Where to watch Amélie (2001)

Trivia & production notes

• Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet originally wrote Amélie for English actress Emily Watson, with Amélie's father as an Englishman living in London, but rewrote the part for a French actress when Watson became unavailable due to scheduling conflicts with Gosford Park.
• Audrey Tautou was the first actress Jeunet auditioned for the role after seeing her on a poster for the 1999 film Venus Beauty Institute.
• The Café des 2 Moulins in Montmartre, where Amélie works as a waitress, is an actual functioning café in Paris.
• Filming took place from March 2 to July 7, 2000, with studio scenes shot in Cologne, Germany at MMC Studios Coloneum.
• Cannes Film Festival selector Gilles Jacob rejected Amélie from the festival, calling it uninteresting, though he had only viewed an early cut without music, causing controversy given the film's warm reception in France.
• Yann Tiersen composed the film's soundtrack, and a later Broadway musical adaptation by Dan Messe used entirely original music rather than Tiersen's score.
• Director Jeunet sold the rights to a musical adaptation solely to raise funds for the children's charity Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque, as he dislikes the musical theater form.
• A glass frog species discovered in Ecuador was named Cochranella amelie in honor of the film, with the scientist noting the film's focus on small details paralleling the importance of frogs to planetary health.
• The television series Pushing Daisies was intentionally designed with an Amélie aesthetic, with creator Bryan Fuller citing it as his favorite film and stating that the Amélie influence permeates the show.
• Audrey Tautou received César and BAFTA nominations for Best Actress for her performance in Amélie.

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