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Trivia from Match Point

• Match Point is Woody Allen's first film to be shot entirely in Britain.
• Running 124 minutes, this is Woody Allen's longest movie to date.
• Kate Winslet was originally cast in this film as Nola Rice. She backed out in order to spend more time with her family. Since this was filmed in England Woody Allen had to use a certain percentage of an English cast and crew, apparently he made his quota before casting Winslet. After she dropped out Woody cast American actress Scarlett Johansson.
• The film was shown out of competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
• The painting of a girl with a red balloon on the wall that Chris walks along was done by Banksy, a graffiti artist from London.
• The story was originally set in the Hamptons.
• The musical the cast sees midway through the movie is Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Woman In White".
• Woody Allen's first film in 19 years to make a profit in America, following 21 films that haven't. (The last was Hannah and Her Sisters (1986))
• The haunting recording used several times in the soundtrack, including over the opening and closing credits, is the Enrico Caruso 78 rpm of "Una furtiva lagrima" ("A furtive tear"), from Donizetti's opera "L'Elisir d'Amore" ("The Elixir of Love"). (See soundtrack)

Awards and Nominations

• ADIRCAE Awards 2006
  Won ADIRCAE Award
  Best Foreign Film Woody Allen
• Academy Awards, USA 2006
  Nominated Oscar
  Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Woody Allen
• Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2006
  Nominated CFCA Award
  Best Supporting Actress Scarlett Johansson
• Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain 2006
  Nominated CEC Award
  Best Foreign Film (Mejor Pelcula Extranjera) UK.
• Csar Awards, France 2006
  Nominated Csar
  Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film tranger) Woody Allen UK/USA/Luxembourg.
• David di Donatello Awards 2006
  Won David
  Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea) Woody Allen
• Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2006
  Nominated Edgar
  Best Motion Picture Screenplay Woody Allen
• Golden Globes, USA 2006
  Nominated Golden Globe
  Best Director - Motion Picture Woody Allen Best Motion Picture - Drama
  Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
  Scarlett Johansson Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
  Woody Allen
• Golden Trailer Awards 2006
  Won Golden Trailer Best Thriller
• Goya Awards 2006
  Won Goya Best European Film (Mejor Pelcula Europea)
  Woody Allen UK.
• Online Film Critics Society Awards 2006
  
  Nominated OFCS Award Best Screenplay, Original Woody Allen
• Sant Jordi Awards 2006
  Won Audience Award
  Best Foreign Film (Mejor Pelcula Extranjera) Woody Allen