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1. #001

   Chris Rock was inspired to remake Heaven Can Wait (1978) after hearing that Muhammad Ali had initially wanted to star in the film. Rock later thought Richard Pryor would have been great in the role and turned the main character into an African-American comedian.

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2. #002

   The film was a remake of Heaven Can Wait (1978), which was itself a remake of Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941).

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3. #003

   The comedian Joe Guy in the film is named after the real-life comedian brothers Joe Torry and Guy Torry.

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4. #004

   Chris Rock stated on Total Request Live (1998) that if the film grossed over $25 million in its opening weekend, he would return to host that year's MTV Video Music Awards. The film ultimately underperformed, grossing $20 million over the four-day Presidents' Day weekend. Jamie Foxx hosted that year's Video Music Awards, but Rock returned to host in 2003.

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5. #005

   In the opening scene, Lance Barton (Chris Rock) brings a letter from Dewey, Cheatam & Howe, the joke law firm frequently used on National Public Radio's Car Talk with Click and Clack.

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6. #006

   Eugene Levy, Jennifer Coolidge and John Cho appeared in American Pie (1999), American Pie 2 (2001), American Wedding (2003) and American Reunion (2012).

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7. #007

   Chris Rock's teeth were worked on during the making of the film.

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8. #008

   In an early scene, Mrs. Wellington (Jennifer Coolidge) and Sklar (Greg Germann) are about to have sex on a pool table. In American Pie (1999), Coolidge's character played a woman who has sex with a young man on a pool table.

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9. #009

   The end credits read "adapted from the film HEAVEN CAN WAIT." The original source material, HERE COMES MR. JORDAN (1941), is not mentioned.

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10. #010

    When Mr. King (Chazz Palminteri) sees the body of the recently deceased Charles Wellington III (Brian Rhodes) lying underwater, he remarks, "Nice bath tub." In Diabolique (1996), Palminteri was "drowned" in a bathtub by his mistress and his wife.

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