Yes Man

One Word Can Change Everything.
Yes Man (2008)
Timing: 1:44 (104 min)
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Budget
$70 000 000
Box office
$223 241 637
Director
Scenario
Producer
Richard D. Zanuck, David Heyman, Bruce Berman, Marty P. Ewing, Dana Goldberg
Camera operator
Composer
Lyle Workman
Artist
Andrew Laws
Audition
David Rubin, Richard Hicks

Short description

Carl Allen has stumbled across a way to shake free of post-divorce blues and a dead-end job: embrace life and say yes to everything.

What's left behind the scenes

  • The ringtone on Carl's phone and the song playing while Carl is riding his motorcycle is the track 'Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)' by the band Journey.
  • When Pete calls Karl on the phone and then comes to see him, Karl is watching the film “Saw” (2004).
  • During the filming of the bar scene, Jim Carrey broke three ribs.
  • Jim Carrey performed the bungee jump from the bridge himself.
  • Jim Carrey performed the bungee jump from the same bridge used by the characters of the series 'Scrubs' (2001-2010) in one of its episodes.
  • The ringtone on Karl's phone and the song playing while Karl rides his motorcycle is the Journey song – “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart).”
  • Jim Carrey broke three ribs while filming the bar scene.
  • Jim Carrey performed the jump from the bridge with a harness himself.
  • Jim Carrey performed the rope jump from the same bridge as the characters in the series “Scrubs” (2001-2010) in one of the episodes.
  • Jim Carrey specifically began studying the Korean language with teacher John Song for the role, in order to realistically portray a high level of proficiency in the language in the film.
  • The film is based on the biographical book by Danny Wallace, a British writer, producer, and journalist, who spent 6 months answering only "YES." The writer himself appeared in an episodic role in the "bachelorette party" scene.
  • The lead actors, Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel, were born on the same day, January 17th.
  • Jim Carrey declined a 'standard' fee for the movie and agreed to a 'percentage' of the box office earnings.
  • When Pete calls Carl's phone and later visits him, Carl is watching the movie 'Saw' (2004).
  • Specifically for the role, Jim Carrey began studying Korean with teacher John Song to realistically portray a high level of proficiency in the language in the film.
  • The film is based on a biographical book by Danny Wallace, a British writer, producer, and journalist who spent six months answering only 'YES'. The writer himself appeared in a cameo role during the 'bachelorette party' scene.
  • The fight scene near the bar takes place in the same location as the fight with the bullies in the film “Bruce Almighty” (2003).
  • The fight scene outside the bar takes place in the same location as the fight with the thugs in the movie 'Bruce Almighty' (2003).
  • Jim Carrey declined a 'standard' fee for the film and agreed to a 'percentage' of the box office revenue.

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