Was Doom II (the game played in the Ultimart) ever ported to an arcade machine? I think it would be difficult to produce a real coin-op version of the game (a lot of custom hardware and programming - I don't think any arcade hardware could support Doom back then). Making a prop would be easy by sticking a PC with a TV monitor (to prevent flicker) in a cabinet mock-up, or even just run a pre-recorded tape of someone playing Doom and just have the actor mime it. [No, Doom II was never available in a commerical arcade cabinet. It must have been specifically designed for the movie.]
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Quotes
Debi Newberry: You're a psychopath.
Martin Blank: No, no. Psychopaths kill for no reason. I kill for money. It's a job... That didn't come out right.
Mistakes
There is a scene where Blank and Debi are in a club. All of a sudden there is a martini glass (neither of them are drinking martinis) Just when you have enough time to notice the extra glass one of Debi's drunk friends comes clambering over with a martini in hand. But then there is only one on the table when the camera pulls back. See more...
Trivia
In the convenience store shootout, there is a large cardboard cut-out of the Pulp Fiction characters in the background. Bruce Willis's head explodes. See more...
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) - 2 questions
starring Dan Aykroyd, John Cusack (add more)
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
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Was Doom II (the game played in the Ultimart) ever ported to an arcade machine? I think it would be difficult to produce a real coin-op version of the game (a lot of custom hardware and programming - I don't think any arcade hardware could support Doom back then). Making a prop would be easy by sticking a PC with a TV monitor (to prevent flicker) in a cabinet mock-up, or even just run a pre-recorded tape of someone playing Doom and just have the actor mime it. [No, Doom II was never available in a commerical arcade cabinet. It must have been specifically designed for the movie.]
Does anyone know what kind of pistols Martin Blank uses in this film? Also, is the gunfire sound they make accurate? It's very distinctive. [His pistols are 9mm Glock 17's (http://www.glock.com/g17.jpg). No movie firearm shot is authentic as it would sound very flat and unexciting because the blank rounds used are very quiet (not much louder than clapping your hands actually). The shot sounds are added in post production.]
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