Trivia: In real life, Rae Dawn Chong (Sarah) and C. Thomas Howell (Mark) really did have a relationship and were even married. They were divorced in 1990, though.
Trivia: The film's director, David Cronenberg, has a cameo in this film as the doctor who helps Ronnie deliver her maggot baby.
Trivia: Both Michael J. Fox and Anthony Michael Hall turned down the role of Duckie.
Trivia: Basil of Baker Street is named after Basil Rathbone, the actor who played Sherlock Holmes in several films.
Trivia: As an homage to a certain legendary horror actor, the cornershop at which Tommy phones Megan Garris (Jennifer Cooke) is called Karloff's General Store, after Boris Karloff.
Trivia: Director Hayao Miyazaki had said in interviews that he was ignorant that the word Spanish word "Laputa" means "filthy whore." If he had been aware of the word's meaning, he would not have used it in the first place.
Trivia: Unbeknownst to the cast and crew, several of the skeletons ordered for the production were real human skeletons (as opposed to replicas). When this was discovered, some crew and cast members demanded an exorcism or cleansing be performed on set, as they had already been feeling uneasy on-set before learning this, and felt the real skeletons may have brought some unwanted spirits to the set. Co-star Will Sampson, who like his character was a real-life shaman, offered to return to set one night after everyone else went home in order to perform an exorcism ritual. Reportedly, the mood and feeling on set greatly improved afterwards.
Trivia: Paul Newman won his only Oscar for his performance as Fast Eddie Felson in this movie.
Trivia: Debra Winger was originally offered the role of Peggy Sue, but had to pull out after suffering a back injury in a bicycle accident.
Trivia: Space Camp was filmed at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama at the real U.S. Space Camp. The parts in the orbiter were filmed in the Atlantis orbiter used at the camp and the parts in the payload bay were filmed in the payload bay of the Enterprise orbiter that is used by Advanced Space Academy.
Trivia: The set of the "Big Boy" explosion is still sitting in the middle of the jungle of Belize. It has remained virtually untouched since filming.
Trivia: Jean M Auel, who wrote the book, was not at all pleased with the movie.
Trivia: The main characters in this film are Johnny and Stephanie, and the film is directed by John Badham. In one scene, Johnny watches Saturday Night Fever on TV. The scene he watches, (and imitates with Stephanie), involves two characters also called John and Stephanie. Saturday Night Fever was also directed by John Badham. (01:02:20)
Trivia: When the family is having Thanksgiving dinner in the beginning of the film, the man that says "Don't forget to give me the receipts Dave" is director Paul Mazursky. (00:08:45)
Trivia: A very young Jason Alexander AKA George Costanza from Seinfeld is one of the pool players that hustles Eugene's brother in the pool hall. He is credited as Pool Player 1.
Trivia: The precis for Croc Dundee is a New Yorker travels to Australia, finds an Australian man, takes him back to New York, falls in love with him, drops her current beau and marries him. This mirrors reality. Linda Kozlowski married Paul Hogan after meeting on this film. He left his wife for her. In the sequel the characters return to Australia for protection, loved it and stayed. Likewise the real life stars moved back to Australia and lived in Byron Bay for 17 years or so.
Trivia: After the six wires are cut to defuse the weapon, you can see the amount of time left on the clock is 07:16:45, which is the date of the first successful test of the Atomic Bomb.
