Trivia for
Far from Heaven (2002) More at IMDbPro »

• Julianne Moore was pregnant during the filming of this movie.
  
  
• Dennis Haysbert was shuttling back and forth from the east coast to Los Angeles during the production of this movie, because of his commitment to TV show "24" (2001), that was filming at the same time.
  
  
• Other considered titles for this film were "This Splendid Life", "Circles In The Sun", "The Surface Of Things", and "Fall From Splendor".
  
  
• Cinematographer Edward Lachman created the 1950s "look" by using the same type of lighting equipment (incandescent), the same lighting techniques, and the same type of lens filters when shooting this film, as would have been used on a 1950s era melodrama.
  
  
• This film was influenced by the work of Douglas Sirk.
  
  
• Julianne Moore was the one who suggested that her character had to be blonde. Todd Haynes disagreed at first, but later told her she was right. So he had to do some changes in the film, like the color of the scarf, in order to fit that.
  
  
• Second in the poll for FIPRESCI GRAND PRIX OF THE YEAR 2003.
  
  
• This was the last feature film to have an original score by Elmer Bernstein.
  
  

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