The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

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1. #001

   During a bedside conversation with his son, Henry says his tombstone will read "1951-2014" and that what matters is not the dates but the dash. Coincidentally, Robin Williams (Henry) was born in 1951 and died in 2014.

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2. #002

   James Earl Jones, who plays the stuttering counter clerk, actually had a stutter himself, just like his character.

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3. #003

   Henry's prediction proves correct, as Robin Williams would die by hanging himself three months after the film's release.

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4. #004

   The film marks Phil Alden Robinson's return to directing after a twelve-year absence.

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5. #005

   The film is a remake of the Israeli film Mr. Baum (1997), directed, written by and starring Assi Dayan, the son of Israeli general and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan.

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6. #006

   "Alt" means old in German. Ironically, neither Altman nor his son lives long enough to become "old men," as their surname also implies.

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7. #007

   Sharon Gill (Mila Kunis) says her parents are from Wisconsin. Kunis's character Jackie Burkhardt on That '70s Show (1998) is also from there.

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8. #008

   Four of the cast members appeared in Disney films: Robin Williams was the Genie in Aladdin (1992); Mila Kunis was the Wicked Witch in Oz the Great and Powerful (2013); James Earl Jones played Mufasa in The Lion King (1994); and Richard Kind appeared in A Bug's Life (1998) and Inside Out (2015).

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9. #009

   Robin Williams and James Earl Jones both played the Genie in adaptations of the tale of "Aladdin": Williams in Aladdin (1992) and Jones in Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1986).

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