The official version, from the Director himself at a Movies101 (www.movies101.org) screening April 23, 2003, regarding the final cut.
Film was finished on Sept. 1, 2001. Of course, with the events of Sept. 11, and the scenes including the WTC being a prominent part of the film, certain painful changes had to be considered. The director also had his hands full due to the fact that he lived within shouting distance of ground zero at the time.
There were no new scenes shot, but two cuts, one crucial and one not so much, had to be made. The non-crucial cut had to do with a scene of a cab ride down 5th Ave approaching Washington Square. Anyone familiar with the NY street scene will remember that as the arch is approached, the twin towers would just pop into view, framed by the arch itself.
The crucial scene that was cut, which I will not describe lest it become a spoiler, prominently feature the towers in a sequence setting up the final scene of the film. Without the setup, the final scene loses quite a bit of impact and may leave many film viewers perplexed as to its meaning. Hopefully, the DVD version retains both scenes, as painful as they may be, they were the original vision of the director and preceded the tragic events.
The film is opening in NYC on April 25, 2003.
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https://bombreport.com/yearly-breakdowns/2003-2/people-i-know/
People I Know was fully financed by the global sales and distribution company Myriad Pictures for $22 million and during filming in April 2001, Miramax came onboard as US distributor. Miramax delayed the release of the Al Pacino vehicle after the September 11th attacks and the pic had scenes that took place at the World Trade Center, which were re-edited. Miramax then unsuccessfully tried to sell the film off to another distributor. It collected dust for almost two years before it was dumped with barely a sign that it even existed. People I Know opened in 5 theaters to $34,211 — never expanded beyond 8 locations and closed its brief theatrical run with just $126,793. The film was mostly dumped straight to video overseas throughout 2003 and 2004 and pulled in $5,572,241 across numerous distributors.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/BoxOfficeBomb/NThroughR
People I Know (2003) — Budget, $22 million. Box office, $126,793 (domestic), $5.7 million (worldwide). This was filmed for release in 2001 but was delayed due to 9/11, which required the World Trade Center being edited out. Critics took it to class for its derivative and incoherent plot and it died in limited release.
https://movies123.be/watch.php?t=People+I+Know+2002+in+HD
https://movies123.be/movie/people-i-know-2002/watching.html
http://coolmoviezone.info/people-i-know-2002/
http://www.namasha.com/v/fureExcT
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