FILM · 2000 · USA
28 Days
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- #001
Alan Tudyk improvised the fork reference for his character Gerhardt.
- #002
Sandra Bullock drank a triple espresso before any scene that required her character's uncontrollable twitching.
- #003
Most of the artwork in the background of the Parker House group sessions was made by real rehabilitation patients.
- #004
Sandra Bullock stayed at a rehabilitation clinic for a time to prepare for her role in this film.
- #005
Six wedding cakes were prepared for the filming of the wedding scene. One of the cakes was used for a rehearsal, and a female stunt double fell onto it to see how it would look. Without director Betty Thomas's knowledge, the cake had two wooden stakes inside for structural support. Fortunately, the stunt double was not injured when she fell onto the cake.
- #006
A YMCA in North Carolina was used as the Serenity Glen rehabilitation center. The YMCA continued its operations during the film's shoot.
- #007
The use of neck marks was based on real rehabilitation therapy techniques.
- #008
The Santa Cruz set is actually the set of Days of Our Lives (1965).
- #009
The gum-wrapper chain was made by the wife of prop master Dean Wilson. It took her two weeks to make the chain in three different sizes.
- #010
In real life, Sandra Bullock is allergic to horses.
- #011
Having sex in the handicap elevator is based on the real story of sex addicts in rehabilitation sneaking off to have sex in the handicap elevator. They thought it was the only place where they wouldn't get caught.
- #012
During filming in New York, Sandra Bullock stayed in Dennis Hopper's apartment.
- #013
Sandra Bullock and Margo Martindale also worked together on Practical Magic (1998).
- #014
The medical condition Falcon suffers from is a type of astrocytoma, a malignant tumor of nervous tissue made up of astrocytes.
- #015
When Eddie finally meets the actor who plays Falcon, he is reading the 1937 biography Will Rogers: A Boy's Life. Will Rogers was arguably the most famous Oklahoman of all time; a humorist, journalist, cowboy, actor and vaudevillian whose jokes and social commentary are still commonplace today, so it makes sense that Eddie "from Oklahoma" would be reading about him.
- #016
The market where the group stops was in a small North Carolina town called Bolivia. It no longer stands.
- #017
Toward the end, when Gwen returns home, there are groceries in the shopping bag from Jefferson Market. Jefferson Market was located on 6th Avenue in Manhattan, between 10th and 11th Streets, and was considered a real New York landmark. It opened in 1929 and closed in 2011.
- #018
Reni Santoni, Viggo Mortensen and Steve Buscemi appeared in Miami Vice (1984).
- #019
Rod McCary, an actor on the series they are watching, appeared in many daytime and primetime series.
- #020
The band playing at Lily's wedding is NRBQ.
- #021
The T-shirt Eddie wears when he punches Jasper reads "Quick Throttle," which can easily be taken to mean "angry."
- #022
Margo Martindale also appears in BoJack Horseman (2014-2020), where she plays a character who reveals that the main character will go to rehab in the final season.
- #023
This is the only film in the 28 Days/Weeks/Years series that has no zombies.
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