Darren Aronofsky and Eric Watson optioned the novel "Requiem For a Dream" for $1,000. Aronofsky remembers that, at the time, coming off of Pi greco - Il teorema del delirio (1998), this was a huge amount of money for them. Tappy Tibbons (Christopher McDonald) is a character Aronofsky created that isn't in Hubert Selby Jr.'s novel. In the novel, Sara Goldfarb mostly watches soap operas and game shows. Aronofsky wanted the film to be timeless and knew the programs they had the character watching could easily date the film. Tappy Tibbons was a character in a screenplay Aronofsky wrote after film school, inspired by self-help gurus like Anthony Robbins aka Tony Robbins. Over the years, he developed the character as well as the Month of Fury infomercial Tibbons hosts. According to Aronofsky, Tappy Tibbons' Month of Fury is a self-help plan. The plan consists of three things you have to do in order to revolutionize your life. 1) no red meat. 2) no refined sugar. Aronofsky doesn't give away what the third step is. He says you have to search on the Internet to figure it out. The director's cut DVD contains the information in the chapter selection menu, clicking twice on the Chapter 21-24 tab and hitting then "Enter". A hidden Tappy Tibbons infomercial begins playing. The third thing is no orgasms. This one drives people crazy.

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