A film noir buff to the extreme is given a taste of his own medicine and has his life turned upside down by a kooky femme fatale with a big adventure in mind. Sometimes love is stranger than... Read allA film noir buff to the extreme is given a taste of his own medicine and has his life turned upside down by a kooky femme fatale with a big adventure in mind. Sometimes love is stranger than fiction.A film noir buff to the extreme is given a taste of his own medicine and has his life turned upside down by a kooky femme fatale with a big adventure in mind. Sometimes love is stranger than fiction.
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- TriviaIn order to keep as authentic of an American accent as possible, Cillian Murphy didn't use his true Irish accent on set until the film finished shooting.
- GoofsDuring Neil's "concert" for Violet, she accidentally burns a cardboard cutout's eye. Later when Neil is crying over their breakup while ringing up a customer, it shows the cutout burn-free.
- Quotes
Lucien: Ya know, we could do this later if you want?
Neil: Oh god Lucien, she's ruined it for me Lucien. I mean it's all so boring now!
Lucien: Hey, hey let's put in a movie?
Neil: No, no more movies. It's no use, it's not enough anymore, ya know? It's just all so mundane and so predictable Lucien. Oh hey look! It's Jayson. Jayson's going to come in here and he's going to hand me a package, and then he's going hand me his thing, and I'm going to sign the thing and I'm going to hand it right back to him, and then he's going to get in his truck and he's going to drive of. Oh, it's... it's so predictable Lucien, it's not enough anymore, ya know? Where's the... where's the adventure, you know?
[while signing Jayson's package]
Neil: there's no adventure man. Where's the adventure Lucien?
Jay: You signed it Neil Adventure.
[Neil signs it again]
Jay: You crossed out Adventure and wrote adventure again.
Neil: What does it matter Jayson? Huh!
[Neil walks away]
Jay: It matters because I'm actually responsible for any package that doesn't have a valiad signature or receipt...
Lucien: [Goes to sign the package] Jesus Christ...
Jay: I don't make the rules.
Lucien: Lighten up Jayson.
- Alternate versionsThere are no less than four different versions of this film available: Runtimes are "1h 34m (94 min)"--general theatrical release, "1h 31m (91 min) (United States)"--theatrical release, "1h 34m (94 min) (Argentina)" and "1h 30m (90 min) (DVD) (Poland)".
- ConnectionsFeatures Scarlet Street (1945)
The central message of the film is good one for all of us who spend too much time watching and not enough time making our own movies.
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- Aug 16, 2008
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- Budget
- $2,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $15,006
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1