Trivia / Manhattan Murder Mystery

• Box Office Bomb: Budget, $13.5 million. Box office in North America, $11,330,911. Another Acclaimed Flop from Woody Allen.
• Reality Subtext: The movie was made in the aftermath of Woody Allen's well-documented split from Mia Farrow, which gave the depiction of the Happily Married Liptons some subtext.
• Saved from Development Hell: Woody Allen had planned a murder-mystery film for years (it was even a discarded subplot in Annie Hall), but kept putting it off, as he thought that the material might be just too insubstantial for a picture.
• What Could Have Been: Mia Farrow was originally cast, but following her breakup with Woody Allen, she was replaced with Diane Keaton. He then rewrote the script and centered the more comic side of the couple on her, admitting Keaton is funnier.

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