Seven Pounds

• Add to Netflix Queue
• Buy DVD from Amazon
• Rent from Blockbuster

• Michael Ealy was chosen to play Will Smith's character's brother in the film by Smith himself.
• SPOILER: The title of the movie is a reference to William Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice", in which the merchant Antonio agrees to give the moneylender Shylock a pound of his flesh if his debt is not paid in time. Seven, therefore, is the number of "debts" in the plot. With the exception of Connie, all these "debts" literally get paid in flesh.
• Will Smith joined the project as star and producer in June 2006, while director Gabriele Muccino followed more than a year later in September 2007. As for Rosario Dawson and Woody Harrelson, they both came on board in December 2007.
• SPOILER: Seven is the number of people Ben helps directly: his brother, Holly, George, Connie, young Nicholas, Ezra and Emily. However, the number is actually eight if you count Inez, the old woman Ben orders to be washed. Nevertheless, she wasn't part of Ben's plan and her name was not on his list.