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 CHANGING LANES

2002 | Directed by Roger Michell

An attorney in a rush to make a court appointment to file legal papers involving a multi-million dollar trust accidentally collides with an alcoholic insurance salesman, who also is a rush for a court appointment involving the custody of his children. The attorney leaves the scene of the accident and strands the salesman, causing him to miss his custody hearing. During the process of the post-crash discussion, the attorney accidentally drops the papers he needs to present in court. The judge gives him until

the end of the day to present the papers and thus begins a cat and mouse game between the proponents. A few questionable actions later on both parties' part, they finally start questioning their actions and their lives. In the end, both come to new understanding of what is important and appear to be set in new ethical and moral directions.

CAST & CHARACTERS

Ben Affleck

Samuel L. Jackson

Toni Collette

Sydney Pollack

Amanda Peet

... Gavin Banek

... Doyle Gibson

... Michelle

... Stephen Delano

... Cynthia Banek


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TRIVIA FACTS

It was actor Samuel L. Jackson's choice for his character to wear a purple hat. Jackson's characters often feature the color purple: Mr. Glass wears purple clothing in Unbreakable (2000) and Mace Windu has a purple light saber in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002).

A day after the terrorist attacks on the USA of 11 September 2001, Roger Michell had the WTC towers digitally removed from the opening main title sequence in the film. In the DVD commentary, he admitted that it was a mistake to erase them and make it appear as if they did not exist. During the re-diting of the film, Michell reinserted them as a tribute.

Roger Michell actually attended Alcoholic's Anonymous meetings in order to get the idea of how Doyle Gipson's A.A. meetings would play out on screen.

The accident scenes were shot in two days with FDR highway shut down to regular New York traffic.

The opening scene that takes place in the Temple of Dendur in the Metropolitan Museum was shot in one day.

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