Murder by Numbers

Murder by Numbers (2002)

Timing: 2:0 (120 min)

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Release date

2002-04-19

Country

United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment, Schroeder Hoffman Productions

Genre

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Budget

$50 000 000

Revenue

$56 714 147

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Director

Barbet Schroeder

Actors

Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, Michael Pitt, Agnes Bruckner, Chris Penn, R. D. Call, Tom Verica, Janni Brenn, John Vickery
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Scenario

Producer

Barbet Schroeder, Susan Hoffman, Jeffrey Stott, Sandra Bullock

Operator

Luciano Tovoli

Composer

Clint Mansell

Artist

John Berger, Masako Masuda

Audition

Howard Feuer

Editing

Lee Percy, Cindy Hochman
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• The film is based on the story of Leopold and Loeb, American criminals who committed one of the most famous murders in the United States.
• Ryan Gosling vomited during the filming of the murder scene.
• The old hunting lodge on the cliff was built specifically for filming and dismantled after it was completed. Interior scenes were filmed on a soundstage.
• Richard drives a Mustang, a car of the same model that appeared in Peter Yates' (1929-2011) 1968 thriller 'Bullitt'. Gosling is a long-time fan of Steve McQueen (1930-1980), who starred in the film, and suggested using the exact same car himself.
• Originally, it was planned to film the school scenes at the high school in the city of San Luis Obispo, California, but the principal reviewed the film's script and withdrew permission to film.
• In one scene, a cinema is briefly shown screening Frank Capra's (1897-1991) war drama "Bitter Tea of General Yen" (1932). Frank Capra III, the assistant director, is the director's grandson.
• The scene towards the end of the film in which Ryan Gosling licks Sandra Bullock's face was not in the script. Gosling came up with it after shooting a few takes and asked Bullock for permission, deciding it would better emphasize the nuance that his character is actually ill.