This pitch-black comedy directed by Bobcat Goldthwait features Robin Williams in a terrific performance as a man making the best of his son's suicide. The film is set in Seattle but manages to restrain itself from showing all the usual landmarks, instead focusing mainly on the school where Lance (Robin Williams) teaches and his son (Daryl Sabara) attends.
The high school where Lance (Robin Williams) works is the former F.A. McDonald School in Wallingford. The entrance shown was from Northeast 54th Street.
The staff parking lot seen several times in the film is on the west side of the F.A. McDonald school building.
Lance exits the Landmark Guild 45th Theater at 2115 North 45th Street in Wallingford.
The shopping center seen in the film is Lake Forest Park Town Center at 17171 Bothell Way NE in Lake Forest Park (thanks to Charity).
Claire (Alexie Gilmore), Lance's love interest and fellow teacher, lives at 3428 NW 64th Street on Sunset Hill.
This shot looks down Spring Street between 3rd & 4th Avenues in downtown Seattle.
The magazine stand where Lance breaks down & cries is on the north side of Spring Street at 3rd Avenue. The man who consoles him is Krist Novoselic, formerly of Seattle band Nirvana.
The restaurant scene was filmed at the Rusty Pelican Cafe at 1924 North 45th Street in Wallingford (thanks to Sam).
The basketball court where Claire watches Mike (Henry Simmons) play is in a covered area on the NE side of the F.A. McDonald school, visible off NE 55th Street.
The hotel room scene was filmed at the Alexis Hotel at 1007 First Avenue in downtown Seattle.
The swimming pool that Lance dives into at the end of the film is the Helene Madison Pool on Meridian Avenue North.
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