FILM 1550: ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS 

TRIVIA: A major part of the movie revolves around the fact that Jane Wyman's character is supposed to be substantially older than Rock Hudson. In reality, Jane Wyman was only 38 and Rock Hudson was only 30 when they filmed this movie.

Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.

The house Jane Wyman's character lives in (on Universal's "Colonial Street" backlot) was built on rented Universal property by Paramount Pictures for 1955's "Desperate Hours"; Universal left it standing after filming, altering its appearance for "All That Heaven Allows." Four years later, it was altered again, for use as the house of the Cleaver family in TV's "Leave it to Beaver," beginning with the show's move from CBS to ABC for the 1959 season. The house continued as the Cleaver house until the end of the series in 1962, but was known at Universal as the "Paramount House," not the "Cleaver House."

The façade later cannibalized to make up the front of the Bates home in "Psycho" is visible a few houses up Cary's block.

FILM 1546: GREEN CARD

TRIVIA: First American film for and first film shot in the USA of French actor Gérard Depardieu.

Star Andie MacDowell was totally surprised when Peter Weir asked her to gain weight. She had always been asked to do the opposite.

The production of the picture was shelved for a year due to the filming schedule of French star Gérard Depardieu who was not available for around twelve months. In the meantime, director Peter Weir went and made Dead Poets Society (1989) instead.

The movie is actually an Australian film, co-financed with Australian money, but without any Australian cast, and not filmed at all in Australia, but with only an Australian writer-producer-director Peter Weir, and with limited Australian crew, such as cinematographer Geoffrey Simpson, but with the film's post-production though conducted in Australia.

According to Eleanor Quin at the Turner Classic Movies website, "true facts from [Gerard] Depardieu's life were . . . integrated into the script, including his fondness for prostitutes and his multiple tattoos".