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Man of the House (2005/I) More at IMDbPro »

• Is the first movie allowed to use the full and actual name of the University of Texas at Austin.
  
  
• Is the first movie to have the permission from the University to use well-known UT symbols including: the UT tower (lit in orange and white - traditional lighting when a football game is won), Bevo (the longhorn mascot), UT cheerleaders, UT band, UT spirit organizations, and the UT Texas Exes.
  
  
• While filming a chase scene, a bus ended up rolling over a camera and crushing it.
  
  
• The Austin GameBreakers of the North American Football League provided the players and Coaches for the roles of the Texas Longhorns and for the Arkansas Razorbacks in the movie.
  
  
• Quentin Tarantino paid a visit to the set during filming at the stadium at the University of Texas.
  
  
• Nicky Katt paid a visit to the set during filming at the stadium at the University of Texas.
  
  
• The "meaty" pizza the cheerleader is caught eating was made with all vegetarian meats.
  
  
• This film was originally entitled "Cheer Up".
  
  
• Originally Tommy Lee Jones's character was to be a CIA agent working in Virginia, but Jones thought it would be more better to work as a Ranger in Texas, the state that he lives in.
  
  
• The Hex is an actual University of Texas tradition, enacted before the annual Thanksgiving game against Texas A&M University. The Texas A&M Aggies had their own pre-game tradition, the Bonfire, but after a combination of factors caused a collapse in 1999 and killed 12 students, the tradition is no longer university-sponsored, it is however, still organized by the student body and done off-campus.
  
  
• No one involved with the film could think of an appropriate ending until director Stephen Herek came up with one months after the rest of the movie was shot.
  
  
• Scenes from the game were filmed during the Arkansas-Texas game in September 2003. Arkansas won the game 38-28.
  
  
• Heather (Vanessa Ferlito) mentions that Full Metal Jacket (1987) is her favorite movie. R. Lee Ermey who plays Captain Nichols in the film also appeared in Full Metal Jacket (1987).
  
  
• Teresa's unseen boyfriend is named Antonio. In real life Paula Garcés, who plays Teresa, is married to a man named Antonio Hernandez.
  
  
• Percy's ringtone is Rick James' "Superfreak". Teresa's ringtone is "Tequila" by The Champs.
  
  
• The pistol used by Tommy Lee Jones is not a prop, it is his own Colt 1911 that he brought to the set after refusing to use the prop gun.
  
  
• The pizza delivered to Sharp is from Mangia Pizza, an actual pizza chain in Austin. Sharp identifies his pizza as "The Carnivore", which is a real item from Mangia's menu.
  
  
• When Barb appears at the rear window of the school bus, her lips read, "It's me, Barb! Don't worry!"
  
  

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