Did You Know?
During the show scene, a vocalist is musically accompanied by a violinist and accordionist - the singer is Antony Hegarty (of Antony and the Johnsons) and the song which he sings a version of is "Rapture" which can be found on the band's self-titled album from 2000.
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Rosa's Lounge is mentioned by Jesse played by Jake La Botz. Rosa's Lounge is a well known real Blues club in Chicago that has been in business since 1984. On occasion, La Botz still performs at Rosa's.
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Mickey Rourke purchased various items from women's lingerie stores for his role as transvestite Jan the Actress.
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Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, and Mark Boone Junior visited San Quentin State Prison to research their roles.
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Many of the film's scenes were shot on location at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which closed for good in 1971 and reopened to the public in 1994.
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Edward Bunker wrote the first draft of the script ten years prior to the making of this movie.
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