Don't Say a Word

Don't Say a Word (2001)

Timing: 1:53 (113 min)

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Release date

2001-09-28

Country

Australia, Switzerland, United States, Canada

Production

20th Century Fox, Village Roadshow Pictures, Regency Enterprises, New Regency Pictures, NPV Entertainment, Kopelson Entertainment, Epsilon Motion Pictures, Furthur Films, Further Pictures

Genre

Thriller, Mystery, Crime

Budget

$50 000 000

Revenue

$100 020 092

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Director

Gary Fleder

Actors

Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Guy Torry, Jennifer Esposito, Famke Janssen, Oliver Platt, Shawn Doyle, Victor Argo
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Scenario

Producer

Arnon Milchan, Arnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson, Bruce Berman, Jeffrey Downer

Operator

Amir Mokri

Composer

Mark Isham

Artist

David G. Fremlin

Audition

Avy Kaufman

Editing

William Steinkamp, Armen Minasian
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• An abandoned Toronto subway station was used as the filming location for the underground station. $150,000 was spent on the set design. The Toronto city administration was so impressed with the transformed station that its representatives asked the filmmakers not to dismantle the set after filming, hoping to attract other film crews in the future. Approximately three weeks later, fire inspectors concluded that the station’s set design posed a fire hazard (it consisted of steel beams, signs, and benches, i.e., plastic and wood), so it was dismantled.
• During filming, Sean Bean actually spoke on a cell phone with Michael Douglas and Famke Janssen.
• While searching for an actor to play the pathologist, director Gary Fleder told casting director Avy Kaufman that he needed someone “like Victor Argo” (1934-2004), to which she suggested simply casting Argo himself in the role.
• The film's premiere was scheduled for two weeks after the September 11th attacks. The filmmakers considered postponing it, but ultimately decided against it. Since the film takes place in New York, director Fleder and the rest of the crew urgently replaced footage of the World Trade Center at the beginning of the film with views of Brooklyn.