Desperation

Desperation (2006)

Timing: 2:11 (131 min)

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Release date

2006-05-23

Country

United States

Production

Buena Vista Pictures, Touchstone Television, Sennet Entertainment

Genre

Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Budget

$12 000 000

Revenue

$0

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Director

Mick Garris

Actors

Tom Skerritt, Steven Weber, Annabeth Gish, Charles Durning, Matt Frewer, Henry Thomas, Shane Haboucha, Kelly Overton, Sylva Kelegian, Ron Perlman
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Scenario

Producer

Kelly Van Horn, Stephen King, Mick Garris, Mark Sennet

Operator

Christian Sebaldt

Composer

Nicholas Pike

Artist

Audition

Lynn Kressel

Editing

Patrick McMahon
All team (51)

• The sets for filming the mine collapse scenes were built at the Tucson Convention Center (Tucson, Arizona).
• On December 10, 2004, a large fire broke out on the film set at the Tucson Convention Center. The cause of the fire was a gross error by the pyrotechnics special effects department. The fire completely destroyed everything: the sets, production equipment, and filming equipment. There were no fatalities, but five people were injured, two of whom were hospitalized in critical condition. The Tucson Convention Center building sustained serious damage both from the fire itself and from the firefighting process.
• Prior to the film's television premiere on May 23, 2006, it was advertised as "the film that set Tucson on fire."
• The theater where Johnny Marinville sees his younger self in Vietnam is the Tucson Historic Fox Theatre, built in 1929.
• In the Vietnam flashback episode, the club set from which young Johnny Marinville runs just before it explodes was built into the empty storefront of a building on Congress Street in Tucson. This is directly across from the Congress Hotel, where John Dillinger and his gang were based during their time in Tucson. As of September 2006, the storefront remained empty and boarded up.
• The film "All This and Heaven Too" (1940) directed by Anatole Litvak is being shown in cinemas.
• One of the characters, having seen something strange, quotes the opening lines of the television series "The Twilight Zone" (1959-64).
• The phrase "When you have a choice between history and legend, print the legend" is a quote from John Ford's film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962).
• Mr. Magoo, mentioned in the film, is a popular character from the animated series "The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo" (1964) and "What's New, Mr. Magoo?" (1977).
• The phrase "At your feet, Lord Jim!" is a quote from Richard Brooks' film "Lord Jim" (1965).
• The phrase "Don't worry, little Nell, for I will save you!" is a quote from the animated series "The Dudley Do-Right Show" (1969-70).
• At the 28th minute, when Collie chases away a wild dog, one of the crew members can be seen in the background on the right.
• Before the film's television premiere on May 23, 2006, it was advertised as "the film that set Tucson on fire."
• The theater where Johnny Marinville sees his younger self in Vietnam is the Fox Tucson Theatre, a historic Tucson landmark built in 1929.
• In the flashback episode in Vietnam, the set of the club from which young Johnny Marinville runs just before it explodes was built into the empty storefront of a building on Congress Street in Tucson. It is located directly across from the Congress Hotel, where John Dillinger and his gang were based during their time in Tucson. As of September 2006, the storefront remained empty and boarded up.
• The film being shown in the cinema is Anatole Litvak's "All This and Heaven Too" (1940).
• One of the characters, upon seeing something strange, quotes the opening lines of the television series "The Twilight Zone" (1959-64).
• The phrase “When you have a choice between history and legend, print the legend” is a quote from John Ford’s film “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” (1962).
• Mr. Magoo, mentioned in the film, is a popular character from the animated television series “The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo” (1964) and “What’s New, Mr. Magoo?” (1977).
• The phrase “At your feet, Lord Jim!” is a quote from Richard Brooks’ film “Lord Jim” (1965).
• The phrase “Don’t worry, little Nell, for I shall save you!” is a quote from the animated television series “The Dudley Do-Right Show” (1969-70).