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The house where Billy Brown's parents live in the film is the very same house where
Vincent Gallo lived with his parents growing up.
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Of the $1.5 million budget, $20,000 was spent on Anjelica Huston's wig alone.
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Christina Ricci choreographed her tap dance in the bowling alley scene. Did You Know?

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Christina Ricci and Lance Acord both had difficult working relationships with Vincent Gallo
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resulting in Gallo publicly disparaging them after the film's release, calling Ricci a
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"puppet" and overweight and Acord a "button pusher". Anjelica Huston also did not get
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along with him, and Gallo claimed Huston caused the film to be turned down by the
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Cannes Film Festival.
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Original cinematographer Dick Pope was fired during preproduction for opposing Vincent
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Gallo's decision to shoot on reversal film. Gallo intended to act as cinematographer User Lists
himself but the bond company insuring the film would not allow it. Gallo then hired Lance
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Kevin Corrigan originally turned down the role of Goon because he was uncomfortable
with it. He later changed his mind and asked for the role back. Gallo had hired another
actor to play the role but fired him and re-hired Corrigan. After filming, Corrigan was still
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Mickey Rourke was going through tough times with both career and finances. According to
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The song Billy's father sings to Layla, "Fools Rush In Where Angels Fear To Tread", was
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Although Lance Acord was widely credited with the film's distinct visual style Vincent Gallo
has claimed credit for designing most of the film's cinematography. He also publicly
disparaged Acord, saying "This guy had no ideas, no conceptual ideas, no aesthetic point
of view."
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Ben Gazzara ad-libbed the part where he shoves his face between Christina Ricci's breasts
at the dinner table.
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Anjelica Huston and Christina Ricci had previously co-starred as Morticia and Wednesday
Addams in The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993).
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The dinner scene with Billy's parents pays homage to the static visual style of Japanese
director Yasujirô Ozu, who is referred to by the OZU on the license plate of Layla's car.
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The character Scott Woods is a reference to Buffalo Bills place kicker Scott Norwood who
missed the game winning field goal in Super Bowl XXV.
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A piece of Billy Brown's dialogue can be heard playing backwards in the song "I'm Getting
Closer" by M83.
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Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven
Schneider.
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When Billy (Vincent Gallo) tries to drive Layla's (Christina Ricci) car, he discovers that it is
a stick shift (manual transmission) and gets annoyed because he doesn't know how to
drive a stick shift. Ironically, Ricci didn't know how to drive a stick shift and kept stalling
the car during takes and Gallo got very annoyed with her.
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It was director Stephane Sednaoui that suggested to Vincent Gallo to use

cinematographer Lance Acord.
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