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14 unusual facts about John Cusack


Alejandro Agresti

A coproduction of Argentina and United States, the film stars John Cusack, who co-wrote the screenplay with Agresti.

Allan Weisbecker

A movie version of Cosmic Banditos directed by John Cusack is currently in the works.

Bryson Apartment Hotel

Fittingly, when Stephen Frears shot his 1990 neo-noir, The Grifters, he chose The Bryson Apartments as one of the principal locations—the home of John Cusack's character, Roy Dillon, and the site of the bloody climax.

Buck Weaver

Many parts of the story portrayed in the 1988 movie Eight Men Out are told from Buck Weaver's point of view, with Weaver being played by John Cusack.

Everything's Eventual

direct-to-video film by the same name, released in 2004 and directed by Mick Garris, who made many films and TV miniseries of King's works, and the film 1408 (2007) appeared in theaters, starring John Cusack.

Harish Saluja

He also acted in various commercials and in the Disney film Money for Nothing starring John Cusack.

Kasper Barfoed

In 2012 he shot action-thriller The Numbers Station starring John Cusack and Malin Akerman.

Pushing Tin

It centers on Nick Falzone (John Cusack), a cocky air traffic controller who quarrels over proving "who's more of a man" with fellow employee Russell Bell (Billy Bob Thornton).

Nick "The Zone" Falzone (John Cusack) and his fellow air traffic controllers at New York TRACON pride themselves on their ability to handle the intense stress of being a controller for one of the busiest airspaces in the country, even boasting of the 50% drop-out rate for new additions to the staff who are unable to cope with the pressure.

Ray Cooney

One of their two sons, Michael, is a screenwriter and wrote the original screenplay for the film Identity starring John Cusack.

Sparx Animation Studios

The company produced the fully computer-animated movie Igor, starring John Cusack and Molly Shannon which was released on September 19, 2008.

Steve Pink

He is an Evanston Township High School, Columbia College Chicago, and University of California-Berkeley alumnus (graduating in 1989 with a degree in Peace and Conflict Studies), and a contemporary of John Cusack, Jeremy Piven, and D.V. DeVincentis.

Tyson Ritter

His next projects include the 43-minute short, The Pinhole Affect, which he will co-star along with his wife, and the upcoming John Cusack movie, Love and Mercy (2014).

Vintage Vinyl

The most noteworthy example of this is when former Evanston resident John Cusack chose the store as the original filming location for the movie High Fidelity.


Gregory Sporleder

Sporleder got his first major role in the 1989 romance Say Anything... alongside John Cusack.

Make Love! The Bruce Campbell Way

Bruce ends up getting the role despite the fact he was not the first, second or last choice; others considered included Johnny Depp, John Cusack, Billy Campbell, Gary Sinise, John Malkovich and Robert Patrick.

Robert Hansen

Actor John Cusack portrayed Hansen in the 2013 film The Frozen Ground opposite Nicolas Cage as Sergeant Jack Halcombe (a character based on Glenn Flothe) and Vanessa Hudgens as victim Cindy Paulson.

Sidney Blumenthal

He was also the associate producer of the 2002 film Max, directed by Menno Meyjes and starring John Cusack, about the early political rise of Adolf Hitler and the aesthetics of Nazism.

The Dark Age

At school, Buffy and Willow are seen playing 'Anywhere But Here' in which they recount their fantasies: Buffy is on a beach before sunset having her feet rubbed by Gavin Rossdale, Willow is in Florence at a restaurant eating ziti when she is joined by John Cusack.

Wicker Park, Chicago

Another film of note that uses Wicker Park as its background is High Fidelity (2000) directed by Stephen Frears and starring Evanston-born John Cusack.

Woodstock Union High School

She acted in Melrose Place, as Victoria Davis on The CW teen drama, One Tree Hill, as Princess Vespa in Spaceballs and opposite John Cusack in "A Sure Thing".