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The Station Agent (2003)

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• Peter Dinklage is a vegetarian; the beef jerky he eats in the film was actually made of tofu.
  
  
• Distribution rights acquired by Miramax for around $1.5 million.
  
  
• The book that Joe reads is "All Quiet On The Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque.
  
  

• In the hospital waiting room near the end of the film, Joe can be seen reading Robert Evans' autobiography "The Kid Stays in the Picture."
  
  
• All the artwork seen in Olivia Harris' house was painted and provided by actress Jessalyn Gilsig, writer/director 'Thomas McCarthy' 's friend and co-star during their run in TV show "Boston Public" (2000).
  
  
• Thomas McCarthy wrote the three main roles directly for the actors who ended up playing them. McCarthy has stated in interviews that at the time of writing he was friends with Peter Dinklage, an acquaintance and a colleague of Bobby Cannavale and almost a complete stranger to Patricia Clarkson.
  
  
• Such were the budgetary constraints on this 20-day shoot, Patricia Clarkson's modified trailer - a windowless contraption - had originally been used for transporting horses.
  
  

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