Audio problem: In the public restroom fight, Arnold slams one of the bad guys head into the ceramic urinal. Although you hear two loud and clear "klonks", the urinal bends when Arnold presses the bad guy's head down. [Only visible in the pan and scan version.] (00:31:55)
True Lies (1994)
Plot summary
Directed by: James Cameron
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Art Malik, Bill Paxton, Eliza Dushku, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tia Carrere, Tom Arnold
Harry Renquist is a boring computer salesman who does nothing all day. That's what his wife,Helen,thinks. What she doesn't know is her husband is really an international spy.
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Trivia: The shots of Jamie Leigh Curtis hanging beneath the helicopter were filmed on her 35th birthday.
Question: Was this film a box office hit, did it flop or simply break even? I have heard nothing about it being a huge money-maker. And of all James Cameron's films, it seems to have gotten the least mention (the controversial strip tease scene might be one reason). So I was wondering if someone could clarify it once and for all?
Answer: There was supposed to be a sequel but after 9/11. Middle East Terrorism seemed in poor taste to James Cameron.
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Chosen answer: True Lies did well, earning about $379m worldwide from a $100m+ budget, the first movie to have a production budget that high. It was the third highest grossing movie of 1994.
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