Best drama movie trivia of 2008

Trivia: One of von Tresckow's aides is played by Philipp von Schulthess, the grandson of Claus von Stauffenberg. In the film, Stauffenberg's wife is pregnant with Philipp's mother.

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Trivia: Choke author Chuck Palahnuik can be glimpsed in the final scene sitting next to Sam Rockwell on the plane.

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Trivia: The name on the delivery van Floss and The Octopus arrive in is "Ditko's Delivery." Steve Ditko is a hall of fame comic artist known for creating Doctor Strange and co-creating The Amazing Spider-Man. In 1994 he was also inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame. Will Eisner is the creator of The Spirit comics.

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Trivia: Both Frank Langella and Michael Sheen played their respective roles in the original Broadway production.

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Trivia: The number Emily gives Will is 212-664-7665. Unlike the usual fake "555" number often used in movies, this is a real number that's also used in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and The Adjustment Bureau. Universal Studios acquired it precisely to save having to use a fake number in their films.

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Trivia: Billy Russo's surname was changed to Russoti to sound more Italian.

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Trivia: When Cole is beating up Ben for counting cards, before it changes to the next scene, you can see Cole's arm stop for a brief second, which gives away that there is more to that scene.

Trivia: In real life, Georgiana was only nine years younger than her husband, the Duke. She was seven years older than Charles Grey. The film portrays her as being much younger than her husband and closer in age to Charles.

Trivia: Clint Eastwood's son Scott Eastwood makes an appearance in this movie as Trey, the kid she was walking with when they get harassed by 3 men.

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Trivia: In the office at the end of the film a nameplate is visible on one of the cubicle walls. The nameplate reads "J.G Millar" which is a composite of writer Mark Millar and artist J.G. Jones, on whose comic the film is based.

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Trivia: Despite her prominent billing, Dianne Wiest does not appear until an hour and twenty minutes into the film, and has less than ten minutes of screen time.

Trivia: At one point during the movie, Max visits a storage yard. The name of this yard is "Gognitti Storage". This is a reference to Vinnie Gognitti, who was an important character in the video game series.

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Trivia: Some details are taken from Jason Segel's life. For example, the naked breakup is based on a similar incident and he was working on a puppet-based Dracula rock-opera.

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Trivia: When Klaatu is shown on the tv as an escaped convict, the phone number shown to call to report him is not the usual 1-800-555 number, rather it is 1-800-472-0391 which is the Alaska Weather Information Hotline.

Trivia: All the music you hear in the film is actually performed live on screen.

Trivia: Christian Bale was originally cast as George W. Bush, but left the production before filming started. Josh Brolin was cast at the last minute instead.

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Trivia: When Mauricio and Sarah receive the dress for baptizing a future daughter, they ponder over raising future children as Jewish or Catholics. Mauricio then says, "Who ever heard of Jewish Puerto Ricans?" John Leguizamo, who plays Mauricio, has children who are half Jewish.

Trivia: Elliot's line, "Be scientific, douchebag" was ad-libbed by Mark Wahlberg.

Trivia: Julia Roberts, who plays Michael's mother, Lisa Taylor, is only nine years older than Ryan Reynolds.

Trivia: Ryan Reynolds and Emily Mortimer play the parents of Elisabeth Harnois in this film. In real life, Reynolds is only three years older than Harnois, and Mortimer is only eight years older than her.