Trivia


must be new because i didnt notice it before, but the trivia page for housekeeping says diane KEATON was first cast as Sylvie ! THE HORROR!

thank heaven christine lahti had the part :) she was perfect.

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Um, gee, ah, ya know, uh, yeah Diane Keaton would've been, um, a litlle, ah, awkward, yeah.

The funny thing is, DK ended up playing the polar opposite of Sylvie that same year in Baby Boom.

KAKISTOCRACY (n.) - a society governed by its worst citizens.

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YIKES! "THE HORROR" is right! I never liked Diane Keaton, and I know I would never have liked this movie with her in it. Lahti WAS perfect.

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I agree, and I read the book before I saw the movie. FWIW, it's pretty unusual for a movie to so perfectly capture the tenor and rhythm of a book.

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wow. shows the importance of good casting. I love DK, but she would have been SO wrong in this. I fell in love with Christine Lahti while watching this movie.

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