Behind the Scenes
Director
Bryan SingerIf you've heard of Bryan Singer, you're probably wearing a Wolverine or Storm costume right now…because you're really into the X-Men and Singer directed the X-Men movies. This makes S...
Screenwriter
Christopher McQuarrieScreenwriter Christopher McQuarrie and director Bryan Singer knew each other in high school in Princeton, NJ. (No word on whether they exchanged BFF bracelets). Singer was tryi...
Production Studio
Polygram, Spelling Films, Blue Parrot, Bad Hat Harry Productions, and Rosco FilmThe Usual Suspects is an indie movie—and, like lots of offbeat indie movies, producers originally didn't want to ma...
Production Design
The Magic of IllusionThe Usual Suspects kept it old school—shooting on 35 mm film—because it had to. It was 1995: no one was shooting movies digitally yet. (Source) Some cool film techniques ar...
Music (Score)
Mystery and a Moment of Truth You wouldn't normally expect a film composer to also be a film-editor—those are two totally different skill sets. But John Ottman is both, and he did both for The Us...
Fandoms
If you were within a 200-foot radius of a dorm back in the late 90's or early 00's, chances are you say a few Usual Suspects posters, (probably tacked up next to a Pulp Fiction poster). The appeal...