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Cutthroat Island (1995): $3,000,000
Cliffhanger (1993): $3,000,000
Die Hard 2 (1990): $750,000
Born American (1986): $10,000

Worked on Alien³ (1992) for over a year and asked to leave the project after not being satisfied with any script and wanted to do something completely different, and the next day was offered The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) by Joel Silver. Dating Sarah Thackray, a British journalist. [2001] Father of child born (in August 1997) to personal assistant Tiffany Bowne, who worked with the director on Cutthroat Island (1995) and The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996). Had 2 films open one week apart in 1990: The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) and Die Hard 2 (1990). In 2001, he bought an apartment from former Formula One driver Eddie Irvine. He got a medal ("Kultainen ansiomerkki") from Finnish WWII veterans in 2004. He helped to organize "Kiitoksen paikka" concert which collected money to secure treatment and help to the old war veterans. Harlin said that helping the defenders of Finland is much more important that his other achievements. Was originally slated to direct Outlander (2008). Said that Deep Blue Sea (1999) was the most difficult film he had ever made (1999). In 2006, Harlin was hired to direct a biography of Finnish Marshall and president Gustaf Mannerheim. The film is going to be produced by his old friend Markus Selin who produced his first film. The two men had announced initial plans as early as 2001. For a long time, there were major problems with funding, and the production was stopped. However, now the film has been rescheduled, and Mikko Nousiainen has been named as the leading star. The budget is estimated to be at around 10-14 million euros, which would make it the most expensive movie in Finnish film history. One of his favorite movies is The Wild Bunch (1969). Worked as an commercial and company film director before directing his first feature film. Was offered the chance to direct GoldenEye (1995) but turned it down because he felt he had made enough sequels. Mario Kassar and Renny made two films together, Cliffhanger (1993) and Cutthroat Island (1995). Cliffhanger (1993) resulted to a box office success while Cutthroat Island (1995) on the other hand resulted to a massive flopped. Which also resulted that Mario's production company Carolco Pictures bankrupted because of the loss of money for the film. On May 29, 1991 Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat wrote that Finnish director Renny Harlin had signed a contract with Paramount to direct the new film adaptation of The Saint (1997) with Robert Evans producing. Eventually the film was directed by Phillip Noyce.