A Single Man - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[willard]

Tom Ford financed the film himself.

[christina]

In an interview with Terry Gross, Tom Ford explained that he created a back story for George's suit. He decided that George would've had it custom made on Saville Row on a trip home to England, which informed its cut and color. He also decided that the suit was a few years old, because 'old-school' British people of wealth tend to be thrifty with clothing. Ford put a label on the inside of the suit with George's name and 1957, the year it was made.

[gerald]

On February 21, 2010, when he won a BAFTA for Best Actor, Colin Firth's list of people to thank included the man who repaired his refrigerator. Firth explained that he'd decided to turn down the part, and had an email to director Tom Ford in his outbox, waiting to be sent. Then a man arrived to repair his refrigerator, and Firth had time to reconsider.

[toni]

Colin Firth's character mentions in a conversation with Nicholas Hoult that he once took mescaline and ended up shaving off one of his eyebrows. That actually happened to director Tom Ford. He was taking the drug with Stephen Spender when he went home, looked in the mirror, and "thought it was taking over my face".

[norma]

This is the first time Chris Weitz has worked as a producer on a feature film without his brother Paul Weitz's involvement.

[richard]

George's pistol is a Webley revolver, a standard firearm issued to British and Commonwealth troops from 1887 to 1963. It fired the .455 caliber Webley cartridge, making it one of the most powerful handguns ever made.

[bernice]

Don Bachardy: In the English Department staff room. According to Tom Ford, in a December 14, 2009 interview with Terry Gross, Bachardy is wearing a pair of lucky red socks that belonged to Isherwood.

[jessie]

Colin Firth was originally not available for the role, and someone else was cast. After a shift in the movie schedule, Firth was eventually able to take the part.

[eli]

The car driven by Colin Firth's character is a Mercedes 220S coupe.

[lena]

The glass-and-wood home that George and Jim shared is The Schaffer Residence, a real house built in 1949, in Glendale, California, by mid-century Modernist architect John Lautner.

[oscar]

George is seen reading Aldous Huxley's "After Many a Summer", which he later teaches to his students. Huxley was a friend and neighbor of Christopher Isherwood; both men emigrated from England to California in the 1930s to work as scriptwriters and became interested in eastern mysticism.

[violet]

Jon Hamm: the uncredited voice of Hank Ackerley, the man who calls Colin Firth's character at the start of the film.