Say Anything...

Say Anything... (1989)

Timing: 1:40 (100 min)

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Release date

1989-04-14

Country

United States

Production

20th Century Fox, Gracie Films

Genre

Romance, Comedy, Drama

Budget

$16 000 000

Revenue

$21 515 196

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Director

Cameron Crowe

Actors

John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney, Lili Taylor, Amy Brooks, Pamela Adlon, Jason Gould, Loren Dean, Johnny Green, Jeremy Piven
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Scenario

Producer

Polly Platt, Paul Germain, James L. Brooks

Operator

László Kovács

Composer

Anne Dudley

Artist

Bruce Crone

Audition

Randy Stone

Editing

Richard Marks
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• In addition to Ioan Gruffudd for the role of Diane Court, Jennifer Connelly was also considered.
• According to producer James L. Brooks, the idea for the film came to him on the street when he saw a man walking with his daughter. Brooks then wondered what would happen if the father committed a crime.
• Director Cameron Crowe could not find a suitable love song for his film until he heard Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes." In response to the request to use the song in the film, Gabriel asked to be sent a rough cut of the future film. After watching it, the singer agreed to provide the song, as he liked the film. He only lamented that the main character of the film dies in the finale from a drug overdose. Only then did Crowe realize that Gabriel had mistakenly been sent a copy of the biographical film about John Belushi, "Stress" (1989).
• Initially, Lawrence Kasdan was credited as the director of the film, but he left the project.
• In one episode, Lloyd (John Cusack) drives past a cinema showing the film 'The Coil' (1987), in which Cusack also starred.
• Robert Downey Jr. turned down the lead role, and it almost went to Kirk Cameron. Christian Slater also auditioned for it.
• In addition to Ioan Gruffudd for the role of Diane Court, Jennifer Connelly was also considered.
• According to producer James L. Brooks, the idea for the film came to him on the street when he saw a man walking with his daughter. Brooks then had the thought: what would happen if a father committed a crime?
• Director Cameron Crowe couldn't find a suitable love song for his film until he heard Peter Gabriel's “In Your Eyes.” In response to a request to allow the use of the song in the film, Gabriel asked to be sent a rough cut of the future film. After watching it, the singer agreed to provide the song because he liked the film. He only lamented that the main character of the film dies in the finale from a drug overdose. Only then did Crowe realize that Gabriel had mistakenly been sent a copy of the biographical film about John Belushi, “Wired” (1989).