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4 unusual facts about Reality Bites


Add It Up

Ethan Hawke's character in the 1994 film Reality Bites, plays a cover of "Add It Up" with his band Hey That's My Bike.

Paul Carrack

With Carrack on vocals, the band re-recorded their hit "Tempted" for the soundtrack to the movie Reality Bites (1994).

Totally Fucked Up

The technique becomes popular throughout 1990s film, evident also in such later works as Reality Bites (1994) American Beauty (1999) and The Blair Witch Project (1999).

World Party

In 1994, World Party recorded "When You Come Back to Me" for the Reality Bites soundtrack influenced by David Bowie's 1975 song, "Young Americans".


Bill Finnegan

Finnegan and his company also produced or co-produced feature films including Support Your Local Gunfighter in 1971; North Shore in 1987; The Fabulous Baker Boys in 1989; White Palace in 1990; The Babe in 1992; CrissCross in 1992; Reality Bites, starring Ben Stiller, in 1994; and Ed, starring Matt LeBlanc, in 1996.

Me Phi Me

In 1993, Me Phi Me's song "Revival!" was featured on the multiplatinum soundtrack to Ben Stiller's debut film about Generation X called Reality Bites.


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