20 Things You Didn't Know About High Fidelity 

The way he’s saying Cusack is making my head hurt.

WHY ARE YOU PRONOUNCING CUSACK LIKE THAT SIR

I adore this movie. One of the the few movies that no matter how many times one watches it. It never gets stale.

It's like the only person he's ever heard say the name Cusack is Seán Connery.

There are 5 records displayed on the wall in Rob's apartment, which can be seen briefly after Laura leaves at the beginning of the movie. We can assume that these are Rob's personal Top 5 Favorite Albums, although this is not one of the "top 5" topics discussed over the course of the film. These records (from left to right) are "Maggot Brain" by Funkadelic, "Tonight's the Night" by Neil Young, "Wild Honey" by The Beach Boys, "Goo" by Sonic Youth, and "Double Nickels on the Dime" by Minutemen.

Who is this Q Shack you are talking about?

Cusack doesn’t have an h in it. Also the town is EVAN-stun.

One of my favourite movies EVER! And yes, now I will absolutely rewatch it for the 20th Anniversary ❤

Tim Robbins didn't have a cameo in the film, he had a supporting role in the film. A cameo is a short scene. As in 1 brief scene, not multiple short scenes. Tim Robbins was in more than one scene.

You're saying Jack Black wrong. It's Jack Blach.

For the record, the correct pronunciation of John's last name is Cue-Zack.

The book is amazing. The film is just as good, it really works. Cusack is amazing making the forth wall breaking look natural.

Tenacious D also played the wrap party in Chicago at House of Blues, June 1999. And the Grosse Pointe connection is stronger than mentioned as the three writers of Grosse Point Blank were also the three writers of High Fidelity adapted screenplay.

Oh wow you mentioned the chandlers notebook!! ❤️ I was a freshman when he was a senior at Evanston Township HS. We all had one of those.

Q Shack is really hard to deal with.

Vintage Vinyl, too!! You did your homework! Double Door and Lounge Ax were real Live music bars/venues. Bringing me back to my youth. ❤️

One of my all time favorite films. I already knew some of these, but still an enjoyable watch.

One of my all-time fav movies. Love love love it. Jack Black was genius in it, John Cusack one of my fav actors - everyone was perfectly cast. ♥♥♥

Do I feel old? Will I rewatch today? I do. I will.

The sound quality is fine. I didn't find a problem with it. But, like Cwn 41 says: The pronunciation of Cusack's surname got under my skin too

The inclusion of the Chandlers Notebook is wildly impressive. Wow. JC and I are 4 years apart and I attended a nearby school. I hit this video because I'm bored during quarantine and wanted to reminisce expecting nothing more than the patently obvious. And from the moment this vid begins, it was as though I was back home back then. I'd love to know who the producer of this is...The Chandlers Notebook was the NS staple. I'm impressed.

There is no H in Cusack.

I graduated from high school in 1985. I felt old long before this.

Josh: love ya, but "Evanston" has a short e sound, like 'ever'

Nice job, Josh(?) - This is one of my favorite movies. Fun to get some extra tidbits I didn't know about.

Thank you for doing this list...this is one of my all time top five movies and yes good god I feel old now😂

Cue-SHACK?

never gets stale. so many movies are a rewatch in my life, but over time i find myself fastforwarding through certain slower scenes but not High Fidelity.

I gave this a thumbs down for no other reason than the butchering of John Cusack's last name. It may be a little strict, but you people are never going to learn otherwise.

This reminds me that soon it's 20 years since Napoleon Dynamite was released. WhatCulture! Time to start researching that video now!

Rob's integrated amplifier is a Sansui AU-7700. Fun info!

Never seen this movie. Think I might give it a watch. Is it better than my favouritest John Cusack movie, Better Off Dead?

Hungary needs to get educated about Evil Dead 2.

I thought a cameo is the appearance of a celebrity as themselves in a movie. So Springsteen made a cameo appearance, Robbins had a small role. Am I wrong?

This is my favorite movie/book/series.

So there are 11 dislikes for this video. What, exactly is there to dislike. Perhaps you never saw High Fidelity, but that doesn’t seem to be a good reason to dislike the video. It’s near damn perfect :) Thanks Josh!

dozens of interviews on youtube and not one pronounces his name like this.. how disrespectful

John Cuscheck reminds me a lot of John Cusack.

I haven’t seen High Fidelity....yet.

I do feel old. I remember watching this movie with my ex girlfriend and I just saw her recently. I can't believe it is 20 years ago

The name of Cusak's hometown is pronounced "'Evan'-ston" Like the name Evan not "'Even'-ston" like he is saying it

Saw this in the theater. I was in love with all his exes, as well as, and especially, Natasha Gregson Wagner.

I read the book after seeing the movie a few times. I was surprised to find in the book that Laura had no lines. I don't think she actually had a conversation with Rob the entire book. I could be wrong, but point still valid. Laura in the movie has tons more dialog than the book.

thanks ami

One of the best John Cusack movies together with Say anything and grosse pointe black.

This was a abit spooky. Only started to binge watch the High Fidelity series last night. And this video is the first thing I see when I go on youtube. Think this real life / Matrix has developed targeted ad's.

Love the Q Shack!

I like the more subtle mispronunciation of corral!

1:16 Jack Black has spoken about why he didn’t want to do the role initially. Clips of it are on RU-vid.

My favorite movie!

Ok lad little lesson here Cusack is an irish name..............Q. Zack..........good night from co Tipperary.

Tim Robbins as "Ray"? I could have sworn he was Ian, as in: "WHAT FUCKING IAN GUY?" (8:20)

I love this film

what? Twenty years?Already?I was old when this came out.

Yeah I feel old, but I am even older than this movie as I was born in late 70's and this movie came out in 2000.

High Fidelity is a film, music fans should watch once every few years for sure.

So I´m 20 years older today because my memories of seeing this movie on a theater are kinda vivid.

I knew these things. Also, his name is not ''Q Shack''.

Vintage vinyl is also in NJ

Coo shack, is that wear birds live?

Writer Harry Stephen Keeler called Chicago the London of the west. He is sort of a cult writer.

CuSCHak? 🤔

The pronunciation of the lead actor's surname makes me want a sequel to Space Jam with John Cusack playing Shaquille O'Neal

High Fidelity was a hit for The Kids From Fame!

Even though I loved the movie I wish it was a British made film. It just lost something when it switched from London. How good would it had been if it had the same feeling has Fever Pitch.

In the film, when referring to his ex, Rob says the line: “Some people never got over Vietnam or the night their band opened for Nirvana. I guess I never got over Charlie.” But in the book the lines is - “the night their band opened for Dr. Feelgood” I much prefer the books reference as the whole point of the Championship Vinyl workers is that they are Music snobs so it makes far more sense they’d reference Dr. Feelgood over Nirvana (also when you consider Barry mocks Rob for choosing a Nirvana track on one of his top 5 lists for being to mainstream, just a few minutes later further proves my point as to why that reference feels out of place)

I ( a 65 year old guy) own a copy of High Fidelity & was thinking of watching it tonight, 01/16/2021, & yes, the film would not be the same w/out Jack Black.......

Number 18....did anyone really not know the original book was set in London?

"Marraige"

I've always thought the movie, in Chicago, could be seen as an incidental sequel to Ferris Bueller...if Sloane broke up with Ferris at the end of the summer.

You misspelled Springsteen

Rob Black's book lol

11:21 "Regina Skeptor"??

I remember me and my parents wanting to walk out of it cos it didnt hit the mark with us. Cant remember much of what happened but it was confusing as a 15 year old. John Cusack talking to the camera so much and being mostly miserable was the worst part, so depressing. Jack Black was probably the highlight for his energy and musicality. Might revisit it to at least hear the soundtrack and try to work out if time has helped it make more sense.

Is it literally as easy as reading the IMDB trivia page?

I love this movie but I'm really hesitant to watch the new show

Tenacious D had a series on HBO in 1997.

Why are you saying premiere like that?

Wow, what a mess. In addition to the mispronunciation, marriage was misspelled on a title card.

Writer Harry Stephen Keeler called Chicago the London of the west. Keeler is sort of a cult writer from Chicago. He would have appreciated this adaptation.

john cusack here looked like dustin hoffman did in "kramer vs kramer"

Who is this Cooshack of which you speak?

Mr. John Q. Shack

It's pronounced Cue Zack... John Cusack

Skeptor?

Ahh what culture and pro nun ci ation

What is it with WhatCulture and their apparent inability to research the correct pronunciation of names and stuff. Who the hell is John Kew-shack? At this point I am prepared to believe that they are deliberately trolling their audience.

Please know It is John. Cu- sack not John Cu- shack.....

"Regina Skeptor"

So, I find it funny that they did not mention the other John Cusack film reference in the dialogue. There is a line where Laura says something about Rob not having changed so much as a pair of socks since they started dating. This is a reference to one of John’s earlier movies where the protagonist showers in his socks because he thinks they are lucky and that if he ever changes them his relationship with his girlfriend will end. If that line is also in the book, that’s cool, but I’d bet my bottom dollar that John wrote that line in himself.

I’ve seen the book but not the movie.

Why do you keep saying ‘Qshack’??

STOP SAYING CUE-SHACK!!!!!!!!

Cue-shack? WTF, dude?

It's Cusack, not Cushack.

John Cushack

This was a movie that I didn’t really like the first time I watched it but it grew on me and eventually became a favorite! And yes, ugh, the fact that it’s 20 years old, which makes me 20 years older, is depressing.

Seen the film countless times. Watched this entire video. Still have no idea who tf "John Quje-Chackk" is. 🤷🏽‍♂️

QSHACK!

oh yeah, Vintage Vinyl is the music store by the HiP, right?