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* CareerResurrection: After years of embracing a bad girl image, this film cemented Creator/DrewBarrymore as becoming a sweetheart romantic comedy actor.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Boy George found Alexis Arquette doing an impersonation of him and singing "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" hilarious.
* CaliforniaDoubling: The story is set in Ridgefield, New Jersey - indeed Glen works on Wall Street "in the city" presumably in Manhattan - but was filmed in California.

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* ApprovalOfGod: Boy George found Alexis Arquette Creator/AlexisArquette doing an impersonation of him and singing "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" hilarious.
* CaliforniaDoubling: The story is set in Ridgefield, New Jersey - indeed Glen works on Wall Street "in the city" presumably in Manhattan - but was filmed in California.
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* ReleaseDateChange: The film was originally slated for a Fall 1997 release, but got pushed back by Creator/NewLineCinema to February 1998 as they felt the romantic comedy would perform better closer to Valentine's Day.

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* ReleaseDateChange: The film was originally slated for a Fall 1997 release, but got pushed back by Creator/NewLineCinema to February 1998 as they felt the romantic comedy {{romantic comedy}} would perform better closer to Valentine's Day.

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* ActorInspiredElement: Julia's butterfly jean jacket actually belongs to Creator/DrewBarrymore. Director Frank Coraci liked her jacket and told her to wear it as part of her costume.
* ApprovalOfGod: Boy George found Alexis Arquette doing an impersonation of him and singing "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" hilarious.



* PlayingAgainstType: Up to ''The Wedding Singer'', most of Sandler's roles had been [[ManChild immature guys]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold who eventually revealed a more sensitive side]]. This was the first role of his to be a fairly straightforward nice-guy-with-underdog-tones, and that eventually became his new type.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Up to ''The Wedding Singer'', most Most of Sandler's Creator/AdamSandler's roles had been [[ManChild [[{{Manchild}} immature guys]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold who eventually revealed a more sensitive side]]. This was the first role of his to be a fairly straightforward nice-guy-with-underdog-tones, {{nice guy}}-with-underdog-tones, and that eventually became his new type.type.
* ReleaseDateChange: The film was originally slated for a Fall 1997 release, but got pushed back by Creator/NewLineCinema to February 1998 as they felt the romantic comedy would perform better closer to Valentine's Day.



* UncreditedRole: Creator/CarrieFisher and Creator/JuddApatow were both uncredited script doctors for the screenplay.

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** Creator/SteveBuscemi and Creator/JonLovitz make unbilled cameos.
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Creator/CarrieFisher did work on the script to make Julia's part more balanced. Creator/JuddApatow, and Creator/JuddApatow were both Creator/AdamSandler also performed uncredited script doctors rewrites.
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** Creator/ChristopherMcDonald was considered
for the screenplay.role of Glenn.
** Creator/BettyWhite was considered for the role of Rosie.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: A few bands have taken up the challenge of writing a song called "I Got Punched In The Nose For Sticking My Face In Other People's Business," the most popular one being from the [[{{Emo}} emo]] band Boys Night Out. The closest there's ever been to a country song by that title is an indie folk track by The Man Who Loves You.

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* {{Defictionalization}}: A few bands have taken up the challenge of writing a song called "I Got Punched In The Nose For Sticking My Face In Other People's Business," the most popular one being from the [[{{Emo}} emo]] {{emo}} band Boys Night Out. The closest there's ever been to a country song by that title is an indie folk track by The Man Who Loves You.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: A few bands have taken up the challenge of writing a song called "I Got Punched In The Nose For Sticking My Face In Other Peoples Business," the most popular one being from the [[{{Emo}} emo]] band Boys Night Out. The closest there's ever been to a country song by that title is an indie folk track by The Man Who Loves You.

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* {{Defictionalization}}: A few bands have taken up the challenge of writing a song called "I Got Punched In The Nose For Sticking My Face In Other Peoples People's Business," the most popular one being from the [[{{Emo}} emo]] band Boys Night Out. The closest there's ever been to a country song by that title is an indie folk track by The Man Who Loves You.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: The story is set in Ridgefield, Connecticut - indeed Glen works on Wall Street "in the city," presumably in Manhattan - but was filmed in California.

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* CaliforniaDoubling: The story is set in Ridgefield, Connecticut New Jersey - indeed Glen works on Wall Street "in the city," city" presumably in Manhattan - but was filmed in California.
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* UncreditedRole: Creator/CarrieFisher was an uncredited script doctor for the screenplay.

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* UncreditedRole: Creator/CarrieFisher was an and Creator/JuddApatow were both uncredited script doctor doctors for the screenplay.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Lampshaded; Glenn brags about buying a CD player for around $1000, and Julia promptly asks to play a record on it.

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Lampshaded; Glenn brags about buying a CD player for around $1000, and Julia promptly asks to play a record on it.it.
* UncreditedRole: Creator/CarrieFisher was an uncredited script doctor for the screenplay.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: The story is set in Ridgefield, Connecticut - indeed Glen works on Wall Street "in the city," presumably in Manhattan - but was filmed in California.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: The band Boys Night Out actually wrote a song called "I Got Punched In The Face For Sticking My Face in Other People's Business." However, it's an {{Emo}} song, not a country song.

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* {{Defictionalization}}: The band Boys Night Out actually wrote A few bands have taken up the challenge of writing a song called "I Got Punched In The Face Nose For Sticking My Face in In Other People's Business." However, it's an {{Emo}} song, not Peoples Business," the most popular one being from the [[{{Emo}} emo]] band Boys Night Out. The closest there's ever been to a country song.song by that title is an indie folk track by The Man Who Loves You.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: The band Boys Night Out actually wrote a song called "I Got Punched In The Face For Sticking My Face in Other People's Business." However, it's an {{Emo}} song, not a country song.
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Film/{{Matilda}} Bruce Bogtrotter]] is grabbing a totally different kind of cake in this movie.
** Glenn Goulia went on to become a [[Series/StargateSG1 starship captain]].
** Ellen Albertini Dow (Rosie) is known for bit parts. She's a drama instructor and surprisingly - for a woman playing an older woman back in this 1998 movie - in 2014 turned 101 years old, and [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0016687/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 still adding to her list of roles]].
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** Ellen Albertini Dow (Rosie) is known for bit parts. She's a drama instructor and surprisingly - for a woman playing an older woman back in this 1998 movie - in 2014 turned 101 years old, and still adding to her list of roles.

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** Ellen Albertini Dow (Rosie) is known for bit parts. She's a drama instructor and surprisingly - for a woman playing an older woman back in this 1998 movie - in 2014 turned 101 years old, and [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0016687/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 still adding to her list of roles.roles]].
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** Ellen Albertini Dow (Rosie) is known for bit parts. She's a drama instructor and surprisingly - for a woman playing an older woman in this movie - in 2014 turned 101 years old, and still adding to her roles.

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** Ellen Albertini Dow (Rosie) is known for bit parts. She's a drama instructor and surprisingly - for a woman playing an older woman back in this 1998 movie - in 2014 turned 101 years old, and still adding to her list of roles.
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** Ellen Albertini Dow (Rosie) is known for bit parts. She's a drama instructor and surprisingly - for a woman playing an older woman in this movie - in 2014 turned 101 years old, and still adding to her roles.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/{{Matilda}} Bruce Bogtrotter]] is grabbing a totally different kind of cake in this movie.

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[[Film/{{Matilda}} Bruce Bogtrotter]] is grabbing a totally different kind of cake in this movie.movie.
** Glenn Goulia went on to become a [[Series/StargateSG1 starship captain]].
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* PlayingAgainstType: Up to ''The Wedding Singer'', most of Sandler's roles had been [[ManChild immature guys]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold who eventually revealed a more sensitive side]]. This was the first role of his to be a fairly straightforward nice-guy-with-underdog-tones, and that eventually became his new type.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Up to ''The Wedding Singer'', most of Sandler's roles had been [[ManChild immature guys]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold who eventually revealed a more sensitive side]]. This was the first role of his to be a fairly straightforward nice-guy-with-underdog-tones, and that eventually became his new type.type.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: Lampshaded; Glenn brags about buying a CD player for around $1000, and Julia promptly asks to play a record on it.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/{{Matilda}} Bruce Bogtrotter]] is grabbing a totally different kind of cake in this movie.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/{{Matilda}} Bruce Bogtrotter]] is grabbing a totally different kind of cake in this movie.movie.
* PlayingAgainstType: Up to ''The Wedding Singer'', most of Sandler's roles had been [[ManChild immature guys]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold who eventually revealed a more sensitive side]]. This was the first role of his to be a fairly straightforward nice-guy-with-underdog-tones, and that eventually became his new type.
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HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/{{Matilda}} Bruce Bogtrotter]] is grabbing a totally different kind of cake in this movie.

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HeyItsThatGuy: *HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/{{Matilda}} Bruce Bogtrotter]] is grabbing a totally different kind of cake in this movie.
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HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/Matilda [[Film/{{Matilda}} Bruce Bogtrotter]] is grabbing a totally different kind of cake in this movie.
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