The Night Watchmen and the Life Story of Margaret Thatcher

A prop phone book was made out of foam and rubber so that Keanu Reeves could genuinely smack the game with it. The scene in which the game lands on the sofa and smacks his head against the picture wasn't scripted. James Elroy wrote the screenplay in the mid 1990s inspired by the OJ Simpson trial. In 1997, David Fincher had entered negotiations to direct under its original title, The Night Watchmen. Spike Lee was set to direct with Keanu attached. Oliver Stone later denied this in a press release in May 2005 stating press release.