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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Many reviewers mistakenly listed the film as taking place in TheEighties. It seems to be confusing the ''{{Film/ET}}'' references, and an early script draft where it was an 80s period piece. Christy uses a very obvious late 90s style camcorder for one, there's a lack of EightiesHair or fashions, and the technology shown is all of the present day.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Many reviewers mistakenly listed the film as taking place in TheEighties. It seems to be confusing the ''{{Film/ET}}'' ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' references, and an early script draft where it was an 80s period piece. Christy uses a very obvious late 90s style camcorder for one, there's a lack of EightiesHair or fashions, and the technology shown is all of the present day.
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* PlayingGertrude: A fourteen-year age difference between Samantha Morton and her on-screen eldest daughter Sarah Bolger. Likewise an eighteen-year difference between Paddy Considine and Bolger. What's more is that Christy was written to be two or three years ''older'', making this more pronounced.
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* InMemoriam: Christy and Ariel's dead little brother Frankie is named after director Jim Sheridan's late brother Frankie, to whom the film is dedicated.
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* AbilityOverAppearance: Christy was written to be 12 or 13 years old but Jim Sheridan ended up casting 10 year old Sarah Bolger in the role after she impressed him.
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* AbilityOverAppearance: Christy was written to be 12 or 13 years old but Jim Sheridan ended up casting 10 year old 10-year-old Sarah Bolger in the role after she impressed him.
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** The story would originally have taken place in 1982, which is why the characters go to see ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' - Jim Sheridan having based it off his own experiences in America. However, the tight budget meant it had to be set in the present day. The filmmakers lucked out when ''ET'' was re-released in 2002, to celebrate its twentieth anniversary.
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** The story would originally have taken place in 1982, which is why the characters go to see ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' - Jim Sheridan having based it off his own experiences in America. However, the tight budget meant it had to be set in the present day. The filmmakers lucked out when ''ET'' ''E.T.'' was re-released in 2002, to celebrate its twentieth anniversary.
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* CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer: Many reviewers (including Wikipedia) mistakenly listed the film as taking place in TheEighties. It seems to be confusing the ''{{Film/ET}}'' references, and an early script draft where it was an 80s period piece. Christy uses a very obvious late 90s style camcorder for one, there's a lack of EightiesHair or fashions, and the technology shown is all of the present day.
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* CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer: CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Many reviewers (including Wikipedia) mistakenly listed the film as taking place in TheEighties. It seems to be confusing the ''{{Film/ET}}'' references, and an early script draft where it was an 80s period piece. Christy uses a very obvious late 90s style camcorder for one, there's a lack of EightiesHair or fashions, and the technology shown is all of the present day.
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* FakeIrish: Paddy Considine and Samantha Morton are both British, but do pretty good Irish accents. Both do have Irish ancestry, but of course have to fake the accents.
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* PlayingGertrude: A fourteen year age difference between Samantha Morton and her on-screen eldest daughter Sarah Bolger. Likewise an eighteen year difference between Paddy Considine and Bolger. What's more is that Christy was written to be two or three years ''older'', making this more pronounced.
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* PlayingGertrude: A fourteen year fourteen-year age difference between Samantha Morton and her on-screen eldest daughter Sarah Bolger. Likewise an eighteen year eighteen-year difference between Paddy Considine and Bolger. What's more is that Christy was written to be two or three years ''older'', making this more pronounced.
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** The story would originally have taken place in 1982, which is why the characters go to see ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' - Jim Sheridan having based it off his own experiences in America. However the tight budget meant it had to be set in the present day. The filmmakers lucked out when ''ET'' was re-released in 2002, to celebrate its twentieth anniversary.
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** The story would originally have taken place in 1982, which is why the characters go to see ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' - Jim Sheridan having based it off his own experiences in America. However However, the tight budget meant it had to be set in the present day. The filmmakers lucked out when ''ET'' was re-released in 2002, to celebrate its twentieth anniversary.
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* AbilityOverAppearance: Christy was written to be 12 or 13 years old but Jim Sheridan ended up casting 10 year old Sarah Bolger in the role after she impressed him. Which gives us a weird line where Christy's narration says "and that's when the baby was conceived". Sure a 13 year old knowing about conception is understandable but a 10 year old, not so much.
* ActorAllusion: The London accent that Johnny is asked to do at an audition is actor Paddy Considine's real accent.
* ActorAllusion: The London accent that Johnny is asked to do at an audition is actor Paddy Considine's real accent.
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* AbilityOverAppearance: Christy was written to be 12 or 13 years old but Jim Sheridan ended up casting 10 year old Sarah Bolger in the role after she impressed him. Which gives us a weird line where Christy's narration says "and that's when the baby was conceived". Sure a 13 year old knowing about conception is understandable but a 10 year old, not so much.
* ActorAllusion: The London accent that Johnny is asked to do at an audition is actor Paddy Considine's real accent.
* ActorAllusion: The London accent that Johnny is asked to do at an audition is actor Paddy Considine's real accent.
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* CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer: Many reviewers (including Wikipedia) mistakenly listed the film as taking place in TheEighties. It seems to be confusing the ''{{Film/ET}'' ''{{Film/ET}}'' references, and an early script draft where it was an 80s period piece. Christy uses a very obvious late 90s style camcorder for one, there's a lack of EightiesHair or fashions, and the technology shown is all of the present day.
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* FakeIrish: Paddy Considine and Samantha Morton are both British, but do pretty good Irish accents.
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** Christy (who is ten) narrates over her parents' sex scene "that's when the baby was conceived". This is a remnant for when she was written to be a preteen and would therefore know a little more than a ten-year-old. She is at least established to be knowledgeable about what transvestites are, so she's possibly WiseBeyondHerYears.
** The significance of ''ET'' is a holdover from when the film was going to be set in the 80s. And indeed, a few reviewers thought the sequence of the characters seeing the movie indicated it was meant to be an 80s period piece (''ET'' was re-released in 2002 to celebrate its 20th anniversary, and could also easily have been shown in any number of New York cinemas dedicated to older films).
** Christy (who is ten) narrates over her parents' sex scene "that's when the baby was conceived". This is a remnant for when she was written to be a preteen and would therefore know a little more than a ten-year-old. She is at least established to be knowledgeable about what transvestites are, so she's possibly WiseBeyondHerYears.
** The significance of ''ET'' is a holdover from when the film was going to be set in the 80s. And indeed, a few reviewers thought the sequence of the characters seeing the movie indicated it was meant to be an 80s period piece (''ET'' was re-released in 2002 to celebrate its 20th anniversary, and could also easily have been shown in any number of New York cinemas dedicated to older films).
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* StarMakingRole: Sarah Bolger was launched onto things like ''Stormbreaker'', ''Film/TheSpiderwickChronicles'', ''Series/TheTudors'' and ''Series/OnceUponATime'' thanks to this film.
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* ThePeteBest: Sarah Bolger actually never intended to audition for the film. Her sister Emma auditioned for Ariel and then said to Jim Sheridan to meet her sister who was in the car outside.
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* ThePeteBest: Sarah Bolger actually never intended to audition for the film. Her sister Emma auditioned for Ariel and then said to Jim Sheridan to meet her sister who was in the car outside. Of course, it should be noted that Sarah was also an actress, having done the film ''Film/ALoveDivided''
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* CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer: Many reviewers (including Wikipedia) mistakenly listed the film as taking place in TheEighties. It seems to be confusing the ''{{Film/ET}'' references, and an early script draft where it was an 80s period piece. Christy uses a very obvious late 90s style camcorder for one, there's a lack of EightiesHair or fashions, and the technology shown is all of the present day.
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* FakeNationality: Mateo is Nigerian, and Djimon Honsou is originally from Benin (which does admittedly border Nigeria).
* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: Subverted. In order to make acting easier on the young Bolger sisters, Jim Sheridan let them call "action" and "cut" in every scene.
* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: Subverted. In order to make acting easier on the young Bolger sisters, Jim Sheridan let them call "action" and "cut" in every scene.
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** The film was originally titled 'East of Harlem', with Ewan [=McGregor=] and Kate Winslet in mind to play Johnny and Sarah.
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** The movie was originally supposed to star Creator/EwanMcGregor as Johnny and Creator/KateWinslet as Sarah when the movie was titled ''East of Harlem''.
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* WorkingTitle: ''East of Harlem''
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** Wrestling/KateyHarvey auditioned for the role of Christy.
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* FakeNationality: British Paddy Considine and Samantha Morton play the Irish parents and many of the American characters are played by Irish actors.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: The street fair scene was filmed in Dublin.
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* PlayingGertrude: A fourteen year age difference between Samantha Morton and her on-screen eldest daughter Sarah Bolger. Likewise an eighteen year difference between Paddy Considine and Bolger. What's more is that Christy was written to be two or three years ''older'', making this more pronounced.
* RealLifeRelative: As stated many times, the Sullivan sisters are played by real-life sisters.
* RealitySubtext: The dead son Frankie is named after the director's late brother, and the film is dedicated to him.
* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: The resemblance between Sarah Bolger and Samantha Morton definitely makes them believable as mother and daughter. Now that Bolger has grown up, she resembles Morton even more.
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** The film was originally titled 'East of Harlem', with Ewan [=McGregor=] and Kate Winslet in mind to play Johnny and Sarah.
** The story would originally have taken place in 1982, which is why the characters go to see ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' - Jim Sheridan having based it off his own experiences in America. However the tight budget meant it had to be set in the present day. The filmmakers lucked out when ''ET'' was re-released in 2002, to celebrate its twentieth anniversary.
* RealLifeRelative: As stated many times, the Sullivan sisters are played by real-life sisters.
* RealitySubtext: The dead son Frankie is named after the director's late brother, and the film is dedicated to him.
* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: The resemblance between Sarah Bolger and Samantha Morton definitely makes them believable as mother and daughter. Now that Bolger has grown up, she resembles Morton even more.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The film was originally titled 'East of Harlem', with Ewan [=McGregor=] and Kate Winslet in mind to play Johnny and Sarah.
** The story would originally have taken place in 1982, which is why the characters go to see ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' - Jim Sheridan having based it off his own experiences in America. However the tight budget meant it had to be set in the present day. The filmmakers lucked out when ''ET'' was re-released in 2002, to celebrate its twentieth anniversary.
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* AbilityOverAppearance: Christy was written to be 12 or 13 years old but Jim Sheridan ended up casting 10 year old Sarah Bolger in the role after she impressed him. Which gives us a weird line where Christy's narration says "and that's when the baby was conceived". Sure a 13 year old knowing about conception is understandable but a 10 year old, not so much.
* ActorAllusion: The London accent that Johnny is asked to do at an audition is actor Paddy Considine's real accent.
* FakeNationality: British Paddy Considine and Samantha Morton play the Irish parents and many of the American characters are played by Irish actors.
* ThePeteBest: Sarah Bolger actually never intended to audition for the film. Her sister Emma auditioned for Ariel and then said to Jim Sheridan to meet her sister who was in the car outside.
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* ActorAllusion: The London accent that Johnny is asked to do at an audition is actor Paddy Considine's real accent.
* FakeNationality: British Paddy Considine and Samantha Morton play the Irish parents and many of the American characters are played by Irish actors.
* ThePeteBest: Sarah Bolger actually never intended to audition for the film. Her sister Emma auditioned for Ariel and then said to Jim Sheridan to meet her sister who was in the car outside.
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