(500) Days of Summer

(500) Days of Summer (2009)

Timing: 1:35 (95 min)

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Release date

2009-07-17

Country

United States

Production

Dune Entertainment III, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Watermark Pictures

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Budget

$7 500 000

Revenue

$60 781 545

Website

https://www.foxmovies.com/movies/500-days-of-summer

Director

Marc Webb

Actors

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Geoffrey Arend, Chloë Grace Moretz, Matthew Gray Gubler, Clark Gregg, Patricia Belcher, Rachel Boston, Minka Kelly, Charles Walker
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Scenario

Michael H. Weber, Scott Neustadter

Producer

Steven J. Wolfe, Mason Novick, Mark Waters, Jessica Tuchinsky

Operator

Eric Steelberg

Composer

Mychael Danna

Artist

Audition

Eyde Belasco

Editing

Alan Edward Bell
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• The color scheme of "500 Days of Summer" was specifically chosen to complement Zooey Deschanel's bright blue eyes.
• When Tom Hansen (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) approaches the car, he sees not himself in the reflection, but Han Solo (Harrison Ford, footage from Star Wars).
• The chess game scene from the film that Tom watches in the cinema on day 314 is a reference to Ingmar Bergman's "The Seventh Seal" (1957).
• The song Tom performs at karaoke is "Here Comes Your Man" by Pixies.
• The film Tom and Summer watch in the cinema is "The Graduate" (1967), starring Dustin Hoffman and Katharine Ross. The narrator also mentions this film at the beginning while describing Tom.
• The scene where Tom and Summer are sitting at a table, which Tom watches in the cinema on day 314, is a reference to Ingmar Bergman's film "Persona" (1966).
• When Tom receives an email from Summer on day 303, you can notice the date May 7, 2008, although at the beginning of the film it is said that Tom met Summer on January 8, that is, day 303 is November 6.
• At the beginning of the film, a certain Jenny Beckman is mentioned. This is a real woman with whom one of the screenwriters – Scott Neustadter – broke up some time ago (in reality, she simply left him). She served as the prototype for Summer, played by Zooey Deschanel, and the film's script is based on the story of their relationship with Neustadter.
• The film studio's management did not intend to include a documentary about love in the film and even ordered director Marc Webb not to shoot it. They were only persuaded otherwise by the audience's reaction during the film's first screening.
• The chess game scene from the film that Tom watches in the cinema on day 314 is a reference to Ingmar Bergman's 'The Seventh Seal' (1957).
• The film that Tom and Summer watch in the cinema is 'The Graduate' (1967), starring Dustin Hoffman and Katharine Ross. The narrator also mentions this film at the beginning when describing Tom.
• The scene where Tom and Summer are sitting at a table, which Tom watches in the cinema on day 314, is a reference to Ingmar Bergman's 'Persona' (1966).