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Allenbys Eyes 88 wrote Life Imitates Art, Working Title. maxwellsilver wrote Sleeper Hit as No Budget.
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Moving from Trivia.Joe. Star Making Role: Susan Sarandon written by Anicomicgeek. Allenbys Eyes 88 wrote Peter Boyle, What Could Have Been.
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* LifeImitatesArt: Mass murderer Arville Douglas Garland shot his daughter, boyfriend and two others in UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} shortly before the movie's release (but after it went into production). The prosecuting judge screened jury members to be sure they hadn't seen the movie, to avoid undue sympathy with Garland. Convicted on multiple counts of murder (plus at least one count of manslaughter), he served a total of 10 years.
* SleeperHit: Made for only $109,000. Grossed over $19.3 million.
* StarMakingRole: For Creator/PeterBoyle and Creator/SusanSarandon.
* StillbornFranchise: Creator/TheCannonGroup spent the early '80s planning a sequel entitled ''Citizen Joe'', which followed Joe after his release from prison and readjustment to modern life. Though Creator/PeterBoyle expressed interest and the studio even took out newspaper ads promoting the film, it never materialized.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally the movie was intended to focus almost exclusively on Bill and Melissa (hence the WorkingTitle), with Joe as a minor character who pushed Bill to violence but otherwise played little role in the story. Apparently, John G. Avildsen and screenwriter Norman Wexler were so impressed by Peter Boyle's performance that they gradually expanded his role over the course of filming.
* WorkingTitle: ''The Gap''.
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* SleeperHit: Made for only $109,000. Grossed over $19.3 million.
* StarMakingRole: For Creator/PeterBoyle and Creator/SusanSarandon.
* StillbornFranchise: Creator/TheCannonGroup spent the early '80s planning a sequel entitled ''Citizen Joe'', which followed Joe after his release from prison and readjustment to modern life. Though Creator/PeterBoyle expressed interest and the studio even took out newspaper ads promoting the film, it never materialized.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally the movie was intended to focus almost exclusively on Bill and Melissa (hence the WorkingTitle), with Joe as a minor character who pushed Bill to violence but otherwise played little role in the story. Apparently, John G. Avildsen and screenwriter Norman Wexler were so impressed by Peter Boyle's performance that they gradually expanded his role over the course of filming.
* WorkingTitle: ''The Gap''.
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