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Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

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• Lecture Hall scenes were filmed at Columbia University, which maintains a 50-year-old lecture hall used in many different films.
  
  
• In order to prepare for her role, 'Julia Roberts' observed art history classes at New York University.
  
  
• In order to prepare for their roles, the leads were all put through a finishing school two weeks prior to filming.
  
  

• During the scene in the pool, the girls that can be seen synchronized swimming in the background are the members of the Wheaton College Synchronized Swim Team (in Massachusetts) from the 2002-2003 season.
  
  
• During the dance scene, the a cappella group from Harvard who sang "Istanbul" is a real a cappella group, the Din and Tonics, at Harvard.
  
  
• Producers had originally applied to film at Bryn Mawr College, another one of the Seven Sisters. It is unclear as to why they ultimately went with Wellesley College.
  
  

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