Production
Sarah Kernochan, Lapine's wife, had written the film in 1988 during a lay-off due to a Writers Guild strike. Kernochan explained the film: "How do complicated people find a simple way of loving?" The producer Stuart Oken liked the project; his concern was to give Lapine "a chance to realize his vision and become a movie director."
For the cast, Lapine wanted "to use people he had worked with before." He cast actors who "didn't look like, but embodied the characters." Judy Davis and Mandy Patinkin could "hardly look more unlike the cultural icons they portray." Lapine hired a piano coach and a music consultant to advise both Grant and Sands on various piano techniques.
Due to Common Market legalities, the film was incorporated as a British production with co-production by Ariane, a French company and distribution by a United States company Sovereign Films. The budget was $6 million.
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