'Mid90s' trivia and fun facts
16 mm.
The entire movie is filmed on 16 millimeters.
A scene to make up
Jonan Hill admited that he was affraid of being called problematic for repeating all the time words like "fagg*t" throughout the movie and considered to shoot a scene in which they discussed if it was okey or not to say it. He showed the scene to producer Scott Rudin, who is gay, and he said: "would you have had this conversation back then?" and Joanh said: "No", so Rudin considered that: "it would have been more offesive to make up that scene than to really show what happened".
Tricked
After a screening test in a cinema, the projectionist though the film was originally from the 90s and thanked the director for releasing now an old film.
Partying director
Jonah hill left the reunion of production from the movie to assist to a post-premiere album party of Kanye West.
True experiences
The dialogue occuring in the skate's shop about Beverly Hills is based on a real Na'kel Smith's experience.
returning actors
Some of the actors from 'Mid90s' also appeared briefly in 'Dont Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot', another film directed by Jonah Hill.
Influences
Some of the influences that lead Jonah Hill to make this movie were 'Kids' (1995), 'Ratcatcher' (1999) and 'The Sandlot' (1996).
Wash your hands after
There is a scene in which Stevie, drunk, pees in the outside. In his commentary about the film he says he was actually peeing.
Big advices
Before the shooting started, Jonah Hill received a lot of advices from Martin Scorsese and Ethan Coen about how to work with the movie.
Scorsese
Stevie's mum is watching a film at nigh, it is 'Goodfellas', from the director Martin Scorsese, premiered in 1990.