Cloverfield Trivia
The first trailer for this movie played before Transformers (2007). It showed a giant explosion in the heart of New York City and the Statue of Liberty's head being thrown down a street. It was shot with a hand-held video recorder. There was no title.
The theatrical trailer first played in front of pre-screenings of Beowulf (2007) on November 15, 2007.
Jason (Mike Vogel) can be seen wearing a Slusho t-shirt in the movie trailer. It's visible when he leans toward the camera to ask if anything can be seen from the roof after watching the news broadcast.
Slusho is a drink from J.J. Abrams' show "Alias" (2001) as well as this film's codename.
Filming in Los Angeles was done under the fake production title "Slusho", while shooting in New York (in 33 days until August 8, 2007) was done under the fake production title "Cheese".
The title "Cloverfield"; initially just a codename for the movie, is named for the boulevard in Santa Monica where the Bad Robot offices were located during the making of the film.
The teaser trailer, as was planned, was shot before principal production began with small digital cameras.
The film has no music score and music for the end credits do not begin until 1 minute and 30 seconds after the credits start rolling.
Prints were shipped to some theaters under the name "Bertha".
The movie is viewed primarily from the point of view of Hud, the character who uses the camera the most. H.U.D. is also short for Heads-Up Display, much like the way the film was shot.
During the first weekend of the release, many theaters posted signs warning guests that the hand held camera movements may cause motion sickness.
Lizzy Caplan (Marlena) did not know what she was auditioning for. She thought it was a romantic movie until her second audition, where she read a scene from "Alias" (2001). It wasn't until after she was offered the role that she found out it was a monster movie, and the actors weren't allowed to read the script until after they signed on.
The decapitated head of the Statue of Liberty in the street is inspired by the poster for John Carpenter's Escape from New York (1981), which depicts the head of the Statue of Liberty lying in the middle of the street.
The movie was filmed using the Panasonic HVX200 digital video camera.
In the teaser trailer, the voice yelling "I saw it! It's alive! It's huge!" is that of Director Matt Reeves.
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