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The film was dedicated to the late actor J.T. Walsh.
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The script of the film was originally written for Sylvester Stallone and Kevin Spacey. The two played Serbian and Roman respectively. When Stallone refused to appear in the film, Spacey wanted to play Serbian instead. , So Samuel Jackson got the role of Roman.
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The crowded scene outside the building was filmed on two nights in September 1997. It was shot every day from 5 pm to 7 am the next morning. Due to wind and rain, many extras quit midway.
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The indoor scene of the hostages held by Roman in the Ministry of Internal Affairs was filmed in a Los Angeles studio. In order to simulate the view outside the building, the crew used 6 cameras to capture the view outside the window of the 20th floor of 77 Westwick Avenue in Chicago. It was made into a 160×40-foot poster and hung outside the window of the Los Angeles studio office setting.
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In the initial negotiation scene, the clock on the wall pointed to the afternoon time, which was in the evening.
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When Roman was standing in front of the window, the snipers used infrared laser points to lock on Roman, but in fact, in order to avoid getting started, police snipers would never use infrared laser points to aim at the target.
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The filming of the film started in Chicago. During filming, more than 400 extras were mobilized almost every night, and more than 30 police officers blocked the scene so that the shooting helicopter could hover over the streets. The Chicago Marine Police also temporarily stopped traffic on the river and fully cooperated with the riot scene in the film.
The Negotiator behind the scenes gags
2021-11-16 08:01
Extended Reading
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Lieutenant Chris Sabian: I want you to apologize for telling your mother she looks...
[Sabian's daughter makes a huge gesture with her hands]
Lieutenant Chris Sabian: Wide.
[Sabian smiles and whispers at his daughter]
Lieutenant Chris Sabian: Wide's not a good word, how'd you like to be called wide?
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Lieutenant Chris Sabian: "I can't believe this, I'm just surrounded by a room of people who wanna go in there and kill him. This is the guy who call you friend. I got nothing invested in this. I wonder why that is, or maybe someday we'll find out."