was set to star as Harry Lockhart.
* WorkingTitle: The film was originally titled ''You'll Never Die in This Town Again'', then ''L.A.P.I.'', then ''Bang!''. Creator/ValKilmer suggested to Creator/ShaneBlack that ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' would have more appeal.
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** Creator/ShaneBlack spent nearly a decade away from Hollywood after the failure of ''Film/TheLongKissGoodnight'', after attaining a reputation as one of the industry's hottest screenwriters for his ''Film/LethalWeapon'' script and the WittyBanter style that became his trademark afterwards. This film (which also served as his directorial debut) put him back on the radar, before he directed ''Film/IronMan3'' eight years later. After that film became a billion-dollar grossing success, his follow-up film ''Film/TheNiceGuys'' became a CultClassic.
** Arguably the film that showed that Creator/RobertDowneyJr still had something left in him after the drug addiction had ravaged his career, before ''Film/IronMan'' came along and proved it conclusively. Creator/JonFavreau has even stated that he specifically wanted Robert Downey Jr after seeing him in this role.
** Creator/ShaneBlack spent nearly a decade away from Hollywood after the failure of ''Film/TheLongKissGoodnight'', after attaining a reputation as one of the industry's hottest screenwriters for his ''Film/LethalWeapon'' script and the WittyBanter style that became his trademark afterwards. This film (which also served as his directorial debut) put him back on the radar, before he directed ''Film/IronMan3'' eight years later. After that film became a billion-dollar grossing success, his follow-up film ''Film/TheNiceGuys'' became a CultClassic.
** Arguably the film that showed that Creator/RobertDowneyJr still had something left in him after the drug addiction had ravaged his career, before ''Film/IronMan'' came along and proved it conclusively. Creator/JonFavreau has even stated that he specifically wanted Robert Downey Jr after seeing him in this role.
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** According to the DVD commentary track, Robert Downey Jr. had one of the director's assistants crouching off camera jabbing him in the kidneys during the ElectricTorture scene.
** Val Kilmer, after initially losing 50 pounds to play Gay Perry, then took to wearing nail varnish and a $500 pair of Louis Vuitton driving shoes to get into the
** According to the DVD commentary track, Robert Downey Jr. had one of the director's assistants crouching off camera jabbing him in the kidneys during the ElectricTorture scene.
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* AcclaimedFlop: The movie was initially a BoxOfficeBomb despite high critical praise, though this was probably [[ExecutiveMeddling due to it being shown on only 169 screens]]. Later subverted, however, ''when the film made 70% of its total cinema gross from international showings.''
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* NamesTheSame: The Best Boy is named [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer.]] ''Maybe he's the other guy's nephew.''
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* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Creator/LaurenceFishburne is the bear in the beer commercial.
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Ali]] [[Franchise/MassEffect Hillis]] plays Harmony's snarky friend Marleah.
* HeyItsThatGuy:
** The Batman/Bruce Wayne of 1995 teams up with IronMan/Tony Stark!
** Creator/LaurenceFishburne is the bear in the beer commercial.
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Ali]] [[Franchise/MassEffect Hillis]] plays Harmony's snarky friend Marleah.
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* NamesTheSame: The Best Boy is named [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer.]] ''Maybe he's the other guy's nephew.''
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* NamesTheSame: The Best Boy is named [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer.]] ''Maybe he's the other guy's nephew.''
* ShoutOut:
** Director Shane Black has stated that the Literature/PhilipMarlowe books by Creator/RaymondChandler are a heavy influence on the movie; if the themes weren't apparent enough, [[ShownTheirWork every chapter is named after a Chandler book.]]
*** Specifically: "Trouble Is My Business", "The Lady In The Lake", "The Little Sister", "The Simple Art Of Murder", and "Farewell My Lovely".
*** Harmony also holds a love for novels that are very aesthetically similar to Marlowe books (albeit written by the fictional [[CaptainErsatz Jonny Gossamer]]).
** The title itself is a ShoutOut to both the [[HistoricalInJoke 60's slang]] for noir spy movies and the unused Film/{{Thunderball}} theme "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang".
** Harmony's baseball bat has "Wonder Girl" written on it, acting as a reference to Roy's "Wonder Boy" bat in Film/TheNatural.
** The [[BuddyCopShow Buddy Cop]] script Harry reads involves a character telling another to "Go spit", referencing Film/LethalWeapon (which Shane Black [[MythologyGag previously wrote]]).
* ShoutOut:
** Director Shane Black has stated that the Literature/PhilipMarlowe books by Creator/RaymondChandler are a heavy influence on the movie; if the themes weren't apparent enough, [[ShownTheirWork every chapter is named after a Chandler book.]]
*** Specifically: "Trouble Is My Business", "The Lady In The Lake", "The Little Sister", "The Simple Art Of Murder", and "Farewell My Lovely".
*** Harmony also holds a love for novels that are very aesthetically similar to Marlowe books (albeit written by the fictional [[CaptainErsatz Jonny Gossamer]]).
** The title itself is a ShoutOut to both the [[HistoricalInJoke 60's slang]] for noir spy movies and the unused Film/{{Thunderball}} theme "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang".
** Harmony's baseball bat has "Wonder Girl" written on it, acting as a reference to Roy's "Wonder Boy" bat in Film/TheNatural.
** The [[BuddyCopShow Buddy Cop]] script Harry reads involves a character telling another to "Go spit", referencing Film/LethalWeapon (which Shane Black [[MythologyGag previously wrote]]).
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* NamesTheSame: The Best Boy is named [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer.]] ''Maybe he's the other guy's nephew.''
* ShoutOut:
** Director Shane Black has stated that the Literature/PhilipMarlowe books by Creator/RaymondChandler are a heavy influence on the movie; if the themes weren't apparent enough, [[ShownTheirWork every chapter is named after a Chandler book.]]
*** Specifically: "Trouble Is My Business", "The Lady In The Lake", "The Little Sister", "The Simple Art Of Murder", and "Farewell My Lovely".
*** Harmony also holds a love for novels that are very aesthetically similar to Marlowe books (albeit written by the fictional [[CaptainErsatz Jonny Gossamer]]).
** The title itself is a ShoutOut to both the [[HistoricalInJoke 60's slang]] for noir spy movies and the unused Film/{{Thunderball}} theme "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang".
** Harmony's baseball bat has "Wonder Girl" written on it, acting as a reference to Roy's "Wonder Boy" bat in Film/TheNatural.
** The [[BuddyCopShow Buddy Cop]] script Harry reads involves a character telling another to "Go spit", referencing Film/LethalWeapon (which Shane Black [[MythologyGag previously wrote]]).''
* ShoutOut:
** Director Shane Black has stated that the Literature/PhilipMarlowe books by Creator/RaymondChandler are a heavy influence on the movie; if the themes weren't apparent enough, [[ShownTheirWork every chapter is named after a Chandler book.]]
*** Specifically: "Trouble Is My Business", "The Lady In The Lake", "The Little Sister", "The Simple Art Of Murder", and "Farewell My Lovely".
*** Harmony also holds a love for novels that are very aesthetically similar to Marlowe books (albeit written by the fictional [[CaptainErsatz Jonny Gossamer]]).
** The title itself is a ShoutOut to both the [[HistoricalInJoke 60's slang]] for noir spy movies and the unused Film/{{Thunderball}} theme "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang".
** Harmony's baseball bat has "Wonder Girl" written on it, acting as a reference to Roy's "Wonder Boy" bat in Film/TheNatural.
** The [[BuddyCopShow Buddy Cop]] script Harry reads involves a character telling another to "Go spit", referencing Film/LethalWeapon (which Shane Black [[MythologyGag previously wrote]]).
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* HeyItsThatVoice: LaurenceFishburne is the bear in the beer commercial.
* MethodActing: Val Kilmer lost 50 pounds and took to wearing nail varnish and a $500 pair of Louis Vuitton driving shoes to prepare for the role of Gay Perry.
* NamesTheSame: The Best Boy is named [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer.]] Maybe he's the other guy'snephew.nephew.
* ShoutOut:
** Director Shane Black has stated that the Literature/PhilipMarlowe books by Creator/RaymondChandler are a heavy influence on the movie; if the themes weren't apparent enough, every chapter is named after a Chandler book.
*** Specifically: "Trouble Is My Business", "The Lady In The Lake", "The Little Sister", "The Simple Art Of Murder", and "Farewell My Lovely".
*** Harmony also holds a love for novels that are very aesthetically similar to Marlowe books (albeit written by the fictional [[CaptainErsatz Jonny Gossamer]]).
** The title itself is a ShoutOut to both the [[HistoricalInJoke 60's slang]] for noir spy movies and the unused Film/{{Thunderball}} theme "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang".
** Harmony's baseball bat has "Wonder Girl" written on it, acting as a reference to Roy's "Wonder Boy" bat in Film/TheNatural.
** The [[BuddyCopShow Buddy Cop]] script Harry reads involves a character telling another to "Go spit", referencing Film/LethalWeapon (which Shane Black [[MythologyGag previously wrote]]).
* HeyItsThatVoice: LaurenceFishburne is the bear in the beer commercial.
* MethodActing: Val Kilmer lost 50 pounds and took to wearing nail varnish and a $500 pair of Louis Vuitton driving shoes to prepare for the role of Gay Perry.
* NamesTheSame: The Best Boy is named [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer.]] Maybe he's the other guy's
* ShoutOut:
** Director Shane Black has stated that the Literature/PhilipMarlowe books by Creator/RaymondChandler are a heavy influence on the movie; if the themes weren't apparent enough, every chapter is named after a Chandler book.
*** Specifically: "Trouble Is My Business", "The Lady In The Lake", "The Little Sister", "The Simple Art Of Murder", and "Farewell My Lovely".
*** Harmony also holds a love for novels that are very aesthetically similar to Marlowe books (albeit written by the fictional [[CaptainErsatz Jonny Gossamer]]).
** The title itself is a ShoutOut to both the [[HistoricalInJoke 60's slang]] for noir spy movies and the unused Film/{{Thunderball}} theme "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang".
** Harmony's baseball bat has "Wonder Girl" written on it, acting as a reference to Roy's "Wonder Boy" bat in Film/TheNatural.
** The [[BuddyCopShow Buddy Cop]] script Harry reads involves a character telling another to "Go spit", referencing Film/LethalWeapon (which Shane Black [[MythologyGag previously wrote]]).
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