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** Creator/SteveCarell plays an emotionally-stunted ManChild from a FriendlessBackground for drama and makes him come off as disturbing and creepy.
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** Creator/SteveCarell plays an emotionally-stunted ManChild from a FriendlessBackground with a desperate need for praise, much like [[Series/TheOfficeUS Michael Scott]]. Here, its's played for drama and makes him come off as disturbing and creepy.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $24 million. Box ofice, $19.2 million.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $24 million. Box ofice, $19.2 million.
* CreatorKiller: Possibly due to this movie bombing, Bennett Miller went under the radar and hasn't directed anything since.
* CreatorKiller: Possibly due to this movie bombing, Bennett Miller went under the radar and hasn't directed anything since.
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** There's a scene where Mark gets annoyed at Nancy, which is not the first [[Film/GIJoeTheRiseofCobra film]] where Channing Tatum and Sienna Miller have been at odds.
** Sienna Miller has also played the wife of [[spoiler: a man who got shot in real life]] in ''Film/AmericanSniper''.
* AsHimself: David 'Doc' Bennett who actually shot the documentaries based on John Du Pont plays himself in the movie.
** There's a scene where Mark gets annoyed at Nancy, which is not the first [[Film/GIJoeTheRiseofCobra film]] where Channing Tatum and Sienna Miller have been at odds.
** Sienna Miller has also played the wife of [[spoiler: a man who got shot in real life]] in ''Film/AmericanSniper''.
* AsHimself: David 'Doc' Bennett who actually shot the documentaries based on John Du Pont plays himself in the movie.
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** The real Nancy Schultz was on set for the scene [[spoiler: where John shoots Dave]], watching Sienna Miller's performance.
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** Channing Tatum actually got so into the scene where Mark throws a tantrum in the hotel room that he actually broke the mirror. The cut on his head is real.
** Steve Carell and Channing Tatum ad-libbed all their dialogue in the helicopter scene.
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** Channing Tatum Creator/ChanningTatum actually got so into the scene where Mark throws a tantrum in the hotel room that he actually broke the mirror. The cut on his head is real.
**Steve Carell Creator/SteveCarell and Channing Tatum ad-libbed all their dialogue in the helicopter scene.
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** Creator/GaryOldman was Miller's original choice for the role of John Du Pont, and Bill Nighy was also considered before Carell was cast.
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** Creator/SteveCarell, is playing a stoically stunned man child who yearns for acceptance it come's off as disturbing and creepy.
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** This is one of Creator/ChanningTatum's first serious dramatic roles (he's most well-known as a teen idol and comic actor), and the film is an assured HeReallyCanAct moment for him. Overlaps with PlayingWithCharacterType, as he plays his typical DumbMuscle image for [[PlayedForDrama drama]] instead of [[PlayedForLaughs laughs]].
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** This is one of Creator/ChanningTatum's first serious dramatic roles (he's most well-known as a teen idol and comic actor), and the film is an assured HeReallyCanAct SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct moment for him. Overlaps with PlayingWithCharacterType, as he plays his typical DumbMuscle image for [[PlayedForDrama drama]] instead of [[PlayedForLaughs laughs]].
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*** During the filming of a particularly dark scene, Miller made Carell write down the thing he hates most about himself, put it in his pocket and do the scene, with him being told "Just have it right there, and know that it's in a place where, if I was a dick, I could just grab it."
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* TheCameo: The real Mark Schultz cameos in the scene where the wrestlers are getting weighed.
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** Creator/SteveCarell, is playing a stoical stunned man child who yearns for acceptance it come's off as dispersing and creepy.
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** Creator/SteveCarell, is playing a stoical stoically stunned man child who yearns for acceptance it come's off as dispersing disturbing and creepy.
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in wried the both were playing with thier type
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** Creator/SteveCarell,mostly known is playing a stoical stunned man child who yearns for comic roles, is almost unrecognizable acceptance it come's off as the creepy dispersing and schizophrenic John Du Pont.creepy.
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** There's a scene where Mark gets annoyed at Nancy, which is not the first [[Film/GIJoeRiseOfCobra film]] where Channing Tatum and Sienna Miller have been at odds.
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** There's a scene where Mark gets annoyed at Nancy, which is not the first [[Film/GIJoeRiseOfCobra [[Film/GIJoeTheRiseofCobra film]] where Channing Tatum and Sienna Miller have been at odds.
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** This is one of Creator/ChanningTatum's first serious dramatic roles (he's most well-known as a teen idol and comic actor), and the film is an assured HeReallyCanAct moment for him.
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** This is one of Creator/ChanningTatum's first serious dramatic roles (he's most well-known as a teen idol and comic actor), and the film is an assured HeReallyCanAct moment for him. Overlaps with PlayingWithCharacterType, as he plays his typical DumbMuscle image for [[PlayedForDrama drama]] instead of [[PlayedForLaughs laughs]].
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* AcclaimedFlop: Made only $19 million against a $24 million budget, but got heaped with praise and earned five Oscar nominations.
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** There's a scene where Mark gets annoyed at Nancy, which is not the first [[Film/GIJoeRiseOfCobra film]] where Channing Tatum and Sienna Miller have been at odds.
** Sienna Miller has also played the wife of [[spoiler: a man who got shot in real life]] in ''Film/AmericanSniper''.
* AsHimself: David 'Doc' Bennett who actually shot the documentaries based on John Du Pont plays himself in the movie.
* TheCameo: The real Mark Schultz cameos in the scene where the wrestlers are getting weighed.
* DawsonCasting: The two brothers were only sixteen months apart in age, but there is a thirteen year difference between Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum.
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** There's a scene where Mark gets annoyed at Nancy, which is not the first [[Film/GIJoeRiseOfCobra film]] where Channing Tatum and Sienna Miller have been at odds.
** Sienna Miller has also played the wife of [[spoiler: a man who got shot in real life]] in ''Film/AmericanSniper''.
* AsHimself: David 'Doc' Bennett who actually shot the documentaries based on John Du Pont plays himself in the movie.
* TheCameo: The real Mark Schultz cameos in the scene where the wrestlers are getting weighed.
* DawsonCasting: The two brothers were only sixteen months apart in age, but there is a thirteen year difference between Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum.
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* DyeingForYourArt: Mark Ruffalo gained thirty pounds for the role, and he and Channing Tatum did intense wrestling practice every day after work. They were so exhausted by the end of the shoot that they cried after their final practice.
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** Steve Carell remained serious between takes and didn't socialise with anyone after work. The cast and crew were so intimidated by him in the make-up that they avoided him for most of the shoot.
** Channing Tatum told Mark Ruffalo to hit him for real during the hotel room scene. Ruffalo ended up popping his ear drum, and the take is used in the finished film.
** The real Nancy Schultz was on set for the scene [[spoiler: where John shoots Dave]], watching Sienna Miller's performance.
* FakeAmerican: Brits Vanessa Redgrave and Sienna Miller play the Americans Jean Du Pont and Nancy Schulz respectively.
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** Steve Carell remained serious between takes and didn't socialise with anyone after work. The cast and crew were so intimidated by him in the make-up that they avoided him for most of the shoot.
** Channing Tatum told Mark Ruffalo to hit him for real during the hotel room scene. Ruffalo ended up popping his ear drum, and the take is used in the finished film.
** The real Nancy Schultz was on set for the scene [[spoiler: where John shoots Dave]], watching Sienna Miller's performance.
* FakeAmerican: Brits Vanessa Redgrave and Sienna Miller play the Americans Jean Du Pont and Nancy Schulz respectively.
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* RealitySubtext: Mark is seen watching MMA fighter Gary Goodridge in a scene. He would later make his MMA debut in a match against Goodridge.
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** Channing Tatum actually got so into the scene where Mark throws a tantrum in the hotel room that he actually broke the mirror. The cut on his head is real.
** Steve Carell and Channing Tatum ad-libbed all their dialogue in the helicopter scene.
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** Steve Carell and Channing Tatum ad-libbed all their dialogue in the helicopter scene.
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** According to Sienna Miller, [[spoiler: John shooting Dave and the following 911 call]] was a major scene based on transcripts of the call. It is presented as a silent sequence in the finished film.
** Bennett Miller claims that his initial cut of the film ran nearly four hours long.
** Bennett Miller claims that his initial cut of the film ran nearly four hours long.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: The Du Pont Dynasty Narrator is [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor]].
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* DisownedAdaptation: Zig-zagged. The real Mark Schultz has gone from praising the movie as a masterpiece to deriding it as inaccurate and threatening to ruin Bennett Miller's career, to praising it again, calling Miller one of the best directors of all time and saying Channing Tatum was robbed of an Oscar nomination.
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* DisownedAdaptation: Zig-zagged. The real Mark Schultz has gone from praising the movie as a masterpiece to deriding it as inaccurate and threatening to ruin Bennett Miller's career, to praising it again, calling Miller one of the best directors of all time and saying Channing Tatum was robbed of an Oscar nomination. The reason for this seems to be the subtext that suggests that John du Pont lusted after Mark Schultz.
* DisownedAdaptation: Zig-zagged. The real Mark Schultz has gone from praising the movie as a masterpiece to deriding it as inaccurate and threatening to ruin Bennett Miller's career, to praising it again, calling Miller one of the best directors of all time and saying Channing Tatum was robbed of an Oscar nomination. The reason for this seems to be the subtext that suggests that John du Pont lusted after Mark Schultz.
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* DisownedAdaptation: zigzagged. The real Mark Schultz has gone from praising the movie as a masterpiece to deriding it as inaccurate and threatening to ruin Bennett Miller's career, to praising it again, calling Miller one of the best directors of all time and saying Channing Tatum was robbed of an Oscar nomination.
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* DisownedAdaptation: zigzagged.Zig-zagged. The real Mark Schultz has gone from praising the movie as a masterpiece to deriding it as inaccurate and threatening to ruin Bennett Miller's career, to praising it again, calling Miller one of the best directors of all time and saying Channing Tatum was robbed of an Oscar nomination.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: The DumPont Dynasty Narrator is [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor]].
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* DisownedAdaptation: The real Mark Schultz very suddenly turned against the film in late December 2014, threatening to ruin director Bennett Miller's career and decrying the entire thing as factually inaccurate, despite previously praising it and promoting it alongside the cast and crew at the Cannes Film Festival. He later deleted the more vituperative tweets, but has repeatedly stressed that people should read his book to know the true story.
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* DisownedAdaptation: zigzagged. The real Mark Schultz very suddenly turned against has gone from praising the film in late December 2014, movie as a masterpiece to deriding it as inaccurate and threatening to ruin director Bennett Miller's career and decrying the entire thing as factually inaccurate, despite previously career, to praising it again, calling Miller one of the best directors of all time and promoting it alongside the cast and crew at the Cannes Film Festival. He later deleted the more vituperative tweets, but has repeatedly stressed that people should read his book to know the true story.saying Channing Tatum was robbed of an Oscar nomination.
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This is really an example of Disowned Adaptation. Creator Breakdown happens when a creator\'s work is affected by his emotional problems.
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* CreatorBreakdown: DisownedAdaptation: The real Mark Schultz very suddenly turned against the film in late December 2014, threatening to ruin director Bennett Miller's career and decrying the entire thing as factually inaccurate, despite previously praising it and promoting it alongside the cast and crew at the Cannes Film Festival. He later deleted the more vituperative tweets, but has repeatedly stressed that people should read his book to know the true story.
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* CreatorBreakdown: The real Mark Schultz very suddenly turned against the film in late December 2014, threatening to ruin director Bennett Miller's career and decrying the entire thing as factually inaccurate, despite previously praising it and promoting it alongside the cast and crew at the Cannes Film Festival. He later deleted the more vituperative tweets, but has repeatedly stressed that people should read his book to know the true story.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Steve Carell, mostly known for comic roles, is almost unrecognizable as the creepy and schizophrenic John Du Pont.
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** This is one of Creator/ChanningTatum's first serious dramatic roles (he's most well-known as a teen idol and comic actor), and the film is an assured HeReallyCanAct moment for him.
** Creator/SteveCarell, mostly known for comic roles, is almost unrecognizable as the creepy and schizophrenic John Du
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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: This was filmed in 2012 but spent some time on the shelf as Sony didn't like its chances in the 2013 Oscar race.
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** Creator/GaryOldman was Miller's original choice for the role of John Du Pont, and Bill Nighy was also considered before Carell was cast.
** Creator/RyanGosling and Creator/HeathLedger were considered to play Mark before Channing Tatum was cast.
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** Creator/GaryOldman was Miller's original choice for the role of John Du Pont, and Bill Nighy was also considered before Carell was cast.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Steve Carell, mostly known for comic roles, is almost unrecognizable as the creepy and schizophrenic John Du Pont.
