Line #28 Trivia/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind


1	* BabyNameTrendStarter: Even though the fact that "Clementine" is an easy name to make fun of is pointed out in the movie, it became a ''[[https://www.names.org/n/clementine/about#overall-popularity substantially]]'' more popular name for baby girls right after the movie came out. Coincidence? Maybe...
2	* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In the Chinese-language markets, it is known as ''無痛失戀'' (''Painless Breakup'') in Hong Kong, ''王牌冤家'' (''Ace Love-Haters'') in Taiwan and ''暧暧内含光'' (''Warm Inner Light'') in Mainland.
3	* DeletedRole: Creator/EllenPompeo initially appeared in the film as Joel's ex girlfriend Naomi, who is only mentioned in the final cut. A subplot would have had Joel having a one night stand with her. Creator/TracyMorgan filmed scenes in which he played Joel's neighbour, which also didn't make the final cut.
4	* DeletedScene:
5	** In the extended version of Mary's tape, we learn that [[spoiler:Mierzwiak pressured Mary into having an abortion as well as a memory wipe]].
6	** A sex scene between Stan and Clementine was shot, but was cut due to length.
7	* EnforcedMethodActing:
8	** Occurs throughout, as Creator/JimCarrey and Creator/KateWinslet were encouraged to talk about their relationships and heartbreaks to each other and generate a real friendship to help their character chemistry.
9	** When Stan scares Mary, Creator/MarkRuffalo was instructed to hide in a different place each take to actually scare her.
10	** Clementine punches Joel in the train scene. Kate Winslet actually hit Jim Carrey, and his reaction is real.
11	** The parade sequence is this in spades, as it was entirely coincidental that they caught it, [[ThrowItIn so they decided to totally ad-lib things and film it]]. Not only are their reactions to the parade genuine, but Joel's response when Clem disappears is even Carrey's real reaction; he wasn't told Winslet was going to disappear, so Carrey's surprised, sad response really is him trying to find where she went.
12	* FakeAmerican: Creator/KateWinslet and Creator/TomWilkinson are both British actors playing New Yorkers, as well as Creator/JimCarrey, who is Canadian.
13	* MisaimedMarketing: The Italian release had a misleading title - translating as "If you leave me, I deleted you" - and many Italians went into the movie expecting a comedy. The Spanish one, has "¡Olvídate de mí!" (Forget about me!), resulting in more people thinking it was a comedy.
14	* PlayingAgainstType:
15	** As opposed to their usual roles, Creator/JimCarrey plays TheComicallySerious while Kate Winslet plays the ManicPixieDreamGirl (or more accurately a DeconstructedCharacterArchetype).
16	** From the supporting roles, Creator/ElijahWood plays a shallow douchebag.
17	* SerendipityWritesThePlot: While filming in downtown Manhattan, they heard that there was a circus parade going on outside. Gondry grabbed a portable camera, and got some footage of Carrey and Winslet messing around in the crowd completely anonymous due to it being night time and since the actors were wearing winter gear. The result is one of the happier memories in the movie.
18	* TechnologyMarchesOn: With the rise of social media since the film was made, it would be much harder to have every indication of Joel and Clementine's existence erased from each other's lives. This has actually become a big piece of FanficFuel.
19	* ThrowItIn:
20	** Stan and Mary dancing over the unconscious Joel in their underwear was improvised.
21	** The voice whispering "Montauk" is a combination of Creator/KateWinslet's voice and an editor working at Focus Features. The woman was asked to do a quick voice over before Kate Winslet arrived, and they left it in.
22	** The elephant parade. See details under EnforcedMethodActing.
23	* ViralMarketing: A website for Lacuna Inc. was created to promote the film. It contained a link to watch Joel experience the procedure, which would link to the movie's official website.
24	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
25	** An early draft of the script began with an old woman — later revealed to be Mary — trying to publish a manuscript called ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'', implied to be a tell - all about Lacuna. At the end of the screenplay, we discover that Mary is still working for Howard (who’s very, very old), and that Clementine and Joel have been erased each other from their memories and getting back together at least 15 times over the decades.
26	** Joel makes several references to his ex, Naomi, the one he was living with when he met Clementine. He even considers getting back together with her. We never see her in the finished movie, but the character was in a few scenes in the original version (including a post-breakup hook-up). And her voice is heard over the phone in a deleted scene.
27	** There was to be a montage of people who wanted their memories erased - a soldier seeing his dead friend on the battlefield and a girl who had been raped at a young age.
28	** The original screenplay included a short conversation between Joel and Clementine about the album ''Music/RainDogs'' by Music/TomWaits during one of the opening scenes on the train. During this conversation, Joel says he remembers buying the album and liking it, but he can't remember anything about it. While the dialogue was stripped from the film, during the fast shots of Stan showing Joel the items he has brought in that remind him of Clementine a copy of the CD ''Rain Dogs'' can be seen for just a moment. Also the "blue ruin" reference comes from a lyric on the same album.
29	** Creator/NicolasCage was considered for Joel.
30	** Creator/SethRogen auditioned for Patrick.
31	** In 2016, Steve Golin (the film's producer) announced that the film would be remade into a TV series and had begun early stages of production, but neither Golin nor writer Creator/CharlieKaufman would be involved with it. [[DevelopmentHell No news of the show has emerged since, and it's been presumably cancelled]].

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