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* ThrowItIn: Clarke wasn't originally going to be Australian, but Creator/EricBana felt more comfortable improvising in his natural accent as he began his career as a comedian so the character was changed accordingly.
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* ThrowItIn: Clarke wasn't originally going to be Australian, but Creator/EricBana felt more comfortable improvising in his natural accent as he began his career as a comedian comedian, so the character was changed accordingly.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $75 million. Box office, $71,585,235. Critics generally liked the film but they called it out for its excessive length. This cemented Creator/AdamSandler's {{Typecasting}} as a comedic actor and the only serious roles he would take after this were in independent films.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $75 million. Box office, $71,585,235. Critics generally liked the film film, but they called it out for its excessive length. This cemented Creator/AdamSandler's {{Typecasting}} as a comedic actor and the only serious roles he would take after this were in independent films.
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* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/JuddApatow wrote the script with Creator/AdamSandler and Creator/SethRogen in mind.
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* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/JuddApatow wrote the script with Creator/AdamSandler and Creator/SethRogen in mind.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: The story was loosely based on Creator/JuddApatow's early experiences as a struggling performer.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: The story was loosely based on Creator/JuddApatow's early experiences as a struggling performer. Creator/AdamSandler was actually Apatow's roommate during this time before moving to New York for ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
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* PromotedFanBoy: Creator/SethRogen and Creator/JonahHill both idolized Creator/AdamSandler when they were growing up.
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* AcclaimedFlop: While decently reviewed, the movie still fell short at the box office. As stated below, it’s mostly because of the extended running time and HalfwayPlotSwitch.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: Laura's youngest daughter's crash was real. On the DVD commentary Apatow chuckles at the idea that people would think the accident took a lot of pre-production planning and stunt work.
* ThrowItIn: Eric Bana's character wasn't originally going to be Australian, but he felt more comfortable improvising in his natural accent as he began his career as a comedian so the character was changed accordingly.
* ThrowItIn: Eric Bana's character wasn't originally going to be Australian, but he felt more comfortable improvising in his natural accent as he began his career as a comedian so the character was changed accordingly.
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* BillingDisplacement: Although billed prominently, Creator/EricBana appears only in the last third of the film.
* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $75 million. Box office, $71,585,235. Critics generally liked the film but they called it out for its excessive length. This cemented Creator/AdamSandler's {{Typecasting}} as a comedic actor and the only serious roles he would take after this were in independent films.
* CreatorKiller: Universal chairman Marc Smuger would be out of a job a few months later due to this and other flops under his watch.
* EnforcedMethodActing: Laura's youngest daughter's crash was real. On theDVD commentary Apatow DVDCommentary Creator/JuddApatow chuckles at the idea that people would think the accident took a lot of pre-production planning and stunt work.
* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Creator/JuddApatow had Creator/AdamSandler, Creator/SethRogen, Creator/AubreyPlaza, and Creator/JonahHill write their own material for their stand-up routines. Apatow then filmed them performing that material.
* RealLifeRelative: Creator/JuddApatow and Creator/LeslieMann's daughters appear.
* ThrowItIn:Eric Bana's character Clarke wasn't originally going to be Australian, but he Creator/EricBana felt more comfortable improvising in his natural accent as he began his career as a comedian so the character was changed accordingly.accordingly.
* UncreditedRole: According to the DVDCommentary, Creator/PaulThomasAnderson did an uncredited edit of the film. He did get a "Thank you" in the credits, however.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/JuddApatow has said that if Creator/AdamSandler had not been able to take the role as George Simmons, he would have most likely cast either Creator/PaulRudd or Creator/JasonBateman.
** Creator/BillHader was considered for Mark.
** Music/JamesTaylor's cameo was originally meant for Music/BruceSpringsteen.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: The story was loosely based on Creator/JuddApatow's early experiences as a struggling performer.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $75 million. Box office, $71,585,235. Critics generally liked the film but they called it out for its excessive length. This cemented Creator/AdamSandler's {{Typecasting}} as a comedic actor and the only serious roles he would take after this were in independent films.
* CreatorKiller: Universal chairman Marc Smuger would be out of a job a few months later due to this and other flops under his watch.
* EnforcedMethodActing: Laura's youngest daughter's crash was real. On the
* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Creator/JuddApatow had Creator/AdamSandler, Creator/SethRogen, Creator/AubreyPlaza, and Creator/JonahHill write their own material for their stand-up routines. Apatow then filmed them performing that material.
* RealLifeRelative: Creator/JuddApatow and Creator/LeslieMann's daughters appear.
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* UncreditedRole: According to the DVDCommentary, Creator/PaulThomasAnderson did an uncredited edit of the film. He did get a "Thank you" in the credits, however.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/JuddApatow has said that if Creator/AdamSandler had not been able to take the role as George Simmons, he would have most likely cast either Creator/PaulRudd or Creator/JasonBateman.
** Creator/BillHader was considered for Mark.
** Music/JamesTaylor's cameo was originally meant for Music/BruceSpringsteen.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: The story was loosely based on Creator/JuddApatow's early experiences as a struggling performer.
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* ThrowItIn: Eric Bana's character wasn't originally going to be Australian, but he felt more comfortable improvising in his natural accent as he began his career as a comedian so the character was changed accordingly.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Several of the videos that George watches at home (sans the movies, which are all made up) are footage of Adam Sander's early stand-up and home movies of him and Judd Apatow making prank calls from when the two of them were roommates.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Several of the videos that George watches at home (sans the movies, which are all made up) are footage of Adam Sander's early stand-up and home movies of him and Judd Apatow making prank calls from when the two of them were roommates.
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* ThrowItIn: Eric Bana's character wasn't originally going to be Australian, but he felt more comfortable improvising in his natural accent as he began his career as a comedian so the character was changed accordingly.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Several of the videos that George watches at home (sans the movies, which are all made up) are footage of Adam Sander's early stand-up and home movies of him and Judd Apatow making prank calls from when the two of them were roommates.accordingly.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Several of the videos that George watches at home (sans the movies, which are all made up) are footage of Adam Sander's early stand-up and home movies of him and Judd Apatow making prank calls from when the two of them were roommates.
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: Several of the videos that George watches at him (sans the movies, which are all made up) are footage of Adam Sander's early stand-up and home movies of him and Judd Apatow making prank calls from when the two of them were roommates.
* Eric Bana's character wasn't originally going to be Australian, but he felt more comfortable improvising in his natural accent as he began his career as a comedian so the character was changed accordingly.
* Eric Bana's character wasn't originally going to be Australian, but he felt more comfortable improvising in his natural accent as he began his career as a comedian so the character was changed accordingly.
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: Several of the videos that George watches at him (sans the movies, which are all made up) are footage of Adam Sander's early stand-up and home movies of him and Judd Apatow making prank calls from when the two of them were roommates.
*ThrowItIn: Eric Bana's character wasn't originally going to be Australian, but he felt more comfortable improvising in his natural accent as he began his career as a comedian so the character was changed accordingly.accordingly.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Several of the videos that George watches at home (sans the movies, which are all made up) are footage of Adam Sander's early stand-up and home movies of him and Judd Apatow making prank calls from when the two of them were roommates.
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: Several of the videos that George watches at home (sans the movies, which are all made up) are footage of Adam Sander's early stand-up and home movies of him and Judd Apatow making prank calls from when the two of them were roommates.
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: Several of the videos that George watches at him (sans the movies, which are all made up) are footage of Adam Sander's early stand-up and home movies of him and Judd Apatow making prank calls from when the two of them were roommates.
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* Eric Bana's character wasn't originally going to be Australian, he felt more comfortable improvising in his natural accent as he began his career as a comedian.
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* Eric Bana's character wasn't originally going to be Australian, but he felt more comfortable improvising in his natural accent as he began his career as a comedian.comedian so the character was changed accordingly.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: Laura's youngest daughter's crash was real. On the DVD commentary Apatow chuckles at the idea that people would think the accident took a lot of pre-production planning and stunt work.
* Eric Bana's character wasn't originally going to be Australian, he felt more comfortable improvising in his natural accent as he began his career as a comedian.
* Eric Bana's character wasn't originally going to be Australian, he felt more comfortable improvising in his natural accent as he began his career as a comedian.
