<P> Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist was originally the novel written by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, which producer Kerry Kohansky Roberts brought into development as a film in 2003 . Lorene Scafaria was hired by Roberts in early 2005 to adapt the novel for Chris and Paul Weitz and Focus Features; the script was her first film adaptation . Peter Sollett signed on to direct the film in 2006, when the script was in its second draft, and collaborated with Scafaria . Scafaria said that Norah "was me on the page", while Sollett felt that as a teenager he was "not dissimilar to Nick". Both had similar experiences to Nick and Norah, commuting into Manhattan at night, Scafaria from New Jersey and Sollett from Staten Island . </P> <P> Cohn and Levithan had written the novel in alternating chapters: Cohn writing from Norah's perspective and Levithan writing from Nick's perspective . Cera and Dennings recorded voice - over narration to mimic the first - person perspective from which the novel is written, but the voice - overs were not included in the final cut of the film . Scafaria says that the differences between the novel and the film were "to make it a little more cinematic". She said that Nick and Norah's parents were written out of the script "to absorb what it's like to be young, (because) you're not thinking about your parents when you're out all night". In addition to searching for Where's Fluffy?, Sollett felt that the film needed a second MacGuffin to propel the story forwards, so Norah's best friend Caroline got drunk and then lost, giving Nick and Norah an additional objective . </P> <P> Shooting on a budget of US $10 million, principal photography of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist took place from late October to early December 2007 . The film was shot over 29 days in one - week blocks, and was one of the first to receive a filming subsidy from the state of New York under the "Made in NY" incentive program . Filming took place mainly in Manhattan's East Village and Lower East Side, as well as Williamsburg, Brooklyn . Filming locations included Katz's Delicatessen, Mercury Lounge, Arlene's Grocery, Pennsylvania Station, Port Authority Bus Terminal, Veselka restaurant, and Don Hill's bar . Union Pool, a bar in Brooklyn, was also used for filming but requested to be called "Brooklyn Pool" in the film, and Norah's father's recording studio was filmed at Electric Lady Studios . Some scenes were shot on a sound stage in a studio in Brooklyn . </P> <P> The cast did many rehearsals, including on - location rehearsals, which Dennings described as "the most practical thing I've ever heard of". During the course of filming, the actors slept during the day, woke in the afternoon, had their make - up applied on set, and filmed from dusk until dawn . The cast and crew members would often sit inside The Jerk - Offs' van between takes to avoid the cold, and sometimes stayed inside, out of sight, while scenes were being filmed in the van . Reshoots of the film began in May 2008; the film had originally begun at The Jerk - Offs' show where Nick and Norah first meet, and all prior scenes were written in later . Editor Myron Kerstein cut some of the shots on set due to time and budgetary restraints . </P>

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