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Mamet; Oscar field; ages; budget and gross; bar attempts; chessboard; tuna; ABA ranking; lounge album
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- David Mamet reportedly told the director this was the best American comedy ever written.
- Tomei’s supporting-actress opponents were Vanessa Redgrave for Howards End, Miranda Richardson for Damage, Judy Davis for Husbands and Wives and Joan Plowright for Enchanted April.
- Makeup and lighting reportedly minimized the stars’ age gap, provisionally estimated as Tomei in her twenties and Pesci in his late forties.
- The budget is reported as $11 million and the gross as $64 million.
- Launer reportedly built the idea from a lawyer who passed the bar on the thirteenth attempt and imagined what would happen if that lawyer represented someone.
- Pesci accidentally knocking over the chessboard while explaining his name was reportedly retained in the film.
- Macchio reportedly is asked to autograph tuna cans because the opening hinges on an inexpensive can.
- The ABA Journal reportedly ranked the film third among 25 legal films; Jonathan Lynn’s law degree is connected with his attention to legal detail.
- Pesci made a later lounge album as Vinny, recalled as Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just for You.