In Her Shoes

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1. #001

   In the book, the dog Maggie steals was a purebred boxer. Director Curtis Hanson chose to change this, noting that films inspire people to adopt the same breed of dog seen on screen. Hoping to inspire people to adopt a shelter animal, Hanson opted for a mixed breed instead.

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2. #002

   Toni Collette was initially set to play Maggie Feller and Sarah Michelle Gellar to play Rose Feller. After Gellar left the project, Collette agreed to play Rose and the role of Maggie went to Cameron Diaz.

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3. #003

   Before filming, director Curtis Hanson approached Toni Collette and asked the actress to gain weight for the role. Collette complied and gained 25 pounds for the part, weight she later lost during the film's shoot to reflect her character.

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4. #004

   The poem Maggie reads in the wedding scene is E. E. Cummings's "I Carry Your Heart."

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5. #005

   In Her Shoes (2005) was never released on VHS, making it one of the first films to be released only on DVD.

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6. #006

   In the scene where Maggie attends the MTV audition, the teleprompter says they are about to premiere a new Eminem music video. This was a nod to director Curtis Hanson's previous film 8 Mile (2002), which was inspired by the rapper's life and in which he appeared.

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7. #007

   The Jamaican Jerk Hut location featured in two key scenes was a real Philadelphia restaurant on South Street west of Broad.

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8. #008

   According to director Curtis Hanson, Honeybun, the mixed-breed dog Maggie steals from the caretaker, drew a great deal of attention from the crew during filming. Hanson said that once the scenes were completed, crew members asked him about the possibility of adopting the dog. Feeling the dog had a bond with its trainer, Hanson chose to let Honeybun's trainer adopt it.

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9. #009

   The author and her manager appear to be walking behind Rose and her friend Amy in the Italian Market scene. Weiner's sister and grandmother also appear in the film.

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10. #010

    The poems Maggie reads to the bedridden professor are Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art" and Jane Kenyon's "Let Evening Come."

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11. #011

    The woman seen in the painting as Maggie and Rose's mother is the model Ivana Milicevic.

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12. #012

    An animated open-title sequence was created a year before the film's release, but it was cut from the final picture when the producers decided to make the film look more serious.

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13. #013

    Although Cameron Diaz played Toni Collette's younger sister in the film, in real life both actresses were born in 1972, only three months apart. Diaz was born on August 30 and Collette on November 1.

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14. #014

    This was Leeza Vinnichenko's last film.

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