Johnny Handsome

Johnny Handsome (1989)

Timing: 1:34 (94 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1989-09-12

Country

United States

Production

Carolco Pictures, Guber/Peters Company, Roven Productions

Genre

Crime, Drama

Budget

$20 000 000

Revenue

$7 237 794

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Director

Walter Hill

Actors

Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Morgan Freeman, Forest Whitaker, Elizabeth McGovern, Lance Henriksen, Scott Wilson, David Schramm, Peter Jason, Yvonne Bryceland
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Scenario

Producer

Charles Roven, Mario Kassar, Andrew G. Vajna

Operator

Matthew F. Leonetti

Composer

Ry Cooder

Artist

Peter Clemens

Audition

Bonnie Timmermann

Editing

Freeman A. Davies, Donn Aron, Carmel Davies
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• The film is based on John Godey's novel "The Three Worlds of Johnny Beautiful".
• Johnny's birthday – September 16th – can be seen on a monitor in the hospital; it coincides with Mickey Rourke's own birthday.
• Al Pacino once expressed interest in the lead role and even worked with the producers on the script, but ultimately left the project because, despite numerous rewrites, it always turned out to be a low-budget film.
• It took three hours each day to apply makeup to Mickey Rourke.
• According to director Walter Hill, he was offered this film three times, but refused and only agreed on the fourth attempt.