- Award Category Fraud: Geena Davis was somehow nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar despite sharing the most screentime with her co-star William Hurt (and won).
- Deleted Role: Jim True (Prez of The Wire) played Dominic, but it was cut.
- Playing Against Type:
- Kathleen Turner, better known at the time for playing the Femme Fatale (Body Heat, Prizzi's Honor, Who Framed Roger Rabbit) or the adventuress (Romancing the Stone), playing the grief-stricken Sarah.
- John Williams eagerly took on the score, as he wanted to prove he could do a subtle, minimalist emotional score, contrasting with the sweeping, bombastic scores he'd been associated with.
- Those Two Actors: William Hurt and Kathleen Turner had appeared together in Body Heat, also directed by Lawrence Kasdan.
- What Could Have Been: The producers had originally wanted Melanie Griffith as Muriel, but Kasdan vetoed it. Karen Black was also considered.
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