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* WordOfSaintPaul: Creator/EwanMcGregor has [[https://twitter.com/mcgregor_ewan/status/637666494487379968 speculated]] on Curt and Arthur's fate after the ending of the film.
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* ReferencedBy: ''Velvet Tinmine'' is a compilation of glam-rock obscurities, released after the film.
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* CreatorKiller: Following the film's failure, Creator/ToddHaynes didn't direct another film for four years until ''Film/FarFromHeaven'' in 2002.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $9 million. Box office, $4.3 million. This ode to the 1970s glam rock scene got mixed reviews and was buried in a limited release. Nonetheless, it managed to pick up a strong cult following in the years since its release.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: The outside shots of New York were clearly filmed in London, given that everybody is driving on the left and red double decker buses are driving around with advertisements for ''Theatre/LesMiserables''.

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* FakeAmerican: Creator/ToniCollette (Australian) doing ''two'' levels of fake accent, one excellent and one StylisticSuck, while playing American-and-pretentious Mandy.

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** Creator/EwanMcGregor as Michigan's Curt Wild.
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Creator/ToniCollette (Australian) doing ''two'' levels of fake accent, one excellent and one StylisticSuck, while playing American-and-pretentious Mandy.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: The film was originally supposed to feature some of Music/DavidBowie's music, hence the title. When Bowie learned that the script for the film was partially based on the unauthorized biographies ''Stardust: The David Bowie Story'' written by Henry Edwards and Tony Zanetta and ''Backstage Passe'' written by Bowie's ex-wife Angie Bowie, he threatened the producers with a lawsuit. Bowie's songs were, therefore, not used, and the script was partially re-written to avoid unnecessary resemblance between Bowie and the Bowie-style character Brian Slade.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/ToddHaynes originally wanted to cast Music/JarvisCocker as Jack Fairy.

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Creator/ToddHaynes originally wanted to cast Music/JarvisCocker as Jack Fairy.Fairy.
** Music/CourtneyLove considered supplying music to the film's soundtrack; however, she withdrew after viewing a rough cut, claiming that the character of Curt Wild too closely resembled her late husband Music/KurtCobain, both in character and physicality.
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* TheCastShowOff: Creator/EwanMcGregor did his own singing.


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* ThrowItIn: During the Festival sequence where Brian sees Curt perform for the first time, Creator/EwanMcGregor was only due to moon the disgruntled crowd. But inspired by the antics of Music/IggyPop, he improvised, and ended up gesticulating wildly while flashing the audience, leaping about with his trousers around his ankles.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/ToddHaynes originally wanted to cast Music/JarvisCocker as Jack Fairy.
* WordOfSaintPaul: Creator/EwanMcGregor has [[https://twitter.com/mcgregor_ewan/status/637666494487379968 speculated]] on Curt and Arthur's fate after the ending of the film.
* WorkingTitle: The film was originally titled ''Glitter Kids''. In development, the original screenplay was titled ''Glam!''
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* NonSingingVoice: Most of Creator/JonathanRhysMyers' singing parts in the movie are dubbed by [[Music/{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]].

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* NonSingingVoice: Most of Creator/JonathanRhysMyers' Creator/JonathanRhysMeyers' singing parts in the movie are dubbed by [[Music/{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]].

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* FakeAmerican: Toni Collette (Australian) doing ''two'' levels of fake accent, one excellent and one StylisticSuck, while playing American-and-pretentious Mandy.
* HeyItsThatGuy:
** There's quite a few famous actors in this film. Creator/ToniCollette and Creator/EwanMcGregor for a start. And then there's Creator/ChristianBale.
** Malcolm from the band "The Flaming Creatures" is [[Music/{{Placebo}} Brian Molko]]. Molko's bandmates Stefan Olsdal and Steve Hewitt also appear as band members.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Most of Jonathan Rhys-Myers' singing parts in the movie are dubbed by [[Music/{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]].

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* FakeAmerican: Toni Collette Creator/ToniCollette (Australian) doing ''two'' levels of fake accent, one excellent and one StylisticSuck, while playing American-and-pretentious Mandy.
* HeyItsThatGuy:
** There's quite a few famous actors in this film. Creator/ToniCollette and Creator/EwanMcGregor for a start. And then there's Creator/ChristianBale.
** Malcolm from the band "The Flaming Creatures" is [[Music/{{Placebo}} Brian Molko]]. Molko's bandmates Stefan Olsdal and Steve Hewitt also appear as band members.
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NonSingingVoice: Most of Jonathan Rhys-Myers' Creator/JonathanRhysMyers' singing parts in the movie are dubbed by [[Music/{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]].

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* HeyItsThatGuy: There's quite a few famous actors in this film. ToniCollette and EwanMcGregor for a start. And then there's Creator/ChristianBale.

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* HeyItsThatVoice: Most of Jonathan Rhys-Myers' singing parts in the movie are dubbed by [[Music/{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]].
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** Malcolm from the band "The Flaming Creatures" is [[Music/{{Placebo}} Brian Molko]]. Molko's bandmates Stefan Olsdal and Steve Hewitt also appear as band members.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: There's quite a few famous actors in this film. ToniCollette and EwanMcGregor for a start. And then there's ChristianBale.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: There's quite a few famous actors in this film. ToniCollette and EwanMcGregor for a start. And then there's ChristianBale.Creator/ChristianBale.
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* FakeAmerican: Toni Collette (Australian) doing ''two'' levels of fake accent, one excellent and one StylisticSuck, while playing American-and-pretentious Mandy.
* HeyItsThatGuy: There's quite a few famous actors in this film. ToniCollette and EwanMcGregor for a start. And then there's ChristianBale.
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