The ambitious and scandalous project “Color of Night” is a film positioned by the creators of the counter-strike of producer Andrew Vine, who intended to wipe his nose with his ex-partner Mario Kassar, who initiated the “Basic Instinct”.
Fatal Production Challenges and Premieres
But during the production, and especially when the erotic psychological thriller Color of the Night was released (actors who played the roles of central characters Bruce Willis and Jane March), Vine faced fatal problems. Firstly, the creators invited quite a nasty director Richard Rush to take the director’s chair, who could not interrupt his creative break, which dragged on for 15 years since the premiere of the film about the madness of the movie "Trickster". Not only that, the director repeatedly entered into a debate with a group of producers, disputing the idea of ​​the tape, so even in the midst of the filming process he earned a heart attack.
In addition, censorship, as soon as she sniffed about the frank scenes filming between the characters of Willis and March, covered the creators with their own claims. And the media briskly savored the possibilities of intimate relationships outside the set of leading actors - Bruce with Jane, who was suitable for him as a daughter. As a result, “Color of the Night” was a failed film. On the screens a year after the premiere of "Basic Instinct", he achieved a very modest box office at $ 19,726,050, given that his budget was $ 40,000,000. Where already could compete with the Mario Cassar project? In addition, “The Color of the Night”, the actors involved in the production of the tape, were not included in the list of their most successful works, because the thriller became the winner of the Golden Raspberry Prize.
The main character - Rose / Richie / Bonnie
In “Color of the Night”, Jane March got after a triumphant debut in the film adaptation of the same name by M. Duras. An interesting fact is that in both scenes, the actress understudy played vivid erotic scenes. Jane March - a beautiful and surprisingly flexible performer - looked rather erotic, but turned out to be more puritanical than she was positioned in the press. In total, the actress’s filmography includes 17 films, the most significant of which are considered to be: “Provocateur”, the series “Hunters of Antiquities”, “Prince Dracula”, “Clash of the Titans” and, of course, “Color of the Night”. The actors, March's colleagues in the workshop, prophesied a brilliant career for her, but their prophecies were not destined to come true in full.
Dr. Bill Cape
Bruce Willis took “Color of the Night” as another test of his acting skills. The performer felt confident in the thriller genre. Moreover, one of the highest-paid actors of the Dream factory received his greatest fame by acting in projects of this genre: Die Hard, Death to Her Face, Pulp Fiction, 12 Monkeys, Sixth Sense, Invulnerable ”,“ Sin City ”,“ Lucky Number of Slevin ”, etc. The actor’s creative path is marked by a series of ups and downs. For example, in the early 90's, he managed to take part in several not-so-successful films, including The Color of the Night. Actors who rivaled Bruce Willis breathed a sigh of relief, but in 1994 he won back his lost position by playing brilliantly in Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. Further in the artist’s career, another recession followed, but he soon played a major role in The Sixth Sense, which was not praised only by the most lazy, both from the number of film experts and from a huge audience.
Actor casting a thriller
In addition to the leading actors, other diverse performers were invited to the film directed by Richard Rush.
Ruben Blades reincarnated as Lieutenant Hector Martinez. The Panamanian actor is better known as the lead singer of Seis del Solar and a salsa singer.
Leslie Ann Warren played the role of Sondra Dorio. The American actress, who began her career as a dancer in a ballet group, is known to the domestic audience for the series Desperate Housewives.
Known for his roles in the television films Quantum Leap and Star Trek: Enterprise, actor Scott Bakula played the role of Dr. Bob Moore.
Also involved in the production of the erotic thriller Brad Durif, Lance Henriksen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Andrew Lowry, Eric La Salle, Jeff Corey, Kathleen Wilhoyt and Shirley Knight.