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* AllStarCast: The film stars Creator/JoshBrolin, Creator/GeorgeClooney, Creator/RalphFiennes, Creator/TildaSwinton, Creator/ChanningTatum, Creator/FrancesMcDormand, Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/ClancyBrown, Creator/DolphLundgren (In Silhouette) and Creator/JonahHill.

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* AllStarCast: The film stars Creator/JoshBrolin, Creator/GeorgeClooney, Creator/RalphFiennes, Creator/TildaSwinton, Creator/ChanningTatum, Creator/FrancesMcDormand, Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/ClancyBrown, Creator/DolphLundgren (In Silhouette) (in silhouette), and Creator/JonahHill.



* DeletedRole: Dolph Lundgren's role was almost entirely deleted for time reasons, and he only appears as a silhouette.
* DivorcedInstallment: At some point, the film was a more direct sequel to ''Film/BartonFink'', alluding to ex-studio chief Jack Lipnick and having Fink among the Communist screenwriters with a RoleReprise by Creator/JohnTurturro.

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* DeletedRole: Dolph Lundgren's role was almost entirely deleted for time reasons, and in the final film he only appears as a silent silhouette.
* DivorcedInstallment: At some point, the film was a more direct sequel to ''Film/BartonFink'', alluding to ex-studio chief Jack Lipnick and having Fink among the Communist screenwriters screenwriters, with a RoleReprise by Creator/JohnTurturro.



* PlayingTheirOwnTwin: Tilda Swinton portrays identical sisters Thora and Thessaly Thacker (who both deride being referred to as "gossip columnists"). The only person able to tell them apart with some clarity is Eddie Mannix.

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* PlayingTheirOwnTwin: Tilda Swinton portrays identical sisters Thora and Thessaly Thacker (who both deride despise being referred to as "gossip columnists"). The only person able to tell them apart with some clarity is Eddie Mannix.
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** In the scene in the cab from ''Merrily We Dance'', Hobie's co-stars are played by Creator/JackHuston and actress/supermodel Agyness Deyn.
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* BillingDisplacement: Heather Goldenhersh plays Eddie Mannix's secretary Natalie, who gets more screen time than almost any other actor, whereas some of the more well-known actors are barely in the movie at all (Jonah Hill and Frances [=McDormand=] are only in one scene apiece; Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johansson each get two). But because they're big-name actors and she's not, they're mentioned by name both in the trailer and on the poster/DVD cover, whereas she's nowhere to be seen.

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* BillingDisplacement: Heather Goldenhersh Creator/HeatherGoldenhersh plays Eddie Mannix's secretary Natalie, who gets more screen time than almost any other actor, whereas some of the more well-known actors are barely in the movie at all (Jonah Hill and Frances [=McDormand=] are only in one scene apiece; Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johansson each get two). But because they're big-name actors and she's not, they're mentioned by name both in the trailer and on the poster/DVD cover, whereas she's nowhere to be seen.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JohnMilius was approached for a role as one of the Communist screenwriters (in a bit of a CastingGag considering the filmmaker's real-life right-leaning anarchist views) but turned it down due to medical treatment he was receiving at the time that would have interfered with the filming schedule. This would be the third time that Milius was approached for a role in a Coen brothers movie that he ultimately turned down (Lipnick in ''Film/BartonFink'', Sobchak in the ''Film/TheBigLebowski''). Appropriately, one of the screenwriters is clearly based on Milius' appearance.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JohnMilius was approached for a role as one of the Communist screenwriters (in a bit of a CastingGag considering the filmmaker's real-life right-leaning anarchist views) but turned it down due to medical treatment he was receiving at the time that would have interfered with the filming schedule. This would be the third time that Milius was approached for a role in a Coen brothers movie that he ultimately turned down (Lipnick in ''Film/BartonFink'', Sobchak in Sobchak--a character inspired by Milius--in the ''Film/TheBigLebowski''). Appropriately, one of the screenwriters is clearly based on Milius' appearance.
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* HeyItsThatPlace: Mannix is courted by Lockheed in the same Japanese restaurant that shows up repeatedly on Series/MadMen.

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* HeyItsThatPlace: Mannix is courted by Lockheed in the same Japanese restaurant that shows up repeatedly on Series/MadMen.''Series/MadMen''.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/JohnMilius was approached for a role as one of the Communist screenwriters (in a bit of a CastingGag considering the filmmaker's real-life right-leaning anarchist views) but turned it down due to medical treatment he was receiving at the time that would have interfered with the filming schedule. This would be the third time that Milius was approached for a role in a Coen brothers movie that he ultimately turned down (Lipnick in ''Film/BartonFink}}'', Sobchak in the ''Film/TheBigLebowski''). Appropriately, one of the screenwriters is clearly based on Milius' appearance.

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WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JohnMilius was approached for a role as one of the Communist screenwriters (in a bit of a CastingGag considering the filmmaker's real-life right-leaning anarchist views) but turned it down due to medical treatment he was receiving at the time that would have interfered with the filming schedule. This would be the third time that Milius was approached for a role in a Coen brothers movie that he ultimately turned down (Lipnick in ''Film/BartonFink}}'', ''Film/BartonFink'', Sobchak in the ''Film/TheBigLebowski''). Appropriately, one of the screenwriters is clearly based on Milius' appearance.

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* ActorAllusion:
** George Clooney's character is seen inspecting and rubbing his teeth, something his character did constantly in the Coen Brothers' previous film ''Film/IntolerableCruelty''.
** You'll have to look at the movie's Website/IMDb page to figure it out, but the [[spoiler:Soviet commander of the submarine that greets Burt Gurney and the communist screenwriters]] is played by Creator/DolphLundgren, best known for his role as the Soviet boxer Ivan Drago in ''Film/RockyIV''.
** Scarlett Johansson plays an actress who has to [[HideYourPregnancy hide her pregnancy]] while filming a very physical role. She had just come off ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' where she had hidden her pregnancy for real.
** Bodie's difficulty in pronouncing Laurence Laurentz's name is possibly a jab at Ralph Fiennes's preferred pronunciation for his name being closer to "Rayf Fines".



* TheCameo: Wayne Knight from {{Series/Seinfeld}} and Jeff Lewis (Vork from WebVideo/TheGuild) both appear as the extras who drug Baird. Neither has any lines.



* DivorcedInstallment: At some point, the film was a more direct sequel to ''Film/BartonFink'', alluding to ex-studio chief Jack Lipnick and having Fink among the Communist screenwriters with a RoleReprise by Creator/JohnTurturro.



* StealthSequel: It's subtle, but the film studio which serves as the film's central location is the same studio (Capitol Pictures) from the Coens' earlier period film about Hollywood; ''Film/BartonFink''. Whether this is intended to be set in the same universe as the former or simply an InternalHomage is unknown, although at some point Fink was apparently intended to appear among the other Communist screenwriters.



** At some point, the film was a more direct sequel to ''Film/BartonFink'', alluding to ex-studio chief Jack Lipnick and having Fink among the Communist screenwriters with a RoleReprise by Creator/JohnTurturro.
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A reprisal is a retaliatory attack; this is now Role Reprise.


** At some point, the film was a more direct sequel to ''Film/BartonFink'', alluding to ex-studio chief Jack Lipnick and having Fink among the Communist screenwriters with a RoleReprisal by Creator/JohnTurturro.

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** At some point, the film was a more direct sequel to ''Film/BartonFink'', alluding to ex-studio chief Jack Lipnick and having Fink among the Communist screenwriters with a RoleReprisal RoleReprise by Creator/JohnTurturro.
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** Bodie's difficulty in pronouncing Laurence Laurentz's name is possibly a jab at Ralph Fiennes's preferred pronunciation for his name being closer to "Rayf Fines".
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* TheCameo: Wayne Knight from {{Series/Seinfeld}} and Jeff Lewis (Vork from WebOriginal/TheGuild) both appear as the extras who drug Baird. Neither has any lines.

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* TheCameo: Wayne Knight from {{Series/Seinfeld}} and Jeff Lewis (Vork from WebOriginal/TheGuild) WebVideo/TheGuild) both appear as the extras who drug Baird. Neither has any lines.

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