50/50
It takes a pair to beat the odds.
Country
Budget
$8 000 000
Box office
$41 097 853
Website
Director
Actors
Scenario
Will Reiser
Producer
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Ben Karlin, Nathan Kahane, Will Reiser
Camera operator
Terry Stacey
Composer
Artist
Annie Spitz
Audition
Editing
Zene Baker
Whole Team (50)
Whole Team (50)
Short description
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
What's left behind the scenes
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt actually shaved his head completely during filming. The scene was entirely improvised by him and Seth Rogen, as it was not written in the script.
- Adam, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, is based on screenwriter Will Reiser, who managed to recover from cancer. Seth Rogen (who played Kyle) helped Reiser cope with the illness. It was Rogen who convinced Reiser to write the script for this movie.
- Summit Entertainment insisted on a kiss between the characters played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anna Kendrick at the end of the film. However, both the actors and the filmmakers decided that it would be superfluous, as they believed the film should be about a person with cancer, not a love story.
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt actually shaved his head bald during filming. The scene was completely improvised by him and Seth Rogen, as it was not written in the script.
- James McAvoy was originally cast as Adam, but he declined to participate in the project. A week before filming was scheduled to begin, Seth Rogen called Joseph Gordon-Levitt to offer him the role, and he agreed two days before filming started.
- Bryce Dallas Howard came up with the movie's title. Initially, the crew was skeptical of the suggestion, but the title eventually caught on. The film was originally intended to be titled 'I Have Cancer'.
- Summit Entertainment insisted on a kiss between Joseph Gordon-Levitt's and Anna Kendrick's characters at the end of the film. However, both the actors and the filmmakers decided it would be unnecessary, as they believed it should be a movie about a person with cancer, not a love story.
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