Like Crazy

Director Drake Doremus explained that in order to secure a PG-13 rating, some minor changes had to be made to the original cut that premiered at Sundance in 2011, particularly its R-rated language.

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Writers Drake Doremus and Ben York Jones drew on long-distance relationships they had been in as inspiration for the film.

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Oliver Muirhead's hobby in the film was baking bread, just as it was in real life.

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Anton Yelchin was Drake Doremus's first choice for the role of Jacob.

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Before submitting the film to the Sundance Film Festival, director Drake Doremus showed a rough cut to his former students at Orange County High School of the Arts.

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Felicity Jones and Anton Yelchin rehearsed extensively for a week before filming began.

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It was shot over four weeks, three of them in Los Angeles and one in London.

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Drake Doremus and co-writer Ben York Jones prepared a 50-page outline and then let the actors improvise from it.

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Paramount Vantage bought the film at the Sundance Film Festival for 4 million dollars.

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