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Tideland (2005)

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• Brendan Fletcher was cast for the role of Dickens before Terry Gilliam had ever met him. As said in an interview, he was cast after Terry was so incredibly impressed with his performance he saw on a tape sent to him.
  
  
• Terry Gilliam directed this film while on a 6-month break from The Brothers Grimm (2005). He and Harvey Weinstein quarreled about the final cut of the film.
  
  
• The mailbox at the house in the country bears the name "M. Cullin", which is a reference to the author of the book the film is based on, Mitch Cullin. He also has a small cameo on the bus.
  
  

• The hanten (Japanese style jacket) that Jeff Bridges wears while "going on vacation" says "kotobuki" in Japanese, which ironically means long life.
  
  
• In promotion for the opening weekend of this film, Director Terry Gilliam crashed the ticket line for _"Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The" (1996)_ . He signed autographs, told jokes, and took photos with fans, holding a sign proclaiming (in jest): "Studio-less Film Maker, Family to Support, Will Direct for Food". He is quoted as saying: "This is the state of independent film making. You got to get out on the street and beg again." "We have no shame anymore, just out on the streets hustling." "The first weekend is everything, if it doesn't do well the first weekend, it dies."
  
  
• In the full frame of the theatrical projection of the film, during the scene where Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Tilly and Jodelle Ferland are arguing about going to Jutland, there is a Monty Pythons' record visible on the floor among his collection of Vinyls.
  
  

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