Say Anything... - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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

[stephanie]

Cameron Crowe: and wife Nancy Wilson as pedestrians in front of the mall as Lloyd passes by while recalling the site of their first "date".

[kim]

Cameron Crowe said in an interview, "Few people know this, but Stone Gossard is actually in Say Anything... (1989) He plays a cab driver, and Ione Skye looks at him and kind of flirts with him a little bit as they're stuck in traffic on her way to graduation."

[bessie]

Cameron Crowe commissioned The Smithereens to write the movie's theme song. They came up with "A Girl Like You." Crowe thought the lyrics were too leading (they outline the entire plot), so he rejected it in favor of Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes". "A Girl Like You" was included in their next album, "11", and in the movie Backdraft (1991).

[manuel]

On April 30, 2019, this film had a 30th anniversary screening at the Tribeca Film Festival, with Cameron Crowe, James L. Brooks, and Ione Skye in attendance. When the film ended, they were joined on a discussion panel by John Cusack via Skype - he was originally going to be at the screening in person, but could not make it due to work on the first season of Utopia (2020). During the panel, Mr. Crowe revealed that before casting John Mahoney as James Court, Dick Van Dyke expressed interest in the role, to the point where he met with Mr. Crowe and Mr. Brooks to discuss the screenplay. Mr Crowe also stated that early on in the casting process for that part, the production sent the screenplay to Richard Dreyfuss, who after reading it sent back a note to Mr. Crowe that read as follows: "Great script, want to play Lloyd."

[lena]

After breaking up with Diane, Lloyd Dobler drives past Bob's Java Jive, a coffee pot-shaped building in Tacoma. Opened in 1927 as the Coffee Pot Restaurant, it was bought by Bob Radonich in 1955 and converted into a music club and dive bar. Many rock bands have played at Java Jive over the years, including the Tacoma-based band, The Ventures, which served as the house band in the early 1960s. The Ventures went on to become the top-selling instrumental guitar band in rock & roll history, with hits like "Walk Don't Run" and "The Theme from Hawaii 5-0."

[tom]

Lloyd and Diane's school appears to be based on The Lakeside School, a very prestigious private school in Seattle. In the movie, the school is called Lakewood, and its mascot is a rooster, not a lion. In Lloyd's first phone conversation with Diane, John Cusack mentions that at his annual party, Lloyd "dresses up as the Lakeside rooster."

[liam]

The exchange between Lloyd and Jason about an album titled "Hey Soul Classics" is a reference to a TV commercial that aired frequently in the 1980s. "Hey Love" was a compilation of 1970s R&B songs that was sold on TV. A line from the commercial, "No, my brother. You've got to buy your own," became a catchphrase at the time.

[javier]

Lois Chiles: Diane's mother.

[cassandra]

Takes place in Seattle which is later the backdrop for Frasier (1993) with two cast members John Mahoney and Bebe Neuwirth

[lynn]

Both actors in the famous boom box scene were filmed separately. Cusack held the boom box in the middle of a park in North Hollywood across from a 7-Eleven.

[amber]

When Lloyd (John Cusack) drives along 45th street in Seattle, he passes the Guild 45th Theatre, which is showing Tapeheads (1988), in which Cusack also appeared.

[lynn]

The original Australian VHS release through CBS Fox features an early Simpsons short.

[brent]

John Cusack put a scar on his right eyebrow for his character, Lloyd. He says that the backstory is that someone threw a rock at Lloyd when he was a kid.

[albert]

Stone Gossard, the cabby at the beginning of the film that Dianne flirts with, appeared in another Cameron Crowe movie, Singles, as a member of a band called Citizen Dick.

[javier]

During the the iconic scene of Lloyd holding the boombox over his head, the actually song being played during the filming was reportedly "Turn the Other Way" by Fishbone. "In Your Eyes" was added in post-production.

[camila]

American rock band Say Anything is named in reference to this film, with frontman Max Bemis stating it was a favorite of his growing up.

[nina]

Lawrence Kasdan was originally set to direct, but dropped out.

[jessica]

Bebe Neuwirth's film debut.

[caroline]

Cameron Crowe originally scripted the iconic boom box song to as "To Be A Lover" by Billy Idol.