Trivia / The Squid and the Whale

• He Also Did: The films score was co-composed by Britta Phillips, better known as the singing voice of "Jem" from Jem and the Holograms and voicing almost every female character in Moral Orel.
• Those Two Actors: Jeff Daniels and Anna Paquin previously appeared together in Fly Away Home, playing father and daughter.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Bill Murray and John Turturro were offered the role of Bernard.
  • The Who's "Behind Blue Eyes" was intended to be the film's leitmotif for Walt. However, because Noah Baumbach couldn't secure the rights to the song, he instead went with "Hey You" by Pink Floyd.

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