Woody Allen wrote the role of Ariel for Diane Keaton, but she couldn't take the part
because she was busy promoting her film Krasnye and preparing for Alan Parker's Shoot the Moon.

The first time Woody Allen appeared in one of his own films as part of an ensemble cast.
Prior to this, he was either the main character or not in the film at all.

The first time Mia Farrow appeared in a Woody Allen film.

Woody Allen wrote the screenplay in 2 weeks.

José Ferrer found himself the object of a practical joke while making this film.
Dustin Hoffman visited the set while made up as Dorothy Michaels in the film Tootsie,
and proceeded to make sexual advances on Ferrer, who politely refused -
- but was completely unaware that Hoffman was not in fact a woman.