The Lost Boys - videos, teasers and stills from filming
All videos, teasers and footage from the filming of the film "The Lost Boys"
The Lost Boys (1987)
Timing:
1:37 (97 min)
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What's left behind the scenes
- Originally, Richard Donner was going to direct the film.
- Initially, Keenan Wynn was considered for the role of the grandfather, however, the actor passed away on October 14, 1986, just before filming began.
- Then the choice fell on John Carradine, a veteran of vampire films, but it turned out that the actor was seriously ill and unable to film.
- Initially, it was intended that David (Kiefer Sutherland) would only wear black gloves while riding a motorcycle. However, while riding his motorcycle for leisure near the set, Kiefer Sutherland fell and broke his arm. Because of this, he had to wear gloves in some other scenes as well to hide the cast.
- The film was subsequently novelized by American writer Craig Shaw Gardner. The book includes several episodes that were not included in the film.
- The names of the Frogg brothers, Edgar and Alan, are a reference to the name of the legendary master of literary horror, a classic of American literature, Edgar Allan Poe.
- An image of Jim Morrison – a legendary rock idol, the leader of The Doors, and the author and original performer of the song “People are Strange” – can be seen in the vampires’ cave. The song is featured in the film performed by Echo & the Bunnymen.
- A poster featuring actor Rob Lowe can be seen on Sam's closet door – this is a reference to Joel Schumacher's previous film, “St. Elmo's Fire” (1985), in which Rob Lowe starred.
- The original draft of the screenplay, written by Janis Fischer and James Jeremaya, was a purely children's scary story. The vampires in it were a group of mischievous kids, the Frog brothers were 8-year-old boy scouts, and the Star was a boy, with a love story, naturally, absent.
- When Joel Schumacher was brought on to direct the film, he disliked the children's concept and told the producers he would only take on the project if he was allowed to change the script's concept, making the children teenagers, as he believed this version would be much more interesting and sensual.
- The film's opening credits list actress Kelly Jo Minter, despite her having only one noticeable scene in the entire movie, in a video store. The reason is that her role was originally much larger – but almost all of it was cut during editing. Scenes with Kelly Jo Minter were included in the bonus materials of the Western two-disc collector's edition released in 2004.
- In the film's finale, David, pierced by two stakes, does not turn to dust like the other vampires. Although Max later states otherwise, it was intended that David was not completely destroyed. He was supposed to reappear in a sequel that was never made.
- Originally, the film was not supposed to end with the grandfather's joking line by the refrigerator. After that, there was to be a transition to a scene where the surviving vampires gather in an abandoned hotel. The final shot of the film was to be an image of a drawing on the wall, made at the beginning of the 20th century, depicting Max looking exactly as he did in the film. All of this was in an early version of the script but was not implemented.
- In the vampires' cave, you can see an image of Jim Morrison – a legendary rock idol, leader of The Doors, and author and performer of the original version of the song “People Are Strange,” which is featured in the film performed by Echo & the Bunnymen.
- On Sam's closet door, you can see a poster of actor Rob Lowe – this is a reference to Joel Schumacher's previous film, “St. Elmo's Fire” (1985), in which Rob Lowe starred.
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