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Sliver (1993) More at IMDbPro »

• The script originally called for full male frontal nudity, but William Baldwin changed his mind after the scenes had been shot.
  
  
• Ira Levin was reluctant to sell the rights to his book. He had only been pleased with the movie adaptation of Rosemary's Baby (1968) out of all the attempts to film his novels. When producer Robert Evans, who had produced Rosemary's Baby (1968), got wind of this, he sent Levin a copy of Roman Polanski's autobiography, with all the mentions of Evans' salvaging the film highlighted. The ploy worked and Levin sold the rights to Evans for $250,000.
  
  
• During filming, a crew was sent to Hawaii to film an active volcano for the opening credits. During the flyover, the volcano erupted, and the helicopter carrying the crew crashed. No one was killed, but all film was lost. The opening credit scene is referenced in the film by the crystal volcano in Zeke's Room.
  
  
• The book "Flesh and Blood" that Jack sends to Carly has a cover that is similar to the poster for Dead Calm (1989), another Phillip Noyce film.
  
  
• According to his autobiography, producer Robert Evans initially wanted Roman Polanski to direct the film. Since Polanski will not return to the United States, Evans planned on having a second unit director shoot some footage of New York, whilst Polanski would direct the film in Paris.
  
  
• Joe Eszterhas' script got changed during the shot by the producers. Eszterhas also says that he hates the movie.
  
  
• Sharon Stone signed for the lead for $2.5 million.
  
  
• The original script called for a different ending in which Zeke (William Baldwin) turns out to be the killer, but was re-shot when it fared poorly with test audiences.
  
  
• Joe Eszterhas's original ending was incomprehensible to test audiences and an alternate ending had to be quickly devised and shot. Eszterhas cracked out five different endings in three days.
  
  
• As part of the re-shot ending, Tom Berenger and Polly Walker were required to film a scene wearing S&M gear. Both actors refused as this wasn't in their original contract, so the scene had to be filmed by doubles.
  
  

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