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2011 | Todd
Best Narrative Feature | 2011 | Todd
Best Film | 2011 | Todd
Best Undistributed Film | 2011
Estelle Harris, Jason Alexander and Jerry Stiller were hired to do voice overs for the scenes where Mia Farrow and Christopher Walken sit stone-faced watching an unseen TV sitcom. Todd Solondz felt the "Costanzas" on the TV series "Seinfeld" were a sitcom version of the family he was depicting, but he couldn't afford to use audio clips from "Seinfeld."
Selma Blair was 5 months pregnant during the filming of the movie.
Mia Farrow came out of retirement to appear in the film. This was mainly because her son was a fan of Todd Solondz's work. She committed to the movie without reading the script. To date (2022) this remains Farrow's last film appearance.
The toy store Abe tries to return a defective toy to is clearly a Toys "R" Us, despite the logo being digitally blurred.
Selma Blair's character is essentially the same one that she played in Storytelling (2001).
"Abe: We're all horrible people. Humanity's a fucking cesspool. People look in the mirror every fucking day and lie to themselves, saying they're good or caring or loving, but deep down - not so deep down - they only care about themselves. People... People treat you like shit, every fucking day, and then they act like other people are shit... so they get a pet that's all cute and cuddly, but even an animal knows the hard, primal truth: It is all about what you want; and, if there's any kindness or generosity, it only comes after being well-fed, or having good sex, or knowing that you weren't wiped out like all the other suckers on Wall Street."
"Mahmoud: Abe, I know that life has been unfair to you because it has given you every possible advantage, so your feelings of inadequacy are endless and unrelenting."
