Moonlight Mile

Moonlight Mile (2002)

Timing: 1:57 (117 min)

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• Silberling himself once experienced a similar story. In 1989, his girlfriend and promising actress Rebecca Scheffer was killed by a psychotic fan, and Brad himself was considered a suspect. There is a belief that 'Moonlight Mile' is based on those distant events.
• Initially, the film was planned to be titled “Baby's in Black,” like the famous song by The Beatles. The royalties to the copyright holders would have been very substantial, so the film was given a title – like that of a lesser-known song by The Rolling Stones.
• After completing work on the film, screenwriter and director Brad Silberling took a copy of the film to Oregon, where he rented a private cinema and showed the film to the parents of actress Rebecca Scheffer (1967-1989, was killed on the doorstep of her own home by a mentally ill fan). They were indirectly involved in the creation of the film as well.
• Four studios rejected the project. Brad Silberling hoped that Steven Spielberg's studio, DreamWorks, would show interest, but they felt it would be too similar to Sam Mendes's drama "American Beauty" (1999), which was in production at the time.
• Silberling himself once experienced a similar story. In 1989, his girlfriend and promising actress Rebecca Scheffer was killed by a fanatical psychopath, and Brad himself was considered a suspect. There is a version that "Moonlight Mile" is based on those distant events.