The cinematographer on Jonathan Demme’s movies was usually Tak Fujimoto.
He was the cinematographer on the following Demme films:
Caged Heat (1974)
Crazy Mama (1975)
Last Embrace (1979)
Melvin and Howard (1980) Swing Shift (1984)
Something Wild (1986) Married to the Mob (1988)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Andy Garcia’s real name is Andres Arturo Garci-Menendez. He was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1956.
The director’s mother, Susanna Pasolini, played Mary in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1966).
Mike Altman, son of the film’s director, Robert Altman, wrote the lyrics of “Suicide Is Painless,” theme song of M*A*S*H (1970). Johnny Mandel composed the music.
The symbol for Paramount originally represented a mountain from the Wasatch Range of Utah. This was the home state of W. W. Hodkinson, the businessman who helped found the company in 1914.
Joel McCrea first played Dr. Kildare, in Interns Can’t Take Money (1937).
Cyd Charisse was born in Amarillo, Texas, in 1921. Her real name was Tula Ellice Finklea.