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Trivia: Beatrice Straight won the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her role of Louise Schumacher, even though she was only on screen for five minutes and forty seconds. This is the shortest performance ever to win an Oscar.

Trivia: At the very start of the credits, just after "Metro Goldwyn Mayer" disappears, Karen Allen walks across screen, in her very first film role.

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Trivia: Ned Beatty was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role as Arthur Jensen, even though he had only five minutes of screen time. This was Beatty's only Academy Award nominated performance in his career.

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Mistakes

Continuity mistake: Halfway through the first scene in Diana Christianson's office, the door, which had previously been open, is closed. Later, she walks over to the door and closes it again.

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Quotes

Diana Christensen: The next time I send out a marketing analysis you all better read it or I'll sack the fucking lot of you.

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