![]() Sy the Photo Guy (as Jake has dubbed him) is friendly, conversational and, upon the announcement that the Yorkin boy has just had a birthday, generous, giving Jake a disposable camera as a gift. Sy seems innocent enough when Nina Yorkin (Connie Nielsen) and Jake (Dylan Smith) drop off their latest batch of family photos to be developed. The normally comedic actor has had a string of dramatic roles with "Death to Smoochie," where he was the only good thing in that film, "Insomnia" and, now, in "One Hour Photo." In this latest, Williams plays it close to the chest, possibly too close, as the expressionless Sy, a quiet, middle-aged man without a wife or family who obsesses over his favorite customers, the Yorkins. Gary Cole (Bill Owens) stars in the movie Office Space (1999), where he also plays a boss whose name is Bill.Robin Williams gives a mannered and studied performance as lonely, deluded Sy Parrish. This technique made it possible to photograph very high speed events, and some of Edgerton's most well-known images are of a bullet in flight cutting through a playing card, a bullet passing through an apple, a balloon bursting, and a drop of milk falling into a into a glass of milk, forming a perfect milk coronet. This is a reference to the scientific engineer Harold Eugene "Doc" Edgerton, most famous for his pioneering work with high speed stroboscopic flash. The hotel where the abduction takes place, where Sy photographs the adulterers, is called "the Edgerton". The episode of The Simpsons (1989) that Sy is watching in his house is The Simpsons: Cape Feare (1993). It was seen as a way to get more natural-looking cat photos instead of staging shots with trained animals. Some of the compositions meant to be used in this film were reworked and released on the album Still by Nine Inch Nails.ĭuring the scene in which Sy discusses an elderly customer who has him develop never-ending photos of nothing but her cats, the photos shown of each cat were photos that the cast and crew had brought in of their own pets according to the American Humane Society. ![]() ![]() Romanek, however opted not to use the score Reznor provided. Trent Reznor of 'Nine Inch Nails' was initially chosen by Mark Romanek to provide the musical score for the film. Jack Nicholson was originally offered the role of Sy, but turned it down. Robin Williams was originally cast as the SavMart manager, Bill (later played by Gary Cole), but after reading the screenplay for a second time, Williams requested the role of Sy. ![]() Several of the family photos Sy goes through at the flea market feature Mark Romanek as a boy, his parents and his aunt. Robin Williams had to shave most of his arms, upper chest and hands for this movie because of his extremely hairy body. According to producer Christine Vachon, Williams burst out of a doorway completely nude during one take for a chase scene. Robin Williams often played practical jokes in the middle of a take during the making of a film. In preparation for his role, Robin Williams trained for two and a half days at a photo developing training facility in Southern California on an Agfa MSC 101-D photo developing machine. TRIVIA: After the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, Robin Williams overheard viewers say that they forgot it was Williams in the lead role 15 minutes into the film.
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