» The Quick And The Dead

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Lady avenger returns to western town owned by a ruthless gunslinger hosting an elimination tournament.

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Director: Sam Raimi Writers: Simon Moore Cast: Russell Crowe ... Cort Leonardo DiCaprio ... Kid Sharon Stone ... Ellen Keith David ... Sgt Cantrell Matthew Gold ... Foy s Boy Gene Hackman ... Herod Tobin Bell ... Dog Kelly Roberts Blossom ... Doc Wallace Kevin Conway ... Eugene Dred Lance Henriksen ... Ace Hanlon Pat Hingle ... Horace the Bartender Gary Sinise ... Marshall Mark Boone Junior Jr. ... Scars Released on: 10 February 1995

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A sex scene between Ellen (Sharon Stone) and Cort ('Russell Crowe (I)') was shot, but Stone and director Sam Raimi decided that it wasn't a necessary part of the story. The scene was not included in the American release of the film, but international versions do include it.

Sharon Stone hand-picked 'Russell Crowe (I)' to be in this film. The studio was initially unsure about this choice because Crowe was a complete unknown to the American audience.

Sharon Stone was so insistent that Leonardo DiCaprio appear in the film that she paid his salary personally.

Bruce Campbell had a cameo appearance during a wedding scene, but the scene was cut. Campbell says Sam Raimi created that scene for the specific reason of giving Pat Hingle something more substantial to do and was never intended to be in the movie in the first place. Campbell was also visiting the set on his day off when Raimi drafted him to play a skid-row character in several background shots. Although all of Campbell's appearances ended up on the cutting room floor, he is still listed high up in the credits.

Director Trademark: [Sam Raimi] [pov shot] As a drinking glass and bullets fly through the air, we see their targets from the missile's viewpoint.

All of the actors on the set in the gunfight scenes were instructed in the art of the quick draw by a stunt coordinator. Due to his limited screen time, Gene Hackman had the most opportunity to prepare his quick draw and as a result was the fastest actor on the set.

For obvious reasons, this is the only Sam Raimi film to date (2002) where his trademark beige 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 doesn't appear in its original form. However, according to Bruce Campbell, the car makes an appearance in the form of a wagon's chassis. He claims the car was disassembled and the chassis was used for the wagon.

According to the "Evil Dead Companion", Sharon Stone was given a lengthy list of directors that had been approved to direct this film, so that she could choose the directors she thought would work. She sent back a list with a single name... Sam Raimi. When asked why she chose Raimi, she said it was because she liked Army of Darkness (1992), among Raimi's other works.

Director Trademark: [Sam Raimi] [stooges] Scars is a tribute to Curly Howard of The Three Stooges.

There is a scene where Gene Hackman lightly slaps Sharon Stone. It wasn't scripted and Stone's reaction is real.

John Sayles did on-set rewrites of the film's script during principal photography.

The Kid (Leonardo DiCaprio) has a real name: Fee Herod.

Final film of Woody Strode.

Russell Crowe's first American feature.

All the props set pieces for the Quick and the Dead came from Abbas Acre of Antiques in Tempe Arizona, It is now a train depot.

Sharon Stone's gun for this film was made by a master gunsmith John Phillips. Mr Phillips was a fast draw legend.