Trivia for the movie 20th Century Women
Memorable Quotes
Abbie: Whatever you think your life is going to be like, just know, it’s not gonna be anything like that.
Dorothea: My son was born in 1964. He grew up with a meaningless war, with protests, with Nixon, with nice cars and nice houses, computers, drugs, boredom. I know him less every day.
Trivia
During rehearsals, the cast was encouraged to bring in music they believed their characters listened to. Then, to encourage familiarity among the cast, there would be a dance party where the only rule was that everyone had to dance and it didn’t matter what the song was.
The house location was used for the exterior shots in the film adaptation of Running with Scissors, also starring Annette Bening.
Goofs
Dorothea is variously depicted discussing her stock portfolio with her son Jamie, quoting NYSE share prices in decimals, doing this in 1979. However, the switch to decimal from fractional stock prices in the U.S. did not occur until the year 2000.
Box Office Info in USA
Budget: $7,000,000
Opening Weekend $111,200
Gross: $5,664,764
Filming Locations
East Beach, Santa Barbara, California, USA (Santa Barbara, CA)
Santa Barbara, California, USA (aerial view)
Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara – 1260 Channel Drive, Santa Barbara, California, USA (Montecito, CA)
Montecito, California, USA
Miramar Beach, Santa Barbara, California, USA
2218 S Harvard Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA
Plaza del Mar Band Shell, 23 Castillo St. Santa Barbara, California, USA (exterior scenes)
New York City, New York, USA (Abbie’s student years in New York)
Los Angeles, California, USA