Where to watch As Good as It Gets (1997)
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A rude, isolated author, a hardworking single mother, and a gay artist become connected after the artist is attacked during a robbery. As circumstances bring them into closer contact, their uneasy relationship challenges each person’s habits, defenses, and assumptions.
Cast: Helen Hunt, Jack Nicholson, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr., Shirley Knight, Jesse James, Yeardley Smith, Lupe Ontiveros, Skeet Ulrich, Harold Ramis, Lawrence Kasdan, Bibi Osterwald
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Trivia & production notes
- Geoffrey Rush was flown from Sydney to Los Angeles in 1996 to audition for the role of Simon Bishop, and James L. Brooks offered him the part, but Rush turned it down.
- Betty White declined a role in the film because it featured a scene with a dog being thrown into a trash chute.
- Owen Wilson served as an associate producer on the film, marking one of his first jobs in Hollywood.
- Jack Nicholson and director James L. Brooks clashed over Nicholson's performance of Melvin, causing production to halt while they worked out the correct tone for the character.
- The paintings featured in the film were created by New York City artist Billy Sullivan.
- The film is Jack Nicholson's second-highest-earning film of his career, behind only Batman.
- As Good as It Gets opened at number three at the box office, behind Titanic and Tomorrow Never Dies, earning $12.6 million in its opening weekend.
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