The date when Helen drinks the potion (October 26, 1985) is the "present" date in Back to the Future...Read more (1985), also directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Death Becomes Her was a technically complex movie to make, and the production had a fair number of...Read more mishaps. For example, in a scene where Helen Sharp and Madeline Ashton are battling with shovels, Meryl Streep accidentally cut Goldie Hawn's face, leaving a faint scar. Despite the film winning an Academy Award for its effects, Streep admitted that she disliked working on a project that focused so heavily on special effects.