First film by director Martin Scorsese to gross over $100 million in the U.S.
Kate Beckinsale gained 20 pounds for her portrayal of Ava Gardner.
Kate Beckinsale gained 20 pounds for her portrayal of Ava Gardner.
For the first 50 minutes of the film, scenes appear in shades of only red and cyan blue; green objects are rendered as blue. This was done, according to Scorsese, to emulate the look of early bipack color films, in particular the Multicolor process, which Hughes himself owned, emulating the available technology of the era.