Joy - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Joy or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Joy

[liam]

Diane Ladd was decided to be the narrator of the story after she had already filmed all her scenes.

[albert]

In loving memory of four people who all passed away in the year "Joy" was released: Burton Brand, Bertil Sandgren, Sharon Baumgarten Maifeld and Lt. Calvin C. Madsen.

[cameron]

The film cast includes two Oscar winners: Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro; and three Oscar nominees: Bradley Cooper, Diane Ladd, and Virginia Madsen.

[claude]

This is the third David O. Russell film in which Jennifer Lawrence has played a character significantly older than she is in real-life. In Silver Linings Playbook (2012), her character, Tiffany (who was in her forties in the source novel) was married for several years, putting her in her mid-to-late twenties. Lawrence was 21 during filming. In American Hustle (2013), Rosalyn's real-life counterpart was in her forties, and had been a mother for several years. Joy Mangano didn't start selling her inventions until she was 30. Lawrence was 25 during filming.

[marc]

Working title was "Kay's Baptism".

[duane]

Filming took place in Boston and Haverhill, Massachusetts. In July 2015, downtown Haverhill was transformed into 1980's Dallas, Texas. The Dallas Music Center from the movie was the former home of the Haverhill Music Center. David O. Russell's previous film, American Hustle (2013), was filmed in various locations around the state, notably Worcester.

[sara]

Final film of Ken Howard.

[ella]

Despite earlier reports, this movie is not a biography of Joy Mangano. Annie Mumolo's original script was based on Mangano, an Italian-American inventor and entrepreneur known for inventions such as the self-wringing Miracle Mop and Huggable Hangers. She is the President of Ingenious Designs, appears regularly on U.S. television shopping channel HSN, and holds more than 100 patents. When David O. Russell came onto the project, he added many more supporting characters, and interwove Mangano's original biography with stories of other women changing their lives. Russell admitted he was in no hurry to meet Mangano in real-life during filming, because he wanted to make the movie his own way. He only spoke to Mangano on the phone. Joy's last name is never mentioned in the film, and she is not a native of Smithtown, New York, on Long Island's north shore.

[ruby]

The fourth collaboration between Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. They previously starred together in Silver Linings Playbook (2012), American Hustle (2013), and Serena (2014).

[ronnie]

Isabella Rossellini and Diane Ladd appeared in Wild at Heart (1990).

[richard]

Drena De Niro had a small role in the film.

[liam]

Under David O. Russell's direction, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, and Jennifer Lawrence have all been nominated for Academy Awards. Lawrence won for Silver Linings Playbook (2012).

[gerald]

Elisabeth Röhm was cast as Jennifer Lawrence's sister, making this the second collaboration between her, Jennifer, Bradley Cooper, and Robert De Niro under David O. Russell's direction.

[jamie]

First film produced by Annapurna Pictures to receive a PG-13 rating, and 12A in the UK.

[russell]

Jennifer Lawrence and Elisabeth Röhm appeared in American Hustle (2013), playing two women who hit it off and become friends. At one point, Dolly (Elisabeth) has to calm Rosalyn (Jennifer) down when she acts out and nearly ruins everything. Here, their roles are inverted, playing sisters who hate each other, with Elisabeth Röhm playing the brat, and Jennifer Lawrence the level-headed one.

[lena]

Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro appeared in Limitless (2011), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), and American Hustle (2013).

[jim]

The first film for which Jennifer Lawrence earned an Oscar nomination that was not also nominated for Best Picture.

[eli]

Robert De Niro's and David O. Russell's third film together.

[terry]

David O. Russell's and Bradley Cooper's third film together.