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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The importance of answering machines in the plot sets the film solidly before cell phones and texting took over communication.
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* RealLifeRelative: In addition to casting their friends in key roles, Creator/JonFavreau and Creator/VinceVaughn gave cameo roles to their family members. Vaughn's father, Vernon Vaughn, plays the lucky gambler at the $100-minimum blackjack table, while Favreau's grandmother, Joan Favreau, is the lucky gambler at the $5-minimum blackjack table.
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* RealLifeRelative: In addition to casting their friends in key roles, Creator/JonFavreau and Creator/VinceVaughn gave cameo roles to their family members. Vaughn's father, Vernon Vaughn, plays the lucky gambler at the $100-minimum blackjack TabletopGame/{{blackjack}} table, while Favreau's grandmother, Joan Favreau, is the lucky gambler at the $5-minimum blackjack table.
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** The importance of answering machines in the plot sets the film solidly before cell phones and texting took over communication.
** The film is also set against the very niche, very short-lived subculture of the mid- to late-90s swing music revival.
** The importance of answering machines in the plot sets the film solidly before cell phones and texting took over communication.
** The film is also set against the very niche, very short-lived subculture of the mid- to late-90s swing music revival.
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** The film was released just as the swing revival of the mid-90s became mainstream. It faded out a year or two later.
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** The film was released just as is also set against the swing revival very niche, very short-lived subculture of the mid-90s became mainstream. It faded out a year or two later.mid- to late-90s swing music revival.
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* ActingForTwo: Nicole LaLoggia, the film's Line Producer plays two roles. She plays Michelle's voice on the phone, and she appears as one of the bar patrons at the Derby (the brunette sitting to the right of Trent when Mike leaves the table).
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: The movie is loosely based on the experiences writer Creator/JonFavreau had when he first moved to LA. He had just broken up with a long term girlfriend and counted on his friends Creator/VinceVaughn and Creator/RonLivingston to cheer him up. The characters they play in the film are based on themselves.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: RealLifeRelative: In addition to casting their friends in key roles, Creator/JonFavreau and Creator/VinceVaughn gave cameo roles to their family members. Vaughn's father, Vernon Vaughn, plays the lucky gambler at the $100-minimum blackjack table, while Favreau's grandmother, Joan Favreau, is the lucky gambler at the $5-minimum blackjack table.
* SerendipityWritesThePlot: According to Creator/JonFavreau, the reason Mike opens his empty fridge is because Doug Liman said that the scene was too dark and they needed the light.
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** The importance of answering machines in the plot sets the film solidly before cell phones and texting took over communication.
** The film was released just as the swing revival of the mid-90s became mainstream. It faded out a year or two later.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: During the time Creator/JonFavreau was trying to raise production money, some of the producers wanted to change the character of Trent to a girl, to not go to Vegas, and to make it darker and more violent. Others wanted to cast more notable actors like Creator/JohnnyDepp or Creator/ChrisODonnell, but Favreau declined those ideas despite trying hard to embrace them.
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** The movie is loosely based on the experiences writer Creator/JonFavreau had when he first moved to LA. He had just broken up with a long term girlfriend and counted on his friends Creator/VinceVaughn and Creator/RonLivingston to cheer him up. The characters they play in the film are based onthemselves.themselves.
** The "Bear" monologue that Trent delivers to Mike is almost verbatim something Vince told Jon one night at a bar. Favreau liked it a lot and incorporated it into the script.
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: According to Creator/JonFavreau, the reason Mike opens his empty fridge is because Doug Liman said that the scene was too dark and they needed the light.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** The importance of answering machines in the plot sets the film solidly before cell phones and texting took over communication.
** The film was released just as the swing revival of the mid-90s became mainstream. It faded out a year or two later.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: During the time Creator/JonFavreau was trying to raise production money, some of the producers wanted to change the character of Trent to a girl, to not go to Vegas, and to make it darker and more violent. Others wanted to cast more notable actors like Creator/JohnnyDepp or Creator/ChrisODonnell, but Favreau declined those ideas despite trying hard to embrace them.
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** The movie is loosely based on the experiences writer Creator/JonFavreau had when he first moved to LA. He had just broken up with a long term girlfriend and counted on his friends Creator/VinceVaughn and Creator/RonLivingston to cheer him up. The characters they play in the film are based on
** The "Bear" monologue that Trent delivers to Mike is almost verbatim something Vince told Jon one night at a bar. Favreau liked it a lot and incorporated it into the script.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: The movie is loosely based on the experiences writer Creator/JonFavreau had when he first moved to LA. He had just broken up with a long term girlfriend and counted on his friends Creator/VinceVaughn and Ron Livingston Creator/RonLivingston to cheer him up. The characters they play in the film are based on themselves.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In Sweden, the film was called "Du, var är brudarna?", meaning roughly "Hey, Where Are the Chicks?".
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* StarMakingRole: ActorInspiredElement: One scene, in which Trent yells at Sue for insulting Mike, was written at Creator/VinceVaughn's request to make it clear that beneath Trent's swagger, he truly cared for Mike as a friend.
* BreakthroughHit[=/=]StarMakingRole: The film helped launch the careers ofVince Vaughn, Jon Favreau Creator/VinceVaughn, Creator/JonFavreau and Doug Liman.CreatorDougLiman.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: The movie is loosely based on the experiences writer Creator/JonFavreau had when he first moved to LA. He had just broken up with a long term girlfriend and counted on his friends Creator/VinceVaughn and Ron Livingston to cheer him up. The characters they play in the film are based on themselves.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Rob is [[Film/OfficeSpace Peter Gibbons]]. Lorraine, the girl who finally snaps Mike out of his funk, is [[Film/AustinPowersTheSpyWhoShaggedMe Felicity Shagwell]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Rob is [[Film/OfficeSpace Peter Gibbons]]. Lorraine, the girl who finally snaps Mike out of his funk, is [[Film/AustinPowersTheSpyWhoShaggedMe Felicity Shagwell]].
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