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Tadpole (2002)

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• The café where the three ladies meet and Diane introduces Oscar to her friends was also the location where director Gary Winick arranged a meeting with Sigourney Weaver before production, to play the part of Eve. After Weaver spoke to the restaurant owner, they agreed to let them use it in the film.
  
  
• During various unused takes, local residents Jerry Seinfeld, Joel Coen, and Frances McDormand happened to wander through the frame.
  
  
• Diane's apartment is actually Gary Winick's mother's apartment.
  
  

• The name "Tadpole" came from the game Pictionary. The whole film was shot in about two weeks.
  
  
• The film was criticized at the Sundance Festival for its poor technical quality. It was shot on video and suffered from blown out backgrounds, inconsistent color, poor night shots, etc.
  
  
• The film was shot in 14 days. Sigourney Weaver worked for 10 of those days.
  
  

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