Goofs:
Continuity: Before Lester wakes up at the beginning of the movie, his slippers are pointing towards the bed and at an angle. When he gets out of bed, his slippers are in a position so that he can easily slip into them. (more)

Trivia:
Alan Ball originally intended to write a script about Amy Fisher, the "Long Island Lolita" who shot lover Joey Buttafuoco's wife Mary Jo Buttafuoco in 1992; but each successive draft of the script drifted farther away from that story, until it essentially disappeared. (more)

Filming Locations:
11388 Homedale Street, Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
Jane Burnham: I need a father who's a role model, not some horny geek-boy who's gonna spray his shorts whenever I bring a girlfriend home from school. What a lame-o. Someone really should just put him out of his misery.
Ricky Fitts: You want me to do it?
Jane Burnham: Yeah. Would you?
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Awards:
Won 5 Oscars. Another 83 wins & 74 nominations (more)