Side Effects

Side Effects (2013)

Timing: 1:46 (106 min)

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Video 6

Photo 83

Actors and characters

Release date

2013-02-07

Country

United States

Production

di Bonaventura Pictures, Endgame Entertainment

Genre

Thriller, Crime, Drama

Budget

$30 000 000 000

Revenue

$63 372 757 000

Website

http://www.sideeffectsmayvary.com

Director

Steven Soderbergh

Actors

Rooney Mara, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Channing Tatum, Vinessa Shaw, Ann Dowd, Polly Draper, David Costabile, Mamie Gummer, Scott Shepherd
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Scenario

Producer

Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Scott Z. Burns, Gregory Jacobs, Douglas Hansen, Adi Shankar, Spencer Silna, Michael Polaire, James D. Stern

Operator

Steven Soderbergh

Composer

Thomas Newman

Artist

Barbra Matis, Anne Goelz

Audition

Carmen Cuba

Editing

Steven Soderbergh
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• Emily Blunt, Olivia Wilde, Imogen Poots, Alice Eve, Amanda Seyfried, and Michelle Williams were all considered for the lead role. Blake Lively was cast, but was later replaced by Rooney Mara.
• Justin Timberlake was considered for the role that went to Channing Tatum.
• Steven Soderbergh considered Lindsay Lohan for the role of Emily and held three auditions for her. However, producers believed that her current legal troubles could disrupt the production process.
• Screenwriter Scott Z. Burns, who worked with Soderbergh on 'The Informant!' and 'Contagion,' had been developing the idea for the film for over 10 years.
• In the subway, an advertisement poster for the antidepressant 'Ablixa' features actress Alexa Brown.
• Steven Soderbergh revealed that he was strongly influenced by Adrian Lyne's work on 'Fatal Attraction' (1987) while making the film.
• In the final scene, the main character walks into the office while it's raining outside. But when she's already in the office, her umbrella is dry.
• At the beginning of the film, the operator and camera are reflected in the car window.
• The film states that Dr. Banks studied medicine at Durham University in the UK. This university does not have a medical school.
• When Martin Tyler's (Channing Tatum) body is shown in a body bag, it's noticeable that it's a different actor.
• Justin Timberlake was considered for the role that went to Channing Tatum.
• Screenwriter Scott Z. Burns, who worked with Soderbergh on "The Informant!" and "Contagion", had been developing the idea for the film for over 10 years.
• The antidepressant "Ablixa" poster in the subway features actress Alexa Braun.
• Steven Soderbergh said that the work of Adrian Lyne on "Fatal Attraction" (1987) had a strong influence on him while creating the film.