Serial (1980 Film) - Other Information

Other Information

• Tag lines:
  • Honor thy wife, and everyone else's.
  • One mellow movie about creative divorce, group jacuzzis, organically-fed mistresses, and therapeutic adultery.
• The film is framed visually by having the camera approach the setting from the clouds at the beginning, and returning to the clouds at the end, as well as plot-wise by means of parallel, but contrasting, open-air wedding scenes near the beginning and end.
• The main theme song of the film, "It's a Changing World", was composed by Schifrin with lyrics by Norman Gimbel, and is sung during the credits by singer/songwriter Michael Johnson.
• During the motorcycle trip to rescue Joanie, Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild" plays in the background.
• Certain scenes or lines have been included in presentations of this film on broadcast television (albeit with overall censorship applied), but are lacking on the commercial VHS tape (issued by Paramount Pictures Corp., 1989).
• Amidst an abundance of plot twists, cultural references (e.g., Star Trek), and wacky situations and characters, the film contains many memorable lines, beginning with the wedding vows near the start.