Trivia: Agador Spartacus is based upon Hank Azaria's grandmother.
Trivia: In the last scene, when the choir sings at the church, the Blues Brothers can be seen on the background in exactly the same position as the church number in the Blues Brothers film.
Trivia: The girl dancing next to Miley's grandmother in the Hoedown Throwdown scene is Miley Cyrus's real-life sister, Noah Lindsey.
Trivia: Lemtov says everyone hates the UK - this is harsh but fair in Eurovision terms, as the UK hasn't won since 1997 and regularly has a disappointing score, with some theorising political reasoning plays a part. Lemtov is played by Dan Stevens, who's British.
Trivia: It's shown in the film that Ray turns up to a protest outside the concert and then refuses to play before a segregated crowd in Georgia, which earns him a lifetime ban from the state. Ray Charles did cancel his concert but only paid compensation and was never banned from Georgia. There was also no protest outside the concert hall.
Trivia: Whenever Nicholas Cage had to fall over, he had to be lowered down on a harness onto a crash mat because he hates falling over.
Trivia: This was the first movie ever with audible dialogue, though less than 400 words are spoken in the whole movie.
Trivia: Not a mistake, just a fact. According to I.A.L. Diamond,Tony Curtis' "Josephine" voice was dubbed by another actor, as Curtis couldn't speak high enough.
Trivia: All the American Sign Language used in the movie is accurate. When Iris tells Cole to open the window, Cole's response is not translated and she says "don't bust my butt." What he signed was, "Tell him to open the window himself."
Trivia: In the scene near the end where Wayne is on the phone with Cassandra's father, and he tells Wayne of Cassandra's marriage to Bobby, the whole thing is dubbed in English except for the last thing that Wayne says to Jeff. That last sentence, translated from Cantonese into English, is "Where is the toilet?"
Trivia: When Jerry returns home after his fight with Myra over her virginity, the theme song of "Gone with the Wind" starts playing. Jerry then scoops Myra up in his arms and carries her off to bed, just as Rhett Butler did to Scarlett.
Trivia: The Country Bears attraction, on which the movie was based, was originally supposed to be located at Disney's Mineral King ski resort in California. When that project was cancelled (due to opposition from environmental groups), the Bears were moved to Disney World.
Trivia: The 'Best Friends' necklace that Gwyneth Paltrow wears is also worn by Scott Speedman, perhaps hinting that she is the 'angel' he is looking for?
Trivia: In the scene where the bass singer meets the convenor for the first time, the bass singer calls the bird 'Papageno' (the convenor corrects it to 'Paganini'). Papageno is, of course, the bird in Mozart's 'Magic Flute'.
Trivia: The Desi Arnaz character is played by the son of the real Desi Arnaz, Desi Arnaz Junior.
Trivia: The real Ike Turner, makes a 2 second appearance just after the court sentence granting the couple's divorce. When the character of Ike Turner says, "I GAVE YOU THE NAME", the real Ike Turner is the thin man with the moustache and grey suit who follows Tina Turner's character into the lift.
Trivia: The actors on the movie case are not in the video.These actors were from the London cast.The only person who is on the case and in the movie is Veerle Casteleyn.
Trivia: Maya Rudolph, who plays the pregnant character Molly, was actually pregnant during the filming of the movie.