Trivia

Regarding Matthau's rather puzzling line in the art gallery - writer Izzy Diamond: "I once wrote a scene that took place in the Guggenheim Museum, and at the time I was writing it I had no idea what the exhibit would be when we finally got around to shooting it. I just said, "It's an op-art show, and two characters are standing in front of a geometric painting, and one says to the other, 'I bet he cheated and used a ruler.' '' Just a throwaway line to get the scene started. The film crew gets to the museum six months later, and now there's a sculpture show. The scene opens and you see somebody standing in front of a piece of round sculpture, saying, ''I bet he cheated and used a ruler.'' It occurred to nobody on the set - the director, the actor, the script girl - that somebody should have said, ''Wait a minute. This line is wrong now. We either have to change it or throw it out altogether.'' But this is what happens when people stick too literally to the script. See more