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-The Columbia Pictures logo at the start of the film is not the modern one, but the one in use in 1949, which is when the film is set.
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-Brad Pitt was offered the lead role but turned down.
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-The movie's title comes from the lyrics of a traditional American folk song.
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-At one time, director Mike Nichols was attached to the project.
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-Amongst those able to view Billy Bob Thornton's original cut, which ran for 3 hours 40 minutes, opinions were divided. Ben Affleck remarked that it was "brilliant, a masterpiece". Former Miramax marketing head Dennis Rice had this to say: "It was the most self-indulgent director's cut I'd ever seen. It was like torture to watch that movie."
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-Although Robert Patrick plays Matt Damon's father, he is only 12 years older than his 'son'.
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-Leonardo DiCaprio was considered for the role of John Grady Cole.