Orson Welles agreed to direct one segment, and asked for a contract to be sent to him in Los Angeles. He died before signing the contract, which had been sent, according to producer Don Boyd, to an address that turned out to be the funeral parlor in which he was laid out. Boyd is still unsure whether this was Welles' final joke.
Elizabeth Hurley's debut.
During one vignette, Buck Henry is talking on a pay phone to "Woody", trying to interest him in participating in a movie called "Aria". He mentions that "Fellini" is also directing a segment. Filmmakers Woody Allen and Federico Fellini at one time were both attached to the project, but ended up not participating due to various conflicts.
Woody Allen declined, when he was approached to direct a part of this movie, due to schedule problems.
Federico Fellini was attached to this project in the beginning. He worked with producer Don Boyd in Rome, and only dropped out because he was ill. He was making his much delayed Intervista (1987). Like everybody else who saw this movie, he loved various sections of it, particularly those of Franc Roddam and Julian Temple.