Editing High Fidelity (film) (section)

==Production==

===Development===
Nick Hornby's book was optioned by [[Disney]]'s [[Touchstone Pictures]] in 1995, where it went into development for three years.<ref name="Malanowski">{{cite news | last = Malanowski | first = Jamie | title = Keeping Faith with ''High Fidelity'' | work = [[New York Times]] | date = April 2, 2000 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/02/movies/film-keeping-faith-with-high-fidelity.html | access-date = March 27, 2009 }}</ref> [[Mike Newell (director)|Mike Newell]] was slated to direct the film with a script written by ''[[Con Air]]'' screenwriter [[Scott Rosenberg]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Buss|first=Andrew|url=https://consequence.net/2020/04/high-fidelity-oral-history/|title=Top Five: An Oral History of ''High Fidelity''|date=April 1, 2020|website=Consequence of Sound|access-date=September 16, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kaye|first=Ben|url=https://consequence.net/2020/04/high-fidelity-writers-not-credited-hulu-tv-remake/|title=''High Fidelity'' Film Screenwriters Say Hulu TV Series Lifted Their Work Without Attribution|date=April 2, 2020|website=Consequence of Sound|access-date=September 16, 2020}}</ref> Disney executive [[Joe Roth]] had a conversation with recording executive Kathy Nelson, who recommended John Cusack and his writing and producing partners D. V. DeVincentis and [[Steve Pink]] adapt the book. She had previously worked with them on ''[[Grosse Pointe Blank]]'' and felt that they had the right sensibilities for the material.<ref name="Portman">{{cite news | last = Portman | first = Jamie | title = Quirky John Cusack Embraces the Eccentric – Again | work = [[Ottawa Citizen]] | date = March 27, 2000 }}</ref> According to Cusack, DeVincentis is the closest to the record-obsessive characters in the film, owning 1,000 vinyl records and thousands of CDs and tapes.<ref name="Wloszczyna">{{cite news | last = Wloszczyna | first = Susan | title = Cusack, in Tune with His Movies | work = [[USA Today]] | date = March 31, 2000 }}</ref> They wrote a treatment that was immediately greenlit by Roth.<ref name="Portman" />

===Screenplay===
The writers decided to change the book's setting from London to Chicago because they were more familiar with the city, and it also had a "great alternative music scene", according to Pink.<ref name="Beale">{{cite news | last = Beale | first = Lewis | title = Staying Faithful to ''High Fidelity'' | work = [[New York Daily News]] | date = April 2, 2000 | url = http://www.nydailynews.com/staying-faithful-high-fidelity-article-1.862314 | access-date = September 7, 2017}}</ref> Cusack said, "When I read the book I knew where everything was in Chicago. I knew where the American Rob went to school and dropped out, where he used to spin records. I knew two or three different record shops when I was growing up that had a Rob, a Dick and a Barry in them".<ref name="Bazza">{{cite news | author = Bazza | title = John Cusack Takes Five | work = IOFilm.co.uk | url = http://www.iofilm.co.uk/feats/interviews/j/john_cusack.shtml | access-date = December 3, 2008 }}</ref> Charlotte Tudor, of the film's distributor, Buena Vista, said: "Chicago has the same feel as north London, there is a vibrant music scene, a lot of the action is set in smoky bars and, of course, there is the climate. But everyone, including Nick, felt that geography was not the central issue. It has a universal appeal".<ref name="Watson-Smyth">{{cite news | last = Watson-Smyth | first = Kate | title = A case of low fidelity as Hornby's novel translates awkwardly to film | work = [[The Independent]] | date = April 1, 2000 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/a-case-of-low-fidelity-as-hornbys-novel-translates-awkwardly-to-film-721614.html | access-date = December 3, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Scenes were filmed in the neighborhood of [[Wicker Park, Chicago|Wicker Park]],<ref>{{cite magazine | last = McGuire | first = Judy | title=Romance, Movie Style – Love on Location – ''High Fidelity'' | url = http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1879389_1879392_1879410,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090217165522/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1879389_1879392_1879410,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 17, 2009 | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | access-date = January 3, 2013 | date = February 28, 2009 }}</ref> and on the campus of [[Lane Tech High School]].

Cusack found that the greatest challenge adapting the novel was pulling off Rob Gordon's frequent breaking of the [[fourth wall]] and talking directly to the audience.<ref name="Malanowski" /> The screenwriters did this to convey Rob's inner confessional thoughts, and were influenced by a similar technique in the [[Michael Caine]] film ''[[Alfie (1966 film)|Alfie]]''.<ref name="Malanowski" /> Cusack rejected this approach because he thought that "there'd just be too much of me."<ref name="Malanowski" /> Once Newell dropped out as director and remains on as executive producer and Stephen Frears signed on to replace him as director, he suggested using the technique and everyone agreed.<ref name="Malanowski" />

Cusack and the writers floated the idea that Rob could have a conversation with [[Bruce Springsteen]] in his head, inspired by a reference in Hornby's book where the narrator wishes he could handle his past girlfriends as well as Springsteen does in his song "[[Bobby Jean]]" on ''[[Born in the U.S.A.]]''<ref name="Wloszczyna2">{{cite news | last = Wloszczyna | first = Susan | title = Boss Cameo a Musical Coup | work = [[USA Today]] | date = March 31, 2000 }}</ref> They never believed they would actually get the musician to appear in the film, but thought putting him in the script would make the studio excited about it.<ref name="Malanowski" /> Cusack knew Springsteen socially, and called the musician up and pitched the idea. Springsteen asked for a copy of the script and subsequently agreed to do it.<ref name="Malanowski" />

Near the film's completion, it was revealed that Scott Rosenberg would share screenplay credit with Cusack, DeVincentis & Pink. Rosenberg's original draft took place in [[Boston]] and was drastically different from Hornby's book and the writing team's adaptation. The three reached out to Rosenberg who agreed to take his name off the credits. However, Rosenberg eventually refused to do so, leading to a [[WGA screenwriting credit system#Notable conflicts|writing credit dispute]]. According to Pink, Rosenberg was given credit due to a now-abolished rule in the [[Writers Guild of America|WGA]] which gave full credit to the first screenwriter attached to any adaptation for "anything they extracted from the book, or from the material from which they were adapting."<ref>{{cite web|last=Buss|first=Andrew|url=https://consequence.net/2020/04/high-fidelity-oral-history/4/|title=Top Five: An Oral of ''High Fidelity''|date=April 1, 2020|website=Consequence of Sound|access-date=September 16, 2020}}</ref>

===Casting===
Frears was at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]] and seeing ''[[Mifune's Last Song]]'', starring [[Iben Hjejle]], realized that he had found the female lead. Frears read Hornby's book and enjoyed it, but did not connect with the material because it was not about his generation.<ref name="Husband">{{cite news | last = Husband | first = Stuart | title = Tracks of My Frears | work = [[The Guardian]] | date = April 21, 2000 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/apr/21/2 | access-date = December 3, 2008 }}</ref> He accepted the job because he wanted to work with Cusack again (after teaming on ''[[The Grifters (film)|The Grifters]]'') and liked the idea of changing the setting from London to Chicago.<ref name="Husband" /> The director was also responsible for insisting on keeping Jack Black in the part of Barry.<ref name="Husband" /> Black never auditioned and had initially passed on the part until Frears convinced him to take the role.<ref>{{cite web|last=Buss|first=Andrew|url=https://consequence.net/2020/04/high-fidelity-oral-history/2/|title=Top Five: An Oral History of ''High Fidelity''|date=April 1, 2020|website=Consequence of Sound|access-date=September 16, 2020}}</ref> Frears has said that many people from the studio came to watch his [[dailies|rushes]].<ref name="Wood">{{cite news | last = Wood | first = Gaby | title = The Observer Profile: Jack Black | work = [[The Observer]] | date = December 11, 2005 | url = http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,1664609,00.html | access-date = November 30, 2007 }}</ref> The role of Dick was originally offered to [[David Arquette]], and [[Artie Lange]] auditioned for Barry.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Greenblatt|first=Leah|url=https://ew.com/movies/high-fidelity-oral-history-john-cusack/|title=Behind the Music: ''High Fidelity'' Stars Look Back on the Cult-Classic Film 20 Years Later|date=March 31, 2020|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=September 16, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Dee|first=Jake|url=https://screenrant.com/behind-the-scenes-facts-about-making-high-fidelity-2000-movie/|title=10 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The Making Of ''High Fidelity'' (2000)|date=August 29, 2020|website=Screen Rant|accessdate=April 5, 2022}}|</ref> [[Todd Louiso]] was cast as Dick after Arquette passed on the offer.<ref>{{cite web|last=Buss|first=Andrew|url=https://consequence.net/2020/04/todd-louiso-and-jack-black-interview/|title=A Malachi Crunch: An Extended Interview With ''High Fidelity'' 's Todd Louiso and Jack Black|date=April 10, 2020|website=Consequence of Sound|accessdate=April 5, 2022}}</ref> [[Liz Phair]] was also considered for the character Marie DeSalle, before [[Lisa Bonet]] was cast.<ref>{{cite web|last=Colburn|first=Randall|url=https://www.avclub.com/liz-phair-nearly-played-lisa-bonets-role-in-high-fideli-1842620284|title=Liz Phair Nearly Played Lisa Bonet's Role in ''High Fidelity''|date=April 1, 2020|website=AV Club|access-date=September 16, 2020}}</ref>

===Filming===
Production began on April 26, 1999 in [[Chicago, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Roti|first=Jessi|url=https://digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=f7998aa9-dac4-4a56-87a9-90f255ede4d9|title=Cusack on the 'Good Mischief' That Led to ''High Fidelity''|website=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=April 5, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Buss|first=Andrew|url=https://consequence.net/2020/04/high-fidelity-oral-history/4/|title=Top Five: An Oral of ''High Fidelity''|date=April 1, 2020|website=Consequence of Sound|access-date=April 5, 2022}}</ref> Filming also took place on location at [[Wicker Park, Chicago|Wicker Park]] and the [[Biograph Theater]], as well as authentic music venues.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pirnia|first=Garin|url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a34036/high-fidelity-chicago/|title=The Top 5 Reasons ''High Fidelity'' Is the Truest Chicago Movie Ever|date=March 31, 2015|website=Esquire|accessdate=April 5, 2022}}</ref>