| 1 | * ActorSharedBackground: Partial example; Ben Foster had a friend who had been addicted to crystal meth, and said friend introduced him to people who gave him an all-access pass into the lifestyle. |
| 2 | * AllStarCast: Creator/BruceWillis, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/BenFoster, Creator/JustinTimberlake, Creator/EmileHirsch, Creator/ShawnHatosy, Creator/AntonYelchin, Creator/HarryDeanStanton, Creator/AmandaSeyfried, Creator/OliviaWilde, and Creator/VincentKartheiser all star in the movie. |
| 3 | * BeautyInversion: Sharon Stone appears in a fatsuit towards the end of the film. |
| 4 | * DyeingForYourArt: Ben Foster risked losing his eyesight by adding glaucoma drops to his eyes so his pupils would appear dilated. |
| 5 | * EnforcedMethodActing: Ben Foster told Sharon Stone to really hit him during their fight. She hit him so hard, his nose started bleeding. The take is used in the finished film. |
| 6 | * ExecutiveMeddling: Subverted. Creator/NewLineCinema (who previously released ''Film/TheNotebook'' and ''Film/JohnQ'' for writer-director Nick Cassavetes) was tapped to release the film, but they requested some edits that Cassavetes didn't want to make. So the film was sold to Universal, who delayed the film for a year, but released it intact. |
| 7 | * PlayingAgainstType: Justin Timberlake, in the process of trying to shake off his teen heartthrob image from his N*Sync years, plays a violent gang member [[spoiler: and eventual murderer]]. |
| 8 | * ProductionPosse: Of a sort. Shawn Hatosy (Elvis), Heather Wahlquist (Wanda) and David Thorton (Zack and Jake's dad) all previously worked with director Nick Cassavetes in John Q. |
| 9 | * RealitySubtext: The film opens with actual home videos of some of the cast as children. |
| 10 | * ThoseTwoActors: |
| 11 | ** Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Wilde, and Vincent Kartheiser would later star in ''Film/InTime''. |
| 12 | ** Emile Hirsch, Chris Marquette and Olivia Wilde all appeared in ''Film/{{The Girl Next Door|2004}}''. |
| 13 | ** Emile Hirsch and Ben Foster play enemies in this, and best friends in ''Film/LoneSurvivor''. |
| 14 | ** Ben Foster had worked with Creator/BruceWillis in ''{{Film/Hostage}}''. |
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