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* PublisherChosenTitle: Why the film is called "Hard Eight" instead of "Sydney" like it was originally intended. It was either this and control of marketing or meddling with the film itself.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Attempted, but outside of one instance, failed. Creator/PaulThomasAnderson recounts that Rysher Entertainment repeatedly tried to change the plot for commercial reasons, but Anderson refused on most grounds. They eventually compromised on Rysher having complete control of the title (changing the films title from 'Sydney' to 'Hard Eight') and marketing of the film in exchange for Anderson having complete creative control over the film itself.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Attempted, but outside of one instance, failed. Creator/PaulThomasAnderson recounts that Rysher Entertainment repeatedly tried to change the plot for commercial reasons, but Anderson refused on most grounds. They eventually compromised on Rysher having complete control of the title (changing the films film's title from 'Sydney' ''Sydney'' to 'Hard Eight') ''Hard Eight'') and marketing of the film in exchange for Anderson having complete creative control over the film itself.itself.
* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: According to Creator/PhilipBakerHall, Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman improvised his scenes, including most of the craps scene.
* RealLifeRelative: Creator/PaulThomasAnderson's father, Creator/ErnieAnderson, who died one year after this movie was released, has a brief cameo as the man standing in front of John when the matches in John's pocket catch fire.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original shooting script included a different ending, where the audience discovers that Jimmy had betrayed Sydney, and given his name (and John's and Clementine's) to the man who was being held hostage in the motel. The man tracks down Sydney outside the same highway coffee shop where he met John, and shoots him three times, killing him. It's not known whether this scene was ever actually filmed.
* WorkingTitle: ''Sydney''.
* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: According to Creator/PhilipBakerHall, Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman improvised his scenes, including most of the craps scene.
* RealLifeRelative: Creator/PaulThomasAnderson's father, Creator/ErnieAnderson, who died one year after this movie was released, has a brief cameo as the man standing in front of John when the matches in John's pocket catch fire.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original shooting script included a different ending, where the audience discovers that Jimmy had betrayed Sydney, and given his name (and John's and Clementine's) to the man who was being held hostage in the motel. The man tracks down Sydney outside the same highway coffee shop where he met John, and shoots him three times, killing him. It's not known whether this scene was ever actually filmed.
* WorkingTitle: ''Sydney''.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $3 million. Box office, $222,559.
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* CastingGag: Creator/PhilipBakerHall's character Sydney is intended to be an expansion of his mob-affiliated character also named Sidney in the film ''Film/MidnightRun''. Director Anderson was fascinated by the character and his desire to know more about who he was led him to write the role. This also, in a way, could be seen as an inter-film example of AscendedExtra.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Attempted, but outside of one instance, failed. Anderson recounts that Rysher Entertainment repeatedly tried to change the plot for commercial reasons, but Anderson refused on most grounds. They eventually compromised on Rysher having complete control of the title (changing the films title from 'Sydney' to 'Hard Eight') and marketing of the film in exchange for Anderson having complete creative control over the film itself.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Attempted, but outside of one instance, failed. Anderson recounts that Rysher Entertainment repeatedly tried to change the plot for commercial reasons, but Anderson refused on most grounds. They eventually compromised on Rysher having complete control of the title (changing the films title from 'Sydney' to 'Hard Eight') and marketing of the film in exchange for Anderson having complete creative control over the film itself.
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* CastingGag: Creator/PhilipBakerHall's character Sydney is intended to be an expansion of his mob-affiliated character also named Sidney in the film ''Film/MidnightRun''. Director Anderson was fascinated by the character and his desire to know more about who he was led him to write the role. This also, in a way, could be seen as an inter-film example of AscendedExtra.AscendedExtra.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Attempted, but outside of one instance, failed. Anderson recounts that Rysher Entertainment repeatedly tried to change the plot for commercial reasons, but Anderson refused on most grounds. They eventually compromised on Rysher having complete control of the title (changing the films title from 'Sydney' to 'Hard Eight') and marketing of the film in exchange for Anderson having complete creative control over the film itself.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Attempted, but outside of one instance, failed. Anderson recounts that Rysher Entertainment repeatedly tried to change the plot for commercial reasons, but Anderson refused on most grounds. They eventually compromised on Rysher having complete control of the title (changing the films title from 'Sydney' to 'Hard Eight') and marketing of the film in exchange for Anderson having complete creative control over the film itself.
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* CastingGag: Philip Baker Hall's Creator/PhilipBakerHall's character Sydney is intended to be an expansion of his mob-affiliated character also named Sidney in the film ''Film/MidnightRun''. Director Anderson was fascinated by the character and his desire to know more about who he was led him to write the role. This also, in a way, could be seen as an inter-film example of AscendedExtra.
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