Trivia: When Larry tries to prove that they were married before, Ellen asks him to name the song playing on the radio when she was ticketed as a teenager. The song was "Give Me Some Loving," a song done many times by the Blues Brothers, initially starring Jim Belushi, but a role James took on after Jim's death.
Trivia: The entire color palette of the film is limited to seven colors. Every instance of any color is the exact same shade. This was done to evoke the feel of the comic strip origin.
Trivia: Even though the characters themselves are constantly confused as to which of them is Rosencrantz and which is Guildenstern, there is a way for the audience to make sure: In the scenes where they take part in "Hamlet" and interact with others, Gary Oldman always delivers the lines of Rosencrantz, and Tim Roth always delivers Guildenstern's.
Trivia: Glenn Close plays Mel Gibson's mother in the movie, even though in real life she's only 9 years older than him.
Trivia: As an in-joke, Brian Hope and Charlie McManus are both credited as playing the flight attendants in the ending credits.
Trivia: When the agent pulls from the computer record Richard's file, an alias listed is "David Putnam - Columbia Pictures", employed from 06/04/1973 to 02/01/1975. That's an obvious reference to producer David Puttnam (two Ts), who had a brief stint as head of Columbia Pictures in 1986-87, not making many friends in the then Coca-Cola owned production company. (00:12:50)
Trivia: Director William Peter Blatty (who also wrote the original film and the novel it was based on) absolutely hated the much-reviled second film, "Exorcist II: The Heretic." Thus he went out of his way to make sure this film contained no references to it at all, and didn't consider it canonical to this film. (Similar to how "Highlander 3" ignores the second film or how "Halloween H20" ignores the events of "Halloween" 4-6).
Trivia: Shirley MacLaine (born 1934) is only fifteen years older than Meryl Streep (born 1949), who plays her daughter.
Trivia: Miriam Margolyes plays Kevin Kline's mother in the film, even though in real life she's only six years older than Kline.
Trivia: Before Damon Wayans was cast as Eddie, Richard Pryor was offered the voice role, but had to decline due to ill health.
Trivia: Richard Gere and Andy Garcia did not get along during the filming, and much of their fighting in the elevator sequence is real.
Trivia: The scene where Quigley triggers a booby trap by swinging his rifle from horseback, at full gallop, whilst holding it by the tip of the barrel with one hand, was only possible because an alternate aluminum barrel was created for that scene.
Trivia: Pamela Poitier, who plays the role of Nurse Satler, is the daughter of the film's director, Sidney Poitier.
