While filming the scene in which Minnelli and De Niro argue in a car, director Scorsese, famous for encouraging his actors to improvise, kept pushing the two to get more and more physical.

• 色士风乐手占美与歌手法兰丝邂逅，深深被她吸引。台上二人合奏出一首首歌曲妙韵，台下二人则共谱浪漫恋曲。可惜，婚后的占美和法兰丝因各自对音乐的执著，各自对音乐事业有更大的抱负，使双方出现磨擦，婚姻触礁。