(500) Days of Summer
This is not a love story. This is a story about love.
Country
Budget
$7 500 000
Box office
$60 722 734
Director
Actors
Scenario
Michael H. Weber, Scott Neustadter
Producer
Steven J. Wolfe, Mason Novick, Mark Waters, Jessica Tuchinsky
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Laura Fox
Audition
Eyde Belasco
Editing
Alan Edward Bell
Whole Team (38)
Whole Team (38)
Short description
Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom rediscovers his true passions in life.
What's left behind the scenes
- The color scheme of "500 Days of Summer" was specifically chosen to complement Zooey Deschanel's bright blue eyes.
- When Tom Hansen (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) approaches the car, he sees not himself in the reflection, but Han Solo (Harrison Ford, footage from Star Wars).
- The song Tom performs at karaoke is "Here Comes Your Man" by Pixies.
- When Tom receives an email from Summer on day 303, you can notice the date May 7, 2008, although at the beginning of the film it is said that Tom met Summer on January 8, that is, day 303 is November 6.
- At the beginning of the film, a certain Jenny Beckman is mentioned. This is a real woman with whom one of the screenwriters – Scott Neustadter – broke up some time ago (in reality, she simply left him). She served as the prototype for Summer, played by Zooey Deschanel, and the film's script is based on the story of their relationship with Neustadter.
- The film studio's management did not intend to include a documentary about love in the film and even ordered director Marc Webb not to shoot it. They were only persuaded otherwise by the audience's reaction during the film's first screening.
- The chess game scene from the film that Tom watches in the cinema on day 314 is a reference to Ingmar Bergman's 'The Seventh Seal' (1957).
- The film that Tom and Summer watch in the cinema is 'The Graduate' (1967), starring Dustin Hoffman and Katharine Ross. The narrator also mentions this film at the beginning when describing Tom.
- The scene where Tom and Summer are sitting at a table, which Tom watches in the cinema on day 314, is a reference to Ingmar Bergman's 'Persona' (1966).
- The color palette of "(500) Days of Summer" was specifically chosen to complement Zooey Deschanel's bright blue eyes.
- The chess game scene from the movie Tom watches in the cinema on day 314 is a reference to the film 'The Seventh Seal' (1957).
- The movie Tom and Summer watch in the cinema is 'The Graduate' (1967), starring Dustin Hoffman and Katharine Ross. The narrator also mentions this film at the beginning while describing Tom.
- The scene where Tom and Summer are sitting at a table, which Tom watches in the cinema on day 314, is a reference to Ingmar Bergman's film 'Persona' (1966).
- A certain Jenny Beckman is mentioned at the beginning of the film. She is a real person who had broken up with one of the screenwriters, Scott Neustadter, some time ago (in reality, she simply left him). She served as the prototype for Summer, played by Zooey Deschanel, and the film's script is based on the story of her relationship with Neustadter.
- The studio executives did not intend to include the documentary about love in the film and even told director Marc Webb not to film it. Only the audience's reaction during the first preview convinced the management to change their minds.
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