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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/RachelWeisz was the first choice for Daisy but she had to turn it down due to a scheduling conflict.
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* CreatorsOddball: Creator/DavidFincher was previously known for dark and gritty R-rated thrillers such as ''Film/FightClub'', ''Film/PanicRoom'', and ''{{Film/Seven}}''. This MagicRealism love story is his first PG-13 rated film.
* ExecutiveMeddling: The studio had the film set in New Orleans - as opposed to the short story's Baltimore setting - in order to take advantage of Louisiana's filming discounts.
* FakeAmerican: Benjamin's father is played by the British Jason Flemyng. Amusingly [[spoiler: his daughter]] Caroline is also played by a Brit, Julia Ormond. Australian Creator/CateBlanchett also plays the Louisiana native Daisy.
* RealLifeRelative: Brad Pitt's daughter Shiloh Jolie-Pitt plays [[spoiler: Benjamin's daughter Caroline]] [[TimeshiftedActor as a toddler.]]
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The reason Brad Pitt [[spoiler: doesn't portray the teenaged Benjamin]] is quite simply because the special effects budget had been depleted.
* ExecutiveMeddling: The studio had the film set in New Orleans - as opposed to the short story's Baltimore setting - in order to take advantage of Louisiana's filming discounts.
* FakeAmerican: Benjamin's father is played by the British Jason Flemyng. Amusingly [[spoiler: his daughter]] Caroline is also played by a Brit, Julia Ormond. Australian Creator/CateBlanchett also plays the Louisiana native Daisy.
* RealLifeRelative: Brad Pitt's daughter Shiloh Jolie-Pitt plays [[spoiler: Benjamin's daughter Caroline]] [[TimeshiftedActor as a toddler.]]
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The reason Brad Pitt [[spoiler: doesn't portray the teenaged Benjamin]] is quite simply because the special effects budget had been depleted.
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* CreatorsOddball: Creator/DavidFincher was previously known for dark and gritty R-rated thrillers such as ''Film/FightClub'', ''Film/PanicRoom'', and ''{{Film/Seven}}''.''Film/{{Se7en}}''. This MagicRealism love story is his first PG-13 rated film.
* ExecutiveMeddling:The studio Creator/{{Paramount|Pictures}} and Creator/WarnerBros had the film set in New Orleans - as opposed to the short story's Baltimore setting - in order to take advantage of Louisiana's filming discounts.
* FakeAmerican: Benjamin's father is played by the BritishJason Flemyng. Creator/JasonFlemyng. Amusingly [[spoiler: his daughter]] Caroline is also played by a Brit, Julia Ormond.Creator/JuliaOrmond. Australian Creator/CateBlanchett also plays the Louisiana native Daisy.
* RealLifeRelative:Brad Pitt's Creator/BradPitt's daughter Shiloh Jolie-Pitt plays [[spoiler: Benjamin's daughter Caroline]] [[TimeshiftedActor as a toddler.]]
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The reasonBrad Pitt Creator/BradPitt [[spoiler: doesn't portray the teenaged Benjamin]] is quite simply because the special effects budget had been depleted.
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* FakeAmerican: Benjamin's father is played by the British
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* ThrowItIn: Director Tarsem Singh was hired to shoot the shots of Benjamin in Cambodia and India, after David Fincher heard that he and Brad Pitt would both be in Southeast Asia at the same time.
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* ThrowItIn: Director Tarsem Singh was hired to shoot the shots of Benjamin in Cambodia and India, after David Fincher Creator/DavidFincher heard that he and Brad Pitt Creator/BradPitt would both be in Southeast Asia at the same time.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:Rachel Weisz Creator/RachelWeisz was the first choice for Daisy but she had to turn it down due to a scheduling conflict.
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* CreatorsOddball: Creator/DavidFincher was previously known for dark and gritty R-rated thrillers such as ''Film/FightClub'', ''Film/PanicRoom'', and ''{{Film/Seven}}''. This MagicRealism love story is his first PG-13 rated film.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Director example. David Fincher became known for dark and gritty thrillers such as ''Film/FightClub'', ''Film/PanicRoom'', and ''{{Film/Seven}}''. This MagicRealism love story is his first PG-13 rated film.
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* ActorAllusion: Benjamin's father asks about "the house on paper street", a reference to ''Film/FightClub'' - which was also directed by David Fincher and starred Brad Pitt.
* DevelopmentHell: At various points during production, Creator/StevenSpielberg, Creator/RonHoward, and Creator/SpikeJonze were going to direct, and Creator/TomCruise, Creator/JohnTravolta, or even ''Creator/JackNicholson'' was going to star. It had been bouncing around as potential film for decades. Like Creator/DavidFincher said, nobody wanted to make a $150 million film with the idea of death at its center. It took a while for someone to A) turn the bizarre, lifetime-spanning plot into a workable film narrative, and B) find a way to age a main character but keep it clearly the same character.
* DevelopmentHell: At various points during production, Creator/StevenSpielberg, Creator/RonHoward, and Creator/SpikeJonze were going to direct, and Creator/TomCruise, Creator/JohnTravolta, or even ''Creator/JackNicholson'' was going to star. It had been bouncing around as potential film for decades. Like Creator/DavidFincher said, nobody wanted to make a $150 million film with the idea of death at its center. It took a while for someone to A) turn the bizarre, lifetime-spanning plot into a workable film narrative, and B) find a way to age a main character but keep it clearly the same character.
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* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: At various points during production, Creator/StevenSpielberg, Creator/RonHoward, and Creator/SpikeJonze were going to direct, and Creator/TomCruise, Creator/JohnTravolta, or even ''Creator/JackNicholson'' was going to star. It had been bouncing around as potential film for decades. Like Creator/DavidFincher said, nobody wanted to make a $150 million film with the idea of death at its center. It took a while for someone to A) turn the bizarre, lifetime-spanning plot into a workable film narrative, and B) find a way to age a main character but keep it clearly the same character.
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* RealLifeRelative: Brad Pitt's daughter Shiloh Jolie-Pitt plays [[spoiler: Benjamin's daughter Caroline]] [[TimeshiftedActor as a toddler.]]
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* ShownTheirWork: Daisy talks about Agnes de Mille on her date with Benjamin. When he goes to see her performing, the show she's dancing in is ''{{Theatre/Carousel}}''. The sequence is the dream ballet, which was indeed choreographed by Agnes de Mille.
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* FakeAmerican: Benjamin's father is played by the British Jason Flemyng. Amusingly [[spoiler: his daughter]] Caroline is also played by a Brit, Julia Ormond. Australian Cate Blanchett Creator/CateBlanchett also plays the Louisiana native Daisy.
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* DevelopmentHell: At various points during production, Creator/StevenSpielberg, Creator/RonHoward, and Creator/SpikeJonze were going to direct, and Creator/TomCruise, Creator/JohnTravolta, or even ''Creator/JackNicholson'' was going to star. It had been bouncing around as potential film for decades. Like Creator/DavidFincher said, nobody wanted to make a $150 million film with the idea of death at its center. It took a while for someone to A) turn the bizarre, lifetime-spanning plot into a workable film narrative, and B) find a way to age a main character but keep it clearly the same character.
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* ActorAllusion: Benjamin's father asks about "the house on paper street", a reference to ''Film/FightClub'' - which was also directed by David Fincher and starred Brad Pitt.
* DevelopmentHell: At various points during production, Creator/StevenSpielberg, Creator/RonHoward, and Creator/SpikeJonze were going to direct, and Creator/TomCruise, Creator/JohnTravolta, or even ''Creator/JackNicholson'' was going to star. It had been bouncing around as potential film for decades. Like Creator/DavidFincher said, nobody wanted to make a $150 million film with the idea of death at its center. It took a while for someone to A) turn the bizarre, lifetime-spanning plot into a workable film narrative, and B) find a way to age a main character but keep it clearly the samecharacter.character.
* ExecutiveMeddling: The studio had the film set in New Orleans - as opposed to the short story's Baltimore setting - in order to take advantage of Louisiana's filming discounts.
* FakeAmerican: Benjamin's father is played by the British Jason Flemyng. Amusingly [[spoiler: his daughter]] Caroline is also played by a Brit, Julia Ormond. Australian Cate Blanchett also plays the Louisiana native Daisy.
* PlayingAgainstType: Director example. David Fincher became known for dark and gritty thrillers such as ''Film/FightClub'', ''Film/PanicRoom'', and ''{{Film/Seven}}''. This MagicRealism love story is his first PG-13 rated film.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The reason Brad Pitt [[spoiler: doesn't portray the teenaged Benjamin]] is quite simply because the special effects budget had been depleted.
* ShownTheirWork: Daisy talks about Agnes de Mille on her date with Benjamin. When he goes to see her performing, the show she's dancing in is ''{{Theatre/Carousel}}''. The sequence is the dream ballet, which was indeed choreographed by Agnes de Mille.
* ThrowItIn: Director Tarsem Singh was hired to shoot the shots of Benjamin in Cambodia and India, after David Fincher heard that he and Brad Pitt would both be in Southeast Asia at the same time.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Rachel Weisz was the first choice for Daisy but she had to turn it down due to a scheduling conflict.
* DevelopmentHell: At various points during production, Creator/StevenSpielberg, Creator/RonHoward, and Creator/SpikeJonze were going to direct, and Creator/TomCruise, Creator/JohnTravolta, or even ''Creator/JackNicholson'' was going to star. It had been bouncing around as potential film for decades. Like Creator/DavidFincher said, nobody wanted to make a $150 million film with the idea of death at its center. It took a while for someone to A) turn the bizarre, lifetime-spanning plot into a workable film narrative, and B) find a way to age a main character but keep it clearly the same
* ExecutiveMeddling: The studio had the film set in New Orleans - as opposed to the short story's Baltimore setting - in order to take advantage of Louisiana's filming discounts.
* FakeAmerican: Benjamin's father is played by the British Jason Flemyng. Amusingly [[spoiler: his daughter]] Caroline is also played by a Brit, Julia Ormond. Australian Cate Blanchett also plays the Louisiana native Daisy.
* PlayingAgainstType: Director example. David Fincher became known for dark and gritty thrillers such as ''Film/FightClub'', ''Film/PanicRoom'', and ''{{Film/Seven}}''. This MagicRealism love story is his first PG-13 rated film.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The reason Brad Pitt [[spoiler: doesn't portray the teenaged Benjamin]] is quite simply because the special effects budget had been depleted.
* ShownTheirWork: Daisy talks about Agnes de Mille on her date with Benjamin. When he goes to see her performing, the show she's dancing in is ''{{Theatre/Carousel}}''. The sequence is the dream ballet, which was indeed choreographed by Agnes de Mille.
* ThrowItIn: Director Tarsem Singh was hired to shoot the shots of Benjamin in Cambodia and India, after David Fincher heard that he and Brad Pitt would both be in Southeast Asia at the same time.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Rachel Weisz was the first choice for Daisy but she had to turn it down due to a scheduling conflict.
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