Michael Winterbottom was originally set to direct but pulled out due to artistic differences with John Irving.
Cameo: [John Irving] novel's author plays the stationmaster.
Cameo: [Colin Irving] Son of author John Irving plays Major Winslow, who delivers the news about Wally.
The idyllic beach scene where Homer (Tobey Maguire) and Candy (Charlize Theron) realize the extent of their relationship was filmed at Sand Beach in Acadia National Park in Maine.
The film was originally to be directed by Phillip Borsos, but he died before financial backing could be secured.
The orphan that gets into the pie dough and eats all of it and is shown throwing up all over the orphanage is named 'Steerforth'. Steerforth is the name of one of the main character's friends in the Charles Dickens book "David Copperfield" which Homer reads to the children in their bedroom.
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