Trivia
-About 8 minutes in, just before Tommy (Steve Buscemi) drives up to the garage where he has dialogue with Johnny the mechanic (John Ventimiglia) about his car's problem, he passes a parking lot. Walking towards the lot are three men wearing dark suits walking together in the distance. It was originally thought of as Buscemi's homage to his first big movie role, Reservoir Dogs (1992), but when asked, Buscemi said it was just a coincidence.
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-Steve Buscemi once was an actual ice cream truck driver on the streets where his character is shown driving such a truck.
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-Shot over a period of 24 days.
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-After the original Trees Lounge shut down, Steve Buscemi bought the sign and restored it to use for him movie, although he was not able to use it. He then gave it to a woman who worked at Trees Lounge for 40 years.
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-Steve Buscemi's brother Michael Buscemi and son Lucian Buscemi appear in the film. Buscemi's father also appears as well although he is only in the background.
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-David Chase used the same casting directors, Georgianne Walken and Sheila Jaffe, in Les Soprano (1999) after seeing this film. Michael Imperioli (Christopher Moltisanti), John Ventimiglia (Artie Bucco), Suzanne Shepherd (Mary De Angelis) and Elizabeth Bracco (Marie Spatafore) went on to appear in The Sopranos.
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-John Costelloe was originally cast as Matthew.