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1. #001

   Robin Williams initially planned to take a small role as a favor to writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait, a close friend since the days they performed stand-up comedy together, but he was so impressed by the script that he asked to play the lead instead.

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2. #002

   The newspaper vendor who hugs Lance is Novoselic, a rock musician best known as the bassist of Nirvana. It is also known that Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain died by suicide and that writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait was a close friend of Cobain.

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3. #003

   While Dr. Pentola hands out copies of Kyle's book "You Don't Know Me," two pages of the book are briefly shown. The pages actually shown are two pages of Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis."

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4. #004

   The following classic films are each mentioned in a single scene: The Birdcage (1996), starring Robin Williams, Sweet Charity (1969), All That Jazz (1979), Cabaret (1972), The Sound of Music (1965), Star 80 (1983), Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and Young Frankenstein (1974).

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5. #005

   Robin Williams, Bobcat Goldthwait and Tom Kenny all appeared in the film Shakes the Clown (1991).

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6. #006

   At the end of the film, Robin Williams dives naked into a pool. There is a nearly frontal shot of him swimming toward the surface that recalls the artwork of Nirvana's Nevermind album. It is also striking that, just as Robin Williams's character is lured by money, the image also shows a baby being lured by money. His character also changes his story by telling the truth, ultimately hinting at the idea "Nevermind." There may also be a pun meaning that the words in the note and the diary never left his mind. In addition, Nirvana bandmate Krist Novoselic appears in a cameo as the newspaper vendor who hugs Lance.

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7. #007

   Writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait and actor Geoff Pierson (the lead actor) appeared together in the television series Unhappily Ever After (1995).

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8. #008

   Tim Allen turned down the role of Lance.

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9. #009

   Mel Gibson, Will Ferrell, Mike Myers, Matthew Broderick, Dennis Quaid, Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Jim Carrey, George Clooney, John Travolta, Bryan Cranston, Richard Gere, Tom Hanks and Robert De Niro were considered for the role of Lance.

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10. #010

    This is the second film in which Daryl Sabara's character dies. The other was Halloween (2007).

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11. #011

    It was released at the time David Carradine died of autoerotic asphyxiation.

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