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Budget and gross; spontaneous ending; deleted scenes; Price’s source; director change; Toronto interiors
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- The stated budget is $19 million and gross $110.9 million; possible inclusion in a future box-office theme is discussed rather than established.
- A director-commentary account confirms the passerby bump in the final scene was retained for Pacino’s spontaneous recovery.
- Deleted scenes include a mistaken confrontation with a child’s bodyguard and a visit from Frank’s pregnant ex-wife, played by Bracco.
- Harold Becker replaced Gregory Hoblit as director.
- Price adapted ideas from The Ladies’ Man, which grew out of a Penthouse assignment investigating public sexual venues.
- The interiors were filmed in Toronto, consistent with the apartments’ unusually large size.