American Hustle (2013): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• When producer Charles Roven was asked if the budget was in the $40 to $50 million area, he responded, "I'd say that's a good zone".
• The production was set up at Columbia Pictures, with Charles Roven and Richard Suckle producing through Atlas Entertainment, which initially considered Ben Affleck to direct, before David O. Russell was ultimately signed.
• Russell rewrote Singer's screenplay, replacing the characters with caricatures of their respective real-life figures.
• It was written by Eric Warren Singer and Russell and inspired by the FBI Abscam operation of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
• Director David O. Russell released the teaser trailer for the film on July 31, 2013, and a theatrical trailer was released on October 9, 2013.
• Jennifer Lawrence plays the unpredictable wife of Bale's character.
• Principal photography started on March 8, 2013, and wrapped in May 2013.
• The film began as an Eric Warren Singer screenplay titled American Bullshit.
• The website's critical consensus reads: "Riotously funny and impeccably cast, American Hustle compensates for its flaws with unbridled energy and some of David O. Russell's most irrepressibly vibrant direction."
• Critic Christy Lemire awarded the film four stars out of four, praising David O. Russell's directing and the relationship between Irving and Sydney, as well as Jennifer Lawrence's portrayal of Rosalyn.
• Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film an A+, complimenting Bradley Cooper's performance and stating that American Hustle was "the best time I've had at the movies all year".
• Principal photography took place from March to May 2013 in Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts, as well as New York City.

Source: Wikipedia

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