When Paul is listing some of his "father's" movies, he mentions Lilies of the Field (1963), which had its music composed by Jerry Goldsmith who also wrote the music for this movie. The inspiration for Paul, David Hampton, died of AIDS on 18 July 2003. Meryl Streep was interested in playing the lead because she liked the play and she worked with Fred Schepisi on Plenty (1985). Catherine Kellner was cast after she answered an ad for an open casting call for what she thought was ...[Read Story ]