Hollywood Boulevard/Fun Facts

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  • This was filmed in ten days in October 1975 for less than $60,000.
  • The plot was inspired by the film The Death Kiss (1932), which directors Joe Dante and Allan Arkush happened to catch on television one night.
  • The name Patrick Hobby is a reference to F. Scott Fitzgerald's Pat Hobby stories (concerning a hack writer).
  • Rico's line, "Is this the end of Rico?" is Edward G. Robinson's last line in Little Caesar (1931).
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