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Best Narrative Feature | 2006 | Jake
Budget 2,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 265,198 USD
Sigourney Weaver's character was written as a man. It wasn't until late in pre-production that it was decided that the studio executive role could actually be a woman instead. Still, no line was re-written for the gender change, although at one point she politely kisses a male associate at work. Even the name Lenny was kept.
The role of Lenny was written with Ben Stiller in mind.
In this movie, Sigourney Weaver plays a television network president. Weaver's father, Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. (aka Pat Weaver), was for many years president of NBC; this movie's writer/director, Jake Kasdan, was a producer and writer on Freaks and Geeks (1999), which aired on NBC (albeit many years after Pat Weaver's retirement).
Ashley Dyke's debut.
"Mike: If I don't worry about the content in my show, then I'm part of the problem. I'm making the world more mediocre! Alice: I think that you're overstating the situation just a little bit. Mike: But you've never seen "Taxi Driver"! Alice: I am going to rent "The Taxi Driver", okay?"
"Richard McCallister: [Re scheduling] Why not "The Wexler Chronicles"? Lenny: Against "Infidelity 101"? We'll get killed. Richard McCallister: Well, we'll do better than we will with "Cheating Heart." You said so yourself, Lenny. "Sex will always beat disgusting foods. But in a fight between sex and sex, the sexier show will win," and they have the sexier show. Seems to me that the only way to counter them is to go with an actual scripted story with characters and... *stories* and things. If only for the 35-and-ups. At least we'll do some kind of number. Vernon Maxwell: It's an interesting thought, Lenny. FDrom an ad sales perspective, we'll take the high-end cars, the insurance companies. Exec. #3: Uh, maybe pharmaceuticals, even? Lenny: Yeah. It's just so fucking artsy and... [disgustedly] Lenny: smart. Vernon Maxwell: Well, I'm sure you'll rein it in."
