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* AcclaimedFlop: It was critically lauded and got 11 Oscar nominations, but only made $182 million with a budget of $150-170 million. It didn't help that the film's budget ballooned due to it being shot entirely in 3D, causing costs to spiral out of control.
* CreatorsOddball: From [[Creator/MartinScorsese the man]] who brought you a slew of violent crime movies comes... a PG-rated family film.
* FakeBrit: Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz plays Isabelle with an impeccable British accent, enough that Martin Scorsese had no idea she was really American until later.
* PlayingAgainstType:
** Creator/ChristopherLee plays a perfectly nice guy.
** Creator/SachaBaronCohen playing comic relief with actual restrained bombast.
* RealLifeRelative: The daughters of Scorsese and assistant director Chris Surgent appear during the tea dance sequence, Ben Kingsley's son plays a cameraman, and the daughter of Producer Graham King appears at the party near the end.
* WordOfSaintPaul: According to Creator/SachaBaronCohen in ''The Hugo Home Companion'', the Station Inspector's injury was caused by him accidentally shooting himself in the leg.

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