When Charlotte is riding the subway, she looks down at a man who is reading a comic called 'Ghost in the Shell'. Scarlett Johansson would go on to star in a film adaptation of the comic in 2017.
Mother Night - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Fan of Mother Night or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Mother Night
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Lieutenant Bernard O'Hare, when he captures Campbell, is not wearing the regulation M1 helmet of WW2 vintage, nor are the two U.S. soldiers who drive Campbell away from the concentration camp. Rather, they appear to be wearing the British paratrooper type-3 helmet, which, interestingly, was adopted by the Israeli Defense Forces in the late 1940's and '50's.
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The film is based on a story by Kurt Vonnegut. Director Keith Gordon previously starred in Back to School, in which the actual Vonnegut had a brief appearance.
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Kurt Vonnegut Jr.: Towards the end of the film when Campbell (Nick Nolte) stands frozen in the street one of the people who pass by him in slow motion is the author of the book the film is based on (the man with a mustache in a beige suit and a blue shirt with a tie.)
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Originally announced by producers Irwin Winkler and Bob Chartoff in 1972.
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John Goodman's character's name Wirtanen is the most common surname in Finland (usually written with single V).
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The scene where Nick Nolte points a Luger pistol towards his mouth thinking about suicide, the toggle on top of the pistol was up and not flat. The pistol would not have fired this way. The toggle would have to be down or flat.
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Director Keith Gordon took a small role in I Love Trouble (1994) so he could get this script to Nick Nolte, whose agents thought the project was "too small."
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While they are hiding out, Campbell (Nick Nolte) says to Resi and George, "In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart," a direct quote from "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank.
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The character Howard W. Campbell Jr. is used by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. in the novel Slaughterhouse Five, and makes an appearance in the movie of the same name, although in reference to a part of Campbell's life not included in the film version of Mother Night.
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"Frank Wirtanen" is the name of the man who used to sell Christmas trees to the Vonnegut family.
Mother Night - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Mother Night - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Mother Night - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Mother Night - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Mother Night - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Mother Night - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Mother Night - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Mother Night - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Mother Night - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Mother Night - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Mother Night - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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