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* BillingDisplacement: Despite only playing a supporting role, Creator/WillemDafoe gets top billing, almost certainly due to him being the biggest name in the film's otherwise AmateurCast.
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* WordOfGod: Sean Baker confirmed that the ending is [[spoiler:intended to be a fantasy, and it is likely that Mooney was simply taken away and ended up in foster care.]]
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* WordOfGod: Sean Baker confirmed that the ending is [[spoiler:intended to be a fantasy, and it is likely that Mooney Moonee was simply taken away and ended up in foster care.]]
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* WordOfGod: Sean Baker confirmed that the ending is [[spoiler:intended to be a fantasy, and it is likely that Mooney was simply taken away and ended up in foster care.]]
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* AmateurCast: Aside from Creator/WillemDafoe, none of the other actors were particularly well known or famous.
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* MethodActing: Prior to filming, Creator/WillemDafoe spent a week living in Kissimmee in order to gain a proper understanding of what life there was like for people.
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* MethodActing: Prior to filming, Creator/WillemDafoe Dafoe spent a week living in Kissimmee in order to gain a proper understanding of what life there was like for people.
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* ThrowItIn: The scene of Bobby trying to shoo a group of sandhill cranes away from the motel driveway was written in at the last minute after the crew noticed and were amused by how the birds would come by the motel everyday and knock on the lobby window with their beaks.
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* ThrowItIn: The scene of Bobby trying to shoo a group of sandhill cranes away from the motel driveway was written in at the last minute after the crew noticed and were amused by how the birds would come by the motel everyday every day and knock on the lobby window with their beaks.
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* ColbertBump: The Magic Castle is an actual motel in Kissimmee, which got a nice little bit of exposure from the movie.
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* ThrowItIn: The scene of Bobby trying to shoo a group of sandhill cranes away from the motel driveway was written in at the last minute after the crew noticed and were amused by how the birds would come by the motel everyday and knock on the lobby window with their beaks.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Bobby was originally going to have a brother that would've helped him out with the hotel. To go along with the parent-child themes of the film better, the character was re-written into being his son.
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** Bobby was originally going to have a brother that would've helped him out with the hotel. To go along with the parent-child themes of the film better, the character was re-written into being his son.
** Bobby was originally going to have a brother that would've helped him out with the hotel. To go along with the parent-child themes of the film better, the character was re-written into being his son.
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** Also, Halley was supposed to have a severe drug problem in early drafts, but that was written out.
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The scene of Moonee and Jancey running towards a rainbow was meant to be set in a grass field and the rainbow itself would've been CGI, that is until a stormy day ended up creating a real rainbow right over the Magic Castle motel, two weeks before the scene was supposed to be shot. Baker, seeing a great opportunity, swiftly got the film crew together and had them shoot the scene right there; a move that not only looked better artistically, but also saved the production about $50 thousand.
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The scene of Moonee and Jancey running towards a rainbow was meant to be set in a grass field and the rainbow itself would've been CGI, that is until a stormy day ended up creating a real rainbow right over the Magic Castle motel, two weeks before the scene was supposed to be shot. Baker, seeing a great opportunity, swiftly got the film crew together and had them shoot the scene right there; a move that not only looked better artistically, but also saved the production about $50 thousand.$50,000.
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* CelebrityParadox: For one scene, ''Series/GregTheBunny'', a show co-created by director Sean Baker, is playing on a TV.
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* CelebrityParadox: For one scene, ''Series/GregTheBunny'', a show co-created by director Sean Baker, is playing on a TV.
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The scene of the kids running towards a rainbow was meant to be set in a grass field and the rainbow itself would've been CGI, that is until a stormy day ended up creating a real rainbow right over the Magic Castle motel, two weeks before the scene was supposed to be shot. Baker, seeing a great opportunity, swiftly got the film crew together and had them shoot the scene right there; a move that not only looked better artistically, but also saved the production about $50 thousand.
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The scene of the kids Moonee and Jancey running towards a rainbow was meant to be set in a grass field and the rainbow itself would've been CGI, that is until a stormy day ended up creating a real rainbow right over the Magic Castle motel, two weeks before the scene was supposed to be shot. Baker, seeing a great opportunity, swiftly got the film crew together and had them shoot the scene right there; a move that not only looked better artistically, but also saved the production about $50 thousand.
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The scene of the kids running towards a rainbow was meant to be set in a grass field and the rainbow itself would've been CGI, that is until a stormy day ended up creating a real rainbow right over the Magic Castle motel. The film crew swiftly got everything together and shot the scene.
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The scene of the kids running towards a rainbow was meant to be set in a grass field and the rainbow itself would've been CGI, that is until a stormy day ended up creating a real rainbow right over the Magic Castle motel. The film crew motel, two weeks before the scene was supposed to be shot. Baker, seeing a great opportunity, swiftly got everything the film crew together and shot had them shoot the scene.scene right there; a move that not only looked better artistically, but also saved the production about $50 thousand.
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** The scene of the kids running towards a rainbow was meant to be set in a grass field and the rainbow itself would've been CGI, that is until a stormy day ended up creating a real rainbow right over the Magic Castle motel. The film crew swiftly got everything together and shot the scene.
** The scene of Bobby trying to shoo a group of sandhill cranes away from the motel driveway was written in at the last minute after the crew noticed and were amused by how the birds would come by the motel everyday and knock on lobby window with their beaks.
** The scene of the kids running towards a rainbow was meant to be set in a grass field and the rainbow itself would've been CGI, that is until a stormy day ended up creating a real rainbow right over the Magic Castle motel. The film crew swiftly got everything together and shot the scene.
** The scene of Bobby trying to shoo a group of sandhill cranes away from the motel driveway was written in at the last minute after the crew noticed and were amused by how the birds would come by the motel everyday and knock on lobby window with their beaks.
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot:
**SerendipityWritesThePlot: The scene of the kids running towards a rainbow was meant to be set in a grass field and the rainbow itself would've been CGI, that is until a stormy day ended up creating a real rainbow right over the Magic Castle motel. The film crew swiftly got everything together and shot the scene.
** * ThrowItIn: The scene of Bobby trying to shoo a group of sandhill cranes away from the motel driveway was written in at the last minute after the crew noticed and were amused by how the birds would come by the motel everyday and knock on lobby window with their beaks.
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** The scene of Bobby trying to shoo a group of sandhill cranes away from the motel driveway was written in at the last minute after the crew noticed and were amused by how the birds would come by the motel everyday and knock on lobby window with their beaks.
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** The scene of the kids running towards a rainbow was meant to be set in a grass field and the rainbow itself would've been CGI, that is until a stormy day ended up creating a real rainbow right over the Magic Castle motel. The film crew swiftly got everything together and shot the scene.
** The scene of the kids running towards a rainbow was meant to be set in a grass field and the rainbow itself would've been CGI, that is until a stormy day ended up creating a real rainbow right over the Magic Castle motel. The film crew swiftly got everything together and shot the scene.
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* MethodActing: Prior to filming, Creator/WillemDafoe spent a week living in Kissimmee in order to gain a proper understanding of what life there was like for people.
* NoBudget: Even with having known names like Willem Dafoe involved, the film only cost $2 million.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Bobby was originally going to have a brother that would've helped him out with the hotel. To go along with the parent-child themes of the film better, the character was re-written into being his son.
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* NoBudget: Even with having known names like Willem Dafoe involved, the film only cost $2 million.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Bobby was originally going to have a brother that would've helped him out with the hotel. To go along with the parent-child themes of the film better, the character was re-written into being his son.
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