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** As was his wont, Creator/RobinWilliams improvised much of Carlisle's first meeting with Mike Church.
** According to Creator/KennethBranagh's DVD commentary, Creator/DerekJacobi improvised the stuff that Madsen touches when he's leaving Church's apartment.
** As was his wont, Creator/RobinWilliams improvised much of Carlisle's first meeting with Mike Church.
** According to Creator/KennethBranagh's DVD commentary, Creator/DerekJacobi improvised the stuff that Madsen touches when he's leaving Church's apartment.
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** In addition, Jo Anderson plays the nun who's pleading Grace's case in the present day, and a starlet who dismisses Roman in the past sequence, while composer Patrick Doyle plays a cop in the present day, and a party-goer in the past sequence.
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** In addition, Jo Anderson Creator/JoAnderson plays the nun who's pleading Grace's case in the present day, and a starlet who dismisses Roman in the past sequence, while composer Patrick Doyle plays a cop in the present day, and a party-goer in the past sequence.
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* ClassicFillerText: Several newspaper pages establish that Roman Strauss is a celebrity. In each page, the first two or three paragraphs are on topic, but the rest are filler, making heavy use of the classic "common recognition" and "public hearing" paragraphs that have been used in many other movies.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: When Mike has the ad placed in the newspaper about Grace, he gets phone calls from, according him, half the males in L.A. claiming they recognize Grace, and he quips, "This is better than video dating".
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* HeyItsThatPlace: Roman's mansion, which later becomes the orphanage Grace turns up at, is none other than [[Series/Batman1966 stately Wayne manor]].
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* HeyItsThatPlace: HeyItsThatPlace:
** Roman's mansion, which later becomes the orphanage Grace turns up at, is none other than [[Series/Batman1966 stately Waynemanor]].manor]].
** The distinctive apartment building where Grace turns out to live was also seen as Literature/PhilipMarlowe's home in the 1973 film version of ''Film/TheLongGoodbye''.
** Roman's mansion, which later becomes the orphanage Grace turns up at, is none other than [[Series/Batman1966 stately Wayne
** The distinctive apartment building where Grace turns out to live was also seen as Literature/PhilipMarlowe's home in the 1973 film version of ''Film/TheLongGoodbye''.
** The decision to double Mike & Roman and Grace & Margaret was made by Branagh when he took on the project; the screenwriter had envisaged them being played by four different actors.
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** Grace was originally not mute for the first half, but since all her lines in that period were little more than endless repetitions of “I don’t remember,” Branagh decided she might as well just not talk at all until she had something meaningful to say.
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** Grace was originally not mute for the first half, half hour, but since all her lines in that period were little more than endless repetitions of “I don’t remember,” Branagh it was decided she might as well just not talk at all until she had something meaningful to say.
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** Grace was originally not mute for the first half, but since all her lines in that period were little more than endless repetitions of “I don’t remember,” Branagh decided she might as well just not talk at all until she had something meaningful to say.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Series/{{ER}} Haleh]] is the nurse at the nursing home the elderly Gray Baker lives in.
** [[Series/MajorCrimes Detective Julio Sanchez]] is a clerk at the supermarket Carlisle works at.
** [[Series/MajorCrimes Detective Julio Sanchez]] is a clerk at the supermarket Carlisle works at.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/DonaldSutherland was the first choice for Franklin Madsen. Other actors considered were Creator/AlecBaldwin, Creator/GabrielByrne, Creator/JohnLithgow, Creator/ChristopherLloyd, and Creator/AlanRickman.
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** The film was shot entirely in color, but when test audiences were confused about which scenes were in the present or a flashback, the flashbacks were made black and white.
** Creator/DonaldSutherland was the first choice for Franklin Madsen. Other actors considered were Creator/AlecBaldwin, Creator/GabrielByrne, Creator/JohnLithgow, Creator/ChristopherLloyd, and
** The film was shot entirely in color, but when test audiences were confused about which scenes were in the present or a flashback, the flashbacks were made black and white.
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** [[Series/MajorCrimes Detective Julio Sanchez]] is a stock boy at the supermarket Carlisle works at.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Both Creator/AndyGarcia and Creator/RobinWilliams were big fans of Branagh's film version of ''Theatre/HenryV'', and jumped at the chance to work with him.
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* HeyItsThatPlace: Roman's mansion, which later becomes the orphanage Grace turns up at, is none other than [[Series/{{Batman}} stately Wayne manor]].
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** Kenneth Branagh plays both Mike Church and Roman Strauss, while Emma Thompson plays both Grace and Margaret Strauss.
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* ActorAllusion: [[spoiler:Franklin's stutter]] is often assumed to be a call back to Jacobi's role in ''Series/IClaudius'', but actually it's just a nice coincidence; that aspect of the character was settled on well before Jacobi was cast.
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* GeniusBonus: The prison numbers on Roman's uniform are "25101415" or "25 October 1415," the date of the Battle of Agincourt fought by Theatre/HenryV--which was the movie Branagh directed just before this one.
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* GeniusBonus: The prison numbers on Roman's uniform are "25101415" or "25 October 1415," the date of the Battle of Agincourt fought by Theatre/HenryV--which was the movie Branagh directed just before this one.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: When Mike has the ad placed in the newspaper about Grace, he gets phone calls from, according him, half the males in L.A. claiming they recognize Grace, and he quips, "This is better than video dating".
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Of course the woman patient Madsen was seeing in the antique shop had a past life; she was [[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Juliet's nurse]].
** Mike's friend Pete is Wayne Knight (aka Nedry from ''JurassicPark'').
** [[Series/{{ER}} Haleh]] is [[spoiler: Gray Baker's]] nurse.
** Of course the woman patient Madsen was seeing in the antique shop had a past life; she was [[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Juliet's nurse]].
** Mike's friend Pete is Wayne Knight (aka Nedry from ''JurassicPark'').
** [[Series/{{ER}} Haleh]] is [[spoiler: Gray Baker's]] nurse.
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* ActingForTwo:
** Kenneth Branagh plays both Mike Church and Roman Strauss, while Emma Thompson plays both Grace and Margaret Strauss.
** In addition, Jo Anderson plays the nun who's pleading Grace's case in the present day, and a starlet who dismisses Roman in the past sequence, while composer Patrick Doyle plays a cop in the present day, and a party-goer in the past sequence.
** Kenneth Branagh plays both Mike Church and Roman Strauss, while Emma Thompson plays both Grace and Margaret Strauss.
** In addition, Jo Anderson plays the nun who's pleading Grace's case in the present day, and a starlet who dismisses Roman in the past sequence, while composer Patrick Doyle plays a cop in the present day, and a party-goer in the past sequence.
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* PlayingAgainstType: RobinWilliams, who up to that point had played either comic roles or characters who were essentially good, plays a creepy ex-psychiatrist.
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** [[Series/{{ER}} Haleh]] is [[spoiler: Gray Baker's]] nurse.
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* FakeNationality:
** Branagh and Thompson are {{Fake American}}s.
** Branagh is also playing the Austrian Roman Strauss.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Of course the woman patient Madsen was seeing in the antique shop had a past life; she was [[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Juliet's nurse]].
* RealLifeRelative: Branagh and Thompson were married at the time this film was released.
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** Branagh and Thompson are {{Fake American}}s.
** Branagh is also playing the Austrian Roman Strauss.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Of course the woman patient Madsen was seeing in the antique shop had a past life; she was [[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Juliet's nurse]].
* RealLifeRelative: Branagh and Thompson were married at the time this film was released.
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