Shirley MacLaine said in an interview that she found Sir Billy Connolly so hilarious, during one take, she couldn't stop laughing for eleven minutes.
There are 70 producing credits, including nine producers, four co-producers, 39 executive producers, six co-executive producers, eleven associate producers, and one line producer.
Although they play best friends of forty years, there is a fifteen-year age gap between Shirley MacLaine and Jessica Lange.
The island of Gran Canaria, Spain, where the locations were filmed, is often referred to as a "miniature continent" because of the diverse nature of its landscapes and habitats. In fact, the entire western half of the island is a U.N.E.S.C.O. Biosphere Reserve.