The Impostors

The genesis of the principal characters in The Impostors began earlier, when Stanley Tucci and Oliver Platt were acting at Yale along with Tony Shalhoub. Subsequently, Tucci and Platt teamed up as a pair of dognappers in the movie Beethoven (1992). Based on their experiences acting together, Tucci developed "The Impostors" for himself and Platt to capitalize on their physical appearance, although Tucci did not "think of us as the next Laurel and Hardy, even though we are shaped and named just like Stan and Ollie." The script for "The Impostors" was completed in late 1996, and the movie went into production by the middle of 1997.

When Happy Franks sits at the bar and sees the sleeping pills, the bottle has the address printed on it, including the ZIP code. ZIP codes were not used until 1963.

As the closing credits roll, the entire cast performs a line dance, starting on the ocean liner set and working their way out of the soundstage.

Referenced in Mumford (1999)