Did You
Know???
The
police officers in the chasing scene
named Milner and McCord were named after
Ken McCord and Martin Milner who played
police officers in "Adam 12"
(1968)
In
the opening scene where the Heathers
are playing croquet, Heather McNamara
is wearing a wig.
Remember the geek that had milk come
out of his nose when Heather #1 looked
right at him? Well the the producer
said that the geek gave a very "De-niro-like"
performance because he put gelatin capsules
of milk in each nostril, and they had
to wait to shoot the scene until the
capsules had melted a little and were
ready to burst.
Friends
Veronica Sawyer and Betty Finn are named
after other fictional friends Veronica
and Betty from the comic strip "Archie",
and Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
The
high school is named Westerberg High;
Winona Ryder's favorite band at the
time was The Replacements, whose lead
singer is named Paul Westerberg.
J.D.
tricks Veronica into killing the jocks
by claiming to use "ich luge"
bullets which he claims only pierce
the skin. Ich luge is German for I'm
lying.
Veronica's
bedroom set was built in the gym of
the high school used on the film.
When
Veronica barfs at the Remington Frat
Party, it is baby food she has on her
face, applied by a makeup person who
was out of the shot.
A
line was cut from the scene when Veronica
and J.D. are talking after having a
little game of stip croquet in her backyard.
J.D. says, "See those condoms in
the grass over there? (sarcastic) We
killed our child tonight!!" The
writer said it alluded to the later
acutal murders.
Another
line cut from the movie is Veronica
saying, "It's God versus my boyfriend..and
God's losing."
When
J.D.'s father is telling his son about
his day at work, he refers to blowing
up a "Norweigan in the boiler room"
of a building. This DOES NOT refer to
a person from Norway!! It was the type
of explosives he used!.
Brad
Pitt did a read through for the part
of J.D. He was not chosen because he
was considered "too nice"
for the part.
The
movie was shot in 32 days.
The
original script for the movie was 400
hundred pages long and screenwriter
Daniel Waters wanted the movie to be
directed by Stanely Kubrick.
The
book at the bottom of Heather Chandler's
locker is "The Castrated Family"(one
of those how-to books about dysfunctional
families and ways of dealing with them)
by Harold M. Voth.
On
the inside of the c.d. David Newman,
the film's composer, talks about why
he used the harmonica for the film's
score: "I didn't think it was necessary
to follow the specific action, as much
as give the viewer the feeling of being
in this smart-alec, intelligent and
anguish-filled world. We felt that electronic
music should be used in combination
with an acoustic instrument (in this
case, the harmonica) as a leit-motif
for J.D., the film's central character."
Episode
61 of The X-Files titled "Syzgy"
about a pair of high school girls who
eliminate their high school foes one
by one is rumored to be based on Heathers.
Heathers
was filmed at Verdugo Hills High School
in Tujunga, California, John Adams Junior
High School in Santa Monica, California
and Corvales High School in Laurel Canyon,
California.
Did
anybody know that the same kitchen that
was used in Heather Chandler's house
was also used in the dream sequence
with Veronica and JD in Heather Dukes
house?.
Worthington,
Ohio is known as a very conservative
and preppy but altogether a nice surburbian
town. It was always rumored that Heathers
was based on that town and that something
like it might have happened at Thomas
Worthington High School.
The
November issue of Cosmo in Heather Chandler's
locker is a reference to the mass suicide
in Guyana, however, this really does
not make sense because the Mass Suicide
took place in November 78 not 79...
but, then why would Heather Chandler,
the most in fashion, trendy girl at
school have a Cosmo from 1979 in her
locker?
Remember
Principal Gowan? (John Ingle's). Before
he became an actor, John Ingle's was
a high school drama teacher for 30 years.
He started the drama programs at Hollywood
High School and Beverly Hills High School
and went into acting after he reitred!.
It was a coincidence that he came back
to Verdugo Hills High to play the role
of Principal Gowan.
Christian
Slater likes to play the field. While
shooting Heathers, Christian went out
with costars Kim Walker and Winona Ryder
(although not at the same time). Of
their fling, Winona later said that
it lasted "for two weeks, and he
broke my heart."
Shannen Doherty, Heather Duke, also
thought that Christian was totally hot.
"His voice, his eyes and his eyebrows...make
women melt," she has said.
Christian Slater's a really sound sleeper.
He once slept through an entire day,
missing a Heathers wardrobe fitting
and barely showing up in time for his
scenes in LA Law.
The
Snappy Snack Shack scene was originally
supposed to be in a 7-11. They had the
rights to use the name and everything
- but at the last minute the 7-11 people
said NO!. They had like a day to come
up with a convenience store name that
had NEVER been used -AND THEN they had
to come up with titles for the food
that JD talks about because they could
no longer use "slurpie" and
"big wheel". Luckily "Snappy
Snack Shack" "slushie"
and "Turbo-Dog" were available
"Moby
Dick" (Heather Duke's favorite
book) was originally supposed to be
"The Catcher in the Rye" by
J.D. Salinger. The writer was rather
upset over this change (it was due to
the fact that they couldn't get clearance
to use it in the film.) He said that
"The Catcher in the Rye fits in
a lot better with the themes of being
a teenager and J.D.'s being a psychopath."
The
part of Veronica Sawyer was originally
offered to Justine Bateman, of "Family
Ties" fame.
When
Aaron Spelling was casting characters
for his show 'Beverly Hills 90210',
he hadn't cast anyone for the part of
Brenda Walsh. Luckily Tori Spelling
saw Heathers a few days back and made
her dad get a copy of it. Aaron liked
what he saw and had Shannen on the set
the next day!.
The
movie 'Killing Mrs. Tingle' was a Heathers-inspired
dark comedy.
Many
people have told me this (and I thank
all of you), that Heather Graham was
offered a part in the film Heathers
but had to turn it down because her
parents thought the language was too
"risque."
It's
rumored that the actress that portrayed
Martha Dunstock/Dumptruck (Carrie Lynn)
is on the cover of the 'Holy Bible'
by the Manic Street Preachers.
March
31, 1989...