The film was shot on location in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts.
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Writer-director David Mamet often uses the same actors and crew, including William H. Macy, with whom he first collaborated 35 years before STATE AND MAIN, and Rebecca Pidgeon, Mamet's wife.
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There are a few surprises for those who stick around through the closing credits. One of the closing credits claims that "Only 2 animals were harmed during the making of this film"; later it claims, of course, that no animals were in fact harmed.
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"Song of the Old Mill," which plays over the credits, is sung by Patti LuPone, who plays the mayor's wife; the lyrics are by Mamet. Patti Lupone sings "Song of the Old Mill" on the soundtrack.
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Mayor George Bailey (Charles Durning) has the same name as the hero of Frank Capra's small-town classic IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE.
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The web domain Bazoomer.com, which figures in the film, is owned by Mamet.
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At one point in the film the producer, Marty Rossen (David Paymer), yells into the phone at his lawyer that he'll make sure that Claire (Sarah Jessica Parker) can't even get a job in Squigglevision; the lawyer is played by Jonathan Katz, whose Comedy Central cartoon show DR. KATZ was the first regular television show to be filmed in Squigglevision.
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The plotline regarding Claire's debate over whether to take her clothes off is an in-joke, as Sarah Jessica Parker is well known for being the only one of the four major female characters on SEX AND THE CITY who will not take her top off; she supposedly has it written into her contract.
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The name of the film within a film is THE OLD MILL.
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The name of Joe Turner White's play is ANGUISH.
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Rebecca Pidgeon, who plays Ann Black, is married to writer-director David Mamet. She told Time Out New York, "I adore working with him. I just marvel at his smartness."
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Although the film skewers Hollywood, Mamet told the New York Daily News, "I love the movie business. Sometimes it frustrates and enrages me, but it also exhilarates me."
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Peter Travers of Rolling Stone, Jack Matthews of the New York Daily News, Jeff Strickler of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and Desson Howe of the Washington Post named the film one of the year's 10 best.
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The Online Film Critics Society awarded the cast of STATE AND MAIN (in a tie with that of ALMOST FAMOUS) Best Ensemble; the National Board of Review and the Florida Critics Circle also named the cast of STATE AND MAIN Best Ensemble.
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David Mamet won Best Screenplay for STATE AND MAIN from the Florida Critics Circle.
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