FILM · 2008

Sunshine Cleaning

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1. #001

   The producers said in interviews that their story was based on a 2001 National Public Radio "All Things Considered" report about two women who started a biohazard removal and cleaning service in the Seattle suburbs. They are not sisters but best friends.

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2. #002

   The vacuum cleaner and cleaning supplies store is the same establishment as Best Quality Vacuum, the front business run by the character Robert Forster played in both Breaking Bad (2008) and El Camino (2019). The actual location on 4th Street in Albuquerque is a furniture store.

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3. #003

   A kissing scene between Norah (Emily Blunt) and Lynn (Mary Lynn Rajskub) was filmed but cut from the finished film.

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4. #004

   The original screenplay shows Norah working for the Gorilla Foundation in Nevada a month after leaving home.

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5. #005

   The three lead actors, Amy Adams, Emily Blunt and Alan Arkin, later appeared in The Muppets (2011).

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6. #006

   This is the second of two films starring Alan Arkin with the word "Sunshine" in the title. The first was Little Miss Sunshine (2006).

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7. #007

   Paul Dooley also played a used car salesman in the 1979 film Breaking Away.

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8. #008

   The cast includes one Oscar winner, Alan Arkin, and two Oscar nominees, Amy Adams and Emily Blunt.

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9. #009

   Three actors in the film share the initials "A. A.": Amy Adams, Alan Arkin and Anya Alyassin.

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10. #010

    Amy Adams and Emily Blunt appeared in Charlie Wilson's War (2007).

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