FILM 1621: THE ACCOUNTANT
TRIVIA: While for movie effect the
script calls out the repeated use of the number '3' as an indicator of
fraudulent numbers, the theory behind fraudulent number detection is known as
Benford's law. The law states that in numbers such as account transactions the
probability of a number occurring naturally drops as one moves from smaller
numbers to the larger numbers following a logarithmic scale. This law has been
successfully used to detect fraudulent accounting transactions.
The paintings featured in the story
are: "Woman with Parasol and Child" by Renoir, 1874, "A Friend
in Need" (Dogs Playing Poker) by Cassius Coolidge, 1903, and "Free
Form" by Jackson Pollock, 1946.
Anna Kendrick based
her character on her mother, a real accountant who went over the script and
explained the math to her daughter.
Ben Affleck has
stated that this is one of his top 5 personal favourite performances. This list
also includes Batman in the DCEU, Holden McNeil in Chasing Amy (1997),
Tony Mendes in Argo (2012), & Chucky from Good Will Hunting
(1997).
In the hotel room, Dana reveals
that in order to get the money to buy a Vera Wang gown, she
taught herself how to play blackjack and to count cards to determine the chance
to win a hand. In real life, Ben Affleck is known to be such a cunning poker and blackjack
card player that he was barred from several casinos not because he cheats but
because of his well-known habit of card-counting - legit but too much for them.
The screenplay for this film was
featured in the 2011 Blacklist, a list of the "most liked" unmade
scripts of the year.
The martial art mainly on display
is a variety of malay Silat as also seen in The Raid movies.
While it might seem odd for a
strong box filled with gold and other valuables to include a copy of
"Action Comics #1" (1938) comic book, in fact this issue is valued at
over $4 million dollars in mint condition.
This was originally envisioned with
Mel Gibson
starring, with Joel Coen and Ethan Coen directing.
Throughout the film, Ben Affleck's
character recites the rhyme "Solomon Grundy" to calm himself down. In
the DC comics, Solomon Grundy is a zombie whose "life" is structured
around this rhyme.
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