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The filming of the film was temporarily suspended when a drunk woman came to make a noise on the set, and the guards quickly subdued the woman .
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The prison footage in the film was shot in a closed walled prison, the National Southern Prison in Michigan.
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In order to participate in the film, Norton did a lot of homework before the performance. He spent several weeks talking to many people in prison to get inspiration.
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In order to successfully play the role of parole officer, Robert De Niro specifically found a friend who worked in prison and asked him to be his own technical guide .
Stone behind the scenes gags
2022-05-27 14:17
Extended Reading
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[last lines]
Radio Interviewer: [talking calls] Next up here is Gerald, from south west Detroit. Welcome, Gerald.
Stone: I, I just wanna say, I got this book. They say that when you experience a spiritual truth, that it comes to you through sound. If you let this sound go through you, it changes you, you know? Puts you back into harmony. You know, it makes you like a tuning fork of God.
Radio Interviewer: Okay...
Stone: Yeah. They say, they say, you can start with small things, like little vibrations. You know, sound of a bee, sound of a buzzing light, and then it grows.
Radio Interviewer: All right. That's interesting.
Stone: Well, they say that everything that happens to you is what was supposed to happen to you, for you to advance. But you gotta come back lots a times, cycle through many lives until you learn, so you can grow.
Radio Interviewer: Well, thanks for your input. Next time up here in the WDDL listener line is Kathy in Farmington...
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Stone: Hey I'm trying to prove myself in here... MOTHERFUCKERS
Stone: They say when you have neck pains, it's because you were hanged in a former life