FILM 1959: WIDOWS

FILM 1959: WIDOWS

TRIVIA: This was Steve McQueen's first feature film that did not have Michael Fassbender in the cast.

According to Steve McQueen, Colin Farrell and Robert DuVall improvised many of their scenes.

The West Highland terrier featured in this film also appeared in Game Night (2018).

The film is based on the 1983 British TV series Widows (1983).

Ann Mitchell was also in the original British TV series.

FILM 1448: THE JUDGE

TRIVIA: Someone rhetorically mentions Atticus Finch. A reference to To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), which was Robert Duvall's screen debut, playing Boo Radley.

The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2012 Blacklist; a list of the "most liked" unmade scripts of the year.

First feature release from "Team Downey", Robert Downey Jr. and wife Susan Downey's production company.

Vera Farmiga and Robert Downey Jr. play characters who are supposed to be the same age but she is 8 years younger than him. Leighton Meester who plays Farmiga's daughter is just 13 younger than Farmiga while Sarah Lancaster who plays Downey's wife is 15 younger than him.