FILM 1671: THE DISCOVERY

TRIVIA: Charlie McDowell directs his girlfriend Rooney Mara and his mother Mary Steenburgen in this film.

The film was originally written to take place in a sleepy rural town area. Director Charlie McDowel and his team eventually rewrote the movie to fit the Newport, Rhode Island location because of how much they fell in love with the visuals in the area.

FILM 1236: DEFENDING YOUR LIFE

TRIVIA: In a scene set in a comedy club, a terrible comedian performs a roast-style comedy act. This comedian asks Daniel (writer/director lead Albert Brooks) how Daniel died. Daniel says "on stage, like you." Daniel later jokes that he can't leave before the end of the act because the guy on stage is his father. "No, I'm kidding. That would be so sad for me." This entire interaction is a dark and elaborate in-joke. Albert Brooks' father, Harry Parke, actually was a comedian who died on stage at the Friar's Club, just after he finished his roast style comedy routine.

The trams used throughout the film are older ones from Universal Studios Hollywood.

The name of the purgatory-like place was "Judgment City".