The woman singing in the competing restaurant is played by Christine Tucci, who is co-Writer and co-Director Stanley Tucci's sister.
MGM was going to distribute the film, but it was ultimately dropped because directors Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott refused to change the ending.
Minnie Driver landed the role of Phyllis by a complete fluke after she had just arrived in the U.S. for the first time to promote her new film. While she was consulting with casting agent Ellen Lewis over possible movie roles in the U.S., a ferocious argument erupted in an adjacent office between two men who turned out to be, Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci, who were casting for Big Night (1996). The original actress had dropped out and Minnie happened to be in the right place at the right time and landed the part right there and then. Though she'd only planned to be in the U.S. for a weekend, she ended up staying for over a year after her stroke of good luck.
Shot over a period of thirty-five days.
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