The Dick and Johnson Movie

The Dick and Johnson movie, Dick and Johnson: Blood and Water, was a Hollywood production that ultimately failed due to breaking union regulations, severely going over its budget, and multiple actors dying during its production.

Since the movie is based on the exploits of Dick and Johnson, the two were hired to act as consultants for 250 million dollars each, a price that severely crippled the budget and ultimately contributed to the project's failure. While visiting the set, Dick and Johnson also acted out a scene on the request of the director, leaving many stuntmen injured, as they actually fought them. During the shoot, Adrien Brody was also fired from his role as Doctor Isis and replaced by stuntman Todd Cornish.

Dick and Johnson were then asked for advice for the script, specifically the climactic finale. They began rewriting it and were subsequently asked to act in it as well, alongside the director Arnold Schwarzenegger, whom they had written into the scene. Shooting was to take place at Disneyland, but because of a production error, was relocated to Disney World. The set had to undergo expensive rebuilds.

The final product was a film with a story with no continuity, poor editing, and no-budget special effects and costumes and was never released, though it has been widely distributed illegally and is considered a cult hit.

The original script was written by Shane Black. Director Arnold Schwarzenegger was inhabiting the body of a small Tabby cat at the time of shooting due to a curse he was put under. Even though he had been told the curse could only be broken by releasing a movie that earned at least 1.5 billion dollars on its opening weekend, he did in fact turn back into a man with the power of friendship he felt from Dick and Johnson during shooting.