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Cutthroat Island is a pirate-themed action film starring Geena Davis and directed by her then husband Renny Harlin filmed in various locations around Malta. It was released in 1995.

Made the same year as Waterworld
, Cutthroat Island was actually a much bigger financial failure. The budget approached 100 million dollars and the total US gross was approximately 10 million dollars. It was a contributing factor to the demise of the movie's production company, Carolco Pictures and Davis as a bankable star. It was also in the Guinness World Records for the biggest box office bomb of all time until it was eclipsed by Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
and The Adventures of Pluto Nash
.

The film was originally due to co-star Michael Douglas but he withdrew and was replaced by Matthew Modine. Modine and Davis have been honest during interviews about the inflated egos and horrors surrounding the production of the film.

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Michael Douglas
was offered $15 million to play the lead role. When he withdrew, the same offer was made to Keanu Reeves
(who was busy playing Hamlet in Canada) and Tom Cruise
. When Daniel Day Lewis turned the role down, the script was rewritten to make Davis' part bigger and the producers set their casting sights lower. Jeff Bridges
, Michael Keaton
, Charlie Sheen
, Liam Neeson
and Tim Robbins
all turned down $7 million to take the part before Renny Harlin and Carolco finally agreed on Matthew Modine to star opposite Davis for around $4 million.

Oliver Reed
was originally cast in a small part. On his first and last day on set, he suggested his character should be caught masturbating, then turn around and lick egg whites off his knuckles. He was replaced by actor George Murcell.

According to an interview with Empire magazine, Davis and Harlin were both huge fans of V8 juice. When filming wrapped, the crew discovered a truck full of unopened cartons of V8 juice. Modine saw this as indicative of the wasteful excesses of the production.

The British release of the film was originally rated 15 (no patron under the age of 15). Distributors decided to target a family audience and so over a minute of film was cut to get a PG certificate.

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