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The film was originally supposed to take place in a completely weightless environment. The technical difficulties prompted a re-write of the script so that when the Palomino ties up the Cygnus gravity returned.

V.I.N.CENT. was originally supposed to have more elaborate electronic eyes, based on electronic stock ticker-type billboards, which would have given him a greater range of facial expressions. The electro-mechanical eyes didn't work properly, and the effect was abandoned at the beginning of principal photography.

John Hughes of Tau Films (and formerly of Rhythm & Hues) created the "green grid" sequence that appears in the opening titles. It was the longest computer graphics sequence ever to appear in a film at that time.

Director Gary Nelson had wanted to give unknown Sigourney Weaver the female lead role, and recalls that the head of the casting department vetoed him due to the unattractiveness of the actress's name. Weaver would become a sci-fi icon when एलियन (1979) premiered seven months before ''The Black Hole''.

Disney regarded the quality of the special effects to be so crucial that it called Peter Ellenshaw out of a 10-year retirement to work on the film.