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* DoingItForTheArt: Griffin Dunne, Mark Metcalf and Amy Robinson pooled the money to buy the rights to Ann Beattie's critically lauded 1976 novel after most major film studios passed on it, then produced the movie even though they'd only had Hollywood experience as actors. When Joan Micklin Silver heard they'd acquired the rights, she volunteered to write and direct because she'd been a huge fan of the book.

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* DoingItForTheArt: Griffin Dunne, Creator/GriffinDunne, Mark Metcalf and Amy Robinson pooled the money to buy the rights to Ann Beattie's critically lauded 1976 novel after most major film studios passed on it, then produced the movie even though they'd only had Hollywood experience as actors. When Joan Micklin Silver heard they'd acquired the rights, she volunteered to write and direct because she'd been a huge fan of the book.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: United Artists thought that no one would want to see a film called ''Chilly Scenes of Winter'' and changed the title to ''Head Over Heels'', implying it was more of a straight romance than it really was. When it was re-released, Joan Micklin Silver insisted they restore the original title.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: United Artists Creator/UnitedArtists thought that no one would want to see a film called ''Chilly Scenes of Winter'' and changed the title to ''Head Over Heels'', implying it was more of a straight romance than it really was. When it was re-released, Joan Micklin Silver insisted they restore the original title.



* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Generally averts this, but the mentions of disco and Laura's husband's job as an A-frame house salesman definitely stamp it as a film of TheSeventies.

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Generally averts this, but the mentions of disco and Laura's husband's job as an A-frame house salesman definitely stamp it as a film of TheSeventies.----
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted. The novel is set in an unnamed East Coast city (presumably New York or Boston), but for budget purposes the film was shot in Salt Lake City, and they decided to just go ahead and set it there as well.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Griffin Dunne, Mark Metcalf and Amy Robinson, pooled the money to buy the rights to Ann Beattie's critically lauded 1976 novel after most major film studios passed on it, then produced the movie even though they'd only had Hollywood experience as actors. When Joan Micklin Silver heard they'd acquired the rights, she volunteered to write and direct because she'd been a huge fan of the book.

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* DoingItForTheArt: Griffin Dunne, Mark Metcalf and Amy Robinson, Robinson pooled the money to buy the rights to Ann Beattie's critically lauded 1976 novel after most major film studios passed on it, then produced the movie even though they'd only had Hollywood experience as actors. When Joan Micklin Silver heard they'd acquired the rights, she volunteered to write and direct because she'd been a huge fan of the book.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Three actors, Griffin Dunne, Mark Metcalf and Amy Robinson, pooled the money to buy the rights to Ann Beattie's critically lauded 1976 novel after most major film studios passed on it, then produced the movie even though they'd only had Hollywood experience as actors. When Joan Micklin Silver heard they'd acquired the rights, she volunteered to write and direct because she'd been a huge fan of the book.

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* DoingItForTheArt: Three actors, Griffin Dunne, Mark Metcalf and Amy Robinson, pooled the money to buy the rights to Ann Beattie's critically lauded 1976 novel after most major film studios passed on it, then produced the movie even though they'd only had Hollywood experience as actors. When Joan Micklin Silver heard they'd acquired the rights, she volunteered to write and direct because she'd been a huge fan of the book.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted. The novel is set in an unnamed East Coast city (presumably New York or Boston), but for budget purposes the film was shot in Salt Lake City, and they decided to just go ahead set it there as well.

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* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted. The novel is set in an unnamed East Coast city (presumably New York or Boston), but for budget purposes the film was shot in Salt Lake City, and they decided to just go ahead and set it there as well.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Has never been released on VHS or DVD, leaving TV, streaming and Youtube as the only ways to see it outside a theater.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Has never been released on VHS or DVD, leaving TV, streaming and Youtube as the only ways to see it outside a theater.theater.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Generally averts this, but the mentions of disco and Laura's husband's job as an A-frame house salesman definitely stamp it as a film of TheSeventies.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Has never been released on VHS or DVD, leaving TV and streaming as the only ways to see it.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Has never been released on VHS or DVD, leaving TV and TV, streaming and Youtube as the only ways to see it.it outside a theater.

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* DoingItForTheArt: Three actors, Griffin Dunne, Mark Metcalf and Amy Robinson, pooled the money to buy the rights to Ann Beattie's critically lauded 1976 novel after most major film studios passed on it, then produced the movie even though they'd only had Hollywood experience as actors.

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* DoingItForTheArt: Three actors, Griffin Dunne, Mark Metcalf and Amy Robinson, pooled the money to buy the rights to Ann Beattie's critically lauded 1976 novel after most major film studios passed on it, then produced the movie even though they'd only had Hollywood experience as actors. When Joan Micklin Silver heard they'd acquired the rights, she volunteered to write and direct because she'd been a huge fan of the book.
* ExecutiveMeddling: United Artists thought that no one would want to see a film called ''Chilly Scenes of Winter'' and changed the title to ''Head Over Heels'', implying it was more of a straight romance than it really was. When it was re-released, Joan Micklin Silver insisted they restore the original title.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Has never been released on VHS or DVD, leaving TV and streaming as the only ways to see it.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted. The novel is set in an unnamed East Coast city (presumably New York or Boston), but for budget purposes the film was shot in Salt Lake City, and they decided to just go ahead set it there as well.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Three actors, Griffin Dunne, Mark Metcalf and Amy Robinson, pooled the money to buy the rights to Ann Beattie's critically lauded 1976 novel after most major film studios passed on it, then produced the movie even though they'd only had Hollywood experience as actors.

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