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College Kids?

posted 16 years ago by NOSaints26
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How old were Jack and Art suppose to be for the first half of the movie?

[–] gnolti 16 years ago

In college: Between 18 and 21 (approx.).

As young executives: Between 29 and 39 (approx.).

As over-the-hill horndogs: Between 45 and 50 (approx.).

Does that help?

There, daddy, do I get a gold star?

[–] NOSaints26 16 years ago

Yeah. Thank you. They just never looked near the age of teenagers.

[–] gnolti 16 years ago

So are you saying you would have preferred that real teenagers play the two characters for the scenes in which they are supposed to be 18 and 19?

There, daddy, do I get a gold star?

[–] NOSaints26 16 years ago

No not really. But I bet today they would have casted younger actors for the two roles and aged them with CGI.

[–] gnolti 16 years ago

I bet they would. On the other hand, I bet a movie like CK would not get made today, and if it did, it wouldn't be anywhere near as good.

There, daddy, do I get a gold star?

[–] WarpedRecord 16 years ago

You bet it wouldn't be anywhere near as good if it were made today, and the previous poster's comment is the reason:

But I bet today they would have casted younger actors for the two roles and aged them with CGI.

[–] monsieurzy 14 years ago

Nicholson with a hairpiece in the first part of the film definitely looks younger (maybe not late teens/early 20s, but still younger) than without in the last part

[–] pearlys 9 years ago

In the third act of the film, Nicholson's character says that he's 40.

[–] netshopper-2 14 years ago

The problem was really with Jack. He was 34 when this film was made but he looked a lot older than 34, much less 19 or 20. The huge and oddly deeply crease across his forehead was hard to ignore and it is not typical for a 34 year old to have such a deep line in their skin.

Garfunkel better showed the different ages.

[–] monsieurzy 14 years ago

I thought they both "aged" pretty good..as I said earlier, with his hairpiece suddenly JN looked like he did when he was making the Poe films for Roger Corman..and Garfunkel is great at the end with the receding hairline and the paunch