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When the boys and girls are calling each other to play songs on the record player, they don't use the standard '555-' phone numbers used in television and film.
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After she had written the script, Sofia Coppola was heartbroken to discover that another company was already producing an adaptation of the book themselves. However, they were not happy with their script, so she showed them hers and they ended up using it instead.
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Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2000 (#07, with "Yi-Yi")
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A world map, using the far less common Gall-Peters projection, can be seen in background in the scene where the boys exchange songs with the Lisbon sisters over the telephone
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Sofia Coppola played Kathleen Turner's little sister in Peggy Sue Got Married directed by her father, Francis Ford Coppola. Sofia then directed Turner in this.
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Kim Basinger was originally offered the role of Sara Lisbon, but after the success of L.A. Confidential she became very expensive. Alyssa Milano was also considered for the role of Sara Lisbon, but dropped out from the project due to scheduling conflicts from Charmed.
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Thurston Moore of the band Sonic Youth originally gave the book to Sofia Coppola. After reading it she decided to make it into a movie.
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Scott Glenn, Danny DeVito and Kirsten Dunst had all previously appeared in film directed by Francis Ford Coppola: Apocalypse Now, The Rainmaker and New York Stories, respectively.
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Shortly after this film received its wide release, Hayden Christensen was announced as the next actor to play Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequels. Director Sofia Coppola had previously appeared in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.
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