Half-Assed Internet Research
Research covers narration, location work, the eye patch, Maggie’s death insert, James Cameron, Nick Castle, and Stephen Ford.
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- Jamie Lee Curtis is identified as the narrator.
- Russell reportedly stayed in character but removed the eye patch between takes because it damaged his depth perception.
- East St. Louis was selected for its old buildings, river, bridge, and blocks of fire-damaged rubble.
- The Chain of Rocks Bridge was reportedly purchased for one dollar, and the city darkened ten blocks nightly for filming.
- An eleven-year-old J. J. Abrams reportedly prompted the insert proving Maggie died, which Carpenter shot with Adrian Barbeau in their garage.
- James Cameron worked on visual effects and cinematography before The Terminator and was considered the set genius.
- Co-writer Nick Castle also played Michael Myers in Halloween.
- Gerald Ford’s son Stephen Ford plays the Secret Service agent at the cockpit.
- The appended interview says Snake’s eye patch was proposed as a visible, painful war injury and might also have a hidden futuristic function.