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changing hair styles

posted 19 years ago by LSam
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watch toms hair throughout the film, it changes from scene to scene. its long, its short, its long, its short etc....

[–] hollywoodsaint 19 years ago

Yeah, the reason for that is that Cocktail had already been wrapped and he had begun work on Rainman. Then, shortly before Cocktail was released, the producers decided they needed to do reshoots of some scenes (mainly the ones in Jordan's father's apartment) so they brought Cruise back on weekends when he had a break to film the reshoots, but he had already grown his hair out for Rainman. The result is the fluctuations that you see- he gets on the elevator with one hairstyle and length and gets off with something completely different. If you watch Rainman, you'll see that his hairstyle is EXACTLY the same as those particular scenes in Cocktail. One of the many (unintentionally) humorous elements of this film. Both Rainman and Cocktail are great flicks (in VERY different ways), but it's hard to believe Cruise could do two films that dissimiliar back-to-back....

[–] LSam 19 years ago

thanks for that! i was wondering why, very funny.

[–] bolo_yeoung 19 years ago

Either hairstyle, he's goodlooking.

[–] Desertman84 15 years ago

I agree with Hollywood Saint. I also believe that Cocktail has undergone some reversals in script when Tom started shooting Rain Man that is why Tom had to re-shoot for Cocktail with a different hairdo in the film.

[–] bayernballack 14 years ago

yes, the hair appearance really stands out in this movie.

the short to long hair fluctuation is quite apparent, but also in the "short" hairstyle the lighting angle/hair product or whatever it is that makes his hair color like silver or blond was just as annoying.

[–] highschoolkiller 14 years ago

lol i noticed it too

You can't swing a dead cat in hollywood without hitting someone with a vampire script

[–] jjcuse11 13 years ago

LOL. I noticed the same thing. Actually if you think about it. It makes sense. Maybe not particularly in this film because the difference can be noticed literally in same scene usage. BUT I always take notice to small details in movies such as an actors hair, weight, ect...

[–] HowYaLikeDemApplesWill 13 years ago

Indeed...pretty humorous.

And as holywoodsaint replied, it is most blatant in the father's apartment scene.

1 - When Brian goes to Jordan's apartment and her roommate explains that she is at her father's house....on Park Avenue...he has the shorter, darker, wavier hair.
2 - Mere moments later, when he's talking to the concierge in the dad's Park Avenue apartment, he has the lighter, longer, and flatter feathered look...aka the exact hairstyle he had in Rainman, the film he had begun shooting by this time.
3 - Fast forward just a few seconds later, and Brian emerges from the penthouse elevator.....with the aforementioned darker, shorter, wavier hair.

Such an obvious and blatant continuity error, you would have at least thunk they would have tried to STYLE his hair closer to what it was with mousse, even forgetting about the length difference.