- Actor Allusion: Not the last time Jennifer Lawrence would play a skilled teenage hunter with an absent father, a mentally ill mother, and a vulnerable younger sibling in a poor and bleak environment.
- The Cast Showoff: One of the songs on the soundtrack, "Bred and Buttered", was written and performed by John Hawkes.
- Star-Making Role:
- Jennifer Lawrence became a name after the critical buzz and subsequent Oscar nomination. She joined up on X-Men: First Class and The Hunger Games off the momentum.
- Veteran character actor John Hawkes received an Academy Award nomination and more high-profile film roles, such as Martha Marcy May Marlene, The Sessions, and Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, among others. In a People interview he said that he finds his newfound fame a little daunting, since when he was obscure he could count on disappearing into roles. Now people know who he is.
- Write Who You Know: The author of the book grew up in the Ozarks and joined the military right out of high school.
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