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- The Behind-The-Scenes Documentary Is Better Than The Actual Movie
- The Director Rejected Brad Pitt, Keanu Reeves, and Ethan Hawke
- The Macabre Inspiration
- Harvey Weinstein Bought The Director A Bar
- Filmmakers Suspect Weinstein Blacklisted The Film
- Nobody Wanted to Distribute It Because of Columbine
- They Were Banned from Filming in Catholic Churches
- Hollywood A-Listers Were Interested… Until They Weren’T
- Most of The Movie Wasn’T Actually Shot in Boston
- An Adult Cameo
Troy Duffy’s rise into Hollywood stardom was so surprising that his friends Tony Montana and Mark Brian Smith started filming the behind-the-scenes action for a documentary. At first, Overnight(which was filmed over four years) presents the good times, Duffy and friends drinking in celebration with Hollywood power players. As it goes on and the dev...
The casting process of The Boondock Saintswas notoriously difficult, as Duffy clashed with producers over his vision for the characters. This included actors that Duffy rejected without ever meeting, based on his opinion of their previous work. Reportedly, Duffy wouldn’t even consider Brad Pitt in any role, and Overnightcaptures him on a phone call...
In the mid-‘90s, Troy Duffy was a bouncer/bartender living in Los Angeles playing gigs with his rock band when he could. He had never written anything before coming to L.A. But that all changed when, according to Duffy, he saw a drug dealer in his apartment building taking money off of a deceased individual. The sight of this sleazy act propelled D...
While producers courted Duffy for the rights to his script, Duffy made it clear he was only interested in working with people who went above and beyond. So, a little guy named Harvey Weinstein (you may have heard of him, he’s been in the news recently) not only promised Duffy at least $300,000 for the script and a $15 million production budget - he...
Part of what made Harvey Weinstein such a monster was his willingness to use his industry clout to harm the careers of those he didn’t like. This manifested most horribly in the tales of his harassment— actresses felt that if they didn’t comply with his wishes, he would end their careers. Indeed, several directors have corroborated such stories, sa...
Perhaps coupled with the efforts of Weinstein to stifle the film, distributors had one big reason to avoid The Boondock Saints: the Columbine High School incident. Occurring just a month before the film debuted at Cannes Film Festival, the school shooting shocked the nation. The perpetrators of the crime, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, also happene...
The Boondock Saints centers on a pair of Irish Catholic brothers played by Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus. The MacManus brothers go on a vigilante crusade, thanks to shared revelation with heavy religious overtones. It follows that Catholicism would play a big role in the film. Multiple scenes are set in churches, rosary beads and crucifixe...
When Duffy’s script was first discovered, it became a hot commodity very quickly. It may be difficult to believe now, but A-list actors were lining up around the block to work with the first-time director. At one point, Duffy would throw parties and meet with actors like Patrick Swayze, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Goldblum, and Mark Wahlberg. As fans of th...
The entire plot of The Boondock Saintsis set in Boston, Troy Duffy’s hometown. While plenty exterior shots were filmed in Boston, it’s not the friendliest town when it comes to tax credits for film production companies. Working on a shoestring budget, Duffy and his crew shot several scenes on sets and in the city of Toronto. Occasionally, they made...
Ron Jeremy has appeared in thousands of movies, making him a veteran actor—an adult film actor, that is. But among his film credits are plenty of mainstream movies, one of which is The Boondock Saints. In the film, he plays Vincenzo Lipazzi, the right-hand man to the head of the Yakavetta crime family. Not much is known about exactly why Jeremy mak...
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Mar 29, 2024 · A cult classic almost in spite of itself, it’s an incredible time capsule of the post- Pulp indie feeding frenzy in Hollywood, a timeless portrait of corrosive hubris, and the ultimate cautionary...
To us "The Boondock Saints" is a cult classic and one of our favorite movies. We sit down and have a great conversation about the great elements of this movi...
Jan 26, 2024 · Through strong word-of- mouth The Boondock Saints gained a steady cult following which translated to it being a Blockbuster Video bestseller ultimately grossing a whopping $50 million in...
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a 23% approval rating based on 43 reviews, with a weighted average of 4.12/10. The site's consensus reads: "This sequel to the cult favorite The Boondock Saints is more of the same -- unoriginal, absurd, violent, over-the-top, and occasionally mean-spirited". [11]
