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The film was shot in five locations in Brooklyn, Staten Island, Bronx, Manhattan and Queens.
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When the film started, the events of September 11 had just happened, but Spike Lee did not evasively mention September 11 in the film, but hoped to show the audience New York City after the disaster. Through a large French window in the film, The audience can even see bulldozers and workers working on the ruins.
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Tobey Maguire, who bought the rights to film the adaptation of the novel, wanted to star in the film at first, but he later chose "Spider-Man" and changed to the film's producer.
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Monty, played by Edward Norton, once said that he wanted to be a girl who could walk through the wall in "X-Men". In fact, Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, and Aaron Stanford who starred in this film He and Danya Lemiritz have both starred in the "X-Men" series of movies.
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Brittany Murphy was expected to play Mary in the film, but later quit.
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Alicia Keys was the first candidate to play Nachuli.
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Mundy has a 1967 "Blood behind bars" poster in the room.
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In the 5-minute bathroom monologue, Edward Norton said "Fuck" 40 times.
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Edward Norton said that all the chips he will star in "Red Dragon" have been invested in the film.
25th Hour behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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Kostya Novotny: [as he arrives late for the party] So how can you start this party without me?
Monty Brogan: Oh shut up, you fat Russian fuck!
Kostya Novotny: Fat UKRANIAN fuck!
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Mary D'Annunzio: I wanted to know why I got a B minus on my paper.
Jakob Elinsky: You got what you earned.
Mary D'Annunzio: Nobody else in that class can write! You know it! I know it! Everyone knows it!
Jakob Elinsky: Don't worry. You're not competing with them.
Mary D'Annunzio: Yeah. But I am. Okay. I am competing with them. When you apply for college, you might have heard of this, they look at these things called grades and if your grades aren't good enough...
Jakob Elinsky: Your grades are going to be fine.
Mary D'Annunzio: Vincent Phiscalla writes a story about his grandmother dying and you give him an A plus. And meanwhile, the night of the funeral, you wanna know where Rhodes Scholar Vince is? Getting smashed at a basketball party and slapping girls asses. I mean, what is that? A charity A+? You wanna know why everybody always writes about their grandmothers dying? It's not because it's so traumatic. It's because it's a guaranteed A+! And you sit there all sentimental "Oh, Vince it was very powerful, very moving." No, it wasn't. You didn't care. Nobody cared. That's what grandmothers do. They die!
Jakob Elinsky: Sometimes, guys have a hard time showing their emotions.
Mary D'Annunzio: So, slapping my ass is a way of mourning his dead grandmother?
Jakob Elinsky: [points to Mary's stomach] What did your mother say when you got that?
Mary D'Annunzio: Um, she said, "Where did you get the money for that?"
Jakob Elinsky: And?
Mary D'Annunzio: What did I say or did I get the money?
Jakob Elinsky: What did you say?
Mary D'Annunzio: I said, "He likes me."
Jakob Elinsky: Does he?
Mary D'Annunzio: No. Why do you care so much?
Jakob Elinsky: Just curious.
Mary D'Annunzio: So, you're not gonna change the grade?
Jakob Elinsky: No, I'm not going to change the grade.
Mary D'Annunzio: Great! You know what, this was a big waste of my time!
Jakob Elinsky: Wait!