The Cuato model was handled by about 15 puppeteers, each controlling a different part of his face and hands.
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When Quaid finishes Gary and his fellow agents, the concrete wall behind him shows a bloodstain. The only opportunity for it to appear there would have been as Quaid hits the moustache man in the face; but this guy stands up again, and it doesn't look like he cracked his skull (which would have caused a stain). See more...
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Directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Marshall Bell, Mel Johnson Jr., Michael Champion, Michael Ironside, Rachel Ticotin, Ronny Cox, Sharon Stone (add more)
The Cuato model was handled by about 15 puppeteers, each controlling a different part of his face and hands.
Arnie was injured twice during the making of this movie. He cut his hand badly while smashing a train window, and broke a finger during a rehearsal of the hotel room fight scene.
Total Recall was based on a 1966 short story from pulp-fiction writer Philip K. Dick called "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale". He also wrote other mind bending novels on which futuristic films like 'Minority Report', 'Blade Runner', 'Impostor', 'Screamers' and 'Paycheck' were based.
Most of the movie was shot in Mexico because it was believed labour costs to build the sets would be cheaper there, but it turned out that the cost of importing required materials from the US negated this benefit.
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