Trivia / The War of the Roses

• Completely Different Title: The Swedish title pitches it as the third film in Douglas and Turner's previous franchise; Romancing the Stone was titled Den vilda jakten på stenen (The Wild Chase After The Stone), Jewel Of The Nile was The Wild Chase After The Jewel and so War Of The Roses became... The Wild Chase After Happiness.
• Cut Song: Phil Collins was tapped to compose a song for the film, eventually becoming "Something Happened On The Way To Heaven". By the time Collins finished recording, the offer of composing a song for the film had been taken back. Instead, the track can be found on Collins's 1989 album ...But Seriously.
• Directed by Cast Member: Danny DeVito helmed the film in addition to playing Gavin D'Amato.
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: In Germany, the film was such a huge success that its German title Der Rosenkrieg became synonymous with high-conflict divorce and is now regularly used in the media.
• Those Two Actors:
  • Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner had previously played a romantic couple in Romancing the Stone and its sequel The Jewel of the Nile, both of which also co-starred Danny DeVito.
  • Douglas and Danny De Vito had also worked together several times, having been friends since Michael's father produced the stage adaptation of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest which De Vito starred in.
• What Could Have Been:
  • The principal cast were optioned to do a second sequel to Romancing the Stone but decided to work together on this film instead.
  • The film was originally going to star Kevin Costner and Debra Winger.
  • Cher was considered for Barbara Rose.

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