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• Award Snub: According to some, this was what Saving Private Ryan was snubbed in favor of, allegedly due to a campaign by Miramax. A campaign so effective, in fact, the Academy members are said to have actually booed the latter film. Needless to say, the film gets A LOT of hate for said snub.
• Comedy Ghetto: The last comedy to win Best Picture as of 2013. This film was released in 1998.
• Freud Was Right: When Will is talking to his physician, saying that his inspiration is coming along difficultly, like trying to open a keyhole with a floppy fish...
  Shakespeare: "It is as thought the organ of my imagination has dried up.. the proud tower of my genius has collapsed..."
  Physician: "Interesting..."
  Shakespeare: "Nothing comes."
  Physician: "Most interesting...!"
• Genius Bonus: So many.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: The Earldom of Wessex hadn't existed for nine hundred years when this movie came out with a fictional Lord Wessex as the villain; a year after the film's release, Prince Edward was created Earl of Wessex on his marriage. Maybe the Queen was a fan of the film?
  • Actually, it was Prince Edward's idea.
  • Likewise, Geoffrey Rush's eagerness to do a play about pirates.
• Hype Backlash: People seem to forget it's quite a good movie due to anger over the Best Picture win.
• Narm: Lampshaded.
  "Gentlemen, good e'en! A woorrrrd with one of you!"
  "...are you going to do it like that?"
• One-Scene Wonder: Judi Dench as Queen Elizabeth I. Eight minutes of screentime total, and one Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
• Role Association