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The Number 23 (2007) More at IMDbPro »

• Elisabeth Shue was originally cast in the female lead, but had to decline because she was pregnant.
  
  
• This is the 23rd project Joel Schumacher has directed.
  
  
• Other instances of the number 23 connected (sometimes very tenuously) with the movie: - The last time Jim Carrey and Joel Schumacher worked together was in "Batman Forever." In that film, Carrey's character (the Riddler) also showed an obsession for numbers, which he used to represent letters of the alphabet in his riddles. The numbers were 1, 8, and 5. Batman figured out that 1 and 8 were meant to be 18. 18 + 5 = 23. - The number 23 is a W, and in "Batman Forever" there is a scene of Carrey underneath a W (the gate outside Wayne Manor). - The address of the bookstore is 599. 5+9+9=23. - Walter's room at the asylum was 318. 31-8=23. - The number of letters in "Animal Control Department". - The apartment number across from the suicide blonde's apartment (959). - The dog in the movie is named NED. N is the 14th letter of the alphabet; E is the fifth; and D is the fourth. 14 + 5 + 4 = 23. - The numbers on Walter's car add up to 23 (906 8TC, 9+0+6+8=23, 20(T)+3(C)=23) . - The numbers on Issac's car is 023 5HJ, H is the eight letter in the alphabet and J is the tenth, 5 + 8(H) + 10(J) = 23. - The store front numbers that Fingerling is standing in front of while watching Fabrizia & Phoenix add to 23 (12, and 110). - The film was released in the US on February 23, 2007. - The number of Walter Sparrow's footlocker 87305 = 23 (8+7+3+5). - The PO Box that Carrey and his family mail the boxes to is "P.O.Box 977". 9+7+7=23. - His birthday is February the 3rd, 2/3, 23.
  
  
• Under "Nathaniel's Institute" on the wall placard, "Psychiatric Care Facility" contains 23 letters. On the side of the van, "Animal Control Department" contains 23 letters.
  
  
• The DVD contains exactly 23 chapters.
  
  
• The number of the store where Agatha Sparrow finds the book is 599. 5 + 9 + 9 = 23.
  
  
• The film came out on DVD in the UK on July 23rd 2007
  
  
• The office Agatha Sparrow visits is number 318, 31 - 8 = 23
  
  
• In several countries this movie premiered 23 of March 2007.
  
  
• The telephone number for the King Edward Hotel (which is printed on the room keys) is 555-1232. Not only is there a 23 and a 32 (a reverse 23) in the second half of the number, but 5+5+5+1+2+3+2 is equal to 23.
  
  
• The hotel in the movie was The King Edward Hotel. King Edward VIII was born on June 23, 1894. In real life, the King Edward is near Jim Carrey's hometown of Newmarket, ON.
  
  
• The main character, Sparrow, had an obsession with the saxophone. The saxophone has 23 keys.
  
  
• When we first see the book "The Number 23" in the bookshop where Agatha buys it, the book is on the shelf facing out, not tucked in between any books. Because of this, 23 books are visible on the shelf behind it.
  
  
• 110, 6 in binary (4+2+0), is the address of the Lucky Pawn Shop that Fingerling is standing in front of as he looks at Dr. Phoenix on the ground. It is found in other places too (like in one of the numbers the "Suicide Blond" wrote: 110/66/63).
  
  
• On The unrated version of the DVD, at the end of the movie when the bible verse first appears, the counter on your player will read 13559. (1+3+5+5+9=23)
  
  
• Jim Carrey claims to have been obsessed with The Number 23 long before being a part of the movie. His production company is called JC 23 Entertainment. It was coincidence that his father was an accountant and he played the saxophone, like his character in the movie.
  
  
• The plot is largely based on the philosophical writings of William S. Burroughs, who came to believe that the number 23 held mystical significance after encountering it during significant moments in his life. Burroughs eventually wrote the screenplay "The Last Words of Dutch Schultz" around this concept, in which he used the deathbed ramblings of mobster Dutch Schultz as a springboard for telling a story based around Schultz's life - which, in Burrough's vision, revolved around recurrences of the number 23.
  
  
• Jim Carrey was paid exactly $23 million to act in this movie.
  
  
• The author of the book's 'name' was Topsy Kretts which, if pronounced quickly, sounds like 'Top Secret'
  
  
• The DVD length is 1:41:08. 14+1+8=23.
  
  
• The Sparrows' car's license plate reads "906 8TC". 90 divided by 6 is 15, add 8 and you get 23; and T is the 20th letter in the alphabet, and C is the 3rd.
  
  
• The vehicle Walter drives is a 1976 International Harvester Scout II.
  
  
• When first seeing the sign for King Edward Hotel, the "O" and "T" lights are out. "O" is number 15, and "T" is 20. 1+5=6 divided by 2 (The number of blacked out letters) equals 3, 3+20=23. However by the end of the movie, the all letters are fully lit.
  
  
• When Walter first drives to the King Edward Hotel the 'O' and the 'T' of the 'Hotel' are broken, however, the 'H', 'E' and 'L' are lit up. 2 unlit letters and 3 lit letters. 2 and 3 = 23
  
  
• The car Walter drives is a 1976 International Harvester Scout II. 1+9+7+6=23.
  
  

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