> When Albrecht is pointing his gun at Eric by the sidewalk outside Gideons, he is distracted by looters at Gideons, notably one with long blonde hair stealing a T.V. set. This is in fact James O'Barr, author of the comic book series on which the film is based.
> Occasionally in the film, you may notice thar Eric has a light scar going
under his eye and over his nose. Brandon Lee was not scarred in this way, it
is a reference to the graphic novel, in which Eric had a similar scar. Eric
was shot in the head - the shot cracked the bone under his eye, creating the
wound.
> The latter part of the scene with Eric and Albrecht in Albrecht's apartment
was actually ad-libbed. Brandon (Eric) decided to pick up a picture of Albrecht
and his wife and ask him about it. The following part about Shelley ("Believe
me, nothing is trivial") was also not in the script. The scene was originally
scripted to take place in the street outside the police headquarters, but it
was decided that it should be moved to Albrecht's home so that the audience
could learn more about him. Ernie Hudson (Albrecht): "Once we were in the
apartment the scene really changed. What came out was how Eric and Albrecht
were kindred spirits. Sometimes life can be great and you think you've got it
together, and other times it's all a big mess. Albrecht was at that point in
his life. Part of it had to do with him being horrified by what had happened
to that girl; he had gone to the hospital with her and his life was never quite
the same again. Albrecht was very low and Eric helps give him focus." Hudson
and Brandon Lee became quite close while wroking on The Crow, "We confided
in each other and shared things." says Hudson, "I think for the scene
in the apartment, we drew on our conversations."
> One of the bad guys at Top Dollar's meeting is one of the screenwriters,
David Schow. He is the guy who gets pulled under the table.
> Jeff Imada is also at Top Dollar's meeting. Jeff was Brandon Lee's best
friend, fight choreographer for the film, and fellow student in the martial
arts (how he and Brandon first met). He plays Braeden - the one who says, "So
you're saying we should just quit?".
> In one of the flashback scenes, we see T-Bird reading from a book - "Abashed
the devil stood, and felt how awful goodness is." The book is Milton's
Paradise Lost. (NOTE: the line after this sounds like it is also a quote from
the book, but it is not) David Patrick Kelly, who played T-Bird was so into
his character that he bought an antique copy of the book. It is this we see
him holding in the scene.
> When Eric breaks in to Gideons Pawn, he quotes a phrase from Edgar Allen
Poe's poem entitled 'The Raven'. ["Suddenly, I heard a tapping..."]
> The birds used in the film were not acually crows, they were ravens - five
of them in all.
> At the end of the film, there is a dedication to Brandon and Eliza. Eliza
(Lisa Hutton) was Brandon Lee's fiancé. They were to be married in Ensenada,
Mexico on April 17th 1993 (It was less than 3 weeks till their wedding when
Brandon died). It is exceedingly ironic that the theme of people being torn
from one another extends out of the film into real life.
> In Brandon's last on-camera interview, he quotes from the novel The Sheltering
Sky ("Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life
as an inexhaustible well..."). This quote was also used on Brandon and
Eliza's wedding invitations.
> I've always wondered, when Sarah returns to the loft and walks around with
Garbriel the cat, you can see that the loft floor is dirty, apart from one cleaned
area. I always think that maybe it was where Brandon fell?
_Thanks goes to Gina-Luisa Hilborne
for this Submission.
> In the original Crow mive, the "Myca" character was original supposed to be a sorcerer type of person, or someone with special powers. That idea, along with the Skull Cowboy, were dropped from the film. In City of Angels, the idea was used with the "Kali" character.
_Thanks goes to youdontknome5000@aol.com for this Submission
> Kevin Smith's movie "Clerks", the magazine rack by the front door of the convenience store has on the self a copy of the March/April 1994 People Magazine with Brandon Lee on the cover. That was the issue that explored his death, etc.
_Thanks goes to Devon for this Submission
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