FILM 1510: ROXANNE
TRIVIA: While wearing the false
nose, Steve Martin was often
greeted with the phrase "Nice nose!" One day between scenes he had to
use the lavatory in a bar, and on the way across the room he passed a group of
bikers. Steeling himself for the usual greeting, he was delighted to hear one
of the bikers instead ask "Why the long face?"
When C.D. (Steve Martin) is
consulting the plastic surgeon about getting a nose job he holds a picture of
the nose he wants up beside his nose. The picture is of his real nose.
When C.D. is challenged to think of
20 better jokes than "big nose", one of them, "you must love the
little birdies that you give them this to perch on" is taken directly from
the original scene in "Cyrano de Bergerac."
The term "keeping your nose to
the grindstone" refers to making flour. The miller constantly sniffed at
the grindstone. If there was no smell the grain was feeding into the stones too
fast and the flour would be coarse. If there was a burned smell the grain was
feeding in too slowly resulting in ruined flour and possible damage to the
stones. It has nothing to do with grinding off one's nose.
One of the "20 Nose
Jokes" that was in the theatrical release but removed for TV viewing was,
"Finally a man who can satisfy two women at once."
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