Arnold Facts: Red Heat (1988)

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  • Red Heat is dedicated to its stunt coordinator, Bennie E. Dobbins, who died of a heart attack on the set while staging the snow fight scene in Vienna.
  • Jim Morrison’s (lead singer for The Doors) name and signature appear above Ivan Danko’s (Schwarzenegger) name in the hotel guest book.
  • There’sa scene where Ridzik (James Belushi) is showing Danko (Schwarzenegger) different kinds of police reports. The camera shows the title of the report and it reads: “Worthless Document Case Report/ Chicago Police.” Hmmm, I think someone doesn’t like the paperwork.
  • The actors did their homework for Red Heat. Schwarzenegger spent three months learning to speak Russian, and Belushi spent two weeks working at a Chicago police district headquarters.
  • Director and producer, Walter Hill, thought Schwarzenegger was too muscular and asked him to lose 10 lbs; however, he asked Belushi to gain 10 lbs.
  • Two hundred real inmates were used as extras for the prison scene.

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2 Responses to Arnold Facts: Red Heat (1988)

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  2. Paul Downie says:

    Under a rock, with a stack of dvd’s?

    Yeap, know the shape of that … !

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