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Romper Stomper (1992) More at IMDbPro »

• To cut costs, the film was shot on 16 mm film rather than 35 mm, and principal photography was kept to six weeks.
  
  
• Daniel Pollock, who plays Davey, committed suicide before the film's release.
  
  
• The opening scene at "Footscray" station was actually shot at Richmond station. Footscray station has no underground walkway
  
  
• Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 25 Most Dangerous Movies".
  
  
• The film was refused a cinema showing by Glasgow City Council.
  
  
• The character of Hando was originally written for Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn. However, Mendelsohn did not look menacing when his head was shaved, where as Russell Crowe had shaved his head, gotten into character, and had been persistently contacting Geoffrey Wright to reconsider his casting decision. When Wright decided Mendelsohn didn't have the look, the role went to Crowe.
  
  
• The words "Deutschland Erwache" on the Nazi banner in Hando's room is German for "Germany wake up". The banner looks exactly as they did in the Third Reich and was also originally designed by Adolf Hitler.
  
  
• When smashing the display glass in the mall scene, the actor Daniel Pollock did actually cut himself.
  
  

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