Useless Movie Trivia For
Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil
Memorable Movie Quotes
John Kelso: This place is fantastic; it's like "Gone With The Wind" on mescaline. They walk imaginary pets here, Garland - -on a fucking leash. And they're all heavily armed and drunk. New York is boring!
The Lady Chablis: It's like my mother always said: "Two tears in a bucket, motherfuck it."
Jim Williams: Livin' here pisses off all the right people.
Jim Williams: Sport, truth, like art, is in the eye of the beholder. You believe what you choose and I'll believe what I know.
Mandy Nichols: If you're thirsty, a drink will cure it, if you're not, a drink will prevent it. Prevention is better than a cure.
Trivia
Lady Chablis, the transvestite from Savannah featured in John Berendt's book "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil", plays herself in the movie adaptation of the book.
The English bulldog Uga in the film is actually Uga 5 rather than Uga 4 (former mascot of the University of Georgia). Uga 4, who was the bulldog in the book, died shortly before filming, so his son, Uga 5, took his place. Uga is owned by Sonny Seiler who appears in the film and was the real life attorney for Jim Williams.
The Mercer House, the house Jim Williams lived in, was originally built for Hugh Weedon Mercer. Hugh Mercer was the great-grandfather of Johnny Mercer, who co-wrote most of the songs included in the movie's soundtrack. The movie's opening shot, by the way, is of Johnny Mercer's gravestone.
For the Christmas party scene at Mercer house, they actually invited a large number of people who had previously been at Jim William's parties, including several members of his family. These extras praised the movie party because, not only was the atmosphere correct, but Kevin Spacey perfectly played Jim and how he meandered through his parties.
Goofs
Though set in 1981-1982, there are 1990s-model cars visible When Kelso and Mandy go to the morgue.
When John cannot start his car, he's sitting in it with the door open. As he jumps out of his car to get in the carriage he leaves the door open. When the car is shown again the door is closed.
In court, when the Detective takes the stand, the area in front of jury is empty/open. When Sonny starts to question the Detective about the crime scene, a large wooden table suddenly appears in front of the jury box. In fact, when talking about the cat in the crime scene photo, Sonny sits on this table facing the jury. In the very next scene, the table is gone again.
Box Office Info USA
Opening Weekend: $30,000,000
$5,233,658 (USA) (23 November 1997) (824 Screens)
Gross: $25,078,937
Filming Locations
Churchill's - 9 West Drayton St., Savannah, Georgia, USA
Savannah, Georgia, USA