- Award Snub: Michelle Pfeiffer swept the Critics' awards and won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama, but lost the Academy Award to Jessica Tandy for Driving Miss Daisy.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: At one point, Susie smokes a brand of French cigarettes and says, "$3.50 a pack, and I go through 'em like toothpicks." At the time, the price of American cigarettes ranged anywhere from $1.20 to $1.70 a pack. As of The New '10s, American cigarette smokers would kill to get them at $3.50 a pack. The price per pack in most states is between six and eight dollars; smokers in New York City have reportedly paid as much as $14.
- Signature Scene: Susie Sitting Sexy on a Piano singing "Makin' Whoopie" in a red dress has achieved Pop Culture Osmosis.
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