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True Lies
True Lies is a 1994 American action comedy film written and directed by James Cameron, and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis. True Lies is an extended remake of the 1991 French film La Totale!, which was directed by Claude Zidi and starred Thierry Lhermitte and Miou-Miou.A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used-car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.
Theme Tune
I Never Thought I’d See the Day
Sade
Shed a shadow on a love
Took the shelter out of my life
Took the shelter of a lie
The truth I was hiding
The truth you could not disguise
I knew I’d need a miracle to make you stay
I knew, I needed
A miracle
And I never thought I’d see the day
Took a shelter of a lie
Took the shelter out of my life
Shelter me now
I need a miracle
And I never thought I’d see the day
Cast
Arnold Schwarzenegger … Harry
Jamie Lee Curtis … Helen
Tom Arnold … Gib
Bill Paxton … Simon
Tia Carrere … Juno Skinner
Art Malik … Aziz
Eliza Dushku … Dana
Grant Heslov … Faisil
Marshall Manesh … Khaled
Trivia
When Arnold Schwarzenegger rescues wife Jamie Lee Curtis from an airborne chopper, he grasps her by her arm just as the chopper heads out over the water. The woman you see dangling below the chopper skid is no body double, but Curtis doing her very own stunt work. At her insistence, director James Cameron agreed to let her perform this scary spectacle. According to Jamie Lee Curtis, on the TV special promoting ‘True Lies’, it was Cameron’s idea for her to do the helicopter work; she said, ‘Oh, yeah. And just where are you going to be while I’m dangling way up there in the air, Jim?’ And, according to her, he said, ‘Hanging out the door filming you with a hand-held camera.’ So she decided that if he was willing to do that to get the shot, she could stand to do it, too. Curtis did the helicopter stunt on her birthday.
Info
| Distributed by |
20th Century Fox (North America, France and Italy) Universal Pictures (through United International Pictures, International) |
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Release date
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July 15, 1994 |
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Running time
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141 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $100–120 million |
| Box office | $378.9 million |
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Quote
Helen Tasker: Have you ever killed anyone?
Harry: Yeah, but they were all bad.
[after watching her husband kill dozens of men]
Helen Tasker: I married Rambo!
[while launching a Harrier missile, from which Salim Abu Aziz is hanging]
Harry: You’re fired!
Party Guard: Can I see your invitation?
Harry: Sure, here’s my invitation.
[blows shed sky-high]
Trivia
True Lies was the first Lightstorm Entertainment project to be distributed under Cameron’s multi-million dollar production deal with 20th Century Fox, as well as the first major production for the visual effects company Digital Domain, which was co-founded by Cameron. True Lies was the only feature film collaboration outside of the Terminator series to feature Cameron, Schwarzenegger, and Brad Fiedel as director, actor, and composer respectively.
Upon its release, True Lies was the most expensive film ever made as well as the first film to have over a $100 million production budget, and went on to a commercial and critical success.
For her performance, Jamie Lee Curtis received a 1994 Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy.
The set of bra and matching panties worn by Helen Tasker (Jamie Lee Curtis) during the striptease scene were Ms. Curtis’s own.
The US Government supplied three Marine Harriers and their pilots for a fee of $100,736 ($2,410 per hour).
The soundstage where they shot the Harrier scale model was the largest 180 degree green-screen background ever built.
Trivia
A full scale model of a Harrier was built for all close shots of Arnold Schwarzenegger flying the plane; it was puppeteered from a crane on a nearby building which was painted out with CGI. (As the Harrier lands in the street, dust and debris stirred up by its jet blast is all done in CGI; the CGI blast swirls up a CGI piece of paper which is sucked into the Harrier’s CGI air compressor fan)
QUIZ 1
What was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s biggest challenge during the movie ?
A. Rescues Jamie Lee Curtis from an airborne chopper
B. Holding onto the Harrier Plane
C. Dancing The Tango
D. Working in Extreme Cold
Press for Answer
C. Dancing The Tango
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QUIZ 2
How old were Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis during filming of True Lies
A. Arnold Schwarzenegger 45, Jamie Lee Curtis 34
B. Arnold Schwarzenegger 47 , Jamie Lee Curtis 36
C. Arnold Schwarzenegger 39, Jamie Lee Curtis 28
D. Arnold Schwarzenegger 52 , Jamie Lee Curtis 41
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B. Arnold Schwarzenegger 47 , Jamie Lee Curtis 36
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QUIZ 1
What was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s biggest challenge during the movie ?
A. Rescues Jamie Lee Curtis from an airborne chopper
B. Holding onto the Harrier Plane
C. Dancing The Tango
D. Working in Extreme Cold
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s biggest challenge for the movie was not doing all the physical stunts, but dancing a tango. He had to take dancing lessons to realistically perform the dance.
When Arnold Schwarzenegger rescues wife Jamie Lee Curtis from an airborne chopper, he grasps her by her arm just as the chopper heads out over the water.
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- Rescues Jamie Lee Curtis from an airborne chopper
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- Holding onto the Harrier Plane
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- Dancing The Tango
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- Working in Extreme Cold
QUIZ 2
How old were Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis during filming of True Lies
A. Arnold Schwarzenegger 45, Jamie Lee Curtis 34
B. Arnold Schwarzenegger 47 , Jamie Lee Curtis 36
C. Arnold Schwarzenegger 39, Jamie Lee Curtis 28
D. Arnold Schwarzenegger 52 , Jamie Lee Curtis 41
Arnold Schwarzenegger was 47 and Jamie Lee Curtis was 36 when filming True lies. Arnold Schwarzenegger was 72 During Filming of the new Terminator: Dark Fate
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