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* CreatorCouple: Mary Beth Hurt (Lillian) is married to writer-director Creator/PaulSchrader.
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* DawsonCasting: Wade is 41 in the novel, but Nick Nolte was 56 when the film was made. Glen was 67 in the novel, while James Coburn was 69, but Nolte's age pushed Coburn into PlayingGertrude territory.
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* DawsonCasting: Wade is 41 in the novel, but Nick Nolte was 56 when the film was made. Glen was 67 in the novel, while James Coburn was 69, but Nolte's age pushed Coburn into PlayingGertrude territory.69.
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* ActorAllusion: When the Whitehouse family is gathered for their mother's funeral, Rolfe talks to his sister Lena, who's now a born-again Christian. She asks him if he's been saved and if he's accepted Jesus in his life. Rolfe is played by [[Creator/WillemDafoe an actor who played Jesus]] in [[Film/TheLastTemptationOfChrist a film]] written by [[Creator/PaulSchrader the director of this film]].
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* DawsonCasting: In the novel Wade is 41 and Glen is 67. At 69, James Coburn wasn't too far off, but Nick Nolte was 56 at the time.
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* DawsonCasting: In the novel Wade is 41 and Glen is 67. They're played by Creator/NickNolte (56 at the time) and Creator/JamesCoburn (who was 79).
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* CaliforniaDoubling: UsefulNotes/{{Quebec}} doubles for New Hampshire.
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* DuelingWorks: Released around the same time as another acclaimed adaptation of a Russell Banks novel, ''Film/TheSweetHereafter''.
* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Creator/JamesCoburn, Creator/NickNolte and Creator/WillemDafoe have enough facial features in common that they're quite plausible as father and sons. Bonus points for Coburn and Nolte both being Nebraska natives.
* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Creator/JamesCoburn, Creator/NickNolte and Creator/WillemDafoe have enough facial features in common that they're quite plausible as father and sons. Bonus points for Coburn and Nolte both being Nebraska natives.
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* DuelingWorks: Released Made around the same time as another acclaimed adaptation of a Russell Banks novel, ''Film/TheSweetHereafter''.
''Film/TheSweetHereafter'', but after debuting at the Venice Film Festival in 1997, got its release delayed for a year, possibly to avoid competing with ''The Sweet Hereafter'' on the awards circuit.
* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Creator/JamesCoburn, Creator/NickNolte and Creator/WillemDafoe have enough facial features in common that they're quite plausible as father and sons. Bonus points for Coburn and Nolte both being Nebraskanatives.natives.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: James Coburn based his performance on his old friend Creator/SamPeckinpah, who famously had anger management and substance abuse issues.
* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Creator/JamesCoburn, Creator/NickNolte and Creator/WillemDafoe have enough facial features in common that they're quite plausible as father and sons. Bonus points for Coburn and Nolte both being Nebraska
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* ActorAllusion: When the Whitehouse family is gathered for their mother's funeral, Rolfe talks to his sister Lena, who's now a born-again Christian. She asks him if he's been saved and if he's accepted Jesus in his life. Rolfe is played by [[Creator/WillemDafoe an actor who played Jesus]] in a film written by [[Creator/PaulSchrader the director of this film]].
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* ActorAllusion: When the Whitehouse family is gathered for their mother's funeral, Rolfe talks to his sister Lena, who's now a born-again Christian. She asks him if he's been saved and if he's accepted Jesus in his life. Rolfe is played by [[Creator/WillemDafoe an actor who played Jesus]] in [[Film/TheLastTemptationOfChrist a film film]] written by [[Creator/PaulSchrader the director of this film]].
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* ActorAllusion: When the Whitehouse family is gathered for their mother's funeral, Rolfe talks to his sister Lena, who's now a born-again Christian. She asks him if he's been saved and if he's accepted Jesus in his life. Rolfe is played by [[Creator/WillemDafoe an actor who played Jesus]] in a film written by [[Creator/PaulSchrader the director of this film]].
* BillingDisplacement: Creator/WillemDafoe is billed fourth, but only appears onscreen for a few minutes, spending the rest of the film either as a voice on the phone or doing a voiceover.
* DawsonCasting: In the novel Wade is 41 and Glen is 67. They're played by Creator/NickNolte (56 at the time) and Creator/JamesCoburn (who was 79).
* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Creator/JamesCoburn, Creator/NickNolte and Creator/WillemDafoe have enough facial features in common that they're quite plausible as father and sons. Bonus points for Coburn and Nolte both being Nebraska natives.
* BillingDisplacement: Creator/WillemDafoe is billed fourth, but only appears onscreen for a few minutes, spending the rest of the film either as a voice on the phone or doing a voiceover.
* DawsonCasting: In the novel Wade is 41 and Glen is 67. They're played by Creator/NickNolte (56 at the time) and Creator/JamesCoburn (who was 79).
* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Creator/JamesCoburn, Creator/NickNolte and Creator/WillemDafoe have enough facial features in common that they're quite plausible as father and sons. Bonus points for Coburn and Nolte both being Nebraska natives.
