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THE USUAL SUSPECTS (1995)

VISUAL AIDS
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THE BACK OF THE BOX
WHAT THE STUDIO WANTS YOU TO KNOW

    Masterful, atmospheric and dripping with suspense, this winner of two Academy Awards is the "freshest, funniest and scariest crime thriller to come along since Pulp Fiction" (Rolling Stone). Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Spacey (in his first Oscar winning role). and Oscar winner Benicio Del Toro star as five small-time criminals entangled in the merciless scheme of an unseen underworld kingpin in this "thoroughly engrossing film (HBO) that's "a polished exercise in pure virtuoso style" (Los Angeles Time)!

STARRING:

Stephen Baldwin: Michael McManus
Gabriel Byrne: Dean Keaton
Chazz Palminteri: Dave Kujan, US Customs
Kevin Pollak: Todd Hockney
Pete Postlethwaite: Kobayashi
Kevin Spacey: Roger "Verbal" Kint
Suzy Amis: Edie Finneran
Benicio Del Toro: Fred Fenster
Giancarlo Esposito: Jack Baer, FBI

SCREENWRITER: Christopher McQuarrie

DIRECTOR: Bryan Singer

RUNNING TIME: 106 minutes

STUDIO: MGM

Average Hollywood Guys Rating: B -

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GIGGLES, GLOBES AND OSCARS
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS
(2 nominations and 2 wins)

Best Supporting Actor - Kevin Spacey
(winner)

Best Original Screenplay - Christopher McQuarrie
(winner)

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GOLDEN GIGGLES

No awards or nominations given to this film.

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GOLDEN GLOBES
(1 nomination and 0 wins)

Best Supporting Actor - Kevin Spacey
(nominated)

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THE GEEK BOX
TRIVIA TO IMPRESS YOUR EASILY IMPRESSED FRIENDS

• The role of Dave Kujon was offered to Al Pacino, who read for the part but ended up having to leave the project due to scheduling constraints. A decision that Pacino regrets, he has since said in interviews this is the one movie he turned down that he wished he had not passed on. Before the role was eventually won by Chazz Palminteri it was also offered to Robert DeNiro and Christopher Walken, who both turned down the role as well.
• Screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie was on set, and during was thought to be a joke take of the line up scene, Benicio Del Toro says his line in very accented English, and McQuarrie shouts out "In English please." Both the line and Del Toro's reaction were unscripted and ended up being used in the final cut of the film.
• The long haired Kaiser Soze seen in flashback scenes was actually played by a grip working on the set of this film who was unable to bend his arms fully at the elbows. Director Bryan Singer thought this characteristic would make the character seen more menacing and cast him in the role.

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